Shang Juncheng, who was seen in the news recently, plays which sports?
- A. Badminton
- B. Squash
- C. Tennis
- D. Chess
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‘Hanukkah’ is a festival associated with which religion?
- A. Christianity
- B. Islam
- C. Hindusim
- D. Judaism
Correct Answer: D. Judaism
Hanukkah is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multi-branched candelabra.
On 15 November 2022, the world population has to reach ______ billion.
- A. 25 billion
- B. 6 billion
- C. 8 billion
- D. 20 billion
Correct Answer: C. 8 billion
The BRICS summit 2022 is to be hosted in a virtual mode on:
- A. 15-18 June
- B. 19-21 June
- C. 21-22 June
- D. 23-24 June
Correct Answer: D. 23-24 June
At the 14th BRICS summit which is to be hosted by China in a virtual mode on 23-24 June, the member nations will review the current global issues and will reach key agreements. The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa will discuss the status of diverse political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation, the Embassy said.
When Kevin McCarthy was sworn in as speaker of the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress?
- A. January 3, 2023
- B. January 5, 2023
- C. January 7, 2023
- D. January 9, 2023
Correct Answer: C. January 7, 2023
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was sworn in on January 7, 2023 as speaker of the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. McCarthy was elected early January 7, 2023 morning after a series of deadlocks and intense bargaining set a new record of 15 rounds of voting in four days. The bargaining gave the 20-member conservative Freedom Caucus the powers to unseat the speaker and paralyse governance if they wished to do so. This was the longest speaker contest in 164 years. And it was already past midnight when the Republican candidate finally won the contest with 216 votes against 212 of his Democratic rival Hakeem Jeffries.
On June 27, 2020, Micheal Martin elected new PM of which country?
- A. Switzerland
- B. New Zealand
- C. France
- D. Ireland
Correct Answer: D. Ireland
Micheal Martin was elected as Ireland`s new prime minister on June 27, 2020, after his center-right Fianna Fail party sealed a historic coalition deal with long-time rivals Fine Gael as well as the Green Party.
Which country recently signed “Emmett Till Antilynching Act” into law?
- A. Russia
- B. USA
- C. UK
- D. Malaysia
Correct Answer: B. USA
US President Joe Biden signed the “Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act” into law, as he made lynching a federal hate crime. As many as 4,743 persons were lynched between 1882 and 1968, with 3,446 of them being Black. This act was named after the murder of a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago by a group of White men in Mississippi in 1955 as he was alleged to have whistled at a White woman.