Which is the first private space company to send astronauts into space?
- A. Blue Origin
- B. Tesla
- C. SpaceX
- D. Orbital
Correct Answer: C. SpaceX
California-based American aerospace manufacturing and space transportation services firm SpaceX has become the first private company to send astronauts into space. The firm is owned by the tech-billionaire Elon Musk. SpaceX carried two astronauts of NASA Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station (ISS).
Correct Answer: D. December 29, 2022
Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the beautiful game, died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 82, his family said. Named athlete of the century by the International Olympic Committee in 1999, Pele is the only footballer in history to win three World Cups -1958, 1962 and 1970.
Correct Answer: A. World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently launched a new initiative named ‘COVID-19 Law Lab’, to ensure that laws are adhered to protect health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. It is a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), WHO, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.
Correct Answer: D. March 24, 2020
Correct Answer: B. Fattah
Iran unveiled a homemade intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile on 6 June 2023 that can fly at a speed of 15 times the speed of sound named as Fattah. “Fattah,” which translates as “conqueror” in Persian, was presented at a ceremony that also included President Ebrahim Raisi, the commander of the Guards, General Hossein Salami, and other senior military figures.
Correct Answer: A. United Kingdom
The AI Safety Summit was an international conference discussing the safety and regulation of artificial intelligence. It was held at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, on 1–2 November 2023. It was the first ever global summit on artificial intelligence.
Correct Answer: C. Khaled Kabub
Israel on 21 February 2022 named Khaled Kabub as its first Muslim judge to gain a permanent seat on the Supreme Court, the Jewish state’s highest judicial authority, court authorities said. More than 20 percent of Israeli citizens are Arab, and there has been an Arab jurist on the top court since 2003, but all previous appointees have been Christian. Kabub, 63, has become the first Muslim permanently named to the tribunal in the nation where Arabs, Christian,s and Muslims, have complained of systematic discrimination.