The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will begin on:
- A. October 6, 2023
- B. October 5, 2023
- C. October 9, 2023
- D. October 7, 2023
Correct Answer: B. October 5, 2023
The Cricket World Cup will begin on October 5 with England facing New Zealand at the world`s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad and the same venue hosting the final on November 19, organizers said on Tuesday, with the schedule for the showpiece in India also confirming Pakistan`s participation. The most-awaited clash between rivals India and Pakistan will be played in the same potentially contentious venue on October 15.
Correct Answer: B. 14 July 2022
Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa RWP RSP is a former Sri Lankan military officer and politician, who served as the eighth President of Sri Lanka from 2019 until his resignation on 14 July 2022. Rajapaksa fled to Singapore via the Maldives in self-exile on the 14th of July 2022
Correct Answer: A. Israel
An Israeli firm is developing body cameras with facial recognition technology for Israel’s police officer. The technology aims to produce a body-worn camera enabling police to scan crowds and detect suspects in real-time, even if their faces are obscured, and build a database of such identities. The technology is being developed by Yozmot, a strategic planning firm owned by former Israeli army chief of regional strategic planning, Col. (res.) Dany Tirza.
Correct Answer: D. Bahrain
Saudi Arabia and Bahraini Naval Forces have begun bilateral Naval Exercise (Bridge 23) represented by the “Eastern Fleet” and the Royal Bahraini Navy Forces in the Arabian sea. Marine Colonel Ahmed bin Abdulrahman Al-Osaimi, Director of the exercise, said the “Bridge 23” exercise aims to raise the level of combat readiness, enhance security cooperation and coordination and secure regional waters.
Correct Answer: A. Comet
The comet C/2020 F3 comet also called NEOWISE was discovered on March 27, this year. As the comet would be visible in the sky. It is expected to be visible after sunset for around 20 minutes for 20 days from July 14, 2020, and it will fade away in the month of August.
Correct Answer: D. India
The 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup is the 20th edition of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women’s national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). India was recommend as the host of the tournament by AFC Women’s Football Committee and selected as the host in June 2020. It will be the second time that the country hosts the competition, the first being in 1979. On 28 January 2021, the AFC confirmed that the tournament would take place between 20 January and 6 February 2022, instead of the originally scheduled dates of late October and early November. on 6 July 2021, AFC announced Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Pune in Maharashtra will host the tournament.
Correct Answer: B. Bulgaria
Bulgaria celebrates its Liberation Day on March 3 each year. The day marks Bulgaria’s freedom from Ottoman rule after almost five centuries. The day is observed to honor the Bulgarian volunteers who fought alongside Russian and Romanian soldiers in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 to free their country from Ottoman oppression.