The Italian general election was a snap election held in Italy in 2022 on?
- A. 20 September 2022
- B. 25 September 2022
- C. 27 September 2022
- D. 15 September 2022
Correct Answer: B. 25 September 2022
The 2022 Italian general election was a snap election held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government, which led to a parliamentary impasse, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the parliament on 21 July 2022 and called for new elections. The results of the general election showed the center-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, winning an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. In a record-low voter turnout, Meloni’s party became the largest in Parliament with 26% of the vote, making her likely to become Prime Minister of Italy, as per the pre-election agreement among the center-right coalition parties.
Correct Answer: A. Afghanistan
Several rockets struck Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Tuesday, shaking the main diplomatic district and sending foreign embassies into lockdown, officials and sources said. “Several rockets were fired from two vehicles,” said Tariq Arian, an interior ministry spokesman
Correct Answer: D. March 19, 2022
Egypt unveiled on March 19, 2022, five ancient Pharaonic tombs at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, the latest in a series of landmark discoveries in the area. Saqqara is a vast necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital Memphis, a Unesco World Heritage Site home to more than a dozen pyramids, animal burial sites, and ancient Coptic Christian monasteries. Egyptian archaeologists discovered the five tombs northeast of the pyramid of King Merenre I, who ruled Egypt around 2270 BC.
Correct Answer: B. Dwarf planet
According to recent data from the NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft, the dwarf planet Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is not a barren space rock. It was earlier believed that the dwarf planet is barren but the data collected reveal that it is a water-rich place and there could be a large and deep reservoir of saltwater.
Correct Answer: B. Ecuador
Ecuador was under a state of emergency on 10 August 2023 after the assassination of a popular presidential candidate just days before an election dominated by concerns over the once-peaceful country`s descent into brutal violence linked to drug trafficking. Fernando Villavicencio, a 59-year-old journalist and anti-corruption crusader, was killed in a hail of machine gun fire as he left a campaign rally in the capital Quito.
Correct Answer: C. 1 August 2023
Top rating agency Fitch has downgraded the United States’s credit rating over its rising debt and a “deterioration in standards of governance”, prompting protests from the White House. Fitch, one of the big three rating agencies, on Tuesday dropped the credit rating to AA+, down one notch from the highest rating AAA.
Correct Answer: A. Yemen’s Houthi rebels
Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijacked of a partially Israeli-own cargo ship, just days after threatening to target Israeli ships sailing in the Red Sea. The ship, the Galaxy Leader, was carrying cars from Turkey to India. It’s partly owned by a British company that belongs to Israeli businessman Rami Ungar.