China has warned about a local ‘unknown pneumonia’ prevalent in which country?
- A. Taiwan
- B. Vietnam
- C. Kazakhstan
- D. Thailand
Correct Answer: C. Kazakhstan
China has warned about a local ‘unknown pneumonia’ prevalent in Kazakhstan. The embassy also announced that this unknown disease has a higher fatality rate than the Covid-19 disease
Correct Answer: B. Azerbaijan
The Virtual Non-Aligned Movement Summit (NAM) 2020 will be conducted under the Presidency of Azerbaijan on 4 May 2020. Azerbaijan is the president of the NAM till 2022. The Summit is to discuss COVID-19 challenges and solutions.
Correct Answer: C. 86 million
On May 27, 2020, a joint study by Save the Children and UNICEF showed that Covid-19 pandemic puts 86 million children at risk of poverty by the end of 2020. Nearly two-thirds of those children overall live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. That would bring the total number of children affected by poverty worldwide to 672 million, an increase of 15 percent over last year.
Correct Answer: C. UAE and Qatar
The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have announce the reopening of their embassies after a six-year break in ties. The two countries issued statements on Monday saying the Qatari embassy in Abu Dhabi and a Qatari consulate in Dubai as well as an Emirati embassy in Doha had resumed operation The two countries’ foreign minister spoke by phone to congratulate one another on the reopening of the diplomatic missions, Qatar’s announcement said.
Correct Answer: B. Ana
Moderate Tropical Storm Ana was a deadly tropical cyclone that affected the African nations of Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique and the second-deadliest weather event in 2022 thus far, after Cyclone Batsirai. The first named storm of the 2021–22 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Ana developed from an area of convection that was designated as Invest 93S northeast of Madagascar.
Correct Answer: A. United States
On April 27, 2020, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its report on the military spending of different countries in the world. According to the report, the US is the topmost military spender in 2019. After that China and India were, respectively, the second- and third-largest military spenders in the world.
Correct Answer: A. Ladakh
The Indian Army has recently built a memorial in Eastern Ladakh for its 20 personnel killed in the violent clash at Galway Valley. The memorial has the names of all 20 personnel killed on June 15, in a clash to evict the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).