Wavel Ramkalawan has been elected as the President of which country?
- A. India
- B. Sri Lanka
- C. Bhutan
- D. Seychelles
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Netanyahu sworn in as Israel’s Prime Minister on 29 December 2022, for his term.
- A. Fourth
- B. Fifth
- C. Sixth
- D. Eighth
Correct Answer: C. Sixth
Benjamin Netanyahu on 29 December 2022, completed a dramatic return as Israel’s prime minister, after being sworn in as the leader of what is likely to be the country’s most right-wing government in history. Netanyahu and his government were sworn in on Thursday for his sixth term as prime minister, 18 months after he was ousted from power. He took oath of the office after Israel’s 120 member parliament passed a vote of confidence in favour of the new government. Netanyahu is the longest-tenured prime minister in Israel’s history, having served for a total of over 15 years.
On June 29, 2020, India bans ______ Chinese mobile apps over national security.
- A. 59
- B. 60
- C. 63
- D. 65
Correct Answer: A. 59
On June 29, 2020, India banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns just weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
In December 2023, Oscar-winning Parasite actor found dead in a Seoul park, Named?
- A. Yoo Ah-in
- B. G-Dragon
- C. Choi Woo-shik
- D. Lee Sun-kyun
Correct Answer: D. Lee Sun-kyun
Lee Sun-kyun, a South Korean actor who drew global attention with his performance as the wealthy patriarch in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, was found dead on December 27, 2023, in an apparent suicide in a Seoul park, officials in the capital said. Lee, 48, who met a gory end in the 2019 film, South Korea`s first to win any Oscar, had faced police questioning three times over accusations of illegal drug use amid a government crackdown, with one session running 19 hours over the weekend
When is ‘International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing’ observed?
- A. June 3
- B. June 5
- C. June 7
- D. June 9
Correct Answer: B. June 5
International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing is observed every year on June 5. The date marks the day when the Port State Measures Agreement officially entered into force as an international treaty. In 2015, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean of the FAO proposed the day.
When 74th Nakba Day was observed by the people of Palestine?
- A. 13 May 2022
- B. 15 May 2022
- C. 18 May 2022
- D. 10 May 2022
Correct Answer: B. 15 May 2022
On May 15, 1948, Israel was established as a Jewish-majority state at the expense of the forced expulsion of about 750,000 Palestinians. The day has subsequently been commemorated annually as Nakba Day. The word “Nakba” means “catastrophe” in Arabic, and refers to the systematic ethnic cleansing of two-thirds of the Palestinian population by Zionist paramilitaries between 1947-1949 and the near-total destruction of Palestinian society. This year marks 74 years of Al-Nakba or the Palestinian experience of dispossession and loss of a homeland.
Who will replace Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, a Nigerian representative, when his second term as OPEC secretary-general ends July 2022.
- A. Abdalla Salem El-Badri
- B. Fuad Rouhani
- C. Haitham Al-Ghais
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: C. Haitham Al-Ghais
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has vote to appoint Kuwaiti candidate Haitham Al-Ghais as its new secretary-general. He will take up the role from Aug. 1, 2022, for a period of three years. Al-Ghais has previously worked for the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and served as Kuwait’s OPEC Governor from 2017 to June 2021. He will replace Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, a Nigerian representative, when his second term as OPEC secretary-general ends July 2022.