What is the rank of China in the SIPRI Data on Global Military expenditure in 2021?
- A. First
- B. Second
- C. Third
- D. Fourth
Correct Answer: B. Second
World military spending continued to grow in 2021, reaching an all-time high of $2.1 trillion. This was the seventh consecutive year that spending increased. China, the world’s second-largest spender, allocated an estimated $293 billion to its military in 2021, an increase of 4.7 percent compared with 2020. China’s military spending has grown for 27 consecutive years. The 2021 Chinese budget was the first under the 14th Five-Year Plan, which runs until 2025.
Correct Answer: D. Medication Safety
World Patient Safety Day 2022 will be celebrate on 17 September 2022. World Patient Safety Day is one of WHO’s global public health days. It was established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety”. Its objectives are to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and work toward global solidarity and action by the Member States to enhance patient safety and reduce patient harm. It is in this context that medication Safety’ has been selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2022, with the slogan ‘Medication Without Harm’. The global campaign reaffirms the objectives of the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm launched by WHO in 2017.
Correct Answer: A. Germany
in June 2023, Germany prepared to host one of the biggest air deployment drills in NATO’s history, in an effort to show off force intended to impress allies and adversaries like Russia, according to German and American officials in the country. This is an exercise that would be absolutely impressive to anybody who’s watching, and we don’t make anybody watch it,” United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann told reporters in Berlin, highlighting that an audience could include Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Correct Answer: C. Five
Onboard the submersible were Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate; Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French deep sea explorer and Titanic expert; Hamish Harding, a British billionaire businessman; Shahzada Dawood, a Pakistani-British billionaire businessman; and Dawood’s son Suleman. The implosion killed all five occupant.
Correct Answer: A. 6 September 2023
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook northern Chile on 6 September 2023, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 8:48 p.m. local time, and its epicenter was 41 kilometers (25 miles) south-southwest of Coquimbo, Chile. The quake had a depth of 41 kilometers (25 miles). Chile’s national emergency office did not report any damages or injuries.
Correct Answer: A. Accreditation: Supporting the Future of Global Trade
The theme for WAD 2023 is “Accreditation: Supporting the Future of Global Trade”. This theme will showcase how accreditation and accredited conformity assessment activities support the ongoing global supply chain restructuring that continues to be a source of trade normalization as organisation seek new markets and investment opportunities to build resilient and flexible supply chains. This is likely to reinforce long-term growth in multilateral and bilateral trade relationships and augment the value of the ILAC/IAF mutual recognition arrangement in promoting greater supply chain efficiency and resilience.
Correct Answer: D. France
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the target of a massacre by gunmen in 2015, said on September 1, 2020, it was republishing hugely controversial sketches of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to mark this week`s start of the trial of alleged accomplices to the attack.