What is the theme of World Humanitarian Day 2023?
- A. It takes a village
- B. The Human Race
- C. No Matter What
- D. Real Life Heroes
Correct Answer: C. No Matter What
The theme of World Humanitarian Day 2023 is #NoMatterWhat. In a world beset by challenge #NoMatterWhat speaks volumes about the extent to which humanitarian workers go, in an often dangerous and violent world to ensure that they alleviate human suffering.
Correct Answer: A. Joe Root
1708 runs in 15 matches with six centuries. The magnitude of Joe Root’s sublime form in the year 2021 can be summed up by one simple stat – he has become only the third player in history to aggregate over 1700 runs in Test cricket in a calendar year. Only Mohammad Yousuf and Sir Vivian Richards stand ahead of him.
Correct Answer: A. August 5, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Ayodhya temple on Babri Masjid land on August 5, 2020. The ceremony will take place on August 5, which is also the first anniversary of India’s controversial revocation of Muslim-majority Occupied Kashmir’s semi-autonomy. Modi is expected to lay a silver brick weighing 40 kilos (88 pounds), according to local media.
Correct Answer: C. Myanmar
report by the World Wildlife Fund showed that the illegal online trade of wildlife is growing in Myanmar, which is seen as a threat both to public health and to endangered species. The report found that enforcement of bans on such transactions has weakened amid a political crisis following a 2021 military takeover. Out of the 173 species traded, 54 are threatened with global extinction. The animals included elephants, bears and gibbons, Tibetan antelope, critically endangered pangolins, and an Asian giant tortoise.
Correct Answer: D. China
After anti-virus lockdowns were lifted and factories and stores reopened, China became the first major economy to grow since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, recording an unexpectedly strong 3.2 percent expansion in the latest quarter reported on July 16, 2020, for the three months ending in June.
Correct Answer: B. Vietnam
Unifying the preexisting bilateral agreements between the 10-member ASEAN and five of its major trade partners, the RCEP was signed on 15 November 2020 at a virtual ASEAN Summit hosted by Vietnam and will take effect as soon as it has been ratified by at least six ASEAN and three non-ASEAN signatories.
Correct Answer: B. 27 October 2023
The UN General Assembly adopt a resolution on 27 October 2023 that calls for an immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce in Gaza by 120 to 14 votes, with 45 abstentions. The United States was among the 14 countries that opposed the resolution. Canada, however, propose an amendment condemning Hamas for the Oct 7 attacks, but failed to get the required two-thirds of the present votes.