When is the ‘International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery’ observed?
- A. March 19
- B. March 25
- C. March 27
- D. March 20
Correct Answer: B. March 25
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is a United Nations international observance designated in 2007 to be marked on 25 March every year. The day honors and remembers those who suffered and died as a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade, which has been called “the worst violation of human rights in history”, in which over 400 years more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims.
Correct Answer: A. July 20, 2023
Nawab Mohammad Jahangir Khanji, Nawab of the Junagadh state, passed away on July 20 at a private hospital here, where he was undergoing treatment. He was 67. Suffering from liver disease for a while now, the late Nawab of Junagadh was only recently diagnosed with cancer. He had dedicated his entire life to the independence of the Junagadh State and continued his struggle till his last breath. Junagadh is Pakistan, he would say.
Correct Answer: D. Wyoming
Wyoming on March 18, 2023, became the first US state to ban the use of abortion pills, the latest salvo in a campaign by conservative-led states to roll back access to abortion. After signing the ban on abortion pills, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon appealed to legislators to act further by proposing a total ban on abortion be added to the state constitution and then putting it before voters for approval
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: A. Ofek-16
On 6th July 2020, from Central Israel’s Palmachim Airbase Israel has successfully launched its intelligence satellite ‘Ofek-16’ into the Low Earth Orbit. This is the 12th Satellite launched by Israel under its Ofek family of satellites. Ofek-16 is an optoelectronic reconnaissance (intelligence) satellite
Correct Answer: A. 1 billion USD
The World Bank approved 1 billion USD aid to India to accelerate “India’s COVID-19 Special Protection Response Programme”, on Friday May 15, 2020. The fund will be used to provide social assistance to the poor, severely impacted and vulnerable households.
Correct Answer: C. Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the 2022 UNESCO Peace Prize ‘in recognition of her efforts to welcome refugees’. Merkel received the Félix Houphout-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize for her ‘courageous’ decision to welcome more than 1.2 million migrants in 2015, particularly those from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eritrea.