When Israel Imposed Total Siege On Gaza after Hamas’s Surprise Attack?
- A. October 16, 2023
- B. October 11, 2023
- C. October 9, 2023
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: C. October 9, 2023
Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip on October 9 and cut off the water supply as it kept bombing targets in the crowded Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas surprise assault it has likened to the 9/11 attacks. Reeling from the Islamist group’s unprecedented ground, air and sea attacks, Israel has counted over 700 dead and launched a withering barrage of strikes on Gaza that have raised the death toll there to 560 people.
Correct Answer: D. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11 Wickets)
Correct Answer: B. August 3, 2020
John Hume, an Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his pivotal role in ending decades of violence in the British province, has died aged 83, his family announced on August 3, 2020. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and served as its second leader from 1979 to 2001.
Correct Answer: A. Be Human Kind
In a bid to commemorate the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, every year on May 8, World Red Cross day is celebrated. The day also marks the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize. Every year, the day is celebrated under a particular theme, and the theme for 2022 is ‘Be Human Kind’. With this year’s theme, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is putting kindness in the picture and is encouraging all to be kind to each other.
Correct Answer: C. China
China has successfully launched the last satellite of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), onboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket. This BDS system is claimed to be a competitor to the popular Global Positioning System (GPS) of the United States.
Correct Answer: C. Nusrat Ghani
A British minister on January 23, 2022, urged a probe into claims by a fellow Conservative MP that she lost her ministerial role because of her Muslimness, piling further pressure on the government. Nusrat Ghani, 49, who was sacked as a transport minister in 2020, told the Sunday Times that a whip said her `Muslimness was raised as an issue at a meeting in Downing Street. She was also told her `Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable, she said.
Correct Answer: B. Robert Abela
Robert Abela the 42 -year-old lawyer was recently elected as the next Prime Minister of Malta. The previous Prime Minister of the country was Joseph Muscat. He was forced to exit the post last month after he was found involved in the murder of a journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia