When Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on the surface of the Moon?
- A. 10 January 2024
- B. 20 November 2023
- C. 21 January 2024
- D. 16 October 2023
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According to UN, which is the world`s most disaster prone region?
- A. African
- B. Asia-Pacific
- C. SEAK
- D. North American
Correct Answer: B. Asia-Pacific
The year 2022 was yet another reminder that Asia Pacific is the world`s most disaster prone region, and the floods were the deadliest, accounting for 74.4 per cent of disaster events in the region and 88.4 per cent of total deaths globally, a United Nations report said on January 4, 2023. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) says the year 2022 also witnessed cascading disasters where a chain of hazard events took place followed by the initial and residual impacts. Pakistan witnessed melting glaciers from the record spring heat and this combined with an unprecedented monsoon rain resulted in a historic flooding that devastated a large part of the country.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to resign, as per reports, due to his worsening health condition, he hails from which country?
- A. Japan
- B. China
- C. Nepal
- D. S.korea
Correct Answer: A. Japan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to resign, as per reports, due to his worsening health condition. The long-serving wants to avoid causing problems for the government due to his poor health. The 65-year-old’s current poor health condition has raised questions on whether he will be able to stay on as Prime Minister and continue his duties till the end of his term in September 2021.
India’s Chandrayaan-3 complete a soft landing in the Moon’s south polar region on?
- A. August 23, 2023
- B. August 26, 2023
- C. August 29, 2023
- D. August 24, 2023
Correct Answer: A. August 23, 2023
Indian space agency ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has successfully land its Chandrayaan-3 Vikram land on the moon on August 23, 2023, making the country the first nation to reach the lunar south pole. Chandrayaan-3 is made up of an indigenous Lander module (LM), a Propulsion module (PM), and a Rover with the aim of researching and showcasing new technologies necessary for interplanetary missions.
Dr Luc Montagnier, Nobel-winning co-discoverer of HIV virus was died on:
- A. February 8, 2022
- B. February 15, 2022
- C. February 18, 2022
- D. February 12, 2022
Correct Answer: A. February 8, 2022
Luc Montagnier, a French virologist who shared a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the virus that causes AIDS, died on 8 February 2022 in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was 89. The town hall in Neuilly confirmed that a death certificate for Dr. Montagnier had been filed there. Luc Montagnier was a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics?
- A. Alain Aspect
- B. Anton Zeilinger
- C. John Clauser
- D. All of the Above
Correct Answer: D. All of the Above
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”. Their results have cleared the way for new technology based on quantum information.
Which country has adopted a constitutional amendment to solidify its nuclear force policy?
- A. Dubai
- B. North Korea
- C. Bangladesh
- D. Italy
Correct Answer: B. North Korea
North Korea has adopt a constitutional amendment to enshrine its policy on nuclear force, state media report on 28 September 2023, Thursday, as the country’s leader pledged to accelerate production of nuclear weapons to deter what he called U.S. provocations.