Which country hosting the AFC Women’s Football Asia Cup 2022?
- A. Australia
- B. Japan
- C. Indonesia
- D. India
Correct Answer: D. India
The 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup is the 20th edition of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women’s national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). India was recommend as the host of the tournament by AFC Women’s Football Committee and selected as the host in June 2020. It will be the second time that the country hosts the competition, the first being in 1979. On 28 January 2021, the AFC confirmed that the tournament would take place between 20 January and 6 February 2022, instead of the originally scheduled dates of late October and early November. on 6 July 2021, AFC announced Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Pune in Maharashtra will host the tournament.
Correct Answer: B. 1.9%
A new United Nations report warns that the global economic growth is projected to slow down to only 1.9 per cent in 2023, sharply lower than the 3pc in 2022. However, the report says, the global growth is forecast to moderately pick up to 2.7pc in 2024. This will be one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades, apart from the 2007-8 financial crisis and the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, said the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023 report, released on 25 January 2022.
Correct Answer: B. 25 September 2022
The 2022 Italian general election was a snap election held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government, which led to a parliamentary impasse, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the parliament on 21 July 2022 and called for new elections. The results of the general election showed the center-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, winning an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. In a record-low voter turnout, Meloni’s party became the largest in Parliament with 26% of the vote, making her likely to become Prime Minister of Italy, as per the pre-election agreement among the center-right coalition parties.
Correct Answer: A. $609.02 billion
India`s foreign exchange reserves rose for a third straight week to total $609.02 billion as of July 14, the highest in nearly 15 months, data from the central bank showed on July 21, 2023. They rose by $12.74bn from the week earlier the biggest gain in four months having risen by a total of $3.08bn in the prior two weeks.
Correct Answer: B. Riyadh
Saudi Future Investment Initiative Summit, often referred to as ‘Davos in the Desert’. Future Investment Initiative Institute. FII will be held in Riyadh from 25-27 October 2022 and will convene the world’s foremost CEOs, policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, and young leaders to shape the future of international investment and the global economy.
Correct Answer: B. Siphonophore
Correct Answer: D. Singapore
Publish by the Fraser Institute on September 19, the Economic Freedom of the World index 2023 shows Singapore take the apex position among nations with policies that are most supportive of economic freedom. For the first time, Hong Kong dropped from being the numero uno because of restrictive policies. This led to a major reshuffle of the list and Singapore emerging on top.