Which country is presiding Security Council for the month of March 2022?
- A. Qatar
- B. UAE
- C. Istanbul
- D. Turkey
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How many countries are involved in the USMCA agreement?
- A. Three
- B. Four
- C. Five
- D. Six
Correct Answer: A. Three
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is set to replace the 25-year-old NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). The renegotiated deal comes into effect from July 1. The deal was originally signed in 2018 and since then the countries have been working to implement the new deal.
In March 2023, Global AML index places Pakistan in the risk category.
- A. Low
- B. Medium
- C. High
- D. Alert
Correct Answer: B. Medium
Following Pakistan`s exit from the Financial Action Task Force`s (FATF) grey list, a global body of banking supervisory authorities has acknowledged the progress made by the country in the overall regulation of the financial affair slightly lowering the risk score of the country. `Pakistan`s overall ML/TF [money laundering and terrorist financing] risk score in the Basel AML Index (Public Edition) is 6.16. This places it in the medium-risk category compared to other global jurisdictions.
Paul Biya, who recently won the Presidential elections is the incumbent president of which African country?
- A. Mauritius
- B. Zimbabwe
- C. Cameroon
- D. Nigeria
Correct Answer: C. Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east and Equatorial Guinea. The country is sometimes identified as West African and other times as Central African due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West and Central Africa. The official languages of the country are English and French. Cameroon is home to over 250 native languages spoken by nearly 20 million people. Content Source: Wikipedia
What is the name of newsly discovered galaxy which may be the earliest and most distant galaxy ever discovered in April 2022?
- A. HD1
- B. Gk-z11
- C. Milky way
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: A. HD1
A team of astronomers led by researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard, and Smithsonian, has detected the most distant astronomical object ever. The object, named HD1, is a galaxy candidate 13.5 billion light-years away.
The European Union on _____ cut seven Russian banks from the Swift payment system.
- A. March 1, 2022
- B. March 2, 2022
- C. March 9, 2022
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: B. March 2, 2022
The European Union on March 2, 2022 cut seven Russian banks from the Swift payment system and banned Kremlin-controlled media outlets RT and Sputnik from broadcasting into the bloc. The measures, effective immediately, were the latest ratcheting up of the Western-coordinated sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Who becomes the first African American woman to appear on US coin?
- A. Guy Johnson
- B. Maya Angelou
- C. Oprah Winfrey
- D. Sally Ride
Correct Answer: B. Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou has becomed the first Black woman ever to appear on a US quarter, after a coin featuring the late poet and activist’s image went into circulation on 13 January 2022. The quarter features an image of Angelou with her arms uplifted, a bird in flight, and a rising sun behind her, with a portrait of George Washington on the “heads” side. The US Mint said the image of Angelou was “inspired by her poetry and symbolic of the way she lived”. The poet and writer, who died in 2014, was the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, in which she wrote about the racial discrimination she experienced growing up.