Which country is presiding Security Council for the month of March 2022?
- A. Qatar
- B. UAE
- C. Istanbul
- D. Turkey
Correct Answer: B. UAE
The presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the Member States’ names.
Correct Answer: A. GLASS-z13
Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analysed the data said on 20 July 2022. Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy dates back to 300 million years after the Big Bang, about 100 million years earlier than anything previously identified, Rohan Naidu of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics said.
Correct Answer: C. Birmingham
Correct Answer: C. 1,700
Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders. Pakistan was ranked fifth, as 93 journalists were killed since 2003 in different parts of the country. The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform, said the Paris-based media rights campaigners.
Correct Answer: B. Russian President
Russian President Vladimir Putin on 30 September 2023 Saturday insisted that the residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed one year ago “made their choice – to be with their Fatherland.” In an address release to mark the first anniversary of the annexation, Putin insisted that the annexations were carried out “in full accordance with international norms.” He also claimed that residents of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions had again expressed their desire to be part of Russia in local elections earlier this month.
Correct Answer: C. Uzbekistan
Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan became the youngest ever World Rapid Chess champion, at 17 years three months. Magnus Carlsen had won the 2009 World Blitz Title at the age of 18. He also defeated the Ace player Magnus Carlsen to win the World Rapid Championship in Warsaw, Poland. France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the World Blitz title.
Correct Answer: C. China
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a woman from Guangdong, a southern province of China, has died from a rare strain of bird flu that is not commonly found in humans. Although three people have been confirmed to have been infect with the H3N8 subtype of avian influenza, this strain does not seem to transmit from person to person. The deceased woman was 56 years old.