Which country is set to launched Southeast Asia’s first High Speed railway?
- A. New York
- B. Indonesia
- C. Malaysia
- D. South Korea
Correct Answer: B. Indonesia
Indonesia is launching Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will cut travel time between the capital and another major city from the current three hours to about 40 minutes.
Correct Answer: D. Taiwan
Taiwan kicked off its largest annual military exercises on July 25, 2022, with trench warfare and shoulder-launched Stinger missiles deployed against simulated Chinese attacks in drills informed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Correct Answer: D. Bahrain
Saudi Arabia and Bahraini Naval Forces have begun bilateral Naval Exercise (Bridge 23) represented by the “Eastern Fleet” and the Royal Bahraini Navy Forces in the Arabian sea. Marine Colonel Ahmed bin Abdulrahman Al-Osaimi, Director of the exercise, said the “Bridge 23” exercise aims to raise the level of combat readiness, enhance security cooperation and coordination and secure regional waters.
Correct Answer: B. Exo-planet
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have validated the discovery of an exo-planet interior to the habitable zone of the dwarf star LHS 475. Named LHS 475b, this planet is almost 99.1% the size of Earth, and has an orbital period of 2.03 days. LHS 475 hosts at least one planet, which was previously classified as a planet candidate by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.
Correct Answer: A. Ramy Shaath
Egyptian-Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath arrive in France on January 8, 2022, following almost two-and-a-half years of detention in Egypt, after his family said he had to renounce his Egyptian nationality. The 48-year-old was a figure of the 2011 uprising in Egypt and the coordinator of the Egyptian chapter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel.
Correct Answer: C. September 4, 2023
The United Arab Emirates has created a federal authority to potentially run a national lottery and what it describes as “commercial gaming,” likely a sign that it is on the verge of allowing gambling as major casino operators flock to the Gulf Arab nation.
Correct Answer: B. India
On June 15, 2020, According to the SIPRI yearbook, China and India have increased their nuclear weapons as compared to 2019. The think tank also reports that China is modernizing its nuclear weapons. China and Pakistan as compared to India have more nuclear warheads. India has 150 nuclear warheads. China had 290 nuclear warheads. Pakistan has around 150 to 160 nuclear warheads