Which country will host Shanghai cooperation organisation(SCO )summit 2023?
- A. Africa
- B. Nepal
- C. Pakistan
- D. India
Correct Answer: D. India
India takes over SCO rotating presidency, to host the SCO summit next year. The rotational presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been handed over to India in Samarkand, Uzbekistan 16 September 2022. Delhi will hold the presidency of the grouping for a year until September 2023.
Correct Answer: B. China
The Kuaizhou-11 carrier rocket, which was launched by China, has recently suffered a failure during its maiden flight. Kuaizhou means ‘fast ship’ in Chinese. It is a low-cost solid-fuelled carrier rocket, that was designed to launch low-Earth orbit satellites.
Correct Answer: D. T. Raja Kumar
T. Raja Kumar began a two-year term as President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on 1 July 2022. He succeeded Dr. Marcus Pleyer. The term of the President begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June two years after assuming office.
Correct Answer: B. ANASIS II
South Korea recently launched its first-ever military satellite named “ANASIS II” formerly called “KMilSatCom 1”. ANASIS II was launched on 20 July 2020 and was built by Airbus Defence and Space. The launch of ANASIS II has made South Korea the 10 country in the world to have its own military communication satellite. The rocket was launched by SpaceX of the US.
Correct Answer: B. USA
US President Joe Biden announce a relaunch of the “Cancer Moonshot” program started during the Obama administration. The program was launched with the goal of ending Cancer that kills more than 600,000 people a year in the U.S. The revamped initiative aims to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years. The President also announced a campaign to get more people screened for cancer.
Correct Answer: B. Iranian Supreme Leader Seyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei
Correct Answer: A. Gabon
Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been appointed as the first woman Prime Minister of the Central African country, Gabon. She is 56-year-old. She had served as the Budget Minister in 2012 and then in Defence Ministry.