which name of the world’s first cloned wild arctic wolf is?
- A. Maya
- B. Samy
- C. Wolgy
- D. Wil-Wolf
Correct Answer: A. Maya
A wild arctic wolf was successfully cloned for the first time in the world by a Beijing-based gene firm. The cloning of the Arctic wolf, also known as the white wolf or polar wolf, which is native to the High Arctic tundra of Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands, is considered a milestone achievement in conserving rare and endangered species through cloning technology. According to the company, the wolf named “Maya” is in good health.
Correct Answer: A. Ireen Wust
Dutch speed skater Ireen Wust has become the first person to win a gold medal in an individual event at five different Olympics after retaining her 1500 meters title in Beijing on 7 February 2022. She won her first gold medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
Correct Answer: B. Argentina
The 2022 Women’s Pan American Cup was the sixth edition of the Women’s Pan American Cup, the quadrennial international women’s field hockey championship of the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation. The cup would be held from 19 to 29 January 2022 in Santiago, Chile. Argentina was the defending champions, winning the 2017 edition. They defended their title after a final win over Chile.
Correct Answer: D. 55th
August 2022 marks an important occasion of the 55th anniversary of ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), an intergovernmental organization of 10 member states in Southeast Asia (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam), founded in Bangkok in 1967.
Correct Answer: B. 2009
NACTA was created, in 2009, as an Administrative Wing within the Ministry of Interior, under a National Coordinator, controlled administratively by the Secretary Interior Division, Ministry of Interior. All the postings/transfers within NACTA were made by the Interior Division. However, in 2013, the Authority was granted administrative and financial autonomy and was created legally as a body corporates, answerable to a Board of Governors (BOG) headed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan with the National Coordinator (NACTA) as Secretary to the BOG. The BOG was to provide strategic vision and policy oversight to NACTA.
Correct Answer: A. Morocco
Morocco’s government said that 2,000 died and 2,421 were injured after a powerful quake/ The US Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 when it hit at 11:11 pm, with shaking that lasted several seconds. Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured it at 7 on the Richter scale. The US agency reported a magnitude 4.9 aftershock hit 19 minutes later.
Correct Answer: A. Denmark
On 24 July, a Quran was burned outside the Iraqi embassy by Danske Patrioter. On 25 July, protestors burned a Quran outside the Egyptian embassy in Copenhagen. On the same day, a Quran was burned outside the Turkish embassy. On 31 July a total of seven Quran-burnings were planned.