Who is the current President of Peru?
- A. Martín Vizcarra
- B. Pedro Castillo
- C. Dina Boluarte
- D. Magaly Medina
Correct Answer: C. Dina Boluarte
Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra is a Peruvian politician, civil servant, and lawyer currently serving as the President of Peru since 7 December 2022. She had served as the first vice president and minister at the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion under President Pedro Castillo
Correct Answer: A. Iran
Iranian lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday to toughen penalties for women who flout the Islamic dress code, with jail terms of up to 10 years, state media reported. The assembly approved “the ‘Support for the Culture of Hijab and Chastity’ bill for a trial period of three years,” the official IRNA news agency reported. Women in Iran have since last year’s mass protests been increasingly flouting the Islamic republic’s strict dress code that requires head coverings and modest clothes.
Correct Answer: A. India
The 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup will be the 15th edition of the Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men’s national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It will be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and at the under-construction 20,000-seat Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023.
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. Permacrisis
‘Permacrisis’, a term that describes ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity’, has been named Word of the Year 2022 by Collins dictionary The word relates to the challenges posed by climate change, the war in Europe, a cost-of-living crisis and political chaos. It was first used in academic contexts in the 1970s. In 2020, Collins picked “lockdown” as its word of the year and last year, it opted for “NFT- Non-fungible token”.
Correct Answer: C. $50 billion
Correct Answer: C. November 6, 2022
The Taliban on November 6, 2022, reveal the final resting place of the movement`s founder, Mullah Omar, whose death and burial they kept secret for years. Rumors surrounding Omar`s health and whereabouts abounded after the Taliban were kicked out of power in 2001 by a US-led invasion, and they only admitted in April 2015 that he had died two years earlier. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that senior leaders of the movement attended a ceremony at his gravesite earlier in the day near Omarzo, in the Suri district of Zabul province.