Who is the current Prime Minister of Thailand?
- A. Chonlanan Srikaew
- B. Paetongtarn Shinawatra
- C. Srettha Thavisin
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: C. Srettha Thavisin
Srettha Thavisin, nickname Nid, is a Thai politician and real estate developer who has serve as prime minister of Thailand since 22 August 2023 following the result of the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament. He was previously the chief executive and president of Sansiri.
Correct Answer: C. USA
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a NASA space mission aimed at testing planetary defense systems against near-Earth objects. Recently, NASA deliberately crashed the spacecraft into an asteroid in the first action of humanity altering the motion of a celestial body. NASA announced that it succeeded in forcing the rocky asteroid out of its natural orbit.
Correct Answer: C. Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC)
The Chengdu J-10 also known as Vigorous Dragon is a single-engine, multirole fighter capable of all-weather operation, configured with a delta wing and canard design, with fly-by-wire flight controls, and produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
Correct Answer: A. Astana
Kazakhstan’s capital is set to soon be rename back from Nur-Sultan to Astana after the Parliament inscribe the draft law on constitutional amendments required to rename the capital on Sept. 16. The document now expected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s discretion. President Tokayev had agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital just three years after he proposed to rename it in recognition of the special role of the outgoing president Nursultan Nazarbayev, one of his first moves upon taking office in March 2019 when Nazarbayev unexpectedly stepped down.
Correct Answer: D. UK
The UK is preparing to formally declare that Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist organisation. The legal change would mean it becomes a criminal offence in the UK to belong to the group or support its activities.
Correct Answer: D. Turkiye
Turkiye won a total of 341 Medals in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Konya from 9 to 18 August. Out of 341 Medals, Turkiye won 145 Gold, 107 Silver, and 89 Bronze Medals.
Correct Answer: C. 86 million
On May 27, 2020, a joint study by Save the Children and UNICEF showed that Covid-19 pandemic puts 86 million children at risk of poverty by the end of 2020. Nearly two-thirds of those children overall live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. That would bring the total number of children affected by poverty worldwide to 672 million, an increase of 15 percent over last year.