Who was elected president of Kenya in the 2022 presidential election?
- A. Mwai Kibaki
- B. Raila Odinga
- C. William Ruto
- D. Uhuru Kenyatta
Correct Answer: C. William Ruto
General elections were held in Kenya on 9 August 2022. Voters elected the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate, county governors of Kenya, and members of the 47 county assemblies of Kenya. William Ruto was elected President of Kenya, defeating Raila Odinga.
Correct Answer: A. 1.5 billion USD
On April 28, 2020, the Asian Development Bank approved 1.5 billion USD loan to support the Indian Government in its actions against the spread of COVID-19 crisis. The loan sanctioned by the ADB is to be used for the social protection of economically vulnerable sections and the poor.
Correct Answer: D. Norway (37 Medals: 16 Gold: 8 Silver: 13 Bronze)
Which country won the most Bronze medals in the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022?
Correct Answer: C. Mira Murati
Mira Murati is the new interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OpenAI after the ChatGPT maker’s board said on 17 November 2023 that it had fired CEO and co-founder Sam Altman. In a statement, the company said that Murati is uniquely qualified for the role and it “anticipates a seamless transition while it conducts a formal search for a permanent CEO
Correct Answer: B. Iran
Iran dismissed as fiction on August 11, 2022, US allegations it had plotted to kill former White House national security adviser John Bolton in retaliation for the assassination of one of its top commanders. The US claim comes at a crunch moment in talks on reviving a nuclear deal between Iran and major powers that Washington had abandoned in 2018 but has said it wants to rejoin, with Iran now considering what European Union mediators have called a final text.
Correct Answer: A. Zephyr-8 drone
An unmanned solar-power aircraft crashed after flying for 64 days, more than doubling the record for a pilotless plane, the US army, and media sources said on August 23, 2022. The Zephyr-8 drone, made by Europe`s Airbus, encountered events that led to its unexpected termination over a desert test facility in Arizona on Aug 18, the Army Futures Command said in a statement.
Correct Answer: A. Iceland
Iceland has once again been named the most gender equal country, topping the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022. The Nordic country has closed more than 90% of its gender gap – and tops the ranking for the 12th year in a row, out of a total of 146 economies in the 2022 Global Gender Gap Index. Iceland’s near neighbors Finland, Norway, and Sweden dominate the top five, while only four countries in the top 10 are outside Europe: New Zealand (4th), Rwanda (6th), Nicaragua (7th), and Namibia (8th).