Sunday, April 12, 2020

World Affairs

- The world's largest rapid transit system by number of stations is New York City Subway
- The world's largest rapid transit system by route length is Shanghai Metro system
- The Oscar award 2015 for Best Actor was won by Leonardo DiCaprio
- The Oscar award 2015 for the best actress was won by Brie Larson
- The world's first underground railway system was built in London
- The Temple of Jupiter was located in Lebanon
- Which company bought the Yahoo's internet business- Verizon Communications
- Verizon Communications acquired Yahoo's internet business for $4.8 billion.
- In 2015, AOL, an American multinational mass media corporation, was acquired by Verizon
Communications for $4.4 billion.
- In 2011, Skype was acquired by Microsoft for $8.5 billion.
- In June 2016, Microsoft announced plans to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion.
- Xbox is a video gaming brand developed and owned by Microsoft
- On 24 August 2016, an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Italy killing
around 300 people.
- On 4 September 2016, Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun was declared a saint for her services to help
poor in India
- Who is the current Prime Minister of UK- Theresa May
- The 11th G20 summit was held on 4-5 September 2016 in China
- For the first time, Nanga Parbat, also called the killer mountain, was successfully climbed in winter
in February 2016
- The Samsung is a multinational conglomerate company of South Korea
- Philips is a technology company of Netherland
- The "Door to Hell", a continuously burning natural gas crater, is located in Turkmenistan
- The only two doubly landlocked countries (countries surrounded by landlocked countries) in the
world are Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein
- On July 14, 2015, Iran and the P5+1 came to an agreement to end economic sanctions.
- The most populous state in the United States is California
- Which country has the world's highest minimum wage- Denmark
- Yosemite National Park is located in United States
- Silicon Valley is located in the city of San Francisco United States.
- Silicon Valley is famous for being home to many of the world's largest high-tech corporations
- Internet City, an information technology park, is located in Dubai
- Which country ranks highest in the world for labors' rights- Denmark
- Abrahamic religions consist of the 3 monotheistic religions.
- The three Abrahamic (monotheistic) religions are Christianity, Islam and Judaism
- The oldest Abrahamic religion is Judaism
- The newest Abrahamic religion is Islam
- According to World Happiness Report, the happiest country in the world is Denmark
- Which country is known as the land of lakes and volcanoes- Nicaragua
- According to World Bank report, India has replaced which among the following countries to become
third largest economy based on purchasing power parity (PPP) Japan
- The "Operation Clandestine Fox" which is in news recently, is a code name refers to A campaign to
hack the Microsoft's internet explorer
- Recently, which one of the following international groupings has temporarily banned the import of
Alphonso Mango and four vegetables from India on poor quality issue European Union
- Who among the following has been named as professional Footballers Association player of the year
2013 Luis Suarez
- Recently, which of the following firm has acquired Nokia handset business in India Microsoft
- The theme of "World Malaria Day-2014" is Invest in Future. Defeat Malaria
- Recently, which South Asian country as signed a 10 year pact that would allow US military in that
nation- Philippines
- According to the Global Information Technology Report 2014, which country was placed first in
terms of leveraging information and communication technologies (ICT) Finland
- Recently, Viktor Orban has been re-elected as Prime Minister of which country- Hungary
- Which among the following is the NASA's moon probe, which recently crashed into the lunar surface
thus ending its operation LADEE
- Recently, which among the following countries has conducted "Maritime Cooperation-2014"
multilateral military exercise to celebrate 65th anniversary of its navy China
- "Peace Angel 2014" is a joint military exercise concluded recently between which two countries
China and Pakistan
- The "Yonaguni" island which is in news recently, is a inhabited island belongs to which country
Japan
- Which among the following has been named 2014 world car of the year Audi A3
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who passed away recently, was a famous novelist from Colombia
- Due to lack of funds, which among the following countries has withdrawn as the host of the 2019
Asian Games Vietnam
- Recently, India and which of the following countries have reached an agreement to include a new
cross-boundary landscape in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region Nepal and Bhutan
- The theme of "World Green Economy Summit-2014" which concluded at Dubai is Global
Partnership, Sustainable Future
- Manuel Valls has been recently appointed as Prime Minister of France
- Recently, which of the following countries has overtaken South Africa to become Africa's largest
economy Nigeria
- Which of the following countries / regions was recently making news for "Sunflower Student
Movement" Taiwan
- "Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca" has recently become the youngest-ever president of Malta
- "Heartbleed" which is being reporting in newspapers recently, is a Software bug
- Recently, which one of the following countries was ordered to halt its whaling programme by the
International Court of Justice Japan
- Which among the following countries has won the coveted ICC Laureus Spirit of Sports
Afghanistan
- Which among the following national parks has been nominated to UNESCO's world heritage site
status for 2014 Great Himalayan National Park

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