1) Which African country conducted its
general elections this week, considered to be the second most expensive in the
world at a cost of $25.4 per voter for the registered 19.6 million voters?
2) Which capital city was ravaged by
floods following rains reported to be heaviest in more than 100 years?
3) We all know about the superheroes
trio - Superman, Spiderman and Batman. What superhero, who first appeared in
1841 in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, is now at the top of Netflix
charts?
4) India won 22 gold medals at the
Birmingham Commonwealth games to finish 4th among the 72
participating nations. Only a solitary gold came from track and field, the
blue-riband event of any games. Name the winner and also the specific track and
field event.
5) JWST keeps astonishing us week after
week. This week’s reveal was Earendel - the most distant star known to us at 28
billion lightyears. A French scientist also shared image of Proxima Centauri,
the closest star to us at 4.2 lightyears, purportedly captured by JWST. After
the image went viral, the scientist admitted it was a fake. What object was it?
6) We got a new Vice-President this
week. Who was India’s first Vice-President in 1952?
7) Which breakaway territory in Africa,
yet to gain international recognition, riled China by refusing to cut off its
ties with Taiwan?
8) Indian teams won bronze medals in
both the open and women’s categories of the 44th Chess Olympiad that
concluded this week. Uzbekistan won the gold in the open category. Who won the
gold in the women’s category?
9) What novel feature did Indigo
introduce becoming the first airlines in the world to do so?
10) Which American Pizza maker shut shop
in Italy citing competition from traditional pizzas?
11) Which country has the highest % of
female pilots in the world?
12) What is the name of the new zoonotic
virus that is emerging from shrews in China?
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