1)
Remembrance
Day, also known as Armistice Day or Veterans Day was observed by many countries
on 11th November to mark the cessation of World War – I. What bright
red flower with black seeds immortalised in the poem “In Flanders Fields” is
the symbol of this day?
2)
11th
November is celebrated as Singles Day in China. A student initiative at Nanjing
University in 1993, what e-commerce company transformed it into a 24-hour
shopping extravaganza in 2009?
3)
Manufactured
by Bharat Electronics Ltd, to which country did India export the Akash air
defence missiles?
4)
What
work of fiction featuring six astronauts aboard the International Space Station
has won this year’s Booker Prize for Samantha Harvey?
5)
Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum of 21 Asia-Pacific countries, home to
more than 2.9 billion people and accounts for over 60% of global GDP. Which city
hosted the APEC summit this week attended by Joe Biden and Xi Jinping?
6)
To
what powerful post, made famous by Henry Kissinger, has Donald Trump nominated Florida
senator Marco Rubio?
7)
What
oil company has won a landmark case overturning an earlier ruling requiring it
to cut its carbon emissions by 45%.?
8)
It
was the title of the highest official of the Republic of Venice for more than 1,000
years from the 8th to the 18th century. It is now the acronym of a newly
created department headed by Elon Musk to overhaul federal bureaucracy and streamline
governance. What is this acronym?
9)
Prime
Minister of which country delivered a historic apology in parliament to 200,000
victims of abuse in care homes between 1950 and 2019?
10)
Billie
Jean King Cup currently underway in Malaga, Spain is the international women’s
team competition in what sport?
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