World Current Affairs

Option: B
Explanation :Google Maps announced three India-first features on Tuesday-04-June-2019.Google Maps users will be able to see bus travel times from live traffic across 10 of the largest cities in India, get Live train status for Indian Railways trains, and get mixed-mode commute suggestions that now combine auto-rickshaw and public transport.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: C
Explanation : World Environment Day 5-June-2019 will be hosted by China, with a theme of “Air Pollution”. We can’t stop breathing, but we can do something about the quality of air that we breathe.
Approximately 7 million people worldwide die prematurely each year from air pollution, with about 4 million of these deaths occurring in Asia-Pacific. World Environment Day 2019 will urge governments, industry, communities, and individuals to come together to explore renewable energy and green technologies, and improve air quality in cities and regions across the world.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: D
Explanation : World Environment Day 5-June-2019 will be hosted by China, with a theme of “Air Pollution”. We can’t stop breathing, but we can do something about the quality of air that we breathe.
Approximately 7 million people worldwide die prematurely each year from air pollution, with about 4 million of these deaths occurring in Asia-Pacific. World Environment Day 2019 will urge governments, industry, communities, and individuals to come together to explore renewable energy and green technologies, and improve air quality in cities and regions across the world.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: A
Explanation :Elena is one of the first women in the world to receive an academic degree from a university.
Born in Venice on June 5, 1646, Elena Cornaro Piscopia was a Venetian philosopher of noble descent. She was also known as Helen Cornaro – an Italian philosopher and academic. She is one of the first women in the world to receive an academic degree from a university at the age of 32. In 1678, she became the first woman in the world to receive a PhD degree. Elena spoke a total of seven languages fluently. The philosopher and academic tragically died at the young age of 38 of tuberculosis on July 26, 1684.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: A
Explanation :The 14th Islamic Summit hosted by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has commenced in the al-Safa Palace in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) 31-May-2019, with the attendance of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziza. The summit this year is titled “Mecca Summit: Together for the Future,” and aims at developing a unified stance on events in the Islamic world.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is an international organization founded in 1969, consisting of 57 member states. The organisation states that it is “the collective voice of the Muslim world” and works to “safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony”.
The OIC has permanent delegations to the United Nations and the European Union. The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, and French.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: D
Explanation :Scott Morrison was sworn in as Australia prime minister on 29-May-2019. Mr. Morison became Australia 30th Prime Minister through an internal party vote last august in which he replaced Malcolm Turnbull as chief of the rulling Liberal party.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: B
Explanation :The first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly will be held from 27-31 May 2019, at the headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi.
During the first session, The Assembly is expected establish the Executive Board of UN-Habitat and elect its members, to review and approve the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2025 and also review the Progress in implementation of New Urban Agenda, among other things

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: A
Explanation :on 27-05-2019 Amina Hanif 15 year old and Siddiqa Batool 17 year old, residents of Hushey valley of Ghanche, are also the granddaughters of famous mountaineer Abdul Karim known as Little Karim.
The two young mountaineers had started their adventure with their father, Mohammad Hanif, who is also a climber, thus becoming the youngest mountaineers to summit the highest peak in Spain.
According to Alpine Club of Pakistan, the two girls have also been invited by the France Mountaineering Federation to climb some rock walls there.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: C
Explanation :The UK retained sovereignty over the islands after Mauritius gained its independence from Britain in 1968.
On 25 February 2019, the judges of the International Court of Justice by thirteen votes to one stated that the United Kingdom is under an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible. On 22 May 2019, the United Nations General Assembly debated and adopted a resolution that affirmed that the Chagos archipelago, which has been occupied by the UK for more than 50 years, “forms an integral part of the territory of Mauritius”. The resolution gives effect to an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), demanded that the UK “withdraw its colonial administration … unconditionally within a period of no more than six months”. 116 states voted in favour of the resolution, 55 abstained and only 5 countries supported the UK.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.

Option: B
Explanation :Trichlorofluoromethane, also called freon-11, CFC-11, or R-11, is a chlorofluorocarbon. It is a colorless, faint ethereal, and sweetish-smelling liquid that boils around room temperature.
CFC-11 was phased out under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. Despite being the signatory to the Montreal Protocol, and agreeing to phase out production of CFC-11 in 2010, China continued to emit the polluting gas.
Between 40 and 60 per cent of total global CFC-11 emissions originate from Eastern China, reveals study. This is no good news for the ozone layer which is on the road to recovery.

Click Here..

Please comment below with correct answer and it’s detail explanation.