26. ‘Nippon’ is the name given to Japan which means:
(A) Land of pagodas
(B) Land of northern lights
(C) Land of the rising Sun
(D) Land of volcanoes and earthquakes
Answer:
(C) Land of the rising Sun
Explanation:
Nippon (or Nihon) is the Japanese name for Japan. In Kanji, it literally translates to “sun origin,” giving rise to the famous epithet “Land of the Rising Sun.”
27. Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of:
(A) Africa
(B) Australia
(C) Europe
(D) Asia
Answer:
(A) Africa
Explanation:
Eritrea is a country located in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti.
28. Which country is known as the “Cockpit of Europe” ?
(A) Belgium
(B) Luxembourg
(C) Switzerland
(D) Netherlands
Answer:
(A) Belgium
Explanation:
Belgium is historically nicknamed the “Cockpit of Europe” (or the Battlefield of Europe) because of the vast number of European wars and battles (including Waterloo) fought on its soil.
29. The space craft ADITYA-1 mission is to study the :
(A) Sun
(B) Moon
(C) Mars
(D) Saturn
Answer:
(A) Sun
Explanation:
Aditya-L1 is the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) pioneering solar mission, designed specifically to study the solar atmosphere and the Sun’s corona.
30. Which of the following journalist won equal pay claim against BBC ?
(A) Samira Ahmad
(B) Kane Tanaka
(C) Nadia Whittome
(D) Christopher Tolkian
Answer:
(A) Samira Ahmad
Explanation:
Samira Ahmed is a prominent British journalist and broadcaster who won a landmark employment tribunal ruling against the BBC over an equal pay dispute in 2020.
