General Knowledge Bangladesh and International Affairs
Bangladesh
Q. Which country wants to invest $1.3 billion for the generation of offshore wind energy in Bangladesh?
Ans. Denmark.
Q. According to ADB, what is the percentage that the Bangladesh economy is estimated to have grown in fiscal year 2022-23?
Ans. 6 percent.
Q. What is the name of the country’s first- ever ‘Artificial Intelligence’ news presenter?
Ans. Aparajita.
Q. According to the Henley Passport Index- 2023, what is the position of Bangladesh among the world’s 227 countries?
Ans. 97th. [Source: Official Website]
Q. When did Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially received three Kolaboti sarees and handicrafts, all made from banana plant fibre?
Ans. 17 July 2023.
Q. What is the proportion of households with mobile phone and smart phones in the country according to the “ICT Use Survey” by BBS?
Ans. 97.9 percent and 63.3 percent.
Q. When will the Bangladesh Bank launch a taka-rupee dual currency card?
Ans. September.
Q. On July 12, in which country Bangladesh embassy launched E-passport facilities?
Ans. Portugal.
Q. On July 16, over which country Bangladesh women cricket team recorded their first-ever One-Day International (ODI) victory?
Ans. India.
Q. What is the recent functional literacy rate of people above 7 years of age in the country?
Ans. 62.92 per cent.
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Q. Where is the South Asia’s largest single sewage treatment plant (STP) situated that has been inaugurated by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on July 13?
Ans. Khilgaon, Dhaka.
International
Q. Who is the winner of the men’s singles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships?
Ans. Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.
Q. Which country is the latest permanent member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?
Ans. Iran.
Q. On 11-12 July, where did the NATO Summit 2023 take place?
Ans. Vilnius, Lithuania.
Q. Who is the author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”?
Ans. Czech-French writer Milan Kundera.
Q. When and where did the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting take place?
Ans. On 11 July 2023 in Jakarta.
Q. When did Russia halt participation in the year-old UN-brokered deal that let Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea?
Ans. 17 July.
Q. Who is the new coach of Brazil?
Ans. Carlo Ancelotti.
Q. What is the area that has been burnt this year across Canada due to wildfires?
Ans. 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres).
Q. What is the name of the spacecraft that has been launched by India to the moon on 14 July?
Ans. Chandrayaan-3.
Q. Which countries recently restored their relations at the highest diplomatic level?
Ans. Turkey and Egypt.
Q. According to the Henley Passport Index-2023, which country is in the first position?
Ans. Singapore.
Q. Who has been conferred with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, the highest honour of France, by the President Emmanuel Macron on the French National Day (Bastille Day) celebrations?
Ans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi (India).
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