University Admission/Job Test Prep : Global Updates

There of course remains some questions on global happenings in all types of competitive exams such as university admission test, recruitment exams. To help our readers, particularly university admission & job seekers, prepare for their exams, some updates have been put up below :

1. What’s the name of South Korea’s new Prime Minister?
   Ans : Kim Boo-kyum since 14 May 2021.

2. Who has won Miss Universe 2020 (69th Edition) crown this year?
   Ans : Miss Mexico Andrea Meza (26). She is third Mexican women to have won this award so far.

3. How much is Bangladesh’s per capita Gross National Income now as per fiscal year 2020-2021?
   Ans : USD 2,227.

4. Who is new President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for the tenure of 2021-23?
   Ans : Md Jashim Uddin.

5. What’s the name of Chinese rover landed recently on the Mars, the extremely cool red planet?
   Ans : Jhu Rong. The rover landed in the Utopia Plain of Southern Mars on May 15, 2021. With this achievement, China has become the third country in the world after the USA and the former Soviet Union.

6. What’s the name of China’s Mars Mission (spacecraft) to explore the red planet, still uninhabitable?
   Ans : Tianwen-1.

7. What’s the name of chinese space agency?
   Ans : China National Space Administration (CNSA).

8. Who has been appointed as the new President of Bangla Academy?
   Ans : Professor Dr. Rafiqul Islam.

9. What’s the scientific name (variant) of Indian coronavirus causing Covid-19 disease around the world?
   Ans : B.1.617.

10. What’s the name of the virus that causes Covid-19 disease?
    Ans : SARS-CoV-2.