World Current Affairs MCQs

Recently scientists have found that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs( 60 million years ago) hit at ‘deadliest possible’ angle(40-60). Identify the asteroid?

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Recently scientists have found that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs( 60 million years ago) hit at ‘deadliest possible’ angle(40-60). Identify the asteroid?

A. Acraman
B. Chicxulub
C. Vredefort
D. None of these

The city-size asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago and doomed the dinosaurs to extinction came from the northeast at a steep angle, maximizing the amount of climate-changing gases unleashed into the atmosphere, a new study has found.
That the 200 kilometer (125 mile) wide Chicxulub crater in present-day Mexico was formed when the asteroid struck, ultimately killing off three-quarters of life on the planet, is a fact most scientists agree on. But the trajectory and direction of that impact is still a topic of debate.

Which european commercial airline was victim of a cyber security attack in which details of around nine million customers were stolen?

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Which european commercial airline was victim of a cyber security attack in which details of around nine million customers were stolen?

A. Ryanair
B. British Airways
C. Jet Airways
D. Easy Jet

EasyJet admits data of nine million hacked. EasyJet has admitted that a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack” has affected approximately nine million customers. It said email addresses and travel details had been stolen and that 2,208 customers had also had their credit and debit card details “accessed”.