Consider the following statements: (1) U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Roza Otunbayeva, a former President of Kazakhstan, as his new special envoy for Afghanistan. (2) Russia has become the first country to approve the world's first needle-free, inhaled version of the COVID-19 vaccine. (3) As per the latest figures from the IMF (September 2022), France economy is the fifth largest economy in the world. (4) China is the President of the G-20 in 2022. Which of the above statements are INCORRECT?
Question:
Consider the following statements: (1) U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Roza Otunbayeva, a former President of Kazakhstan, as his new special envoy for Afghanistan. (2) Russia has become the first country to approve the world's first needle-free, inhaled version of the COVID-19 vaccine. (3) As per the latest figures from the IMF (September 2022), France economy is the fifth largest economy in the world. (4) China is the President of the G-20 in 2022. Which of the above statements are INCORRECT?
Consider the following statements: (1) U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Roza Otunbayeva, a former President of Kazakhstan, as his new special envoy for Afghanistan. (2) Russia has become the first country to approve the world's first needle-free, inhaled version of the COVID-19 vaccine. (3) As per the latest figures from the IMF (September 2022), France economy is the fifth largest economy in the world. (4) China is the President of the G-20 in 2022. Which of the above statements are INCORRECT?
Options
Answer: (3) (1), (3) and (4)
Explanation:
Statement (1) is incorrect: Roza Otunbayeva is a former President of Kyrgyzstan — NOT Kazakhstan. She was appointed by UN Secretary-General Guterres as his Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA. Statement (2) is correct: Russia approved the world's first inhaled (intranasal) needle-free COVID-19 vaccine — a modified version of Sputnik V — in 2022. Statement (3) is incorrect: As per IMF data (September 2022), the world's largest economies by GDP are USA, China, Japan, Germany, and UK/India — France ranks around 7th, not 5th. Statement (4) is incorrect: Indonesia held the G-20 Presidency in 2022 — NOT China. India held the G-20 Presidency in 2023. Hence (1), (3) and (4) are incorrect.
Explanation:
Statement (1) is incorrect: Roza Otunbayeva is a former President of Kyrgyzstan — NOT Kazakhstan. She was appointed by UN Secretary-General Guterres as his Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA. Statement (2) is correct: Russia approved the world's first inhaled (intranasal) needle-free COVID-19 vaccine — a modified version of Sputnik V — in 2022. Statement (3) is incorrect: As per IMF data (September 2022), the world's largest economies by GDP are USA, China, Japan, Germany, and UK/India — France ranks around 7th, not 5th. Statement (4) is incorrect: Indonesia held the G-20 Presidency in 2022 — NOT China. India held the G-20 Presidency in 2023. Hence (1), (3) and (4) are incorrect.
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