State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 142

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead during an election campaign in July 2022. Which country was he from?

  1. Japan
  2. Ukraine
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. France
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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Answer: (A) Japan

Explanation

Shinzo Abe was assassinated on 8 July 2022 in Nara, Japan.

  • (A) Correct

    Correct: Abe was Japan's longest-serving PM, killed in Nara.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: not his country.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: not his country.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: not his country.

  • (E) Incorrect

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.