Explanation

The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005–2014

It was an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiative of the United Nations. 

The Decade was delivered by UNESCO as the lead agency,

They gave rise to the Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) networks, and the GUPES universities' partnership

Explanation

Tsunami means "Harbour Waves".

World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed annually on November 5 to create awareness about this deadly disaster.

Explanation

• ANTARA is the national news agency of Indonesia. 
• Founded: 13 December 1937 in Batavia (later Jakarta)
• Founders:
• Adam Malik
• Soemanang Soerjowinoto
• A.M. Sipahoetar
• Pandu Kartawiguna
• Headquarters: Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

News Agencies of Important Countries

Pakistan: Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)

China: Xinhua

Russia: TASS (Telegrafnoye agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza) 

India: Press Trust of India (PTI)

France: AFP (Agence France-Presse) (also oldest news agency)

Italy: ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata)

USA: Associated Press (AP)

Britain: Reuters 

Malaysia: Bernama 

Israel: ITIM

Bahrain: BNA (Bahrain News Agency)

Iran: FARS

Syria: SANA(Syrian Arab News Agency)

Yemen: SABA

Indonesia: Antara 

Kuwait: KUNA (Kuwait News Agency)

Kenya: KNA (Kenya News Agency)

Explanation

John Keats  was an English Romantic poet di

He died of tuberculosis at the young age of 25  in 1821

He is known for his vivid imagery and sensual language in poems like "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn".

According to the options correct answer is John Keats, but 

Thomas Chatterton: Died by suicide at 17 a precursor to Romanticism, influencing Keats and others.

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Died at 29 in a boating accident; another key Romantic poet, along with Keats and Byron

Explanation

The Mari gas field, located in District Ghotki, Sindh

It is the second largest gas field in Pakistan after the Sui gas field.

Discovered in 1957

Founded: 1984

Headquarters: Islamabad

Additional information:

Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL) is a Pakistani petroleum exploration and production company based in Islamabad, Pakistan

Explanation

The 2005 riots in France were primarily triggered by the deaths of two teenagers, Zyed Benna and Bouna Traore,

Who were electrocuted in an electrical substation while evading a police check in Clichy-sous-Bois. 

It was a three-week long period of civil disturbances that took place in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities

Date: 27 October – 16 November 2005 (21 days)

Explanation

 In the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, Cuba dispatched a large medical contingent, sending

• 2,260 health professionals,
• Establishing 32 field hospitals,
• Delivering 234.5 tons of medicines to support Pakistan’s relief efforts

Additional information:

The significant earthquake that prompted major UNO relief efforts, particularly in 2005 in Pakistan/Kashmi

Magnitude: 7.6.

Date: October 8, 2005.

Occurred at 08:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time 

More than 80,000 people perished as a result of the quake,

Explanation

The significant earthquake that prompted major UNO relief efforts, particularly in 2005 in Pakistan/Kashmi

Magnitude: 7.6.

Date: October 8, 2005.

Occurred at 08:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time 

More than 80,000 people perished as a result of the quake,

Explanation

Shinto, also called Shintoism,

It is a religion originating in Japan.

Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion,

It is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion

Explanation

The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are a disputed territory, claimed by several countries, including:

1. China
2. Vietnam
3. Malaysia
4. Philippines

Most of the "maritime features" in this area have at least six names

In 1968, oil was discovered in the region.

On 11 March 1976, the first major Philippine oil discovery occurred off the coast of Palawan, near the Spratly Islands territory.