All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

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Fairly easy
  • A. Iran,Germany,and United States
  • B. Russia,UK,China
  • C. France,Iran and United States
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: The JCPOA was the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement involving Iran and the P5+1 powers: the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and…

Correct answer: All of the above
Moderate
  • A. 74th
  • B. 75th
  • C. 76th
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, making 6 August 2020 the 75th anniversary.

Correct answer: 75th
Fairly easy
  • A. Usa
  • B. Uk
  • C. Russia
  • D. China

Explanation: Russia successfully tested the Zircon, or Tsirkon, hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile.

Correct answer: Russia
Fairly easy
  • A. 1433
  • B. 1453
  • C. 1425
  • D. 1400

Explanation: Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II on 29 May 1453, after which Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque.

Correct answer: 1453
Fairly easy
  • A. Israel
  • B. Pakistan
  • C. Afghanistan
  • D. Iran

Explanation: Ra'ad-II is a Pakistani air-launched cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

Correct answer: Pakistan
Hard
  • A. China
  • B. Iran
  • C. Taiwan
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Iran issued the warrant after the January 2020 US drone strike that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.

Correct answer: Iran
Hard
  • A. Pakistan
  • B. India
  • C. Iran
  • D. China

Explanation: China decided to join the UN Arms Trade Treaty, an international agreement regulating the trade in conventional weapons.

Correct answer: China
Hard
  • A. Pau
  • B. Peru
  • C. Panama
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Sahel Coalition was announced at the January 2020 summit held in Pau, France.

Correct answer: Pau
Fairly easy
  • A. China
  • B. Bhutan
  • C. Nepal
  • D. Bangladesh

Explanation: Nepal’s parliament approved a constitutional amendment incorporating Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh into its official map.

Correct answer: Nepal
Moderate
  • A. Italy
  • B. Spain
  • C. France
  • D. USA

Explanation: Spain announced plans to withdraw its military forces from Iraq and Afghanistan by the beginning of 2021.

Correct answer: Spain
Moderate
  • A. UK, Ireland
  • B. Greece, Italy
  • C. Sri Lanka, India
  • D. India, Myanmar

Explanation: Greece and Italy agreed on a maritime-boundary deal in 2020, particularly concerning the delimitation of their exclusive economic zones in…

Correct answer: Greece, Italy
Easy
  • A. South Korea
  • B. China
  • C. Japan
  • D. US

Explanation: North Korea cut military and political communication hotlines with South Korea in June 2020 amid worsening inter-Korean tensions.

Correct answer: South Korea
Moderate
  • A. Kenya
  • B. Congo
  • C. Ethiopia
  • D. South Sudan

Explanation: The UN Security Council extended sanctions, including a travel ban and arms embargo, relating to South Sudan until May 2021.

Correct answer: South Sudan
Fairly easy
  • A. Iran
  • B. Turkey
  • C. Israel
  • D. United States

Explanation: Turkey launched Operation Claw-Tiger in northern Iraq against positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.

Correct answer: Turkey
Very hard
  • A. 48
  • B. 50.8
  • C. 52.8
  • D. 58

Explanation: The 2020 Global Report on Internal Displacement recorded 50.8 million people internally displaced worldwide at the end of 2019 because of…

Correct answer: 50.8
Very hard
  • A. Iran
  • B. North Korea
  • C. Israel
  • D. China

Explanation: The US State Department accused China of conducting low-yield underground nuclear tests and possibly violating the international testing…

Correct answer: China
Fairly easy
  • A. UK
  • B. Russia
  • C. Japan
  • D. US

Explanation: The United States announced its intention to leave the Open Skies Treaty in May 2020, alleging that Russia was violating the agreement's…

Correct answer: US
Fairly easy
  • A. North Korea
  • B. Israel
  • C. China
  • D. United States

Explanation: The country that announced its withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty was the United States.

Correct answer: United States
Very hard
  • A. US
  • B. Kyrgyzstan
  • C. The Czech Republic
  • D. Turkey

Explanation: Kyrgyzstan signed the Open Skies Treaty but had not ratified it, unlike the United States, the Czech Republic and Turkey.

Correct answer: Kyrgyzstan
Moderate
  • A. 17 May,2020
  • B. 19 May,2020
  • C. 15 May,2020
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah signed their Afghan power-sharing agreement on 17 May 2020 after months of dispute over the 2019…

Correct answer: 17 May,2020