All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

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Hard
  • A. 8
  • B. 9
  • C. 10
  • D. 11

Explanation: Trump became the 11th U.S. president to seek another term but fail to win re-election, following figures such as John Adams, Herbert…

Correct answer: 11
Very hard
  • A. 15th
  • B. 16th
  • C. 17th
  • D. 18th

Explanation: Biden is commonly described as the 16th Democratic president when Grover Cleveland’s two non-consecutive presidencies are counted…

Correct answer: 16th
Moderate
  • A. 114th
  • B. 115th
  • C. 116th
  • D. 117th

Explanation: The 117th U.S. Congress began its term on January 3, 2021, and served until January 3, 2023.

Correct answer: 117th
Very hard
  • A. First Prime Minister
  • B. Fourth Prime Minister
  • C. Third Prime Minister
  • D. Second Prime Minister

Explanation: Golda Meir became Israel’s fourth prime minister in 1969 and remains the country’s only woman to have held that office.

Correct answer: Fourth Prime Minister
Very hard
  • A. Aleksander Alevy
  • B. Ekkarat Lessen
  • C. Andrii Beshta
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Andrii Beshta was Ukraine’s ambassador to Thailand and died in May 2021 while staying on the Thai island of Ko Lipe.

Correct answer: Andrii Beshta
Moderate
  • A. Nepal
  • B. Bhutan
  • C. Japan
  • D. China

Explanation: Zhang Hong is a Chinese mountaineer who became the first blind person from Asia to reach Mount Everest’s summit in 2021.

Correct answer: China
Moderate
  • A. 3rd
  • B. 4th
  • C. 5th
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Bashar al-Assad won Syria’s 2021 presidential election and began his fourth term.

Correct answer: 4th
Moderate
  • A. Cairo
  • B. Tripoli
  • C. Istanbul
  • D. Damascus

Explanation: The new Taksim Mosque was inaugurated in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2021. Taksim Square is a prominent central location in Istanbul, not in…

Correct answer: Istanbul
Hard
  • A. Lady Gaga
  • B. Lady Nadia Balouch
  • C. Lady Nusrat Hussain
  • D. Drake

Explanation: Drake received the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, recognising his dominance on Billboard charts during the…

Correct answer: Drake
Moderate
  • A. Palestine
  • B. Sudan
  • C. Egypt
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Riyad al-Maliki serves as the foreign minister of the State of Palestine.

Correct answer: Palestine
Easy
  • A. Sudan
  • B. Kenya
  • C. Nigeria
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Ibrahim Attahiru was Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff when he died in a military aircraft crash near Kaduna in May 2021.

Correct answer: Nigeria
Moderate
  • A. Japan
  • B. USA
  • C. China
  • D. Iran

Explanation: Simorgh is an Iranian supercomputer developed as part of Iran's domestic high-performance computing programme.

Correct answer: Iran
Fairly easy
  • A. William Shakespeare
  • B. Neuman Abruzi
  • C. Wentworth Miller
  • D. Nigel Stafford-Clark

Explanation: William Shakespeare was the first man to receive an approved COVID-19 vaccine, taking the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the United Kingdom on…

Correct answer: William Shakespeare
Moderate
  • A. Baburam Bhattarai
  • B. KP Sharma Oli
  • C. Pushpa Kamal Dahal
  • D. Madhav Kumar Nepal

Explanation: KP Sharma Oli returned as Nepal's prime minister in May 2021, beginning his third term after the government lost its parliamentary…

Correct answer: KP Sharma Oli
Fairly easy
  • A. Health System Betterment
  • B. Food production enhancement
  • C. Ecosystem Restoration
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration covers 2021 to 2030 and aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide.

Correct answer: Ecosystem Restoration
Fairly easy
  • A. None of these
  • B. Saudi Arabia
  • C. India
  • D. Israel

Explanation: The Biden administration approved a reported 735-million-dollar weapons sale to Israel in May 2021, including precision-guided missiles.

Correct answer: Israel
Fairly easy
  • A. Oman
  • B. Sri Lanka
  • C. India
  • D. Pakistan

Explanation: Oman proposed the name Yaas for the Bay of Bengal cyclone, following the regional system in which countries submit names in advance.

Correct answer: Oman
Fairly easy
  • A. USA
  • B. China
  • C. UK
  • D. Pakistan

Explanation: China planned a separation line at the summit of Mount Everest to prevent COVID-19 transmission between climbers approaching from the…

Correct answer: China
Hard
  • A. Javeria Jaleel
  • B. Arooba Ansari
  • C. Arish Fatima
  • D. Kiran Naz

Explanation: Arish Fatima of Pakistan was reported as the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional after passing a Microsoft examination at…

Correct answer: Arish Fatima
Moderate
  • A. 2018
  • B. 2019
  • C. 2022
  • D. 2021

Explanation: NATO extended Jens Stoltenberg's tenure as secretary-general until 30 September 2022.

Correct answer: 2022