All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

• A. Pakistan
• B. Iran
• C. India
• D. Sudan

Explanation: The United States removed Sudan from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list in December 2020, following Sudan’s agreement to normalise…

• A. Quarantine
• B. Lockdown
• C. Covid-19
• D. Pandemic

Explanation: Cambridge Dictionary selected “quarantine” as its 2020 Word of the Year because of its widespread use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• A. India
• B. Sri-Lanka
• C. Bangladesh
• D. Turkey

Explanation: Sri Lanka’s 20th Constitutional Amendment, passed in 2020, restored broad presidential powers, including authority to dissolve Parliament…

• A. Black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity
• B. Of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy
• C. Both A & B
• D. None of these

Explanation: The 2020 Physics Nobel recognised Roger Penrose’s work showing that black-hole formation follows from general relativity, and Reinhard…

• A. Hepatitis A virus
• B. Hepatitis B virus
• C. Both B & C
• D. Hepatitis C virus

Explanation: The 2020 Medicine Nobel honoured Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles Rice for discovering the hepatitis C virus.

• A. Barack Obama
• B. Donald Trump
• C. Bill Clinton
• D. George Bush

Explanation: Donald Trump was nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian parliamentarian Christian Tybring-Gjedde.

• A. Samsung
• B. Oppo
• C. Nokia
• D. Huawei

Explanation: NASA selected Nokia to develop a 4G LTE communications network for the Moon.

• A. Burkina faso
• B. Mali
• C. Maxico
• D. Newzealand

Explanation: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party won a landslide in the October 2020 general election.

• A. Wimbledon
• B. Grand Slam
• C. Olympics
• D. None of these

Explanation: The 2020 Wimbledon Championships were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the tournament's first cancellation since World…

• A. 11 October
• B. 10 October
• C. 19 October 2020
• D. None of these

Explanation: Etihad Airways operated the first commercial passenger flight from the UAE to Israel on 19 October 2020.

• A. None of these
• B. 3rd
• C. 4th
• D. 2nd

Explanation: Jacinda Ardern secured a second term as New Zealand's prime minister after Labour's victory in the 2020 election.

• A. China
• B. Cuba
• C. Ukraine
• D. Pakistan

Explanation: China received 139 votes, the lowest total among the countries elected to the UN Human Rights Council in October 2020.

• A. Russia
• B. China
• C. Pakistan
• D. India

Explanation: China joined the WHO-backed COVAX vaccine-alliance framework in October 2020.

• A. None of these
• B. Yingluck shinawatra
• C. Katrin Jakobsdottir
• D. Aava Murto

Explanation: Aava Murto, aged 16, served as Finland's prime minister for a day as part of the country's Girls Takeover initiative.

• A. 25 October
• B. 29 October
• C. None
• D. 03 November

Explanation: The 2020 United States presidential election was held on 3 November. US presidential elections take place on the Tuesday after the first…

• A. 20
• B. 18
• C. 16
• D. 22World Current Affairs

Explanation: By the end of the 2020 season, Rafael Nadal had won 20 men's Grand Slam singles titles, equalling Roger Federer's record at that time.

• A. Rafael Nadal
• B. Both A & B
• C. Novak Djokovic
• D. Roger Federed

Explanation: In the 2020 context, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were joint record-holders with 20 men's Grand Slam singles titles each.

• A. 10
• B. 11
• C. 12
• D. 13

Explanation: Nadal won his 13th French Open title in 2020, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final.

• A. 17 OCT 2020
• B. 10 OCT 2019
• C. 10 OCT 2020
• D. 17 OCT 2019

Explanation: New Zealand's 2020 general election was held on 17 October after being delayed from September because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

• A. National Congress
• B. Labour Party
• C. Green
• D. None of these

Explanation: New Zealand’s 2020 general election was won by Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party, which secured enough seats to govern independently.