All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

• A. BeiDou (BDS)
• B. GLONASS
• C. Galileo
• D. Yeon-HI

Explanation: BeiDou, also called BDS, is China’s independently developed satellite-navigation system.

• A. Four
• B. Six
• C. Five
• D. Seven

Explanation: The UN Security Council has 10 non-permanent members, and five are elected each year for two-year terms.

• A. United States
• B. China
• C. Norway
• D. India

Explanation: India held the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in August 2021. The presidency changes monthly among the Council’s members.

• A. Turkey
• B. Armenia
• C. Germany
• D. Russia

Explanation: Volkan Bozkir is a Turkish diplomat and politician who presided over the 75th session of the UN General Assembly.

• A. May 18,2020
• B. June 17,2020
• C. June 20,2020
• D. June 18, 2020

Explanation: India was elected to the UN Security Council on 17 June 2020 for the 2021–2022 term.

• A. 187
• B. 189
• C. 192
• D. 184

Explanation: India received 184 of the 192 votes cast in the UN General Assembly election.

• A. Belgium
• B. France
• C. Brazil
• D. None of these

Explanation: Belgium topped the FIFA men’s world ranking in 2020, continuing its strong position from previous years.

• A. "The End of Child Labour: Within Reach"
• B. "protect children more than ever from COVID-19″
• C. "Generation Safe & Healthy"
• D. "Children shouldn't work in fields, but on dreams!"

Explanation: The 2020 World Day Against Child Labour theme was “Protect children more than ever from COVID-19,” reflecting the pandemic’s increased…

• A. Tunisia
• B. Tanzania
• C. Burundi
• D. Kenya

Explanation: Pierre Nkurunziza was the former president of Burundi, serving from 2005 until 2020. He died on 9 June 2020 at the age of 55.

• A. Kathy Sullivan
• B. Nancy Roman
• C. Peggy whatson
• D. Maria logard

Explanation: Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans, in 2020.

• A. University of Cambridge
• B. University of Oxford
• C. Stanford University
• D. None of these

Explanation: Malala Yousafzai graduated from the University of Oxford in 2020 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

• A. United States
• B. Iran
• C. China
• D. Israel

Explanation: The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, or IPAC, was formed to coordinate lawmakers' responses to China's growing global influence and…

• A. Japan
• B. Israel
• C. France
• D. Germany

Explanation: The proposed withdrawal concerned US forces stationed in Germany, a major American military presence in Europe.

• A. WHO
• B. UN
• C. World Bank
• D. NATO

Explanation: The United Nations was founded in 1945, so 2020 marked its 75th anniversary.

• A. Earth
• B. Saturn
• C. Jupiter
• D. Neptune

Explanation: Saturn's moon is drifting away because tidal interactions transfer energy from Saturn's rotation to the moon's orbit.

• A. Austria
• B. New Zealand
• C. Germany
• D. China

Explanation: In the Deep Knowledge Group's 2020 coronavirus-safety assessment, Switzerland ranked first and Germany second.

• A. China
• B. Australia
• C. New Zealand
• D. Switzerland

Explanation: The cited Deep Knowledge Group study placed Switzerland first in its coronavirus-safety ranking.

• A. Rome
• B. Grand-Saconnex
• C. Geneva
• D. New York

Explanation: The IOM headquarters is in Grand-Saconnex, near Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva is often used as the broader location, but Grand-Saconnex is…

• A. UNICEF
• B. World Trade Organisation
• C. World Health Organisation
• D. World Bank

Explanation: The World Health Organization launched the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool to encourage sharing of knowledge, data and technologies needed…

• A. United States
• B. Italy
• C. Germany
• D. Switzerland

Explanation: Swiss developers produced the first national digital contact-tracing app using Apple's and Google's Exposure Notification framework.