All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

• A. 130th
• B. 150th
• C. 200th
• D. 25th

Explanation: Florence Nightingale was born in 1820, so International Nurses Day in 2020 marked her 200th birth anniversary.

• A. None of these
• B. Thailand
• C. New Zealand
• D. Canada

Explanation: Canada banned assault-style firearms in May 2020 after the Nova Scotia mass shooting, which was the deadliest in Canadian history.

• A. Colson Whitehead
• B. Barry Blitt
• C. Jericho Brown
• D. Ben Taub

Explanation: Colson Whitehead won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Nickel Boys.

• A. Bird
• B. Insect
• C. Fish
• D. Reptile

Explanation: Tuna are marine fish belonging to the mackerel family, Scombridae. World Tuna Day highlights their ecological and economic importance…

• A. Russia
• B. Brazil
• C. Germany
• D. Soth Africa

Explanation: Denis Goldberg was a South African anti-apartheid activist and Rivonia Trial figure who died in 2020.

• A. Canada
• B. Australia
• C. New Zealand
• D. Iceland

Explanation: Canada announced a ban covering roughly 1,500 models and variants of assault-style firearms on 1 May 2020.

• A. Ingenuity
• B. Intelligence
• C. Brilliance
• D. Endeavor

Explanation: NASA named its Mars helicopter Ingenuity, a name chosen through a student essay contest.

• A. February, 2020
• B. May,2020
• C. April,2020
• D. March,2020

Explanation: Scientists identified the unusually large Arctic ozone hole in March 2020, although it closed later because of changing atmospheric…

• A. 65
• B. 66
• C. 67
• D. 68

Explanation: Rishi Kapoor died on 30 April 2020 at the age of 67 after treatment for leukemia. The nearby ages in the options are therefore incorrect.

• A. CovidTrack
• B. CovidSafe
• C. CronaTrack
• D. CronaSafe

Explanation: COVIDSafe was Australia’s official contact-tracing app, designed to help health authorities identify close contacts of infected people.

• A. Turkey
• B. Syria
• C. Saudi Arabia
• D. Palestine

Explanation: Saudi Arabia announced in April 2020 that flogging would be replaced by imprisonment or fines in certain cases.

• A. Colon Infection
• B. Tuberculosis
• C. Malaria
• D. Corona Virus

Explanation: Irrfan Khan died from complications linked to a neuroendocrine tumour and a colon infection, not COVID-19, tuberculosis, or malaria.

• A. 28 April 2020
• B. 29 April 2020
• C. 30 April 2020
• D. 1 May 2020

Explanation: Irrfan Khan died on 29 April 2020 at Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.

• A. 50
• B. 51
• C. 53Exploring Educational Science Kits
• D. 52

Explanation: Irrfan Khan was 53 when he died in April 2020. The unrelated phrase appended to the question appears to be scraping noise and does not…

• A. China
• B. Iran
• C. Iraq
• D. Saudi Arabia

Explanation: Saudi Arabia ended the death penalty for offences committed by people who were minors at the time of the crime.

• A. North Korea
• B. South Korea
• C. Pakistan
• D. Turkey

Explanation: South Korea held its parliamentary elections on 15 April 2020 while the pandemic was active, using extensive health and distancing…

• A. Apr 7,2020
• B. Apr 9,2020
• C. Apr 8,2020
• D. Apr 10,2020

Explanation: Bernie Sanders suspended his Democratic presidential campaign on 8 April 2020, leaving Joe Biden as the party’s presumptive nominee.

• A. Egypt
• B. Libya
• C. Algeria
• D. Nigeria

Explanation: Abba Kyari was the Chief of Staff to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. He died in April 2020 after contracting COVID-19.

• A. Iran
• B. Iraq
• C. Turkey
• D. None of these

Explanation: Iran launched Nour, its first military satellite, into orbit in April 2020 using a Qased rocket.

• A. Al Nour
• B. Rabad
• C. Nour
• D. Khomar

Explanation: The satellite launched by Iran in April 2020 was named Nour, meaning light in Persian.