All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

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Fairly easy
  • A. Abu ali al ambari
  • B. Ayman al zawahiri
  • C. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qorashi.
  • D. Abu slaeh al obaidi

Explanation: Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi was announced as the Islamic State’s new leader after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death.

Correct answer: Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qorashi.
Hard
  • A. 157
  • B. 167
  • C. 121
  • D. 134

Explanation: The Liberals won 157 of the 338 seats in Canada’s 2019 federal election, becoming the largest party but falling short of a majority.

Correct answer: 157
Moderate
  • A. Henry Roots
  • B. Mark Esper
  • C. Kevin Macaleen
  • D. Dan Brouillette

Explanation: Dan Brouillette was nominated by President Trump to replace Rick Perry as US Secretary of Energy.

Correct answer: Dan Brouillette
Moderate
  • A. fourth
  • B. second
  • C. third
  • D. first

Explanation: Angela Merkel became Germany’s chancellor in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009, 2013 and 2018, making the 2018 election her fourth term.

Correct answer: fourth
Easy
  • A. Kim Collins
  • B. Dwain Chambers
  • C. Usain Bolt
  • D. Justin Gatlin

Explanation: Usain Bolt holds the men’s 100-metre and 200-metre world records and is widely recognised as the fastest man in recorded athletics.

Correct answer: Usain Bolt
Moderate
  • A. Margaret Atwood
  • B. Lucy Ellmann
  • C. Chigozie Obioma
  • D. Bernardine Evaristo

Explanation: Bernardine Evaristo became the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize, sharing the 2019 award with Margaret Atwood.

Correct answer: Bernardine Evaristo
Hard
  • A. 22nd October 2019 ✓
  • B. 23rd October 2019
  • C. 24th October 2019
  • D. 25th October 2019

Explanation: Emperor Naruhito’s formal enthronement ceremony was held on 22 October 2019 in Tokyo.

Correct answer: 22nd October 2019 ✓
Moderate
  • A. Iraq
  • B. Iran
  • C. Brazil
  • D. Qatar

Explanation: More than 3,000 Iranian women attended a football match in Tehran in October 2019, ending a restriction that had largely kept women out of…

Correct answer: Iran
Moderate
  • A. James peebles
  • B. Michel Mayor
  • C. All of these
  • D. Didier Queloz

Explanation: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics was shared by James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for discoveries about the universe and an…

Correct answer: All of these
Moderate
  • A. Somalia
  • B. Cuba
  • C. Kenya
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The United States formally reopened its embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2019 after diplomatic operations had been absent there for about…

Correct answer: Somalia
Very hard
  • A. Darren Sammy
  • B. Shoaib Malik
  • C. Jasson Holder
  • D. Chris Gayle

Explanation: Shoaib Malik captained the Guyana Amazon Warriors during the 2019 Caribbean Premier League season.

Correct answer: Shoaib Malik
Hard
  • A. 10 Oct, 2019
  • B. 12 Oct, 2019
  • C. 11 Oct, 2019
  • D. 9 Oct, 2019

Explanation: Alexei Leonov died on 11 October 2019, aged 85. He had become the first person to conduct a spacewalk during the Soviet Union’s Voskhod 2…

Correct answer: 11 Oct, 2019
Fairly easy
  • A. Heart electric pulses
  • B. Vaccine for AIDS
  • C. Artificial cell production
  • D. How cells use Oxygen

Explanation: The 2019 medicine laureates were recognised for explaining how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.

Correct answer: How cells use Oxygen
Moderate
  • A. Poland
  • B. Austria
  • C. Serbia
  • D. Australia

Explanation: Peter Handke is an Austrian novelist, playwright and translator. Although of mixed Austrian and Slovenian background, he is identified…

Correct answer: Austria
Moderate
  • A. Adel al-Jubeir
  • B. Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah
  • C. Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud
  • D. None of them

Explanation: Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud became Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister in October 2019, replacing Adel al-Jubeir, who became minister of state…

Correct answer: Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud
Easy
  • A. Bob Dylan
  • B. Olga Tokarczuk
  • C. Kazuo Ishiguro
  • D. Peter Handke

Explanation: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature went to Austrian writer Peter Handke.

Correct answer: Peter Handke
Moderate
  • A. Olga Tokarczuk
  • B. Peter Handke
  • C. Kazuo Ishiguro
  • D. Bob Dylan

Explanation: Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced in 2019 after the Swedish Academy postponed the award.

Correct answer: Olga Tokarczuk
Moderate
  • A. Pakistan
  • B. Turkey
  • C. India
  • D. Iran

Explanation: KAZIND is a bilateral military exercise conducted by Kazakhstan and India. Its name combines the country abbreviations, Kazakh and Indian.

Correct answer: India
Moderate
  • A. 26 September
  • B. 29 September
  • C. 22 September
  • D. 27 September

Explanation: The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is observed annually on 26 September.

Correct answer: 26 September
Moderate
  • A. China
  • B. Malaysia
  • C. Pakistan
  • D. Iran

Explanation: Iran won the 2019 Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship. The tournament was organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation and Iran…

Correct answer: Iran