All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

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Moderate
  • A. Arata Isozaki
  • B. Rafael Aranda
  • C. Ramon Vilaita
  • D. Kazuyo Sejima

Explanation: Japanese architect Arata Isozaki received the 2019 Pritzker Prize, architecture’s most prominent international award.

Correct answer: Arata Isozaki
Fairly easy
  • A. Australia
  • B. Japan
  • C. China
  • D. Singapore

Explanation: Japan introduced chatty robots and other robotic assistants in preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Correct answer: Japan
Hard
  • A. Kristan MacLean
  • B. Johan jolt
  • C. wieber wakker
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Dutchman Wiebe Wakker completed a record-setting around-the-world journey in an electric car, travelling from the Netherlands to…

Correct answer: wieber wakker
Moderate
  • A. Prof. Heino Falcke
  • B. None of these
  • C. Margaret Hamilton
  • D. Katie Bouman

Explanation: Katie Bouman led the creation of the computational imaging algorithm used with Event Horizon Telescope observations to produce the…

Correct answer: Katie Bouman
Hard
  • A. Snow Solar Telescope
  • B. One metre Solar Telescope
  • C. Waypoint-1 Space Telescope
  • D. Hubble Space Telescope

Explanation: Researchers used the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope to measure the Sun’s magnetic field and found it was much stronger than previously…

Correct answer: One metre Solar Telescope
Very hard
  • A. China
  • B. USA
  • C. Japan
  • D. South Korea

Explanation: Japanese researchers used astronomical observations to challenge the idea that dark matter consists mainly of primordial tiny black holes.

Correct answer: Japan
Fairly easy
  • A. Toni Harp
  • B. Muriel Bowser
  • C. Lovely Warren
  • D. Lori Lightfoot

Explanation: Lori Lightfoot won Chicago’s 2019 mayoral election and became the city’s first African-American woman mayor.

Correct answer: Lori Lightfoot
Moderate
  • A. USA
  • B. China
  • C. South Korea
  • D. UK

Explanation: China launched Tianlian II-01, the first satellite in its second-generation data-relay system.

Correct answer: China
Easy
  • A. Jordan
  • B. Egypt
  • C. Maldives
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The People’s Majlis is the unicameral Parliament of the Maldives. The name literally refers to the people’s assembly, while Jordan has a…

Correct answer: Maldives
Moderate
  • A. None of these
  • B. 9 April
  • C. 11 April
  • D. 6 April

Explanation: The Maldives held its parliamentary election on 6 April 2019. The election gave the Maldivian Democratic Party a strong majority in the…

Correct answer: 6 April
Fairly easy
  • A. Syria
  • B. Iran
  • C. Yemen
  • D. Jordan

Explanation: Latakia and Tartus are Syria’s principal Mediterranean seaports. Tartus also hosts a Russian naval facility, making both ports…

Correct answer: Syria
Moderate
  • A. 42
  • B. 44
  • C. 46
  • D. 48

Explanation: The United Kingdom joined the European Communities in 1973, which became the European Union in 1993, so it had been part of the European…

Correct answer: 46
Easy
  • A. Hockey
  • B. Football
  • C. Cricket
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Mankading is a cricket dismissal in which a non-striker is run out for leaving the crease before the bowler releases the ball.

Correct answer: Cricket
Fairly easy
  • A. 31 March
  • B. None of these
  • C. 25 March
  • D. 27 March

Explanation: World Theatre Day is observed annually on 27 March under the auspices of the International Theatre Institute.

Correct answer: 27 March
Hard
  • A. China
  • B. Australia
  • C. USA
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Australian scientists identified a network of subglacial lakes beneath Antarctica’s Totten Glacier.

Correct answer: Australia
Very hard
  • A. Iraq
  • B. Iran
  • C. Israel
  • D. Jordan

Explanation: Malham Cave, the world’s longest salt cave at the time of the report, is located near the Dead Sea in Israel.

Correct answer: Israel
Moderate
  • A. 2 times
  • B. 3 times
  • C. 4 times
  • D. None of these.

Explanation: The UK House of Commons rejected Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement three times in 2019.

Correct answer: 3 times
Moderate
  • A. Pakistan
  • B. UAE
  • C. Oman
  • D. Saudi Arabia
  • E. Qatar

Explanation: The UAE announced visa facilitation measures intended to make family sponsorship and residence procedures easier for expatriates.

Correct answer: UAE
Fairly easy
  • A. Liberia
  • B. South Africa
  • C. Slovakia
  • D. Zimbabwe

Explanation: Zuzana Caputova won Slovakia's 2019 presidential election and became the country's first woman president.

Correct answer: Slovakia
Moderate
  • A. Poland
  • B. Japan
  • C. Pakistan
  • D. South Korea

Explanation: South Korea won the 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, defeating India in the final through a penalty shootout.

Correct answer: South Korea