All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

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Fairly easy
  • A. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA )
  • B. Roscosmos
  • C. ISRO
  • D. NASA

Explanation: NASA, the United States space agency, announced the planned all-female spacewalk.

Correct answer: NASA
Easy
  • A. CHINA
  • B. INDIA
  • C. JAPAN
  • D. None

Explanation: China hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Beijing thereby became the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Correct answer: CHINA
Moderate
  • A. Oman
  • B. Saudi Arabia
  • C. Iraq
  • D. USA

Explanation: The joint letter by 36 countries criticised Saudi Arabia’s human-rights record, particularly the treatment of activists and dissidents.

Correct answer: Saudi Arabia
Fairly easy
  • A. Saudi Arabia.
  • B. Oman
  • C. Kuwait
  • D. Yaman

Explanation: Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti sports administrator and member of Kuwait’s ruling family.

Correct answer: Kuwait
Fairly easy
  • A. Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030
  • B. Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives
  • C. Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it
  • D. Think equal, build smart, innovate for change

Explanation: The official UN Women theme for International Women’s Day 2019 was “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.” “Time is Now” was the…

Correct answer: Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
Moderate
  • A. Oceania
  • B. Europe
  • C. North America
  • D. Antarctica

Explanation: The Olympic Council of Asia invited athletes from Oceania, including Australia and New Zealand, to compete in the 2022 Asian Games.

Correct answer: Oceania
Hard
  • A. April 30 Sep 22,2019
  • B. March 30 to July 22,2019
  • C. Aug 30 to Sep 22,2019
  • D. October 22 to dec 25, 2018

Explanation: The Euro T20 Slam was scheduled to run from 30 August to 22 September 2019.

Correct answer: Aug 30 to Sep 22,2019
Hard
  • A. Germany ,England,France
  • B. France,Scotland, Germonay
  • C. Scotland, UK, France
  • D. Scotland,Netherland, Ireland

Explanation: The proposed Euro T20 Slam involved Scotland, the Netherlands and Ireland.

Correct answer: Scotland,Netherland, Ireland
Easy
  • A. Parliament
  • B. National Congress
  • C. Peoples Congress
  • D. Althing

Explanation: New Zealand’s national legislature is called the Parliament, formally consisting of the Sovereign and the House of Representatives.

Correct answer: Parliament
Moderate
  • A. Japan
  • B. China
  • C. Russia
  • D. South Korea

Explanation: The pesticide-plant explosion on 22 March 2019 occurred in Xiangshui County, Jiangsu Province, China.

Correct answer: China
Moderate
  • A. Philpine
  • B. Mayanmar
  • C. Thailand
  • D. Veitnam

Explanation: FAO urged Vietnam to declare a national emergency because African swine fever was spreading rapidly among its pig population.

Correct answer: Veitnam
Moderate
  • A. Biography of Quaid-e-azam
  • B. Autobiography
  • C. Biography of Allama Iqbal
  • D. Biography of Imran Khan

Explanation: Stanley Wolpert became well known in Pakistan for his biography of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, titled Jinnah of Pakistan.

Correct answer: Biography of Quaid-e-azam
Hard
  • A. 30%
  • B. 7.5%
  • C. 25%
  • D. 10%

Explanation: China announced a 7.5% increase in its 2019 defence budget, a figure reported in its annual national budget.

Correct answer: 7.5%
Very hard
  • A. Dhaka
  • B. Islamabad
  • C. New Dehli
  • D. KhatmKhat

Explanation: New Delhi was identified as the world’s most polluted capital city in 2018 in air-quality reports.

Correct answer: New Dehli
Hard
  • A. Yemen
  • B. Qatar
  • C. Kuwait
  • D. Saudi Arabia

Explanation: Saudi Arabia allowed public Valentine’s Day observance for the first time in 2019, reflecting a relaxation of some social restrictions.

Correct answer: Saudi Arabia
Fairly easy
  • A. 15 January
  • B. 10th November
  • C. 01 March
  • D. 25 February

Explanation: World Science Day for Peace and Development is observed on 10 November each year under UNESCO’s programme.

Correct answer: 10th November
Very hard
  • A. Promote global justice & poverty eradication
  • B. Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work
  • C. If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The 2019 theme was “If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice.” The wording links social justice with both peace and…

Correct answer: If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice
Very hard
  • A. 51 medals
  • B. 57 medals
  • C. 61 medals
  • D. 71 medals

Explanation: Pakistani athletes had won 61 medals across 10 sports at the cited stage of the 2019 Special Olympics.

Correct answer: 61 medals
Very hard
  • A. 24
  • B. D, None Of These
  • C. 35
  • D. 29

Explanation: Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned in March 2019 after nearly 29 years as Kazakhstan’s president, having first taken office in 1990.

Correct answer: 29
Moderate
  • A. February, 19
  • B. February, 20
  • C. February, 21
  • D. February, 25

Explanation: The United Nations observes World Day of Social Justice on 20 February to promote equality, employment rights and social protection.

Correct answer: February, 20