All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

• A. Indonesia
• B. Australia
• C. Pakistan
• D. New Zealand

Explanation: New Zealand announced a nationwide phase-out of single-use plastic shopping bags beginning on 1 July 2019.

• A. 163
• B. 152
• C. 149
• D. 138

Explanation: The UN General Assembly endorsed the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration by 152 votes to 5, with abstentions also…

• A. Germany
• B. US
• C. UK
• D. Russia

Explanation: The US Senate passed the First Step Act, a criminal-justice reform law that reduced some federal sentencing disparities and expanded…

• A. Maithripala Sirisena
• B. Mahinda Rajapaksa
• C. Ranil Wickremesinghe
• D. Karu jayasuria

Explanation: Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated as Sri Lanka’s prime minister in December 2018 after the constitutional crisis involving President…

• A. Israel
• B. Chile
• C. Belgium
• D. Fiji

Explanation: Israel became a full FATF member in 2018, joining the international body that sets standards against money laundering and terrorist…

• A. Sahil Salathia
• B. Prathamesh Maulingkar
• C. Sidharth Malhotra
• D. Nitin Chauhan

Explanation: Prathamesh Maulingkar of India won the Mister Supranational title in Poland in 2018.

• A. 15 Dec
• B. 17 Dec
• C. 16 Dec
• D. None of these

Explanation: Salome Zurabishvili was sworn in as Georgia’s first female president on 16 December 2018.

• A. 128
• B. 139
• C. 150
• D. 140

Explanation: Pakistan ranked 139th out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders’ 2018 World Press Freedom Index.

• A. Sudan
• B. Israel
• C. Pakistan
• D. Afghanistan

Explanation: Israel became a full FATF member in 2016, joining the international body that sets standards against money laundering and terrorist…

• A. 140
• B. 142
• C. 139
• D. 148

Explanation: The World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Gender Gap Report placed Pakistan 148th among 149 countries. Only Yemen ranked lower overall.

• A. 5th
• B. 6th
• C. 3rd
• D. 2nd

Explanation: Pakistan was the second-worst-ranked country for gender parity in the 2018 WEF report, ahead of only Yemen.

• A. Spain
• B. Germany
• C. Pakistan
• D. India

Explanation: Spain received the Fair Play Award at the 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup. Spain finished with the tournament’s bronze medal after defeating…

• A. Blake Govers
• B. Alexander Hendrickx
• C. Primin Blaak
• D. Van Doren

Explanation: Belgium’s goalkeeper, Pirmin Blaak, was named the best goalkeeper of the 2018 Hockey World Cup.

• A. Blake Govers
• B. Alexander Hendrickx
• C. Primin Blaak
• D. Arthur Van Doren

Explanation: Belgium’s Arthur Van Doren won the Player of the Tournament award at the 2018 Hockey World Cup.

• A. Japan
• B. Spain
• C. Germany
• D. Australia

Explanation: Australia defeated England 8–1 to win the bronze medal at the 2018 Hockey World Cup.

• A. 164
• B. 192
• C. 193
• D. No country approved it.

Explanation: The UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was approved by 164 countries at the Marrakesh conference in December 2018.

• A. Chili
• B. USA
• C. Mexico
• D. Brazil

Explanation: Hurricane Willa made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast in October 2018.

• A. Chad
• B. Ghana
• C. Ethiopia
• D. Cameroon

Explanation: Paul Biya won a seventh presidential term in Cameroon in the 2018 election.

• A. Netherlands
• B. Australia
• C. England
• D. India

Explanation: Belgium defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shootout after the 2018 Hockey World Cup final ended goalless.

• A. Iceland
• B. Japan
• C. Singapore
• D. UK

Explanation: UNICEF identified Japan as the safest country for newborn survival in the cited report, with fewer than one death per 1,000 live births in…