All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

• A. Republic
• B. Democratic
• C. Congress
• D. Independent

Explanation: The Democratic Party won control of the US House of Representatives in the November 2018 midterm elections.

• A. 435 seats
• B. 440 seats
• C. 430 seats
• D. 425 seats

Explanation: All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives are elected every two years, so all were contested in the 2018 midterms.

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4

Explanation: Two Muslim women, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, were elected to the US Congress in 2018 for the first time.

• A. Ilhan Omar
• B. Both A & B
• C. Syeda Anwara Taimur
• D. Rashida Tlaib

Explanation: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib both made history in 2018 as the first Muslim women elected to the US Congress.

• A. Michel Temer
• B. Dilma Rousseff
• C. Jair Bolsonaro
• D. Itamar Franco

Explanation: Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s 2018 presidential election and became the country’s 38th president.

• A. 40pc
• B. 42pc
• C. 43pc
• D. 44pc

Explanation: The study reported that women in Asia and the Global South were about 43 percent less likely than men to use the Internet.

• A. 182 metre (597 feet)
• B. 153 metre (501 feet)
• C. 128 metre (419 feet)
• D. 162 metre (531 feet)

Explanation: The Statue of Unity in Gujarat is 182 metres tall, or about 597 feet. It depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and became the world's tallest…

• A. China
• B. Japan
• C. India
• D. USA

Explanation: India inaugurated the Statue of Unity on 31 October 2018, Patel's birth anniversary.

• A. JT 600
• B. JK 410
• C. JK 510
• D. JT 610

Explanation: Lion Air Flight JT610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta on 29 October 2018. The aircraft was a Boeing 737 MAX 8.

• A. Indonesia
• B. Malaysia
• C. Japan
• D. Thailand

Explanation: The aircraft belonged to Indonesia's Lion Air, and all 189 people aboard were killed in the Java Sea crash.

• A. 6,000
• B. 7,000
• C. 8,000
• D. 9,000

Explanation: A 2018 study found that gun injuries sent more than 8,000 US children to hospitals each year.

• A. Wallace Souza
• B. Eduardo Braga
• C. Jair Bolsonaro
• D. osé Melo de Oliveira

Explanation: Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil's 2018 presidential election, defeating Fernando Haddad in the second round.

• A. October 26, 2018
• B. October 27, 2018
• C. October 29, 2018
• D. October 28, 2018

Explanation: Syria's National Museum in Damascus reopened its doors on 28 October 2018 after years of conflict-related closure.

• A. Both A&B
• B. Rashida Tlaib
• C. Dec Haaland
• D. IIhan Omar

Explanation: Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar became the first Muslim women elected to the US Congress in the November 2018 midterm elections.

• A. Malaysia
• B. Indonesia
• C. Singapore
• D. Thailand

Explanation: The aircraft was an Indonesian Lion Air flight carrying 189 people, which crashed into the Java Sea on 29 October 2018.

• A. 6.6 billion
• B. 7.6 billion
• C. 7.7 billion
• D. 6.7 billion

Explanation: UN estimates put the world population at roughly 7.7 billion in November 2018.

• A. Oman
• B. Egypt
• C. UAE
• D. Saudi Arabia

Explanation: Oman’s foreign minister, Yusuf bin Alawi, said in 2018 that it was time to accept Israel as a state in the region.

• A. 145
• B. 167
• C. 182
• D. 212

Explanation: UNESCO recorded 182 journalists killed during 2016 and 2017 combined. The statistic highlights the continuing dangers faced by journalists…

• A. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
• B. TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
• C. FRONTLINE DEFENDERS
• D. UN HUMAN RIGHTS

Explanation: Front Line Defenders received the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize for its work protecting human-rights defenders worldwide.

• A. Andrey Savak
• B. Richard wain
• C. Peter Sawak
• D. Cesar Sayoc

Explanation: Cesar Sayoc was arrested in connection with the 2018 mail-bomb campaign targeting Barack Obama and other prominent US figures.