All Free International Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

• A. Australia
• B. Israel
• C. Italy
• D. None of These

Explanation: Israel and the UAE signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, effectively a free-trade agreement, in 2022.

• A. Tobacco: A Threat to our Humanity
• B. Tobacco: A Threat to our Environment
• C. Tobacco: A Threat to Health
• D. None of These

Explanation: The 2022 World No Tobacco Day theme was “Tobacco: A Threat to our Environment,” linking tobacco production and waste with environmental…

• A. United States
• B. China
• C. Russia
• D. Venezuela

Explanation: Venezuela has the world’s largest proven crude-oil reserves, although sanctions, economic problems and limited production reduce its…

• A. PAKISTAN
• B. USA
• C. RUSSIA
• D. INDIA

Explanation: Turkey sought wheat from India in 2022 as the Ukraine war disrupted global grain supplies.

• A. Bill Gates
• B. Elon Musk
• C. Mark Zuckerberg
• D. Jeff Bezos

Explanation: Elon Musk agreed to acquire Twitter in April 2022 for approximately 44 billion US dollars.

• A. 44bn
• B. 34bn
• C. 54bn
• D. 44mn

Explanation: Musk’s agreed purchase price for Twitter was 44 billion US dollars, commonly abbreviated as 44bn.

• A. September 30, 2005
• B. March 21, 2006
• C. January 1, 2007
• D. August 15, 2008

Explanation: Twitter was founded in 2006, with its creation commonly dated to 21 March, when the first tweet was posted.

• A. Bank of Lebanon
• B. Central bank of lebanon
• C. Banque du Liban
• D. Banque al-fah of liban

Explanation: Banque du Liban is the French name and official title of Lebanon’s central bank.

• A. lebanon
• B. Lithunia
• C. Latvia
• D. Estonia

Explanation: Lebanon was widely described as effectively bankrupt during its 2022 financial crisis after sovereign default, banking collapse and severe…

• A. political irregularities.
• B. Shortage of exporting.
• C. Shortage of Food and Fuel.
• D. Shortage of foreign currency.

Explanation: Sri Lanka’s immediate crisis was a shortage of foreign currency, which restricted imports of fuel, food and medicines and contributed to…

• A. China Telcom
• B. China Unicom
• C. Pacific Network Corp.
• D. None of these

Explanation: The US Federal Communications Commission revoked the authorisation of Pacific Networks and its wholly owned subsidiary ComNet in March…

• A. China
• B. Pakistan
• C. Russia
• D. North Korea

Explanation: Russia began relying on the Chinese yuan as part of its foreign-exchange reserves after Western sanctions restricted access to dollar and…

• A. First Tranche
• B. first Avelanche
• C. First lanches
• D. None of these

Explanation: The initial US restrictions on Russia’s ability to raise sovereign debt were described as the first tranche of sanctions.

• A. $3.5 bn
• B. $4.5 bn
• C. $7 bn
• D. $9 bn

Explanation: The United States set aside $3.5 billion of Afghanistan’s frozen central-bank reserves for humanitarian purposes, while the remaining…

• A. 2018-2027
• B. 2019-2028
• C. 2020-2030
• D. None of these

Explanation: The UN's third decade for the eradication of poverty covers 2018 to 2027.

• A. Argentina
• B. Brazil
• C. Peru
• D. Columbia

Explanation: Argentina reached an agreement in principle with the IMF over restructuring approximately $44 billion in debt.

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

Explanation: Sri Lanka asked China to restructure its debt repayments as the country faced a severe foreign-exchange and economic crisis.

• A. Abdalla Salem El-Badri
• B. Fuad Rouhani
• C. Haitham Al-Ghais
• D. None of these

Explanation: Kuwaiti official Haitham Al-Ghais was selected to succeed Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo as OPEC Secretary-General from August 2022.

• A. Microsoft
• B. Meta
• C. Apple
• D. Saudi Aramco

Explanation: Apple became the first publicly traded company to reach a market value of $3 trillion on 3 January 2022, based on its share price.

• A. India
• B. Pakistan
• C. Afghanistan
• D. Kazakhstan

Explanation: Afghanistan agreed with Tajikistan to import electricity for the following year.