Free Global Politics MCQs with Answers

• A. Los-Angeles
• B. Paris
• C. Tokyo
• D. London

Explanation: Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympics. Paris was selected for 2024 and Tokyo for 2020, so those cities belong to different…

• A. Michael D Higgins
• B. Enda Kenny
• C. Mary McAleese
• D. Peter Casey

Explanation: Michael D. Higgins is Ireland's president, having first been elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2018.

• A. The Guardians
• B. The Whistle-bowers
• C. The Dreamers
• D. The Silence Breakers

Explanation: Time selected 'The Guardians', journalists and other truth-seekers who faced pressure or persecution while reporting the truth, as its…

• A. KSA
• B. UAE
• C. Qatar
• D. Egypt

Explanation: The United Arab Emirates completed the first nuclear reactor in the Arab world at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant.

• A. Maria Fernanda
• B. Gina Haspel
• C. Stacy Cunnigham
• D. Nadia Murad

Explanation: Gina Haspel became the first woman to serve as director of the CIA in 2018. Nadia Murad is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, not a CIA director.

• A. USA
• B. China
• C. Russia
• D. Germany

Explanation: Russia launched the Akademik Lomonosov, the world's first floating nuclear power plant.

• A. USA
• B. UK
• C. GERMANY
• D. CANADA

Explanation: The United Kingdom ranked first in the 2018 Soft Power 30 index because of its cultural influence, diplomatic reach and institutional…

• A. Turkey
• B. Slovenia
• C. Poland
• D. Luxembourg

Explanation: Slovenia appointed Major General Alenka Ermenc as its army chief, making her the only female army chief in a NATO country at that time.

• A. Japan
• B. Swedan
• C. Australia
• D. Netherlands

Explanation: Australia was the first country to recognise orphanage trafficking as a form of modern slavery.

• A. Sri Lanka
• B. Nepal
• C. Bhutan
• D. Vietnam

Explanation: Ranil Wickremesinghe served as prime minister of Sri Lanka. His repeated returns to the office made him one of the country's most…

• A. Illinois
• B. Nevada
• C. Washington
• D. New York

Explanation: Nevada became the first U.S. state legislature in which women held a majority of seats.

• A. Switzerland
• B. Finland
• C. Iceland
• D. Non of these

Explanation: Iceland ranked first in the World Economic Forum's 2018 Global Gender Gap Index, continuing its long-standing lead in political…

• A. China
• B. USA
• C. Turkey
• D. Saudi Arabia

Explanation: The United States created the Iran Action Group in 2018 under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to coordinate its Iran policy.

• A. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
• B. Yameen Abdul Gayoom
• C. Abdul Qawi Yousuf
• D. None

Explanation: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the 2018 Maldivian presidential election, defeating the incumbent Abdulla Yameen.

• A. Turkey
• B. Malaysia
• C. Sudan
• D. Egypt

Explanation: Malaysia announced plans in 2018 to abolish the death penalty for all crimes and suspend pending executions.

• A. Somalia
• B. Ethiopia
• C. Djibouti
• D. Nigeria

Explanation: Ethiopia appointed Sahle-Work Zewde as its first female president in October 2018.

• A. UN Human Rights Council
• B. Amnesty International
• C. Transparency International
• D. None of these

Explanation: Amnesty International withdrew Aung San Suu Kyi's Ambassador of Conscience Award because of her failure to defend the rights of Myanmar's…

• A. Dijibouti
• B. Eritrea
• C. Ethipoia
• D. Somalia

Explanation: The UN Security Council lifted its sanctions on Eritrea in 2018 after the country's improved relations with Ethiopia and other regional…

• A. 58th
• B. 41th
• C. 45th
• D. 11th

Explanation: Andrés Manuel López Obrador became Mexico's 58th president when he took office on 1 December 2018.

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

Explanation: The United Arab Emirates decided that women would occupy half of the Federal National Council's seats from the next parliamentary term.