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Global politics covers relations among states, major power competition, foreign policy, alliances and international organisations such as the United Nations, NATO and the European Union. It includes leadership changes, diplomatic alignments, sanctions, elections with international consequences, and the roles of permanent members and voting blocs in global decision-making.

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Very hard
  • A. 100 million
  • B. 253 million
  • C. 500 million
  • D. 750 million

Explanation: The GPE Results Report 2024 states that 253 million children had been reached since the beginning of the relevant GPE results period.

Correct answer: 253 million
Fairly easy
  • A. Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
  • B. MetLife Stadium, New Jersey
  • C. Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
  • D. BC Place, Vancouver

Explanation: Mexico City's Estadio Azteca is scheduled to host the 2026 World Cup opener on 11 June 2026.

Correct answer: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Moderate
  • A. North Korea
  • B. South Korea
  • C. Cameroonian
  • D. Portugal

Explanation: Philemon Yang is from Cameroon and served as President of the 79th UN General Assembly beginning in September 2024.

Correct answer: Cameroonian
Easy
  • A. Kofi Annan
  • B. Ban Ki-Moon
  • C. António Guterres
  • D. Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Explanation: António Guterres of Portugal has been UN Secretary-General since 1 January 2017 and began a second term in 2022.

Correct answer: António Guterres
Very hard
  • A. Los Angeles
  • B. Pasadena
  • C. Monrovia
  • D. Glendale

Explanation: The Bobcat Fire in California threatened Monrovia, a city in Los Angeles County, during its September 2020 spread.

Correct answer: Monrovia
Moderate
  • A. Indian and African plates
  • B. Eurasian and North American plates
  • C. Indian and Eurasian plates
  • D. Australian and Antarctic plates

Explanation: The Indian Plate is colliding northward with the Eurasian Plate, uplifting the Himalayas and generating frequent earthquakes.

Correct answer: Indian and Eurasian plates
Very hard
  • A. 5 km
  • B. 10 km
  • C. 15 km
  • D. 20 km

Explanation: The 7.1-magnitude Tibet earthquake on 7 January 2025 was reported at a shallow depth of about 10 kilometres.

Correct answer: 10 km
Very hard
  • A. 80 km south of Mt Everest
  • B. 80 km north of Mt Everest
  • C. 100 km east of Mt Everest
  • D. 100 km west of Mt Everest

Explanation: The epicentre was in Tibet's Tingri County, approximately 80 kilometres north of Mount Everest.

Correct answer: 80 km north of Mt Everest
Moderate
  • A. Near the Nepal-India border
  • B. Near the Nepal-Tibet border
  • C. Near the Pakistan-India border
  • D. Near the China-India border

Explanation: The earthquake struck near the Nepal-Tibet border, in Tingri County of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

Correct answer: Near the Nepal-Tibet border
Easy
  • A. Digestive system
  • B. Nervous system
  • C. Respiratory system
  • D. Circulatory system

Explanation: Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, infects the respiratory tract and can cause cough, fever and breathing difficulties.

Correct answer: Respiratory system
Moderate
  • A. China
  • B. Netherlands
  • C. United States
  • D. India

Explanation: HMPV was first identified in the Netherlands in 2001 by researchers studying children with respiratory illness.

Correct answer: Netherlands
Moderate
  • A. Virus
  • B. Fungus
  • C. Bacteria
  • D. Protozoa

Explanation: Scrub typhus is caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted mainly by larval trombiculid mites called chiggers.

Correct answer: Bacteria
Hard
  • A. January 2025
  • B. December 2024
  • C. November 2024
  • D. February 2025Science

Explanation: China reported a rise in HMPV and other respiratory infections during December 2024, particularly in northern areas.

Correct answer: December 2024
Moderate
  • A. New York Times
  • B. Washington Post
  • C. The Guardian
  • D. CNN

Explanation: The Guardian announced that it would stop posting content from its official accounts on X, citing the platform’s increasingly toxic…

Correct answer: The Guardian
Fairly easy
  • A. Nepal
  • B. Bhutan
  • C. India
  • D. Thailand

Explanation: Bhutan is developing Gelephu Mindfulness City as a planned economic and urban-development hub combining wellness, sustainability and…

Correct answer: Bhutan
Fairly easy
  • A. 30th
  • B. 35th
  • C. 40th
  • D. 45th

Explanation: The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, so November 9, 2024 marked its 35th anniversary.

Correct answer: 35th
Fairly easy
  • A. 438
  • B. 538
  • C. 328
  • D. 528

Explanation: The US Electoral College has 538 votes: 435 for House seats, 100 for senators and 3 for the District of Columbia.

Correct answer: 538
Fairly easy
  • A. 250
  • B. 270
  • C. 280
  • D. 300

Explanation: A presidential candidate needs 270 electoral votes, which is a majority of the 538-member Electoral College.

Correct answer: 270
Fairly easy
  • A. 20th Amendment
  • B. 21st Amendment
  • C. 22nd Amendment
  • D. 25th Amendment

Explanation: The Twenty-Second Amendment, ratified in 1951, limits a president to being elected twice.

Correct answer: 22nd Amendment
Moderate
  • A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • B. Andrew Jackson
  • C. Thomas Jefferson
  • D. Grover Cleveland

Explanation: Grover Cleveland was the first US president to serve two nonconsecutive terms, as the 22nd and 24th president.

Correct answer: Grover Cleveland