Free Contemporary Global Issues MCQs with Answers

• A. Sri Lanka
• B. Indonesia
• C. Bangladesh
• D. India

Explanation: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga became President of Sri Lanka in 1994 after previously serving as prime minister.

• A. Germany
• B. Liechtenstein
• C. Switzerland
• D. Austria

Explanation: Wolfgang Schüssel became Federal Chancellor of Austria in 2000. Germany's chancellor at that time was Gerhard Schröder, while Switzerland…

• A. Laos
• B. Vietnam
• C. Cambodia
• D. Thailand

Explanation: Trần Đức Lương served as President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006. The similar Southeast Asian country names in the options are the main…

• A. Switzerland
• B. West Germany (BRD)
• C. East Germany (DDR)
• D. Austria

Explanation: Walter Ulbricht was the leading political figure of the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, and became its head of state in 1960.

• A. Russia
• B. Belarus
• C. Moldova
• D. Ukraine

Explanation: Vladimir Voronin served as President of Moldova from 2001 to 2009. He was a Moldovan Communist Party leader, not the president of Russia…

• A. Poland
• B. Hungary
• C. Lithuania
• D. Czech Republic

Explanation: Lech Walesa led Poland as president from 1990 to 1995 after becoming a prominent figure in the anti-communist Solidarity movement.

• A. Russia
• B. Ukraine
• C. Belarus
• D. Estonia

Explanation: Boris Yeltsin served as the first president of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999.

• A. Portugal
• B. Spain
• C. Brazil
• D. Argentina

Explanation: Jorge Sampaio was elected president of Portugal and served from 1996 to 2006. He was not a leader of Spain, Brazil or Argentina.

• A. Zambia
• B. Zimbabwe
• C. Nubia
• D. Boputhostwana

Explanation: Robert Mugabe became the first prime minister of independent Zimbabwe in 1980 and later served as its president.

• A. Iran
• B. Babylonia
• C. Samaria
• D. Manchuria

Explanation: Nebuchadnezzar II was the most famous monarch of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which was centred in Babylonia in ancient Mesopotamia.

• A. Margaret Thatcher
• B. Neville Chamberlain
• C. John Major
• D. Tony Blair

Explanation: Tony Blair became Prime Minister after Labour won the 1997 election and was the youngest British prime minister since Lord Liverpool.

• A. Nicolas Sarkozy
• B. Jacques Chirac
• C. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
• D. None of these

Explanation: Jacques Chirac was elected President of France in May 1995 and served two terms.

• A. Mohammad Zahir Shah
• B. Ghazi al-Yawer
• C. Hamid Karzai
• D. Pervez Musharaf

Explanation: Hamid Karzai won Afghanistan’s first direct presidential election in 2004 and was inaugurated on 7 December that year.

• A. Edmund Stoiber
• B. Helmut Kohi
• C. Gerhrd Schroeder
• D. Horst Kohler

Explanation: Gerhard Schröder became German chancellor after the 1998 election, replacing Helmut Kohl and symbolising a generational change in postwar…

• A. Jiang Zemin
• B. Hu Jintao
• C. Tenzin Gyatso
• D. Yao Ming

Explanation: Hu Jintao became China’s president in 2003 after serving as a senior Communist Party leader in Guizhou and Tibet.

• A. Ethiopia
• B. U.K
• C. Spain
• D. Soviet Union

Explanation: Eritrea became independent from Ethiopia after a long armed struggle, with independence formally recognized in 1993.

• A. Margaret Mitchell
• B. Mary McAleese
• C. Mary Robinson
• D. C.J. Haughey

Explanation: Mary Robinson became Ireland’s first woman president in 1990. Mary McAleese was the second woman to hold the office, succeeding Robinson…

• A. Violeta Chamorro
• B. Isabel Peron
• C. Evita Peron
• D. Corazon Aquino

Explanation: Isabel Perón was born María Estela Martínez Cartas and became Argentina’s president in 1974, making her the first woman to serve as a head…

• A. Hu Jintao
• B. Czar Nicholas
• C. Vladimir Lenin
• D. Fidel Castro

Explanation: Vladimir Lenin led revolutionary and early Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924.

• A. Iran
• B. Lebanon
• C. Syria
• D. Iraq

Explanation: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president of Iran in 2005 and served from 2005 to 2013.