Current Affairs MCQs

 World Current Affairs online multiple choice questions (MCQs). These are the latest and important current affairs mcqs test from recent events in the world, key facts and important developments. Find answers to the current affairs questions after five questions.

1. Which countries on 20 May 2020 were struck by a powerful storm that caused huge damage?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Bangladesh
(D) India and Bangladesh

2. Recently which country blamed United States for a “failed coup plot”?
(A) Cuba
(B) Iran
(C) North Korea
(D) Venezuela

3. On 3 February 2020, United States assassinated Iran’s top military general in
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Iran
(C) Iraq
(D) Syria

4. Who won the Peace Nobel Prize 2019 for promoting peace and reconciliation?
(A) Abiy Ahmed Ali
(B) Donald Trump
(C) Barack Obama
(D) Muhammadu Buhari

5. US President Donald Trump on 15 April 2020 halted funding to(A) Cuba
(B) Nigeria
(C) WTO
(D) WHO

ANSWERS: CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQS
1. (D) India and Bangladesh
2. (D) Venezuela
3. (C) Iraq
4. (A) Abiy Ahmed Ali
5. (D) WHO

6. Abiy Ahmed Ali who won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize is
(A) President of Nigeria
(B) Prime Minister of Ethiopia
(C) President of Lebanon
(D) Prime Minister of Sudan

7. The Paris agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is to limit global warming well below
(A) 1.0 °C
(B) 1.5 °C
(C) 2.0 °C
(D) 2.5 °C

8. ‘Aksai Chin’ is a disputed area between
(A) China and India
(B) China and Pakistan
(C) India and Pakistan
(D) India and Nepal

9. Who is current secretary general of the United Nations?
(A) Javier Perez de Cuellar
(B) Kofi Annan
(C) Ban-Ki-Moon
(D) Antonio Guterres

10. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change deals with
(A) reduction in fossil fuel usage
(B) CO₂ emissions mitigation
(C) reduction in Uranium production
(D) greenhouse gases emissions mitigation

ANSWERS: CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
6. (B) Prime Minister of Ethiopia
7. (C) 2.0 °C
8. (A) China and India
9. (D) Antonio Guterres
10. (D) greenhouse gases emissions mitigation

11. The current managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) is
(A) Kristalina Georgieva
(B) Jim Yong Kim
(C) Christine Lagarde
(D) David Lipton

12. Secretary general United Nations Antonio Guterres belongs to
(A) United States
(B) Portugal
(C) Czech Republic
(D) Germany

13. United States on 31 May 2020 launched spaceflight from its own soil after a decade. The spacecraft was built by(A) Apple
(B) Amazon
(C) NASA
(D) SpaceX

14. In 2019, in which country there was a widespread protest against an Extradition Amendment Bill?
(A) Venezuela
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Hong Kong
(D) Taiwan

15. The recent leap year, where February has/had 29 days, is/was
(A) 2017
(B) 2018
(C) 2019
(D) 2020

ANSWERS: WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQS
11. (A) Kristalina Georgieva
12. (B) Portugal
13. (D) SpaceX
14. (C) Hong Kong
15. (D) 2020

16. The Fugitive Offenders amendment bill proposed by the Hong Kong government will allow authorities _____ to some other countries.
(A) to detain criminal fugitives
(B) to extradite criminal fugitives
(C) not to extradite criminal fugitives
(D) to detain and extradite criminal fugitives

17. United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union on
(A) 28 January 2020
(B) 29 January 2020
(C) 30 January 2020
(D) 31 January 2020

18. In May 2020, which country has decided not to set next year’s growth target because of Coronavirus?(A) India
(B) China
(C) Pakistan
(D) Brazil

19. The largest museum in the world is
(A) Vatican Museums
(B) State Hermitage Museum
(C) Louvre Museum
(D) National Museum of China

20. The Louvre Museum is located in
(A) France
(B) Italy
(C) United States
(D) United Kingdom

ANSWERS: WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
16. (D) to detain and extradite criminal fugitives
17. (D) 31 January 2020
18. (B) China
19. (C) Louvre Museum
20. (A) France