World Current Affairs MCQs (4715)

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  • Which global organisation launched a new initiative called COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP)?
    1. World Health Organisation
    2. World Trade Organisation
    3. UNICEF
    4. World Bank

  • Which venue was originally scheduled for the 46th G-7 summit 2020, that has been postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic?
    1. France
    2. United States
    3. Germany
    4. Italy

  • For which country United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has extended the individual sanctions, travel ban and an arms embargo until May 2021?
    1. Kenya
    2. Congo
    3. Ethiopia
    4. South Sudan

  • The developers of which country has developed the world’s 1st digital contact tracing app utilizing the Exposure Notification API of Apple and Google.
    1. United States
    2. Switzerland
    3. Germany
    4. Italy

  • Sprinter Bobby Morrow (Olympic medalist) who is in news recently belongs to which country?
    1. Bahrain
    2. Russia
    3. China
    4. United States

  • When was Global day of Parents celebrated annually?
    1. June 3
    2. June 12
    3. May 29
    4. June 1

  • Which space agency has partnered with NASA to host a deep-space ground stationto support human spaceflight missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond?
    1. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
    2. South African National Space Agency(SANSA)
    3. Centre national d’étudesspatiales (CNES)
    4. China National Space Administration (CNSA)

  • Who has won the 2020 Christophe Mérieux Prize?
    1. Quarraisha Abdool Karim
    2. Charles Kao
    3. Heiko Jessen
    4. Allen Bard

  • Which country has proposed the idea of G7+3 named as 10 Democracies (D10)?
    1. United States
    2. Russia
    3. Germany
    4. United Kingdom
    5. Canada

  • What was the theme of World Environment Day 2020?
    1. Zero Tolerance for the Illegal Wildlife trade
    2. Beat Plastic Pollution
    3. Connecting People to Nature
    4. Biodiversity

  • The co-founder of which mega tech firm has resigned from the tech firm';s board and urged the company to replace him with a black candidate?
    1. Twitter
    2. Reddit
    3. Waymo
    4. Telegram

  • Which basketball legend has pledged to donate $100 million in fight for racial equality in the wake of protests breaking out across the US and around the world following the death of George Floyd?
    1. Michael Jordan
    2. Lebron James
    3. Kevin Durant
    4. Chris Paul

  • Which European country hosted the 1st Virtual Global Vaccine Summit 2020 on June 4,2020 in which $8.8 billion was raised for the global vaccine alliance to help in fighting vaccine preventable diseases?
    1. France
    2. Germany
    3. Italy
    4. United Kingdom

  • The parliament of Hong Kong approved a bill that criminalized disrespect of China';s national anthem (March of the volunteers) with penalties of up to three years jail as well as fines of up to HK$50,000 on___________?
    1. June 3,2020
    2. June 4,2020
    3. June 5,2020
    4. June 6,2020

  • An active asteroid is discovered near ________ Orbit for the first time in billion years.
    1. Saturn
    2. Mars
    3. Neptune
    4. Jupiter

  • Which City topped the 2020 Startup Ecosystem Rankings Report with the best startup ecosystems?
    1. Moscow
    2. New York
    3. San Francisco Bay
    4. Islamabad

  • Which among the following space agencies recently launched astronauts to the ISS on a commercially-made spacecraft after almost nine years?
    1. ESA
    2. CNSA
    3. NASA
    4. Roscosmos

  • Which among the following countries has seen widespread protests over the death of African American George Floyd in police custody?
    1. UK
    2. US
    3. Australia
    4. Netherlands

  • In the wake of the violent protests over George Floyd';s death, which movement was labelled as a terrorist organisation by Donald Trump?
    1. BlackRights
    2. Antifa
    3. Intafida
    4. America For All

  • Recently, which country has proposed an expansion of the G7 by including India, Australia, South Korea and Russia in the grouping of the largest advanced economies.
    1. France
    2. Canada
    3. Japan
    4. Unites States of America

  • President Donald Trump signed into law the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act on___________?
    1. June 2,2020
    2. June 12,2020
    3. June 17,2020
    4. June 26,2020

  • Bananas,the most globally exported fruit,are being infected globally by fungal disease called____________?
    1. Fusarium wilt TR3
    2. Fusarium wilt TR4
    3. Fusarium wilt TR2
    4. Fusarium wilt TR1

  • Who is the founder of audio and video conferencing tool Zoom?
    1. Steve Woznaik
    2. Steve Ericson
    3. Michele George
    4. Eric Yuan

  • What is the new name of NASA’s WFIRST Hubble Telescope?
    1. Nancy Grace Roman
    2. James E. Webb
    3. Thomas O Paine
    4. Richard H Truly

  • Name the children';s book which was released online for free by JK Rowling during the cronavirus lockdown.
    1. The Wizard';s World
    2. Ickabog
    3. Isaberg
    4. Witcher';s Den