world current affairs MCQs – Page 71

Practise multiple-choice questions from world current affairs for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1401. South Koreas ruling party has won by a landslide in the parliamentary election held in Apr, 2020, winning__________of the 300 seats of the National Assembly?
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A. 175

B. 165

C. 160

D. 180
1402. Tom & Jerry , Popeye director Gene Deitch passed away at age of _______?
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A. 95

B. 90

C. 97

D. None of these

1403. Google plans to invest up to two billion dollars in a data hub in which country?
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A. Iceland

B. Pakistan

C. Poland

D. Ireland

1404. The committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is projecting the US budget deficit to exceed________this year.
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A. $ 3.8 trillion

B. $ 3.9 trillion

C. $ 4 trillion

D. $ 5.2 trillion

1405. Which of the following country has appointed its first ambassador to the United States since 1998?
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A. Sweden

B. Nigeria

C. None of these

D. Sudan
1406. Which UN body adopted a resolution calling for Global Solidarity to defeat COVID-19?
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A. UNSC

B. UNEP

C. UNHRC

D. UNGA
1407. According to the annual report of SIPRI released on Apr 27,2020 which country spent 8.8% of its GDP on military-the highest in the world?
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A. India

B. China

C. Saudi Arabia

D. Oman
1408. Which of the following country has stopped its funding to world health organisation ( WHO)?
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A. USA

B. Japan

C. None of these

D. Saudi Arabia

1409. What was the name of the Irani logistical ship accidentally hit by Irani Frigrate near Bander-e-Jask on May 11,2020, killing all 19 on board?
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A. Konarak

B. Khonra

C. Khardar

D. Konark

1410. The cable TV operators of which country have banned all the news channels of India, except Doordarshan?
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A. Bhutan

B. Pakistan

C. None of these

D. Nepal
1411. Which nation has ended its relationship with the World Health Organisation?
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A. China

B. India

C. Japan

D. US
1412. Who won the presidental election of Poland in July 2020?
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A. Andreaj Duda

B. Rafal Trzaskowski

C. Andreas Pereira

D. Adam Easton

1413. The Global Consortium for Digital Currency Governance was recently announced by which organisation?
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A. World Bank

B. International Monetary Fund

C. World Trade Organisation

D. World Economic Forum
1414. In June 2020 China announced tariff exemption for 97% of exports from__________?
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A. Pakistan

B. Nepal

C. Afghanistan

D. Bangladesh
1415. United States has renewed wavier for Iraq to import electricity from which ________country?
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A. Syria

B. Iran

C. Pakistan

D. UAE

1416. The largest virus bank in Asia located in Wuhan, lately in news in regards to the lab conspiracy theory is____________?
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A. Center of Pathological Studies

B. China Center for Virus Studies

C. China Center for Virus Culture Collection

D. China Center for Virology

1417. What is the name of Chinas $10bn global navigation system comprising 35 satellites?
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A. GLONASS

B. BeiDou (BDS)

C. Yeon-HI

D. Galileo

1418. What is the theme of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture for year 2020?
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A. Torture: step to end it

B. Torture: united we should stand

C. Torture: fight against it

D. Torture: a crime against humanity
1419. Which venue was originally scheduled for the 46th G-7 summit 2020, that has been postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic?
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A. United States

B. Italy

C. France

D. Germany

1420. Which european commercial airline was victim of a cyber security attack in which details of around nine million customers were stolen?
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A. Ryanair

B. Jet Airways

C. Easy Jet

D. British Airways