World Current Affairs MCQs

Recently scientists have named a newly discovered species of green pit viper snake after the character Salazar Slytherine from the movie________?

A. Lord of the Rings
B. The Jungle Book
C. Harry Potter
D. Jumanji

As per Amnesty International, which country carried out the most executions in the year 2019?

A. North korea
B. Saudi Arabia
C. China
D. Iran

China is the world’s most active death penalty country; according to Amnesty International, China executes more people than the rest of the world combined per annum.

Queen Elizabeth cancelled gun salutes and other ceremonial events on her ______ birthday due to Coronavirus?

A. 92nd
B. 94th
C. 96th
D. None of these

The working staff of which social media giant staged a virtual walkout, prostesting against the tech giant’s inability to remove or flag a controversial post by Donald Trump?

A. Twitter
B. Facebook
C. LinkedIn
D. Google

Employees say they are ‘ashamed’ that a controversial post by the President was not removed

Name the woman who discovered the first cronavirus in 1964 at the St Thomas Hospital in London?

A. Emille Brown
B. Winston Abel
C. June Almeida
D. Jennifer Austin

The woman who discovered the first human coronavirus was the daughter of a Scottish bus driver, who left school at 16.
June Almeida went on to become a pioneer of virus imaging, whose work has come roaring back into focus during the present pandemic.
Covid-19 is a new illness but it is caused by a coronavirus of the type first identified by Dr Almeida in 1964 at her laboratory in St Thomas’s Hospital in London.

Which actor from Hollywood has launched a new United Nations fund to help farmers in poorer nations?

A. Leonardo Dicaprio
B. Angelina Jolie
C. Idris Elba
D. Robert Downey Jr

Identify the director of the famous Tom and Jerry animated series, who died at the age of 95 in Prague in Apr 2020.

A. Chuck Jones
B. Ward Kimbell
C. Gene Deitch
D. Anthiny Armstrong

Tom & Jerry , Popeye director Gene Deitch passed away at age of _______?

A. 90
B. 95
C. 97
D. None of these

Oscar-winning illustrator and animator, Gene Deitch, has passed away at the age of 95, according to media reports. Deitch, one the directors behind one of world’s most popular cartoons, Tom and Jerry, died in his apartment in Prague, his Czech publisher, Petr Himmel, told The Associated Press.

Which Physician at Whuan Hospital warned his colleagues in December 2019 about the possible outbreak of an illness that resemble with severe acute respiratory syndrome later acknowledged as COVID 19?A. Li Chen
B. Li Wenliang
C. Xi Chen
D. Xi Jinpeng