World Current Affairs MCQs

May 18 is observed every year, to acknowledge the medical community who are working to find a safe vaccine for which disease?A. AIDS
B. Malaria
C. Polio
D. Covid-19

 

On 18 May,2020, Which country launched its new space defense unit to monitor and counter threats to the country’s satellites?

A. Iran
B. Japan
C. USA
D. Germany

According to a new UN report, which continent could see 300,000 COVID-19 deaths this year?

A. Asia
B. North America
C. Africa
D. Europe

South Korea’s ruling party has won by a landslide in the parliamentary election held in Apr, 2020, winning__________of the 300 seats of the National Assembly?

A. 160
B. 165
C. 175
D. 180

The South Korean general election, in which the electoral reforms gave 18 year olds the vote for the first time, were held on__________?

A. Apr 13,2020
B. Apr 14,2020
C. Apr 15,2020
D. Apr 16,2020

South Korea’s 21st legislative elections were held on 15 April 2020. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected, 253 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 47 from proportional party lists. They were the first elections held under a new electoral system. The two largest parties, the liberal Democratic Party and the conservative United Future Party, set up new satellite parties (also known as bloc parties) to take advantage of the revised electoral system. The reforms also lowered the voting age from 19 to 18.

Pakistani-American doctor and a state senator for Connecticut who helped develop a ventilator device that makes it possible to treat seven COVID-19 patients at once?

A. Dr Imtiaz Hussain
B. Dr Saud Anwar
C. Dr Ejaz Khan
D. Dr Shahid Anwar

Ocean researchers have found the world’s “longest animal ever, 150ft long” in deep sea canyon off Australian coast. The name of the animal is__________?

A. Siderophore
B. Siphonophore
C. Sirhonophore
D. Physlia

Who has been named as The Leading Cricketer in the 2020 edition of Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack?

A. Babar Azam
B. Eoin Morgan
C. Virat Kohli
D. Ben Stokes

Ben Stokes has been named as the leading Cricketer in the World in the 2020 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, which is published today, after a remarkable 2019 in which he guided England to their maiden World Cup title before producing one of the great Test innings to beat Australia in the Headingley Ashes Test.

Who has become Prime minister of Israel on 17 may,2020 for the fifth time?

A. Reuven Rivlin
B. Benjamin Netanyahu
C. Benny Gantz
D. None of these