World Current Affairs MCQs

Which country became the first to suspend the use of the video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers on Apr 11,2020?

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Which country became the first to suspend the use of the video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers on Apr 11,2020?

A. Srilanka
B. Singapore
C. Malaysia
D. China

Singapore bans teachers using Zoom after hackers post obscene images on screens. Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers after “very serious incidents” in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to home-based learning.
One incident involved obscene images appearing on screens and male strangers making lewd comments during the streaming of a geography lesson with teenage girls, media reports said.

Recently, Opec + agreed to cut oil output by a record amount, representing around 10% of the global supply.As per the agreement the daily production will cut by___________?

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Recently, Opec + agreed to cut oil output by a record amount, representing around 10% of the global supply.As per the agreement the daily production will cut by___________?

A. 9.5 million B/D
B. 9.6 million B/D
C. 9.7 million B/D
D. 9.8 million B/D

After four days of wrangling, OPEC, Russia and other oil-producing nations, a group known as OPEC+, agreed on Sunday, Apr 12, 2020 to cut output by a record amount of 9.7 million barrels per day, representing around 10% of global supply to support oil prices amid the pandemic.

A person will be called The Occupied Territory on his domicile, if he has resided in Jammu & Kashmir for _______ years

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A person will be called The Occupied Territory on his domicile, if he has resided in Jammu & Kashmir for _______ years

A. 5 yeras
B. 15 years
C. 20 years
D. 25 years

A person who has resided in Jammu and Kashmir for 15 years will now be able to call the occupied territory his or her place of domicile, the Indian government stated in a gazette notification on Wednesday.
The government issued new domicile rules about eight months after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile semi-autonomous state into two union territories, both Al-Jazeera and Gulf News reported.

Which nation assumed Presidency of United Nations Security Council in April 2020?

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Which nation assumed Presidency of United Nations Security Council in April 2020?

A. France
B. Italy
C. Spain
D. Dominican Republic 

Estonia will assume Presidency of United Nations Security Council in May 2020

Security Council Presidency

The presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the Member States names.

Month
Presidency
End of Membership Term
January 2020 Viet Nam 31 December 2021
February 2020 Belgium 31 December 2020
March 2020 China Permanent Member
April 2020 Dominican Republic 31 December 2020
May 2020 Estonia 31 December 2021
June 2020 France Permanent Member
July 2020 Germany 31 December 2020
August 2020 Indonesia 31 December 2020
September 2020 Niger 31 December 2021
October 2020 Russian Federation Permanent Member
November 2020 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31 December 2021
December 2020 South Africa 31 December 2020