World Current Affairs MCQs

Which nation plans to have the first nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2026?

A. Russia
B. China
C. US
D. None of these

Muneer Al Jundi, the Designer of the Door of Holy Kaaba, passed away. He belongs to_________?A. Sudan
B. Turkey
C. Syria
D. Egypt

Muneer Al Jundi, the designer of Kaaba Door, has passed away in Stuttgart, Germany.
In 1976, he designed the door of the Holy Kaaba which was installed in 1978 by request of King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz.
In 1976, the Saudi King Shah Khalid had offered prayers inside the Baitullah after that he had directed to make the door of Khana Kaaba made of 24-carat gold.
Engineer and Designer Munir Al-Jundi from Syria was selected to design the door of Kaaba. Sheikh Mahmud bin Badr was a great goldsmith in Makkah, in his factory door of Kaaba was designed.

 

Pakistan-born scientist ​​​​​​​______ is getting the Leibniz Prize in 2021 its Germany’s most prestigious research funding award?

A. Dr Yasir Waheed
B. Atta-ur-Rahman
C. Asifa Akhtar
D. None of them

Which UFC fighter has been voted as BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of the Year 2020 ?A. Conor McGregor
B. Tony Furguson
C. Khabib Nurmagomedov
D. Muha

 

Which country has pledged to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 ?A. China
B. United States
C. United Kingdom
D. Russia

Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2030, five years earlier than previously planned, as part of what Prime Minister Boris Johnson is casting as a “green revolution” to cut emissions to net-zero by 2050.

 

Which was the 1st country to recognize Pfizer-bioNtech’s coronavirus vaccine?A. India
B. Pakistan
C. UK
D. Russia

 

Which country has banned cotton imports from China citing ‘Slave labour’?A. India
B. United States
C. Russia
D. United Kingdom

 

Pakistani criminal defence investigator Sohail Yafat receives ____ Inspirations award 2020?

A. BBC Inspiration award 
B. British Inspiration awrd “BIAs”
C. UNO Inspiration award
D. None of These

Pakistani criminal defence investigator Sohail Yafat receives BBC Inspirations award 2020. LAHORE: Owing to his relentless efforts for the rights of prisoners in the country, Justice Project Pakistan’s criminal defence investigator Sohail Yafat has been selected among the recipients of the BBC Inspirations 2020 award.

Which country celebrated it’s 49th national day on 16 December 2020?A. Bahrain
B. UAE
C. Iran
D. None of these

Bahrain celebrates its National Day on December 16th to 17th of each year. This date marks two important events in the country’s history. Bahrain acquired its independence from the British on August 15, 1971.

 

Morocco becomes the ________ Arab Nation to Begin Normalizing Relations With Israel.A. sixth
B. Fifth
C. Fourth
D. Third

The Israel–Morocco normalization agreement is an agreement that was signed on December 10, 2020, in which Israel and Morocco agreed to begin normalizing relations. The agreement followed Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Sudan also signing normalization agreements with Israel in September and October 2020. Along with Egypt and Jordan, Morocco became the sixth Arab League country to normalise ties with Israel. As part of the agreement, the United States agreed to recognize Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara territory.