World Current Affairs MCQs

_________________ named Time magazine’s 2020 person of the year?

A. Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
B. Donald Trump & Melania Trum
C. Dr. Anthony Fauci
D. George Floyd

French President Emmanuel Macron has given the highest award of France to ___ President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on his Paris visit?A. Somali
B. Egyptian
C. Libyan
D. None of these

 

According to the Global Terrorism Index 2020, which country was affected most by Terrorism?

A. Afghanistan
B. Iraq
C. Nigeria
D. Syria

Conflict continues to be the primary driver of terrorist activity for the countries most impacted by terrorism, according to the 2020 Global Terrorism Index.
Five of the ten countries are classified as being in a state of war: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, Somalia and Yemen.

A 15-year-old scientist and inventor who has been named as Time magazine’s first “kid of the year”?

A. Bellen Woodard
B. Gitanjali Rao
C. Jordan Reeves
D. Ian McKenna

Scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao is Time Magazine’s first-ever “Kid of the Year.” The 15-year-old was chosen from a list of thousands of other amazing kids who are working to change the world.
The honor is in recognition of Rao’s commitment to creating scientific solutions. At 10 years old, she created a lead detection tool after learning about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Since then, she’s also come up with an app that helps diagnose early-stage prescription opioid addiction and another tool that can thwart cyberbullying.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin will take first woman to the moon upto _______?

A. 2022
B. 2024
C. 2026
D. None of these

China commissioned its first nuclear-powered “artificial sun” on___________?

A. 3rd December 2020
B. 4th December 2020
C. 6th December 2020
D. None

China on Friday commissioned its first nuclear-powered “artificial sun”. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said the HL-2M Tokamak “artificial sun” uses a “powerful magnetic field to fuse hot plasma and can reach temperatures of over 150 million degrees Celsius”, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu marks a major milestone this weekend with the return of __________ space rock 5th December?

A. pristine space rock
B. meteorite space rock
C. Bennu space rock
D. None of these

Which company will launch Libra cryptocurrency in 2021?

A. Instagram
B. Facebook
C.
D. None of these

Iran believes Israel and an exiled opposition group used a remote-control weapon to shoot dead top nuclear scientist _________?

A. Wasim sulaimani
B. Mohsen fakherizadha 
C. Ilham ul Ain
D. None

Which nation’s transitional government signed Juba Peace Agreement with rebel groups?

A. Ethiopia
B. Turkey
C. Sudan
D. Syria

The Sudan transitional government and several rebel groups have signed an historic peace agreement in the South Sudanese capital of Juba. Hundreds of thousands of people have died in various conflicts, and observers say the road ahead could be bumpy.