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International Affairs MCQS by M Imtiaz Shahid International Affairs 1. Jerusalem is the Holy City of: 12. In which range, Mount Everest is located? (a) Muslims (b) Jews (a) Karakoram *(b) Himalayas (c) Christians *(d) All of these (c) Hindu Kush (d) Pamirs 2. The second largest religion of world is: 13. 38 Parallel divides: *(a) Islam (b) Christianity *(a) North Korea and South Korea (c) Buddhism (d) Hinduism (b) USA and Canada 3. Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of: (c) Germany and Poland (a) France *(b) Germany (d) India and China (c) Italy (d) Belgium 14. Tripoli is the capital of: 4. Lionel Messi is a famous player of: (a) Gambia (b) Mali (a) Cricket (b) Hockey *(c) Libya (d) Mauritius (c) Tennis *(d) Football 15. „Taka‟ is the currency of: 5. Which of the following is not a Scandinavian *(a) Bangladesh (b) Bhutan country? (c) Nepal (d) Sir Lanka *(a) Poland (b) Norway 16. Dr. Henry Kissinger served as America‟s (c) Denmark (d) Sweden Secretary of State during the presidency of: 6. Who is the author of Harry Potter series of *(a) Richard Nixon (b) Gerald Ford books for children? (c) Both of them (d) none of them (a) Enid Blyton (b) Roald Dahl 17. Which one out of the following is not a (c) Denis Robins *(d) J.K. Rowling principal organ of the U.N.O.? 7. The famous AI-Tehrir Square is in: (a) General Assembly (a) Istanbul (b) Damascus (b) Secretariat *(c) Cairo (d) Kabul *(c) International Labour Organisation (d) Economic and Social Council 8. Barack Obama the American President belongs to: 18. The headquarters of European Union is at *(a) Democratic Party (b) Republican Party (a) Vienna *(b) Brussels (c) Labor Party (d) None of these (c) Paris (d) Amsterdam 9. Amnesty International is an organization for: 19. Canada is located in: (a) Fighting Global Terrorism *(a) North America (b) South America (b) Prevention of Crimes (c) Western Europe (d) Eastern Europe (c) Providing financial aid to prisoners 20. Egyptian city Aswan is famous for: *(d) Protection of Human Rights *(a) World‟s largest dam 10. Westminster Abbey; where English Kings (b) a huge film industry and Queens are coroneted, is basically a/an: (c) being birth place of James Abdul Nasir *(a) church (b) palace (d) a historic university (c) office (d) auditorium 21. The headquarters of the League of Nations 11. Which is the second largest Ocean after (LoN) was at Pacific? (a) New York (b) London *(a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Paris *(d) Geneva (c) Arctic (d) None of them 22. „Lisbon‟ is the capital of: (a) Romania (b) Panama 2 ♦ Monthly Advanced Current Affairs MCQs (c) Taiwan *(d) Portugal Headquarters of the Red Cross? 23. Which is the largest river in the world? (a) New York (b) Brussels (a) Amazon (b) Ganger (c) Hague *(d) Geneva *(c) Nile (d) none of them 35. Which country has the largest Muslim 24. The only twentieth century American population in the world? President who was assassinated is: (a) Iran (b) India (a) Abraham Lincoln *(b) John F. Kennedy *(c) Indonesia (d) Saudi Arabia (c) Richard Nixon (d) Ronald Reagan 36. Which body of people is sometimes referred 25. Martin Luther is famous for: to as “the Fourth Estate”? (a) his fiction writing skills (a) Judiciary (b) Executive (b) being a politician *(c) The Press (d) Senate *(c) his defiance of Roman Catholic Church 37. In which .European City are the (d) his useful inventions Headquarters of NATO? (a) New York *(b) Brussels 26. Pablo Picasso is considered to be a great (c) Hague (d) Geneva (a) musician (b) writer 38. What does ISO stand for? (c) actor *(d) painter (a) International Societies Organization 27. Which prize is awarded annually on *(b) International Organization for December 10 each year for outstanding Standardization works in ______ various fields? (c) International Systems Operation (a) Lenin Prize (d) International Scientists Organization (b) Pulitzer Prize 39. Ban Ki-moon is the: *(c) Nobel Prize (a) President Security Council (d) Simon Bolivar Prize (b) Prime Minister of Japan 28. The most populous city of the world is: *(c) Secretary General U.N.O. (a) New York (b) Tokyo. (d) U.N. Disaster Management *(c) Shanghai (d) Moscow Representative 40. For how many years did Nelson Mandela 29. Before its independence, Singapore was remain in Prison? part of: *(a) 27 years (b) 37 years (a) Indonesia (b) China (c) 17 years (d) 10 years *(c) Malaysia (d) Japan 41. How many countries are presently members 30. Laissez-Faire means: „ ‟ of the Non-Aligned Movement? *(a) Non-interference of state in economy (a) 100 *(b) 120 (b) Extra-ordinary political activity (c) 125 (d) 150 (c) Military operation in troubled areas (d) Rapid industrialization of a country. 42. Secretary General UNO Ban Ki-moon belongs to? 31. Charles Dickens was: *(a) South Korea (b) North Korea *(a) an English novelist (c) Japan (d) China (b) an American scientist (c) a German politician 43. Currently there are ______ member states (d) a leading musician of 18th century of the United Nations (a) 190 *(b) 193 32. If the Greenland ice sheet were to melt away (c) 196 (d) 197 completely, the world‟s sea level would rise by more than: 44. Currently______ countries hold the status of *(a) 7 m (b) 8 m Observer States in the United Nations (c) 5 m (d) 4 m *(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 33. World Population Day is celebrated on: *(a) 11th July (b) 11th June 45. There are _____ members of SAARC (c) 11th May (d) None of these (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 *(d) 8 34. In which European City are the International Affairs ♦ 3 46. Secretary General SAARC Ahmed Saleem financial instrument), in which one party (the belongs to: maker or issuer) promises in writing to pay a (a) Pakistan (b) India determinate sum of money to the other (the *(c) Maldives (d) Bhutan payee), either at a fixed or determinable 47. Which from the following countries does not future time or on demand of the payee, possess Veto- power in the UNO? under specific terms is called: (a) United States *(b) Canada (a) bond (b) share certificate (c) United Kingdom (d) France *(c) promissory note (d) currency 48. Al-Jazeera TV channel belongs to 58. The currency that derives its value from *(a) Qatar (b) Kuwait government regulation or law is called: (c) Egypt (d) Bahrain (a) Loose currency (b) Hard currency (c) Green currency *(d) Fiat currency 49. The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline was officially inaugurated on 59. The eurozone, officially called the euro area, *(a) March 11, 2013 (b) March 13, 2013 is an economic and monetary union (EMU) (c) March 15, 2013 (d) March 17, 2013 of: (a) 12 countries (b) 28 countries 50. Barack Obama re-elected as the President *(c) 18 countries (d) 21 countries of the U.S belongs to which party: (a) Republic Party *(b) Democratic Party 60. The earliest human footprints outside Africa (c) Conservative Party (d) Labor Party are discovered in the: (a) UK (b) USA 51. Which out of the following has the status of (c) USSR (d) China an observer state of the United Nations? (a) South Sudan (b) Kosovo 61. Winter Olympics 2014 opened in the: (c) East Timor *(d) Holy See (a) Russia (b) Spain (c) UK (d) India 52. Who won the 100th Davis Cup by defeating Spain? 62. The 2014 Winter Olympics are officially (a) Italy (b) Germany known as the: (c) Brea *(d) Czech Republic (a) XX Olympic Winter Games (b) XXI Olympic Winter Games 53. In which place the 21st ASEAN Summit was (c) XXIII Olympic Winter Games held? *(d) XXII Olympic Winter Games (a) Birla Auditorium, Jaipur, India *(b) Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, 63. Winter Olympics 2014 opened in the city: Cambodia. (a) London (b) Sochi (c) Bangladesh (c) New York (d) Sydney (d) Cuba, Havana 64. Sochi is called the summer capital of: 54. Biman is the airline of: (a) Russia (b) China (a) Sri Lanka *(b) Bangladesh (c) Japan (d) Korea (c) Nepal (d) None of these 65. Sochi is located on the bank of: 55. Greenback is: (a) Black Sea (b) Red Sea (a) a valley (b) Japanese Yun (c) China Sea (d) Suez Canal *(c) US dollar (d) a park 66. The opening ceremony of Winter Olympics 56. The term greenback refers to paper 2014 was held in the Russian city: currency (printed in green on one side) (a) Sochi (b) London issued by the United States during the (c) New York (d) Madrid American Civil War: 67. How many nations participated in Sochi *(a) American Civil War Olympics? (b) World War I (a) 88 (b) 93 (c) World War II (c) 97 (d) 100 (d) Cold War 68. What was the motto of Sochi Olympics? 57. A legal instrument (more particularly, a (a) Hot, cool, yours 4 ♦ Monthly Advanced Current Affairs MCQs (b) Always play (c) 31 January 2014 (c) peace, not war (d) 7 February 2014 (d) Peace, peace, peace 79. Under which flag did Shiva Keshavan, 69. Host city of winter Olympics 2014 was: Himanshu Thakur, and Nadeem Iqbal march (a) Sovalleychi (b) London in opening ceremony of Sochi Olympics (c) New York (d) Madrid 2014? 70. The 2018 Winter Olympics, are scheduled to (a) India (b) Nepal take place in (c) IOC (d) Sri Lanka (a) Pyeongchang, South Korea, 80. Who took athlete‟s oath in Sochi Olympics (b) Seoul Korea 2014? (c) Beijing China (a) Ruslan Zakharov (d) Brasilia Brazil (b) Josef Petrulak 71. Who represented Pakistan at the Sochi (c) Matt Mortensen Winter Olympics 2014? (d) Dara Howell (a) Muhammad Karim 81.
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