Current Affairs
The Paris agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is to limit global warming well below
A) 1.0 °C
B) 1.5 °C
C) 2.0 °C
D) 2.5 °C
Aksai Chin’ is a disputed area between
A) China and India
B) China and Pakistan
C) India and Pakistan
D) India and Nepal
Who is current secretary general of the United Nations?
A) Javier Perez de Cuellar
B) Kofi Annan
C) Ban-Ki-Moon
D) Antonio Guterres
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change deals with
A) Reduction in fossil fuel usage
B) CO2 emissions mitigation
C) Reduction in Uranium production
D) Greenhouse gases emissions mitigation
The current managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) is
A) Kristalina Georgieva
B) Jim Yong Kim
C) Christine Lagarde
D) David Lipton
Secretary general United Nations Antonio Guterres belongs to
A) United States
B) Portugal
C) Czech Republic
D) Germany
United States on 31 May 2020 launched spaceflight from its own soil after a decade. The spacecraft was built by
A) Apple
B) Amazon
C) NASA
D) SpaceX
The recent leap year, where February has/had 29 days, is/was
A) 2017
B) 2018
C) 2019
D) 2020
French President replaced Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, with new Premier, Jean Castex, on___________________
A) 1st July 2020
B) 2nd July 2020
C) 3rd July 2020
D) 4th July 2020
The number of corona virus confirmed cases in US crossed three million mark on__________
A) 6th July 2020
B) 7th July 2020
C) 8th July 2020
D) 9th July 2020
Iran issued arrest warrant of US president, Donald Trump, on___________
A) 28th June 2020
B) 29th June 2020
C) 30th June 2020
D) 1st July 2020
Russia voted on a referendum to extend the Vladimir Putin’s rule beyond 2024 on_________
A) 30th June 2020
B) 1st July 2020
C) 31st July 2020
D) 1st August 2020
First US air strike on Taliban since ceasefire launched on_________
A) 4th June 2020
B) 5th June 2020
C) 6th June 2020
D) 7th June 2020
India joined United Nations Security Council as non-permanent member on________
A) 14th June 2020
B) 15th June 2020
C) 16th June 2020
D) 17th June 2020
US President Donald Trump restricted travel from Europe to USA for a month to fight coronavirus on_________
A) 10th March 2020
B) 11th March 2020
C) 12th March 2020
D) 13th March 2020
World Health Organization (WHO) declared Coronavirus (COVID-19) as pandemic on________
A) 9th March 2020
B) 10th March 2020
C) 11th March 2020
D) 12th March 2020
A rocket was fired during swearing in ceremony for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on__________
A) 7th March 2020
B) 8th March 2020
C) 9th March 2020
D) 10th March 2020
Women’s day was celebrated on_______
A) 7th March 2020
B) 8th March 2020
C) 9th March 2020
D) 10th March 2020
Saudi Arabian authorities arrested three senior royals for planning a coup on_______
A) 5th March 2020
B) 6th March 2020
C) 7th March 2020
D) 8th March 2020
Pakistan had won EU’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Plus status for___________years
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
After peace deal, US launched first airstrike against Taliban on_______________
A) 1st March 2020
B) 2nd March 2020
C) 3rd March 2020
D) 4th March 2020