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Current Affairs MCQs with Answers

Current Affairs questions can decide your result in competitive exams. Practice MCQs on recent national and international news, politics, economy, sports, awards and science. Regular practice keeps you updated and prepared for the latest test patterns.

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Q91. The Millennium Development Goals numbered:

  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 8
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Correct answer: D. 8

The MDGs ran from 2000 to 2015.

Q92. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the WHO in:

  1. June 2020
  2. January 2021
  3. March 2020
  4. December 2019
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Correct answer: C. March 2020

WHO declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020.

Q93. Which organization is known by the acronym WHO?

  1. World Health Organization
  2. Welfare and Health Office
  3. World Hospital Organization
  4. World Humanity Organization
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Correct answer: A. World Health Organization

WHO is a UN agency headquartered in Geneva.

Q94. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was founded in:

  1. 1969
  2. 2001
  3. 1980
  4. 1947
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Correct answer: A. 1969

It was founded in Rabat in 1969.

Q95. SAARC was founded in:

  1. 1971
  2. 1985
  3. 1991
  4. 2001
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Correct answer: B. 1985

SAARC was founded in Dhaka in December 1985.

Q96. The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was established in 1985 by Pakistan, Iran and:

  1. Turkey
  2. Afghanistan
  3. Iraq
  4. Saudi Arabia
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Correct answer: A. Turkey

ECO grew out of the RCD, whose members were Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.

Q97. NATO was established in:

  1. 1939
  2. 1991
  3. 1949
  4. 1955
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Correct answer: C. 1949

NATO was formed in April 1949.

Q98. The Warsaw Pact was dissolved in:

  1. 1991
  2. 1999
  3. 1975
  4. 1985
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Correct answer: A. 1991

It ended in 1991 with the fall of the Soviet bloc.

Q99. The Soviet Union collapsed in:

  1. 1991
  2. 1989
  3. 1999
  4. 1985
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Correct answer: A. 1991

The USSR dissolved in December 1991.

Q100. The Berlin Wall fell in:

  1. 1975
  2. 1989
  3. 1961
  4. 1991
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Correct answer: B. 1989

The wall opened on 9 November 1989.

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