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Global events and bodies

Written by Prof. Ayesha Malik (Pakistan Studies)

20 Government jobs Current affairs questions with answers and explanations.

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  1. The COP28 climate conference in 2023 was held in:

    • 1 Sharm el-Sheikh
    • 2 Dubai
    • 3 Glasgow
    • 4 Baku
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    Correct answer: Dubai

    COP28 took place in Dubai, UAE, in November and December 2023.

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  2. The COP29 climate conference in 2024 was held in:

    • 1 Baku
    • 2 Paris
    • 3 Bonn
    • 4 Dubai
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    Correct answer: Baku

    COP29 was hosted by Azerbaijan in Baku in November 2024.

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  3. The Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted in:

    • 1 2009
    • 2 1997
    • 3 2020
    • 4 2015
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    Correct answer: 2015

    Countries adopted it at COP21 in Paris in December 2015.

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  4. The African Union joined the G20 as a permanent member at the summit held in:

    • 1 Osaka, 2019
    • 2 Rome, 2021
    • 3 Bali, 2022
    • 4 New Delhi, 2023
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    Correct answer: New Delhi, 2023

    The G20 summit in New Delhi in September 2023 admitted the African Union.

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  5. BRICS began to admit new full members in January 2024, and these included:

    • 1 Nigeria and Kenya
    • 2 Turkey and Mexico
    • 3 Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the UAE
    • 4 Pakistan and Bangladesh
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    Correct answer: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the UAE

    Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates joined at the start of 2024.

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  6. The Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2017 is:

    • 1 Kofi Annan
    • 2 Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    • 3 António Guterres
    • 4 Ban Ki-moon
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    Correct answer: António Guterres

    António Guterres took office on 1 January 2017. Check the current term before an exam.

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  7. The World Trade Organization has its headquarters in:

    • 1 Geneva
    • 2 Washington, D.C.
    • 3 New York
    • 4 Brussels
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    Correct answer: Geneva

    The WTO is based in Geneva.

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  8. The Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN number:

    • 1 10
    • 2 25
    • 3 17
    • 4 8
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    Correct answer: 17

    The 2030 Agenda adopted in 2015 has 17 goals.

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  9. The Millennium Development Goals were replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals in:

    • 1 2015
    • 2 2000
    • 3 2010
    • 4 2020
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    Correct answer: 2015

    The MDGs ran from 2000 to 2015.

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  10. The Sendai Framework is a global agreement on:

    • 1 Nuclear weapons
    • 2 Banking
    • 3 Disaster risk reduction
    • 4 Trade
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    Correct answer: Disaster risk reduction

    The UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 to 2030 was adopted in Japan.

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  11. The Paris Olympics of 2024 had the motto:

    • 1 Games Wide Open
    • 2 One World, One Dream
    • 3 Faster, Higher, Stronger only
    • 4 Passion Shared
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    Correct answer: Games Wide Open

    The official motto was Games Wide Open (Ouvrons grand les Jeux).

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  12. The United Nations Climate Change Conference of 2022 (COP27) took place in:

    • 1 UAE
    • 2 Scotland
    • 3 Poland
    • 4 Egypt
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    Correct answer: Egypt

    COP27 was held at Sharm el-Sheikh in November 2022.

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  13. Which agreement of 2015 aims to limit global warming to well below 2 °C?

    • 1 Rio Declaration
    • 2 Paris Agreement
    • 3 Montreal Protocol
    • 4 Kyoto Protocol
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    Correct answer: Paris Agreement

    The Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21.

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  14. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in:

    • 1 December 2019
    • 2 March 2020
    • 3 June 2020
    • 4 January 2020
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    Correct answer: March 2020

    WHO called it a pandemic on 11 March 2020.

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  15. The G20 summit of 2023 was hosted by:

    • 1 Italy
    • 2 Indonesia
    • 3 India
    • 4 Brazil
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    Correct answer: India

    New Delhi hosted it in September 2023.

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  16. The country that left the European Union in 2020 was:

    • 1 Greece
    • 2 Sweden
    • 3 The United Kingdom
    • 4 Poland
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    Correct answer: The United Kingdom

    Brexit took effect on 31 January 2020.

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  17. The Sustainable Development Goal number 4 is about:

    • 1 Clean water
    • 2 Quality education
    • 3 No poverty
    • 4 Gender equality
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    Correct answer: Quality education

    SDG 4 aims at inclusive and equitable quality education.

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  18. The International Monetary Fund's head office is in:

    • 1 Washington, D.C.
    • 2 Tokyo
    • 3 Geneva
    • 4 London
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    Correct answer: Washington, D.C.

    The IMF is based in Washington, D.C.

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  19. A global treaty on plastic pollution has been negotiated under the:

    • 1 WTO
    • 2 World Bank
    • 3 United Nations Environment Programme
    • 4 NATO
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    Correct answer: United Nations Environment Programme

    UNEP leads the negotiations of an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.

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  20. The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to:

    • 1 Maria Ressa
    • 2 Abiy Ahmed
    • 3 Malala Yousafzai
    • 4 Narges Mohammadi
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    Correct answer: Narges Mohammadi

    The Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi received it in 2023.

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