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Weekly Current Affairs Quiz For OPSC OCS | June 3rd Week 2023

Weekly Current affairs play a very important role in the competitive examinations and hence, aspirants have to give undivided attention to it while doing preparation for the government examinations. The CGLRE, OCS examinations comprise a section of “Current Affairs” to evaluate how much the aspirant is aware of the daily happenings taking place around the world. To complement your preparation, we are providing you with a compilation of  Weekly Current affairs.

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Q1. Which country recently launched its first-ever space mission to the Moon?
a) India
b) China
c) Russia
d) United States
Answer: b) China

Q2. Who won the 2023 French Open men’s singles tennis tournament?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Roger Federer
d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Answer: b) Novak Djokovic

Q3. The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be hosted by which country?
a) France
b) Canada
c) Australia
d) Germany
Answer: c) Australia

Q4. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of renewable energy?
a) China
b) United States
c) Germany
d) India
Answer: a) China

Q5. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
a) Boris Johnson
b) Theresa May
c) Tony Blair
d) David Cameron
Answer: a) Boris Johnson

Q6. Which country recently announced a plan to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2030?
a) Germany
b) Sweden
c) Japan
d) Canada
Answer: d) Canada

Q7. Who won the 2023 NBA Finals?
a) Los Angeles Lakers
b) Brooklyn Nets
c) Golden State Warriors
d) Chicago Bulls
Answer: b) Brooklyn Nets

Q8. Which city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics?
a) Paris
b) Tokyo
c) Los Angeles
d) Beijing
Answer: c) Los Angeles

Q9. Who is the current President of France?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) François Hollande
c) Nicolas Sarkozy
d) Jacques Chirac
Answer: a) Emmanuel Macron

Q10. Which country recently became the first in the world to ban single-use plastics?
a) Canada
b) Germany
c) Australia
d) United Kingdom
Answer: d) United Kingdom

Q11. Who won the 2023 Australian Open women’s singles tennis tournament?
a) Naomi Osaka
b) Serena Williams
c) Ashleigh Barty
d) Simona Halep
Answer: a) Naomi Osaka

Q12. The 2023 Rugby World Cup will be hosted by which country?
a) England
b) New Zealand
c) South Africa
d) France
Answer: d) France

Q13. Who won the 2023 Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
a) Taylor Swift
b) Beyoncé
c) Billie Eilish
d) Adele
Answer: c) Billie Eilish

Q14. Which country recently legalized same-sex marriage?
a) Ireland
b) Germany
c) Australia
d) Canada
Answer: b) Germany

Q15. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
a) António Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Kofi Annan
d) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Answer: a) António Guterres

Q16. Which country recently launched its first-ever manned mission to Mars?
a) United States
b) Russia
c) China
d) India
Answer: a) United States

Q17. Who won the 2023 FIFA Ballon d’Or award?
a) Lionel Messi
b) Cristiano Ronaldo
c) Neymar
d) Kylian Mbappé
Answer: a) Lionel Messi

Q18. Which country recently signed a historic peace agreement with its neighbor to end a decades-long conflict?
a) Israel
b) Palestine
c) North Korea
d) South Korea
Answer: a) Israel

Q19. Who won the 2023 Tour de France?
a) Tadej Pogačar
b) Chris Froome
c) Egan Bernal
d) Geraint Thomas
Answer: c) Egan Bernal

Q20. Which country recently became the world’s largest economy by GDP?
a) United States
b) China
c) Japan
d) Germany
Answer: b) China

Q21. Who is the current President of the United States?
a) Joe Biden
b) Donald Trump
c) Barack Obama
d) George W. Bush
Answer: a) Joe Biden

Q22. Which city was chosen as the World Design Capital for 2023?
a) Helsinki
b) Cape Town
c) Dubai
d) Toronto
Answer: b) Cape Town

Q23. Who won the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup?
a) India
b) Australia
c) England
d) New Zealand
Answer: d) New Zealand

Q24. Which country recently won the Eurovision Song Contest 2023?
a) Italy
b) France
c) Sweden
d) Russia
Answer: a) Italy

Q25. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Olaf Scholz
c) Gerhard Schröder
d) Helmut Kohl
Answer: b) Olaf Scholz

Q26. Which country recently became the first to achieve carbon neutrality?
a) Sweden
b) Denmark
c) Finland
d) Norway
Answer: a) Sweden

Q27. Who won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Picture?
a) Nomadland
b) The Trial of the Chicago 7
c) Minari
d) Promising Young Woman
Answer: a) Nomadland

Q28. Which country recently launched its own digital currency?
a) China
b) United States
c) Russia
d) Japan
Answer: a) China

Q29. Who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Greta Thunberg
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Jacinda Ardern
d) Abiy Ahmed
Answer: c) Jacinda Ardern

Q30. The 2023 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be hosted by which country?
a) India
b) Australia
c) South Africa
d) England
Answer: a) India

Q31. Who is the current President of Russia?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Dmitry Medvedev
c) Boris Yeltsin
d) Mikhail Gorbachev
Answer: a) Vladimir Putin

Q32. Which country recently legalized the recreational use of cannabis?
a) Canada
b) Netherlands
c) Uruguay
d) Portugal
Answer: c) Uruguay

Q33. Who won the 2023 Ballon d’Or award for women’s football?
a) Alexia Putellas
b) Sam Kerr
c) Vivianne Miedema
d) Fran Kirby
Answer: c) Vivianne Miedema

Q34. Which country recently hosted the G20 summit?
a) Italy
b) Japan
c) Saudi Arabia
d) France
Answer: a) Italy

Q35. Who is the current President of Brazil?
a) Jair Bolsonaro
b) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
c) Dilma Rousseff
d) Michel Temer
Answer: b) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Q36. Which country recently became the first to land a spacecraft on Venus?
a) United States
b) China
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: b) China

Q37. Who won the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship?
a) Lewis Hamilton
b) Max Verstappen
c) Sebastian Vettel
d) Charles Leclerc
Answer: b) Max Verstappen

Q38. Which country recently became the world’s largest exporter of goods?
a) China
b) United States
c) Germany
d) Japan
Answer: a) China

Q39. Who is the current President of South Africa?
a) Cyril Ramaphosa
b) Jacob Zuma
c) Thabo Mbeki
d) Nelson Mandela
Answer: a) Cyril Ramaphosa

Q40. Which country recently hosted the COP26 climate summit?
a) United Kingdom
b) France
c) Germany
d) United States
Answer: a) United Kingdom

Q41. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Kazuo Ishiguro
b) Margaret Atwood
c) Haruki Murakami
d) Salman Rushdie
Answer: a) Kazuo Ishiguro

Q42. Which country recently became the first in the world to achieve universal healthcare?
a) Canada
b) Norway
c) Sweden
d) Iceland
Answer: b) Norway

Q43. Who won the 2023 UEFA Champions League?
a) Manchester City
b) Real Madrid
c) Bayern Munich
d) Paris Saint-Germain
Answer: c) Bayern Munich

Q44. Which country recently launched its own cryptocurrency?
a) El Salvador
b) Brazil
c) Argentina
d) Colombia
Answer: a) El Salvador

Q45. Who is the current President of China?
a) Xi Jinping
b) Hu Jintao
c) Jiang Zemin
d) Deng Xiaoping
Answer: a) Xi Jinping

Q46. Which country recently signed a historic trade agreement with the European Union?
a) United States
b) Canada
c) Australia
d) United Kingdom
Answer: d) United Kingdom

Q47. Who won the 2023 Wimbledon women’s singles tennis tournament?
a) Serena Williams
b) Ashleigh Barty
c) Naomi Osaka
d) Simona Halep
Answer: b) Ashleigh Barty

Q48. The 2023 World Athletics Championships will be held in which city?
a) Eugene
b) London
c) Doha
d) Tokyo
Answer: a) Eugene

Q49. Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
a) Justin Trudeau
b) Stephen Harper
c) Jean Chrétien
d) Brian Mulroney
Answer: a) Justin Trudeau

Q50. Which country recently became the first to launch a commercial supersonic airline?
a) United States
b) United Kingdom
c) Japan
d) France
Answer: a) United States

Q51. Which country won the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023?
a) United States
b) Germany
c) Netherlands
d) Brazil
Answer: a) United States

Q52. Who is the current Prime Minister of India as of June 2023?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Rahul Gandhi
c) Arvind Kejriwal
d) Yogi Adityanath
Answer: a) Narendra Modi

Q53. Which country recently launched its first Mars rover mission?
a) China
b) United States
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: d) India

Q54. Who won the 2023 French Open men’s singles title?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Roger Federer
d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Answer: b) Novak Djokovic

Q55. Which city will host the 2024 Summer Olympics?
a) Tokyo
b) Paris
c) Beijing
d) Los Angeles
Answer: d) Los Angeles

Q56. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of solar energy?
a) China
b) United States
c) India
d) Germany
Answer: c) India

Q57. Who won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Actor?
a) Leonardo DiCaprio
b) Joaquin Phoenix
c) Brad Pitt
d) Anthony Hopkins
Answer: d) Anthony Hopkins

Q58. Which country recently became the first in the world to ban single-use plastics?
a) Canada
b) Germany
c) Australia
d) New Zealand
Answer: d) New Zealand

Q59. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
a) Antonio Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Kofi Annan
d) Amina Mohammed
Answer: a) Antonio Guterres

Q60. Which company recently became the world’s most valuable publicly traded company?
a) Apple
b) Amazon
c) Microsoft
d) Google
Answer: c) Microsoft

Q61. Who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Greta Thunberg
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Jacinda Ardern
d) Angela Merkel
Answer: c) Jacinda Ardern

Q62. Which country recently legalized same-sex marriage?
a) Germany
b) Australia
c) Japan
d) Canada
Answer: c) Japan

Q63. Who is the current President of France as of June 2023?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) Marine Le Pen
c) François Hollande
d) Nicolas Sarkozy
Answer: b) Marine Le Pen

Q64. Which country recently became the first to achieve 100% vaccination against COVID-19?
a) Israel
b) United Kingdom
c) United States
d) Canada
Answer: a) Israel

Q65. Who won the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup?
a) India
b) England
c) Australia
d) South Africa
Answer: c) Australia

Q66. Which country recently launched the world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft?
a) United States
b) Germany
c) China
d) Japan
Answer: a) United States

Q67. Who won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
a) Colson Whitehead
b) Margaret Atwood
c) George Saunders
d) Donna Tartt
Answer: a) Colson Whitehead

Q68. Which city recently became the first to be completely powered by renewable energy?
a) Copenhagen, Denmark
b) Reykjavik, Iceland
c) Wellington, New Zealand
d) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Answer: a) Copenhagen, Denmark

Q69. Who is the current Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court?
a) John Roberts
b) Clarence Thomas
c) Sonia Sotomayor
d) Brett Kavanaugh
Answer: a) John Roberts

Q70. Which country recently announced plans to establish a colony on the moon by 2030?
a) China
b) United States
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: b) United States

Q70. Who won the 2023 Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
a) Taylor Swift
b) Billie Eilish
c) Beyoncé
d) Adele
Answer: b) Billie Eilish

Q71. Which country recently became the world’s largest exporter of arms?
a) United States
b) Russia
c) China
d) Germany
Answer: a) United States

Q72. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany as of June 2023?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Olaf Scholz
c) Annalena Baerbock
d) Armin Laschet
Answer: d) Armin Laschet

Q73. Which country recently launched the world’s first 6G network?
a) China
b) United States
c) South Korea
d) Japan
Answer: a) China

Q74. Who won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
a) Michael R. Jackson
b) Annie Baker
c) August Wilson
d) Lin-Manuel Miranda
Answer: a) Michael R. Jackson

Q75. Which country recently became the first to ban all cigarette sales?
a) Australia
b) Canada
c) New Zealand
d) Singapore
Answer: c) New Zealand

Q76. Who is the current President of Russia as of June 2023?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Dmitry Medvedev
c) Sergey Lavrov
d) Alexei Navalny
Answer: a) Vladimir Putin

Q77. Which company recently became the first to reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion?
a) Apple
b) Amazon
c) Microsoft
d) Google
Answer: b) Amazon

Q78. Who won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Actress?
a) Viola Davis
b) Frances McDormand
c) Carey Mulligan
d) Olivia Colman
Answer: c) Carey Mulligan

Q79. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles?
a) China
b) United States
c) Germany
d) Japan
Answer: a) China

Q80. Who is the current President of Brazil as of June 2023?
a) Jair Bolsonaro
b) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
c) Dilma Rousseff
d) Michel Temer
Answer: b) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Q81. Which country recently became the first to achieve net-zero carbon emissions?
a) Sweden
b) Norway
c) Finland
d) Denmark
Answer: d) Denmark

Q82. Who won the 2023 NBA Finals?
a) Los Angeles Lakers
b) Brooklyn Nets
c) Golden State Warriors
d) Milwaukee Bucks
Answer: d) Milwaukee Bucks

Q83. Which city recently became the first to implement a universal basic income program?
a) Helsinki, Finland
b) Barcelona, Spain
c) Vancouver, Canada
d) Reykjavik, Iceland
Answer: a) Helsinki, Finland

Q84. Who is the current President of South Africa as of June 2023?
a) Cyril Ramaphosa
b) Jacob Zuma
c) Thabo Mbeki
d) Kgalema Motlanthe
Answer: a) Cyril Ramaphosa

Q85. Which country recently launched the world’s first fully autonomous passenger drone?
a) United States
b) China
c) Germany
d) Japan
Answer: b) China

Q86. Who won the 2023 Man Booker Prize for Fiction?
a) Richard Powers
b) Maggie O’Farrell
c) Douglas Stuart
d) Hilary Mantel
Answer: c) Douglas Stuart

Q87. Which country recently announced plans to phase out all gasoline-powered vehicles by 2030?
a) Sweden
b) Norway
c) Finland
d) Denmark
Answer: b) Norway

Q88. Who is the current President of the European Commission?
a) Ursula von der Leyen
b) Jean-Claude Juncker
c) Angela Merkel
d) Emmanuel Macron
Answer: a) Ursula von der Leyen

Q89. Which company recently became the world’s first trillion-dollar company?
a) Apple
b) Amazon
c) Microsoft
d) Google
Answer: a) Apple

Q90. Who won the 2023 Booker Prize for Non-Fiction?
a) David Olusoga
b) Edouard Louis
c) Tsitsi Dangarembga
d) Rachel Kushner
Answer: a) David Olusoga

Q91. Which country recently launched the world’s largest wind farm?
a) China
b) United States
c) Germany
d) United Kingdom
Answer: d) United Kingdom

Q92. Who is the current President of Argentina as of June 2023?
a) Alberto Fernández
b) Mauricio Macri
c) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
d) Néstor Kirchner
Answer: a) Alberto Fernández

Q93. Which country recently became the first to achieve 100% literacy rate?
a) Finland
b) Norway
c) Iceland
d) Singapore
Answer: d) Singapore

Q94. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Haruki Murakami
b) Margaret Atwood
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Kazuo Ishiguro
Answer: b) Margaret Atwood

Q95. Which city recently became the first to implement a congestion charge zone?
a) London, United Kingdom
b) Stockholm, Sweden
c) Milan, Italy
d) New York City, United States
Answer: d) New York City, United States

Q96. Who is the current President of Mexico as of June 2023?
a) Andrés Manuel López Obrador
b) Felipe Calderón
c) Enrique Peña Nieto
d) Vicente Fox
Answer: a) Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Q97. Which country recently launched the world’s first hydrogen-powered train?
a) China
b) Germany
c) Japan
d) France
Answer: b) Germany

Q98. Who won the 2023 UEFA Champions League?
a) Manchester City
b) Paris Saint-Germain
c) Real Madrid
d) Chelsea
Answer: d) Chelsea

Q99. Which country recently announced plans to build the world’s tallest skyscraper?
a) United Arab Emirates
b) Saudi Arabia
c) China
d) United States
Answer: b) Saudi Arabia

Q100. Who is the current President of the United States?
a) Joe Biden
b) Donald Trump
c) Kamala Harris
d) Barack Obama
Answer: a) Joe Biden

Q101. Which country hosted the 2023 G7 Summit?
a) Canada
b) Germany
c) United States
d) United Kingdom
Answer: d) United Kingdom

Q102. Who won the Best Actor award at the 2023 Academy Awards?
a) Leonardo DiCaprio
b) Tom Hanks
c) Joaquin Phoenix
d) Anthony Hopkins
Answer: d) Anthony Hopkins

Q103. Which country won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023?
a) India
b) England
c) Australia
d) New Zealand
Answer: c) Australia

Q104. Who is the current Prime Minister of India?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Rahul Gandhi
c) Arvind Kejriwal
d) Amit Shah
Answer: a) Narendra Modi

Q105. Which country recently launched the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft to its space station?
a) China
b) United States
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: a) China

Q106. Who won the Women’s Singles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships?
a) Serena Williams
b) Ashleigh Barty
c) Naomi Osaka
d) Simona Halep
Answer: b) Ashleigh Barty

Q107. Which global tech company recently announced its plan to build a new headquarters in Dublin, Ireland?
a) Google
b) Microsoft
c) Apple
d) Facebook
Answer: d) Facebook

Q108. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Haruki Murakami
c) Jhumpa Lahiri
d) Kazuo Ishiguro
Answer: d) Kazuo Ishiguro

Q109. Which country recently became the first to make Bitcoin legal tender?
a) El Salvador
b) Argentina
c) Sweden
d) Japan
Answer: a) El Salvador

Q110. Who won the UEFA Champions League in 2023?
a) Manchester City
b) Paris Saint-Germain
c) Real Madrid
d) Chelsea
Answer: d) Chelsea

Q111  Which country recently signed a historic peace agreement with Israel, ending decades of conflict?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Iran
c) Palestine
d) United Arab Emirates
Answer: c) Palestine

Q112. Who won the Men’s Singles title at the 2023 French Open?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Dominic Thiem
d) Daniil Medvedev
Answer: b) Novak Djokovic

Q113. Which city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics?
a) Paris, France
b) Los Angeles, United States
c) Tokyo, Japan
d) Beijing, China
Answer: b) Los Angeles, United States

Q114. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
a) António Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Kofi Annan
d) Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Answer: a) António Guterres

Q115. Which country recently launched the first all-civilian mission to space?
a) Russia
b) China
c) United States
d) United Kingdom
Answer: c) United States

Q116. Who won the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup?
a) United States
b) England
c) Germany
d) Netherlands
Answer: a) United States

Q117. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of solar energy?
a) China
b) United States
c) India
d) Germany
Answer: c) India

Q118. Who won the Time Person of the Year for 2023?
a) Elon Musk
b) Greta Thunberg
c) Jacinda Ardern
d) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Answer: a) Elon Musk

Q119. Which country recently announced plans to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2030?
a) Germany
b) United Kingdom
c) France
d) Sweden
Answer: b) United Kingdom

Q120. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Olaf Scholz
c) Annalena Baerbock
d) Jens Spahn
Answer: b) Olaf Scholz

Q121. Which country recently became the first in the world to ban all single-use plastics?
a) Canada
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) Vanuatu
Answer: d) Vanuatu

Q122. Who won the Best Actress award at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards?
a) Nicole Kidman
b) Frances McDormand
c) Emma Stone
d) Jennifer Lawrence
Answer: b) Frances McDormand

Q123. Which country recently launched the world’s first digital currency?
a) China
b) United States
c) Russia
d) Japan
Answer: a) China

Q124. Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
a) Justin Trudeau
b) Erin O’Toole
c) Jagmeet Singh
d) Chrystia Freeland
Answer: a) Justin Trudeau

Q125. Which company recently became the world’s most valuable company by market capitalization?
a) Apple
b) Amazon
c) Microsoft
d) Alphabet (Google)
Answer: c) Microsoft

Q126. Who won the Best Picture award at the 2023 Oscars?
a) The Trial of the Chicago 7
b) Nomadland
c) Minari
d) Promising Young Woman
Answer: b) Nomadland

Q127. Which country recently launched the world’s largest offshore wind farm?
a) Denmark
b) Germany
c) United Kingdom
d) Norway
Answer: c) United Kingdom

Q128. Who is the current President of France?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) Marine Le Pen
c) Jean-Luc Mélenchon
d) Édouard Philippe
Answer: a) Emmanuel Macron

Q129. Which country recently became the first to achieve carbon neutrality?
a) Sweden
b) Denmark
c) Finland
d) Iceland
Answer: b) Denmark

Q130. Who won the Men’s Singles title at the 2023 Australian Open?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Daniil Medvedev
d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Answer: b) Novak Djokovic

Q131. Which country recently launched the world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft?
a) China
b) United States
c) Canada
d) Germany
Answer: b) United States

Q132. Who won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (football)?
a) Algeria
b) Egypt
c) Nigeria
d) Senegal
Answer: d) Senegal

Q133. Which country recently launched its own cryptocurrency called “e-krona”?
a) Switzerland
b) Sweden
c) Denmark
d) Norway
Answer: b) Sweden

Q134. Who is the current President of Russia?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Dmitry Medvedev
c) Mikhail Mishustin
d) Sergey Lavrov
Answer: a) Vladimir Putin

Q135. Which country recently became the first to recognize non-binary gender on passports?
a) Canada
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) Germany
Answer: c) New Zealand

Q136. Who won the Men’s Singles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships?
a) Roger Federer
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Alexander Zverev
d) Daniil Medvedev
Answer: c) Alexander Zverev

Q137. Which country recently launched its first-ever mission to Mars?
a) United States
b) China
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: b) China

Q138. Who is the current President of Brazil?
a) Jair Bolsonaro
b) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
c) Fernando Henrique Cardoso
d) Dilma Rousseff
Answer: a) Jair Bolsonaro

Q139. Which company recently became the first to reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion?
a) Apple
b) Microsoft
c) Amazon
d) Alphabet (Google)
Answer: a) Apple

Q140. Who won the Women’s Singles title at the 2023 Australian Open?
a) Naomi Osaka
b) Ashleigh Barty
c) Aryna Sabalenka
d) Serena Williams
Answer: a) Naomi Osaka

Q141. Which country recently launched the world’s largest satellite constellation for global internet coverage?
a) SpaceX (United States)
b) OneWeb (United Kingdom)
c) Blue Origin (United States)
d) Roscosmos (Russia)
Answer: b) OneWeb (United Kingdom)

Q142. Who is the current Prime Minister of Japan?
a) Yoshihide Suga
b) Shinzo Abe
c) Fumio Kishida
d) Taro Aso
Answer: c) Fumio Kishida

Q143. Which country recently became the first to ban smoking in outdoor public places nationwide?
a) Canada
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) Norway
Answer: d) Norway

Q144. Who won the Women’s Singles title at the 2023 French Open?
a) Iga Świątek
b) Ashleigh Barty
c) Naomi Osaka
d) Aryna Sabalenka
Answer: a) Iga Świątek

Q145. Which country recently became the first to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC)?
a) Sweden
b) China
c) Japan
d) Canada
Answer: b) China

Q146. Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
a) Scott Morrison
b) Anthony Albanese
c) Malcolm Turnbull
d) Tony Abbott
Answer: a) Scott Morrison

Q147. Which company recently became the world’s first to reach a valuation of $2 trillion?
a) Apple
b) Microsoft
c) Amazon
d) Alphabet (Google)
Answer: c) Amazon

Q148. Who won the Men’s Singles title at the 2023 US Open?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Daniil Medvedev
d) Alexander Zverev
Answer: c) Daniil Medvedev

Q149. Which country recently launched the world’s largest floating solar farm?
a) China
b) United States
c) Japan
d) South Korea
Answer: a) China

Q150. Which technology company recently reached a market value of $3 trillion?
a) Apple
b) Amazon
c) Microsoft
d) Google
Answer: c) Microsoft

Q151. Who won the 2023 Australian Open Men’s Singles title?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Roger Federer
d) Daniil Medvedev
Answer: b) Novak Djokovic

Q152. Which country recently hosted the G7 Summit?
a) United States
b) United Kingdom
c) Canada
d) France
Answer: c) Canada

Q153. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
a) António Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Kofi Annan
d) Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Answer: a) António Guterres

Q154. Which country recently launched the world’s largest satellite constellation?
a) China
b) United States
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: b) United States

Q155. Who won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Picture?
a) Nomadland
b) The Trial of the Chicago 7
c) Minari
d) The Father
Answer: a) Nomadland

Q156. Which country recently announced plans to build a space station on the Moon?
a) United States
b) China
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: b) China

Q157. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Haruki Murakami
c) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
d) Alice Munro
Answer: c) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Q158. Which country recently became the first to make bitcoin legal tender?
a) El Salvador
b) Sweden
c) Switzerland
d) Japan
Answer: a) El Salvador

Q159. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Olaf Scholz
c) Annalena Baerbock
d) Armin Laschet
Answer: d) Armin Laschet

Q160. Which country recently won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022?
a) Australia
b) England
c) New Zealand
d) Pakistan
Answer: c) New Zealand

Q161. Who is the current President of Russia?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Dmitry Medvedev
c) Mikhail Mishustin
d) Alexei Navalny
Answer: a) Vladimir Putin

Q162. Which country recently announced plans to phase out gasoline-powered cars by 2030?
a) Norway
b) Germany
c) France
d) United Kingdom
Answer: d) United Kingdom

Q163. Who won the 2023 Tour de France?
a) Tadej Pogačar
b) Primož Roglič
c) Egan Bernal
d) Geraint Thomas
Answer: a) Tadej Pogačar

Q164. Which country recently launched the world’s first digital currency?
a) China
b) United States
c) Switzerland
d) Japan
Answer: a) China

Q165. Who won the 2022 FIFA Women’s World Cup?
a) United States
b) Germany
c) Netherlands
d) Sweden
Answer: a) United States

Q166. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of solar energy?
a) China
b) United States
c) Germany
d) India
Answer: a) China

Q167. Who is the current President of France?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) François Hollande
c) Nicolas Sarkozy
d) Marine Le Pen
Answer: a) Emmanuel Macron

Q168. Which country recently launched the world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger plane?
a) Germany
b) United States
c) China
d) Japan
Answer: c) China

Q169. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics?
a) Andrea Ghez
b) Reinhard Genzel
c) Roger Penrose
d) Alain Aspect
Answer: a) Andrea Ghez

Q170. Which country recently hosted the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022?
a) New Zealand
b) Australia
c) England
d) India
Answer: c) England

Q171. Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
a) Justin Trudeau
b) Erin O’Toole
c) Jagmeet Singh
d) Yves-François Blanchet
Answer: a) Justin Trudeau

Q172. Which country recently announced plans to send the first manned mission to Mars?
a) United States
b) China
c) Russia
d) United Arab Emirates
Answer: a) United States

Q173. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
a) Benjamin List
b) Carolyn R. Bertozzi
c) Jennifer Doudna
d) Emmanuelle Charpentier
Answer: b) Carolyn R. Bertozzi

Q174. Which country recently became the first to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars?
a) Norway
b) Sweden
c) Germany
d) Netherlands
Answer: a) Norway

Q175. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
a) Boris Johnson
b) Keir Starmer
c) Nicola Sturgeon
d) Rishi Sunak
Answer: a) Boris Johnson

Q176. Which country recently won the UEFA European Championship 2020?
a) Italy
b) England
c) France
d) Belgium
Answer: a) Italy

Q177. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
a) Craig M. Crews
b) Peter C. Doherty
c) David Julius
d) Ardem Patapoutian
Answer: d) Ardem Patapoutian

Q178. Which country recently announced plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm?
a) Denmark
b) United States
c) Netherlands
d) United Kingdom
Answer: d) United Kingdom

Q179. Who is the current President of Brazil?
a) Jair Bolsonaro
b) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
c) Michel Temer
d) Dilma Rousseff
Answer: a) Jair Bolsonaro

Q180.Which country recently won the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2022?
a) Australia
b) England
c) India
d) West Indies
Answer: a) Australia

Q181. Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
a) Scott Morrison
b) Anthony Albanese
c) Peter Dutton
d) Tanya Plibersek
Answer: a) Scott Morrison

Q182. Which country recently became the first to launch a digital currency backed by a central bank?
a) China
b) United States
c) Sweden
d) Switzerland
Answer: c) Sweden

Q183. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?
a) Esther Duflo
b) Abhijit Banerjee
c) Paul R. Milgrom
d) Robert B. Wilson
Answer: c) Paul R. Milgrom

Q184. Which country recently announced plans to ban single-use plastics?
a) Canada
b) Germany
c) France
d) Australia
Answer: a) Canada

Q185. Who is the current Prime Minister of Japan?
a) Fumio Kishida
b) Shinzo Abe
c) Yoshihide Suga
d) Yukio Edano
Answer: a) Fumio Kishida

Q186. Which country recently won the UEFA Champions League 2022-2023?
a) Real Madrid
b) Manchester City
c) Paris Saint-Germain
d) Chelsea
Answer: d) Chelsea

Q187. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Peace?
a) Malala Yousafzai
b) Greta Thunberg
c) Maria Ressa
d) Simone Biles
Answer: b) Greta Thunberg

Q188. Which country recently hosted the Commonwealth Games 2022?
a) Australia
b) India
c) Canada
d) South Africa
Answer: a) Australia

Q189. Who is the current President of South Africa?
a) Cyril Ramaphosa
b) Jacob Zuma
c) Kgalema Motlanthe
d) Thabo Mbeki
Answer: a) Cyril Ramaphosa

Q190. Which country recently won the UEFA Europa League 2022-2023?
a) Manchester United
b) Villarreal
c) Arsenal
d) AS Roma
Answer: c) Arsenal

Q191. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Haruki Murakami
c) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
d) Alice Munro
Answer: c) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Q192. Which country recently became the first to make bitcoin legal tender?
a) El Salvador
b) Sweden
c) Switzerland
d) Japan
Answer: a) El Salvador

Q193. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Olaf Scholz
c) Annalena Baerbock
d) Armin Laschet
Answer: d) Armin Laschet

Q194. Which country recently won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022?
a) Australia
b) England
c) New Zealand
d) Pakistan
Answer: c) New Zealand

Q195. Who is the current President of Russia?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Dmitry Medvedev
c) Mikhail Mishustin
d) Alexei Navalny
Answer: a) Vladimir Putin

Q196. Which country recently announced plans to phase out gasoline-powered cars by 2030?
a) Norway
b) Germany
c) France
d) United Kingdom
Answer: d) United Kingdom

Q197. Who won the 2023 Tour de France?
a) Tadej Pogačar
b) Primož Roglič
c) Egan Bernal
d) Geraint Thomas
Answer: a) Tadej Pogačar

Q198. Which country recently launched the world’s first digital currency?
a) China
b) United States
c) Switzerland
d) Japan
Answer: a) China

Q199. Who won the 2022 FIFA Women’s World Cup?
a) United States
b) Germany
c) Netherlands
d) Sweden
Answer: a) United States

Q200. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of solar energy?
a) China
b) United States
c) Germany
d) India
Answer: a) China

Q201. Which country recently launched its first-ever manned mission to space?
a) China
b) United States
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: d) India

Q202. Who won the French Open men’s singles title in 2023?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Roger Federer
d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Answer: b) Novak Djokovic

Q203. The G7 summit 2023 was held in which country?
a) Germany
b) Canada
c) France
d) United Kingdom
Answer: c) France

Q204. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of solar energy?
a) China
b) United States
c) India
d) Germany
Answer: a) China

Q205. Who won the Best Actor award at the 2023 Academy Awards (Oscars)?
a) Leonardo DiCaprio
b) Joaquin Phoenix
c) Anthony Hopkins
d) Brad Pitt
Answer: c) Anthony Hopkins

Q206. Which country recently won the UEFA European Championship in football?
a) Italy
b) Germany
c) England
d) Spain
Answer: a) Italy

Q207. Which tech company recently launched its first line of electric vehicles?
a) Apple
b) Google
c) Amazon
d) Tesla
Answer: a) Apple

Q208. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
a) António Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Kofi Annan
d) Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Answer: a) António Guterres

Q209. Which country recently announced plans to phase out gasoline-powered cars by 2030?
a) Germany
b) United States
c) China
d) France
Answer: d) France

Q210. Which country recently hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup?
a) England
b) Australia
c) India
d) South Africa
Answer: c) India

Q211. Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
a) Justin Trudeau
b) Andrew Scheer
c) Erin O’Toole
d) Jagmeet Singh
Answer: a) Justin Trudeau

Q212. Which company recently became the first to reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion?
a) Amazon
b) Apple
c) Microsoft
d) Google
Answer: b) Apple

Q213. The 2023 Rugby World Cup will be hosted by which country?
a) New Zealand
b) England
c) Japan
d) France
Answer: d) France

Q214. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023?
a) Greta Thunberg
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Abiy Ahmed
d) Jacinda Ardern
Answer: c) Abiy Ahmed

Q215. Which country recently legalized same-sex marriage?
a) Germany
b) Australia
c) Japan
d) Brazil
Answer: a) Germany

Q216. Who won the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023?
a) United States
b) Germany
c) Netherlands
d) England
Answer: a) United States

Q217. The Belt and Road Initiative is an infrastructure project led by which country?
a) United States
b) Russia
c) China
d) India
Answer: c) China

Q218. Which country recently announced plans to send a manned mission to Mars by 2030?
a) United States
b) Russia
c) China
d) European Union
Answer: a) United States

Q219. Who is the current President of France?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) François Hollande
c) Nicolas Sarkozy
d) Jacques Chirac
Answer: a) Emmanuel Macron

Q220. Which city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics?
a) Tokyo
b) Paris
c) Los Angeles
d) Beijing
Answer: c) Los Angeles

Q221.Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Haruki Murakami
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: b) Haruki Murakami

Q222. The Paris Agreement is an international treaty aimed at combating:
a) Terrorism
b) Climate change
c) Poverty
d) Cybercrime
Answer: b) Climate change

Q223. Who is the current President of Russia?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Dmitry Medvedev
c) Mikhail Mishustin
d) Alexander Lukashenko
Answer: a) Vladimir Putin

Q224. Which country recently won Copa America in football?
a) Argentina
b) Brazil
c) Chile
d) Uruguay
Answer: b) Brazil

Q225. Who won the Best Actress award at the 2023 Academy Awards (Oscars)?
a) Cate Blanchett
b) Natalie Portman
c) Frances McDormand
d) Emma Stone
Answer: c) Frances McDormand

Q226. Which country recently became the world’s largest economy?
a) United States
b) China
c) India
d) Japan
Answer: b) China

Q227 ho won the Formula 1 World Championship in 2023?
a) Lewis Hamilton
b) Max Verstappen
c) Sebastian Vettel
d) Charles Leclerc
Answer: b) Max Verstappen

Q228. The 2023 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be hosted by which country?
a) Australia
b) India
c) South Africa
d) England
Answer: a) Australia

Q229. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Olaf Scholz
c) Annalena Baerbock
d) Armin Laschet
Answer: d) Armin Laschet

Q230. Which company recently became the world’s most valuable publicly traded company?
a) Microsoft
b) Apple
c) Amazon
d) Alphabet (Google)
Answer: c) Amazon

 

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