World Current Affairs MCQs July 2022

The 2022 Global biodiversity conclave is organised in Bonn, Germany. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) announced that Assessment on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species will be released. Sustainable use of wild species keeping in mind the well-being of communities that depend on them for livelihood will be the focus of the report to be released.

According to U.S. government sources, Al-Zawahiri was killed by Hellfire missiles fired from a drone. Press sources have speculated that the missiles may have been R9X Hellfire missiles, which are designed to kill by impact and with blades instead of the explosion to avoid unintended casualties.

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Israel on 13 July 2022 to kick off a high-stakes trip to the Middle East dominated by efforts to persuade Gulf allies to pump more oil and bring Israel and Saudi Arabia closer together. Biden will spend two days in Jerusalem for talks with Israeli leaders before meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on 15 July 2022 in the occupied West Bank. Afterward, he will take a direct flight from Israel to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – a first for an American president – on 15 July 2022 for talks with Saudi officials and to attend a summit of Gulf allies.

The veteran official of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Haitham Al Ghais was named as the new OPEC Secretary-General, media agencies reported on 6 July, 2022. The announcement came after the sudden death of the organization’s chief Muhammad Barkindo. Al Ghais to serve as the new Secretary-General of the petroleum production organization, starting from August 2022.

A rare 170-carat pink rough diamond weighing 34 grams has been discovered at Lucapa’s Lulo Mine in Angola. Named the ‘Lulo Rose’, it is considered to be the largest pink diamond discovered in the last 300 years. In 2016, a mining operation yielded a 404-carat white stone named the ‘4th February Stone’. It was the largest ever diamond recovered in Angola.

India is set to host the Group of Twenty (G20) leaders’ summit in 2023 in Indian Occupied Kashmir. as India will assume the presidency of the group from Indonesia later this year

Boris Johnson, the prime minister who oversaw the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union and his country’s struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, has announced his resignation, having lost the support of top cabinet ministers. Boris Johnson resigned as the Conservative party leader on July 7. He will remain prime minister until Conservatives choose a replacement.

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretary General, Mohammad Barkindo, has passed away on 5 July 2022 at the age of 63. Nigeria’s Barkindo headed the Organization since 2016 and was scheduled to be replaced by Kuwait’s Haitham Al-Ghais next month. Under his leadership, the cartel tied up with 10 other oil-producing countries, such as Russia, to form a wider group known as OPEC+.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has landed in the Turkish capital, Ankara, for a first visit to the country since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. The visit began with a welcome ceremony and will be followed by a one-on-one meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the crown prince.

Egypt signs an $8 billion agreement with India for Suez Canal Economic Zone. Egypt and an Indian company have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to construct a green hydrogen factory in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.

Droupadi Murmu is an Indian politician who is the 15th and current President of India since 25 July 2022. She is the first person belonging to the scheduled tribe community and also the second woman after Pratibha Patil to hold the President’s office.

The UN Ocean Conference 2022 concluded with the unanimous adoption of the Lisbon Declaration “Our Ocean, our future, our responsibility.” More than 150 countries agreed to scale up science-based and innovative actions to address the ocean emergency. The Lisbon Declaration takes into account the capacity challenges being faced by the developing countries, mainly the Small Island Developing States and Least Developing Countries.

Current Hijri Year is 1444 or the Current Islamic year is 1444 AH. The Islamic New Year also called the Hijri New Year or Arabic New Year is the day that marks the beginning of a new Hijri year and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the Islamic year is observe by Muslims on the first day of the month of Muharram. The current Hijri Year is 1444. it is started on Saturday, July 30, 2022.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 226 July 2022 presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award, drawing comparisons between the two leaders in times of crisis.