World Current Affairs MCQs May 2023

Air strike and clashe between Sudan`s warring faction could be heard in the capital Khartoum on May 21, 2023, resident said, after a Saudi and US-broker deal for a week-long ceasefire raise hope of a pause in the five-week conflict. The deal, sign on 20 May 2023 by the army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah, is due to come into effect on 22 May 2023 evening with an internationally-support monitoring mechanism. It also allows for the delivery of humanitarian aid.

China has launch Shenzhou-16 spacecraft taking three new astronauts to its space station. The spacecraft left from the Jiuquan launch center in the Gobi Desert on a Long March 2F rocket on 30 May 2023. The crew will overlap briefly with the three astronaut currently on board the Tiangong station, who will return to Earth after completing their six-month mission.

In May, 2023 Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), the body responsible for developing the United Arab Emirates’ nuclear energy sector, has signed three agreements with China’s Nuclear Energy Organization. The UAE, which is hosting the COP28 climate summit this year and wants to get 6% of its energy needs from nuclear as part of its 2050 net zero plan, has previously said China would be a key partner in its energy transition plan.

World No Tobacco Day is being observe across the globe on 31 May 2023. This year, the theme for the day is Grow Food, Not Tobacco. The day is observe to create awareness among the masses about the hazardous effect of tobacco on health and the environment.

The World Press Freedom Day is being observed on May 3, to create awareness about the importance of press freedom and the role of journalists in promoting democracy and defending human rights. It also aims to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression as enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The theme for this year World Press Freedom Day is “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for all other human right.

The 2023 G20 New Delhi summit is the upcoming eighteenth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), a summit scheduled to take place in International Exhibition-Convention Centre (IECC), Pragati Maidan, New Delhi in 2023. It will be the first-ever G20 summit to be held in India as well as in South Asia.

Presidential elections were held in Turkey in May 2023, alongside parliamentary elections, to elect a president for a term of five years. It mark the first time a Turkish presidential elections has gone to a run-off. The first round of the election was held on 14 May 2023 and 2nd round on 28 May 2023.

On May 4-5, India will host a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), where top diplomats from member countries will be discussing a wide range of issues including economic cooperation and regional security. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will be traveling to India to attend the summit, making him the first high-ranking Pakistani official to visit India since the visit of then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2014.

On 19 May, the China-Central Asia Summit was successfully held at the Xi’an International Convention Center. President Xi Jinping together with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan jointly met the press.

Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix from ninth on the starting grid, with the fastest lap. Mexica’s Perez came second while Fernando Alonso came third. Verstappen was also the winner of last year’s inaugural Miami Grand Prix.

Charles III was crowned monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 Commonwealth realms on May 6, 2023, at Britain`s first coronation for 70 years, during a ceremony steeped in a millennium of ritual and spectacle. Charles, 74, became the oldest sovereign yet to be crowned at London`s Westminster Abbey after a lifetime as heir to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

On 20 May, the Sudanese Arm Force (SAF )and Rapid Support Force (RSF) agree to a week-long ceasefire starting at 21:45 local time (19:45 GMT) on 22 May, following talks in Jeddah. Saudi and US-broker deal for a week-long ceasefire.

Meteosat-12, the newly launch European weather satellite. The first images captured by this satellite were release recently. The spacecraft, which is placed 36,000km above the equator, was launch in December. Meteosat-12 sit in a stationary position, keeping a permanent eye on Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Blue Origin, LLC is an American aerospace, space exploration company and launch service provider headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States own by Jeff Bezos, Recently a team led by Jeff Bezos` space company Blue Origin won a coveted Nasa contract to build a spacecraft that will send astronauts to and from the moon`s surface, Nasa`s chief announced on May 19, 2023, capping a high stakes contest.

Linda Yaccarino is the current CEO of twitter. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and Spacex, recently made an importanted announcement on Twitter. He reveal that a new CEO, The new CEO, who is a woman, will start her position in approximately six weeks. At the same time, Musk will become the executive chair and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Twitter, where he will be responsible for overseeing the development of products, software, and system operations.