Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 13 October 2014

National

Q.1

1. India’s strongest tropical cyclone of 2014 ‘Hudhud’ made its landfall near Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on 12 October 2014.
2. The name of this cyclone ‘Hudhud’ was suggested by Russia.
3. ‘Hudhud’ stands for a bird called Hoopoe, mentioned in the holy ‘Quran’.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. 1 & 2
b. 1 & 3
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Q. 2

1. C.V. Raman won the Nobel for Physics in 1930.
2. The Albanian-born Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
3. Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. 1 & 2
b. 1 & 3
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Science & Technology

Q. 3

1. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) began a 67-hour countdown ahead of the launch of the third regional navigation satellite, the IRNSS-1C.
2. The 1400-kg-plus spacecraft is slated to be flown on October 16, at 1.32 a.m. on the PSLV-C26 launch vehicle from the space port located in coastal Andhra Pradesh.