Premium - Civil Services Mentor Magazine: January 2014
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:: National Issues ::
1.
i) The government has drawn up plans to launch country’s first all women bank
- Bharatiya Mahila Bank - on November 19, the birth anniversary of former Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi.
ii) The voters in MP and Madhya Pradesh will exercise for the first time the
“None of the Above” option in the coming elections and in Mizoram electors in 10
Assembly constituencies will also exercise the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail
(VVPAT) system for the first time.
Which of the above statement/ statements is/are false?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
2.
i) The Election Commission has asked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to
reply to its notice for model code violation over his remark that Pakistan’s ISI
was in touch with Muzaffarnagar riot victims.
ii) This whole episode is also known as Letters Rogatory.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
3.
i) Election Commission (EC) has taken serious note of alleged leakage of
information and the entire staff at Nirvachan Sadan has now been warned against
talking to the media without prior authorisation of the commission
ii) A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has reportedly gone missing from the storeroom of
Jalandhar Municipal Corporation, prompting a war of words between leaders of
Congress andBJP.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are false?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
4.
i) The bill that seeks to provide statutory status to the Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will be introduced in the winter
session of the Parliament next month.
ii) So far no Aadhaar number has been issued.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
5.
i) The Gauhati High Court has recently struck down the resolution through
which the Central Bureau of Investigation was set up and held all its actions as
“unconstitutional”,
ii) According to them, CBI is just a part of the Delhi Special Police
Establishment (DSPE) and can be treated only as a ‘police force’ constituted
under the DSPE Act, 1946.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
a) Only i
b) Only ii
c) Both i and ii
d) Neither i nor ii
:: International Issues ::
1.
i) There was an agreement signed between Pakistan and Iran for a gas pipeline
and it could be called off by either party at any point of time.
ii) The terrorist outfit Alqaeda was behind attack in Tiananmen Square,China
that killed five.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
2.
i) Deposed President Mohamed Morsy is the first Egyptian head of state who
has been hauled into the courtroom.
ii) Saudi Arabia on launched an allout inspection campaign targeting illegal
foreign workers as the 7- month grace period to correct their labour and
residency status under the Nitaqat law ended.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are false?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
3.
i) In an unprecedented verdict, more than hundred former members of the Assam
Rifles, a paramilitary border security unit, were sentenced to death in
connection with 1971 war.
ii) Millions of people could qualify for federal subsidies that will pay the
entire monthly cost of some health care plans being offered in the online
marketplaces set up under President Obama’s health care law.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
:: India & The World ::
1.
i) India is happy with the withdrawal of United Kingdom’s proposal to subject
visitors from six “high-risk” Commonwealth countries to pay a surety of £3,000
for a visa.
ii) The bonds scheme would have been applicable on visitors’ visas for people
from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Ghana.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
