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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 08 October 2014

Persons in News

Q. 1

1. Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source.
2. Last year’s physics award went to Britain’s Peter Higgs and Belgian colleague Francois Englert for helping to explain how matter formed after the Big Bang.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Neither 1 nor 2
d. Both 1 & 2

International

Q. 2

1. Canada is among dozens of countries that have joined the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State militant group.
2. Indian Parliament has voted to authorise airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq on 7th October.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Neither 1 nor 2
d. Both 1 & 2

Science & Technology

Q. 3

1. India launched an ingeniously manufactured microscope that generates 3D images of objects. The Broad Spectrum Confocal Microscope has several applications in medicine and materials sciences.
2. It uses an infra red beam which passes through a patented photonic crystal fibre made by the Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Neither 1 nor 2
d. Both 1 & 2

Sports

Q. 4

1. USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps for six months, forced him to withdraw from next year’s world championships and taken away his funding from the sport’s national governing body.
2. Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals, also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals.