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(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 12 September 2014

National

1Q.

(i) Reaching out to people for his ambitious project for a clean India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought their views on the contours of ‘Mission Swachh Bharat’ to be launched on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
(ii) Mission Swacch Bharat aspires to realise Indiraji’s dream of a Clean India through Jan Bhagidari (people’s participation).

Which of the above statement/statements is/are true ?

(a) Only i
(b) Only ii
(c) Neither i nor ii
(d) Both i and ii

International

2Q.

(i) More international medical workers are needed to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, where more than 2,400 have died from the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan said.
(ii) The number of people infected with the deadly haemorrhagic fever virus has risen to 4,784, according to the UN health agency.

Which of the above statement/statements is/are true ?

(a) Only i
(b) Only ii
(c) Neither i nor ii
(d) Both i and ii

Business

3Q.

(i) Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India , China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao told journalists in Beijing that President Xi’s visit will mark the beginning of “another era in Sino-Indian ties’, embedded with strong “strategic” resonance.
(ii) India and China are expected to sign as many as 20 agreements and MoUs in Delhi, on issues related to infrastructure development, cultural ties among others.