Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 16 October 2014

National

Q.1

1. India’s third navigation satellite IRNSS-1C was launched and placed successfully in its pre-designated orbit on 16 October 2014.
2. PSLV-C26 stands for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C26 while IRNSS-1C stands for Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System-1C.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

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

Q.2

1. India had announced an ambitious project to construct highway along the McMahon Line in Arunachal Pradesh, mainly to counter China.
2. The proposed Indo-China frontier highway, that will be monitored by the Home Ministry will run parallel along the China border and will be 1,800 km long.
3. This road project will be the biggest single infrastructure project in the history of India with an estimated cost of over Rs 40,000 crore.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

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

Person in News

Q.3

1. The Best Central Bank Governor award for 2014 by Euromoney magazine conferred to Raghuram Rajan, Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
2. This prestigious award was given to him for the tough monetary measures adopted by him to battle the storm ravaging the deficit-ridden Indian economy in the recent market crisis.

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. 4

1. The U.S. has launched a review of India’s Intellectual Property Regime, in which the focus is to measure the engagement that New Delhi has pursued in terms of intellectual property.
2. The USTR’s ‘Out-of-Cycle’ (OCR) Review follows the 2014 Special 301 Report that came out in April, in which the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) had placed India on the ‘Priority Watch List’