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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 26 October 2014

National

Q.1

1. The coastal districts in Andhra are taking steps to face Cyclone Nilofar,
2. The India Meteorological Department will give clear guidelines to the State on the progress of the cyclone on 28th.

Which of the following statement is/are true-?

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

Science & Technology

Q.2

1. India is to purchase 8,356 units of Israel’s Spike anti-tank guided missile as agreed in the meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC).
2. Spike is a man-portable ‘fire and forget’ anti-tank missile that locks on to targets before shooting.
3. It is produced by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems.

Which of the following statement is/are true-?

a. Only 1
b. Only 3
c. 1 & 2
d. All of the above

Q. 3

1. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has recently asked its personnel and their families not to use a mobile phone of Chinese make which is believed to be capable of transferring data to company’s servers in China and hence be a security risk.
2. The name of this Chinese mobile phone is ‘Xiaomi Redmi 1s’.

Which of the following statement is/are true-?

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

Sports

Q.4

Which Indian player won the World Billiards Championship 2014 on 24 October 2014 that was held in Leeds (UK)?

a. Pankaj Advani
b. Gagan Narang
c. Geet Sethi
d. Ashok Sharma

Persons in News

Q. 5

1. Google CEO Larry Page has appointed his key employee Sundar Pichai to lead the company's important products such as search, maps, advertising and more.
2. Under the new leadership role, Pichai will directly undertake products such as search, maps, Google+, commerce, advertising and infrastructure in addition to his existing role as a head of Android, Chrome and Google Apps, sources familiar with the change said of the change.