(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 02 December 2013
(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 02 December 2013
National
Q1.
i) Article 370 that came into force on 14 May 1954 places limits on the power
of Parliament to make laws for Jammu and Kashmir.
ii) Recently West Bengal’s Chief Minister demanded a Central Act to prohibit
superstition and black-magic.
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
SCIENCE AND TECH
Q2.
i) The project called LUNA RING is proposed by a Chinese firm, that would be
capable of sending 13,000 terawatts of power back to Earth and that construction
could begin on the project in 2035.
ii) What this project aims is at building a solar panel array around the Moon's
equator and sending the electricity it collects back to Earth.
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 AND THE WORLD
Q3.
i) ADIZ areas are not territorial claims, but defined zones in international
airspace within which countries monitor aircraft heading towards their
territorial airspace, which extends 12 nautical miles from coastlines.
ii) China, which successfully launched its first ever mission to land an
unmanned spacecraft on the Moon, has made it clear that it has no interest in
space cooperation with India .
Which of the above statement/statements is/are NOT true?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
INTERNATIONAL
Q4.
i) U.N. sent a special envoy to Sri Lanka to examine the status of people
rendered homeless by the country’s three-decade civil war.
ii) Drones, known for unleashing Hellfire missile attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and
Somalia, may be delivering a much softer range of products in the future —
products sold by Google.
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
ECONOMY
Q5.
i) The Reserve Bank of India is looking at allowing 74 per
cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in credit information companies (CIC) in a
bid to allow credit bureaus in India to raise funds from their foreign promoters
and also to allow new entrants into the country.
ii) GAIL India, the nation's biggest natural gas distributor, won a bid to
acquire Ophir Energy's stake in gas blocks in Tanzania to Singapore's Pavilion
Energy.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are NOT true?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii
These MCQ's Are Based On "THE HINDU" 02 December 2013
