(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.