(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 02 January 2014

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) Sending vulgar messages and posting objectionable photographs of young girls on internet tantamount to outraging modesty of woman under the IPC and the Information Technology Act, 2000.
ii) Under Article 143, the President may refer a dispute of any kind to the Supreme Court for its opinion and it may, after a hearing as it thinks fit, report to the President.

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

Q2.

i) India is one of the three biggest contributors of soldiers to U.N. peacekeeping missions.
ii) Indian government scrapped the Rs.3,600 crore AgustaWestland (the Anglo-Italian helicopter company owned by Italy's Finmeccanica) deal for VVIP helicopters.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii

ECONOMY

Q3.

i) The official theme of 2013 G8 summit (June 17-18) was asset prices and interest rates.
ii) ‘Obamacare’, is President Obama's signature tax reform programme in US.

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

IN THE NEWS

Q4.

i) India could get second time zone with Assam one hour ahead very soon.
ii) Brisbane International, is considered to be a key warm up tournament for the Australian Open is played on indoor courts.