(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 03 December 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) The 'Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill was passed in the last parliament session and is on its way of becoming a law.
ii) Article 371-D, which was inserted through 32nd Amendment in 1973, empowers the President to issue orders from time to time providing for equitable opportunities for people belonging to different parts of the state.

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

INTERNATIONAL

Q2.

i) The U.S. President Barack Obama has ruled out any reversal of his landmark healthcare law, which he said has changed the face of healthcare system in the country and makes it affordable for everyone.
ii) NATO’s chief said that any Afghan government representative, not only President Hamid Karzai, could sign a security pact with the United States so that thousands of coalition troops could stay in Afghanistan after 2014.

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

Q3.

i) The Indian government had agreed to withdraw a notification that suspended tax benefits on investments from the island nation of Cyprus.
ii) Punjab recently has made available thousands of acres of land for purchase by Chinese companies, in an effort to court investment into newly planned industrial bases.

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

Q4.

i) With the success of the “Missile Ejection Test” (MET), DRDO missile technologists are gearing up to conduct the first canister-based test-firing of 5,000-plus km range nuclear weapons-capable Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V in March-April, 2014.
ii) Pharmacokinetics is the metabolism of the drugs in only children younger than two years.

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

Q5.

i) India captain and wicketkeeper M.S. Dhoni has won the ICC’s LG People’s Choice Award for 2013.
ii) Dhoni is the second Indian to win this special category award after Sachin Tendulkar.