(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 05 December 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) The Group of Ministers (GoM) has cleared the draft bill for the creation of a state of Telangana by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.
ii) The rural tele-density of India is one of the highest in the world at present.

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.N. Security Council has authorized increased military action by France and African troops to try to end near-anarchy in the Central African Republic.
ii) The ADIZ is not a territorial claim, but a pre-defined area beyond a country’s territorial airspace within which it tracks or monitors aircraft.

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) India is the most preferred destination this winter season with more than 76 per cent respondents willing to take their year-end holidays within the country.
ii) Personal income tax, corporate taxes and wealth tax, are kinds of indirect taxes.

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

SCIENCE AND TECH

Q4.

i) A Rs. 100-crore nano park, complete with an incubation centre and an institute for nano science, will be set up in the city of Hyderabad.
ii) The National Tiger Conservation Authority is the coordinating agency of an elaborate assessment to examine the status of tigers in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

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) Late Nelson Mandela, has been awarded the 2013 UN Human Rights Prize, in recognition of his outstanding achievement in human rights.
ii) The prize is awarded every three years .