(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 05 November 2013
INDIA AND THE WORLD
Q1.
i) India is happy with the withdrawal of United Kingdom’s proposal to subject
visitors from six “high-risk” Commonwealth countries to pay a surety of £3,000
for a visa.
ii) The bonds scheme would have been applicable on visitors’ visas for people
from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Ghana.
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) In an unprecedented verdict, more than hundred former members of the Assam
Rifles, a paramilitary border security unit, were sentenced to death in
connection with 1971 war.
ii) Millions of people could qualify for federal subsidies that will pay the
entire monthly cost of some health care plans being offered in the online
marketplaces set up under President Obama’s health care law.
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
NATIONAL
Q3.
i) Election Commission (EC) has taken serious note of alleged leakage of
information and the entire staff at Nirvachan Sadan has now been warned against
talking to the media without prior authorisation of the commission
ii) A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has reportedly gone missing from the storeroom of
Jalandhar Municipal Corporation, prompting a war of words between leaders of
Congress andBJP.
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
Science and tech
Q4.
i) India’s spacecraft to Mars was lifted off by Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV C-25) from the spaceport at Thiruvananthapuram.
ii) PSLV in its 25th launch, has put the Mars Orbiter into an elliptical orbit
around the earth.
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
IN THE NEWS
Q5.
i) Irom Sharmila's fight against AFSPA enters 14th year, the longest peace
protest in history
ii) Tendulkar will be the first cricketer to play 200 Tests which will be his
last too.
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
These MCQ's Are Based On "THE HINDU"05 November 2013
