(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 06 November 2013

ECONOMY

Q1.

i) Telecom Commission, has recommended raising ‘reserve price’ for auction of pan-India mobile phone spectrum .
ii) As a result of revision of base rate or the minimum lending rate ; Home, auto and consumer loans are expected to become cheaper.

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) Mozilla Foundation has developed a Firefox add-on called Lightbeam, which creates a real-time visualisation of how individual pages and entire commercial networks are tracking users.
ii) Visa Seva mobile application for Android phones has been launched by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) .

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

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

INTERNATIONAL

Q3.

i) Alerts have been raised for a powerful typhoon that is going to hit Myanmar soon.
ii) A court in Egypt has upheld a ruling that banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets confiscated.

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

Q4.

i) India-China begin joint military drills — the first held in five years — takes place after both countries signed a Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) to expand confidence-building measures.
ii) Gatka martial is a form of Kungfu that was displayed during the drill.

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

IN THE NEWS

Q5.

i) Indian-American Raj Mukherji won New Jersey election recently.
ii) Dhoni has been named brand ambassador of Star Sports channel by Rupert Murdoch, the firm owner.