(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 07 January 2014

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) Jains could soon become the sixth designated minority community of the country.
ii) Jains who make up 0.4 per cent of the country’s population if given minority status will bring them under the ambit of the National Commission for Minorities and allow the community to run their educational institutions as per the same rules that govern all minority institutions.

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) Winter Olympics are to be held in Russia’s Sochi this year (2014).
ii) The Government of Indonesia has decided that their fast-food restaurants will no longer be allowed to hire foreign workers.

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) A committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households, set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has suggested that each low-income household and small business should be provided with convenient access to formally regulated lenders.
ii) Lactalis SA which has acquired a 100 percent stake in India's Tirumala Milk Products Pvt Ltd, is a Swiss Dairy group.

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

ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE AND TECH

Q4.

i) Kaziranga , is the world's largest tiger habitat.
ii) The species, nicknamed "Ardi," was a primate with a small brain and human like teeth; it also had feet designed for climbing trees and a pelvis made for walking on the ground.