(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 07 November 2013
NATIONAL
Q1.
i) The bill that seeks to provide statutory status to the Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will be introduced in the winter
session of the Parliament next month.
ii) So far no Aadhaar number has been issued.
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) A rocket carrying the Olympic flame successfully blasted off from earth
ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
ii) The Olympic torch has flown into space once before in 1996 aboard the U.S.
space shuttle Atlantis for the Atlanta Summer Olympics but will be taken outside
the spacecraft for the first time in history.
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) While the European Union (EU) trade preferences for Pakistan passed the
test in the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, the final
decision is yet to be taken.
ii) The Indian government has decided to set up a grievance redressal mechanism
for SEZ developers and units with a view to expeditiously address their problems
and boost exports.
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
Q4.
i) C V Raman who won Nobel Prize in 1930, made him the first Asian and first
non-white to receive any Nobel Prize in the sciences.
ii) The nation observes National Science Day on February 28 to pay tribute to A
P J Abdul Kalam.
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
Q5.
i) Vortex (strong circumpolar winds) in E. Antarctica is responsible for
large scale glacier melt.
ii) Metformin treatment is undertaken to overcome diabetes.
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
