(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 08 November 2013
NATIONAL
Q1.
i) The Gauhati High Court has recently struck down the resolution through
which the Central Bureau of Investigation was set up and held all its actions as
"unconstitutional",
ii) According to them, CBI is just a part of the Delhi Special Police
Establishment (DSPE) and can be treated only as a 'police force' constituted
under the DSPE Act, 1946.
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 ) U.S lost its voting rights at UNESCO, after missing a crucial deadline to repay its debt to the world’s cultural agency.
ii) Timbuktu which is a Heritage site of UNESCO is located at Malaysia.
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
ECONOMY
Q3.
i) Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has recently lowered France’s credit rating by one more notch.
ii) S&P justified its decision saying France’s budgetary margin of manoeuvre had diminished and that the French State’s capacity for generating resources had gone down.
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
SPORTS
Q4.
i) 2018 Hockey World Cup will be hosted by Pakistan for the second time.
ii) World number one in the field of chess at present is Viswanathan Anand.
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) ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) is situated in Bangalore.
ii) Mangalayan will coast around the sun for 300 days before the ISRO tries to capture it on the Martian orbit on September 24, 2014.
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
