(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 09 December 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) Feminisation of poverty refers to women representing a disproportionate share of the world’s poor.
ii) It was Delhi that polled the largest number of ‘none of the above’ (NOTA) votes — an option available for the first time to voters to reject all the candidates.

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) The new South Korean zone covers a submerged reef that South Korea controls but that China also claims, and it enlarged parts of airspace also included in the Chinese zone.
ii) U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel recently met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and stressed on the importance of keeping the ground supply routes out of Afghanistan open.

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) In a major sign of transformation of manufacturing-dominated Chinese economy, annual output of its service sector may exceed that of the manufacturing sector for the first time ever in 2013.
ii) Banks need to maintain cash reserve ratio or statutory liquidity ratio on FCNR deposits.

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

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Q4 .

i) Scientists have found evidence of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars well suited to support microbial life.
ii) Scientists have produced hydrogen by accelerating a natural process found in rocks deep below the Earth's surface, a short-cut that may herald the wider use of what is a clean fuel.

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) Human Rights Day is observed across the World on 10 December .
ii) Jaimini Bhagwati has taken over as the country's next High Commissioner to the UK.