(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 09 December 2013
(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.
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
These MCQ's Are Based On "THE HINDU" 09 December 2013
