(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 09 January 2014

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) Rs.1,000-crore Nirbhaya Fund announced last year by Finance Minister P. Chidamabaram, to ensure the safety and security of travelling women, continues to remain a nonstarter.
ii) The Election Commission has accepted the proposal of the U.S. based internet search engine Google to have an “electoral look up services for citizens.”

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

INDIA AND THE WORLD

Q2.

i) India has been ranked below its two nuclear-armed neighbours — Pakistan and China — in the list of countries with a weak nuclear material security in the world, according to a U.S.-based think-tank.
ii) India scored higher than China on the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540 related to nuclear security issues.

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) Ministry of Textiles defines Handloom, as 'any loom other than power loom' under the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985.
ii) A leading international news portal, The Huffington Post, has announced plans for creation of THEWORLDPOST, a new online publication with 10 editions around the world.

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 TECH

Q4.

i) The third manoeuvre to boost the orbit of GSAT-14, India’s advanced communication satellite, was successfully executed, making the orbit more or less circular.
ii) GSAT-14 will have a mission life of 20 years.