(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 10 January 2014

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) 50 Deemed Universities were sought to be de-recognised on the basis of the Dixit Committee’s report in India by UGC.
ii) The Union Environment Ministry has rejected the forest clearance for Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha, and renewing the stand-alone environmental clearance for Posco’s eight million tonnes per annum steel plant.

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

Q2.

i) SEBI notified new norms empowering its Chairman to order search and seizure operations during investigations, while necessary safeguards have also been put in place to protect rights of affected persons.
ii) MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), got the approval of the market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), to start trading in interest rate futures (IRF), which would soon be going live .

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

ENVIRONMENT

Q3.

i) A project for conservation of endangered ‘snow leopards’ has been launched by WHO and Infosys.
ii) The blueprint for the new environment authority, prepared by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2011, gives the Minister a veto on the decisions on clearances under the Environment Protection Act, 1986.