(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 11 January 2014

INTERNATIONAL

Q1.

i) Egypt’s army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi,was the architect of last year’s overthrow of elected Islamist president Mohammed Morsy.
ii) The country where cholera outbreak happened most recently was Nigeria.

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

Q2.

i) The Reserve Bank of India’s committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households headed by Nachiket Mor said that the Aadhaar process was adequate to enable every Indian to get a bank account by January 1, 2016.
ii) India will soon invite foreign businesses to help expand its once-mighty but now outdated railways, in a move that would mark the opening up of one of the country’s last great state-controlled industries.

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

Q3.

i) Chandrayaan-I, India’s first mission to Moon, was launched successfully in 2007 from thiruvananthapuram.
ii) The Chandrayaan-II will have indigenously developed rover and a lander using the Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV).