(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 11 November 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) Study shows that India’s backward States systematically put up more female candidates in elections than the developed southern States.
ii) It has been finalized that decisions taken with no ill-intention within the prevailing policy can be considered as criminal conduct.

Which of the above statements/statement is/are true?

a) Only i
b) Only ii
c) Both i and ii
d) Neither i nor ii

INTERNATIONAL

Q2.

i) Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed a roadmap agreement to allow inspectors broader access to nuclear sites.
ii) The deal now permits the IAEA to investigate other research activities linked to an alleged nuclear weapons programme.

Which of the above statements/statement is/are false?

a) Only i
b) Only ii
c) Both i and ii
d) Neither i nor ii

INDIA AND THE WORLD

Q3.

i) In the latest meeting of ASEM (Asia Europe Mechanism), India has sought result-oriented initiatives by agreeing to work with like-minded ASEM members in areas with potential for tangible cooperation.
ii) The meeting has recommended the setting up of a Working Group on Press and Public Awareness Strategy and another on devising a road map for the 20th anniversary celebrations of ASEM in 2016.

Which of the above statements/statement is/are true?

a) Only i
b) Only ii
c) Both i and ii
d) Neither i nor ii

ECONOMY

Q4.

i) British retail chain Marks & Spencer's, which operates through an alliance with Reliance Retail, will be the largest outside the home market by the turn of 2016.
ii) The Expert Appraisal Committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests has deferred clearance of land-based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at Gangavaram Port in Andhra Pradesh, being developed by Petronet LNG Limited, for want of compliance reports.

Which of the above statements/statement is/are false?

a) Only i
b) Only ii
c) Both i and ii
d) Neither i nor ii

SCIENCE AND TECH

Q5.

i) P/2013 P5 has been discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in the asteroid belt between the orbits of mercury and venus.
ii) Developing countries, including India, are promoting the idea that the UN talks must deliver a new carbon market mechanism even before countries make their emission reduction targets.