(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 12 March 2014
(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 12 March 2014
NATIONAL
Q1.
i) As per Human development indicators , the SCs in Delhi and Kerala have
higher literacy rates than the upper castes in Bihar and Rajasthan.
ii) The Supreme Court has declined to review a verdict, commuting the death
sentence of some convicts to life term because of inordinate delay by the
President in disposing of their mercy petitions.
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
Q2.
i) India accounts zero percent of the total number of rotavirus deaths
worldwide.
ii) International Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC)
requires domestic liability laws to conform to a model text but the Indian law
is tougher as it allows legal action against suppliers if an accident is caused
by faulty or defective equipment.
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
IN THE NEWS
Q3.
i) World Kidney Day is observed annually on the second Thursday in March .
ii) The inventor of the World Wide Web is Larry Page.
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
Q4.
i) FAA has recently downgraded India’s aviation safety rating from the top to
the second category.
ii) The Securities and Exchange Board of India has tightened norms to prevent
money laundering through the capital market.
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
