(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 12 November 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) Uttar Pradesh lokayukta justice (retired) NK Mehrotra gave a clean chit to former UP chief minister Mayawati in the Noida farmhouse scam, saying the accusation of wrongdoing wasn’t supported by credible evidence.

ii) The mine accident that occurred recently was in Basantimata mine located in Dhanbad.

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

INTERNATIONAL

Q2.

i) Naseeruddin Haqqani and Hakimullah Mehsud were both Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader who were killed in a U.S. drone strike recently.

ii) Both of them were on the U.N. Security Council’s sanctions list of individuals whose assets were frozen and against whom there was a travel ban and an arms embargo as well.

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

Q3.

i) Tamil Nadu Assembly has supported the Centre’s move to not to send its External Affairs Minister to participate in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

ii) India, at present is working on a partnership with the U.S. and Japan in the areas of civil nuclear energy and projects that will enhance its access to and through Myanmar and Afghanistan

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) Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposed acquisition of 24 per cent stake in the Naresh Goyal-led carrier by the Abu Dhabi-based airline Jet-Etihad.

ii) Higher call tariffs and reduced competition helped two of country's biggest telecom firms Reliance Communications, Vodafone to boost their results.

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

Q5.

i) India, China and other countries in the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) group took the position formally that the new climate agreement must not force developing countries to review their volunteered emission reduction targets.

ii) The European Union (EU) backed with other allied groups have demanded that there should be a process of reviewing targets of all countries and seeing if the collectively add up to the level that keeps global temperature rise below 2 degree Celsius.