(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 13 January 2014

INDIA AND THE WORLD

Q1.

i) India is going to jointly move a resolution to address violence, particularly against women and girls, along with US at the Executive Board meeting of the World Health Organisation.
ii) India was able to start having commerce and trade in the area of nuclear energy with other counties in 2008 only after following an agreement with the U.S. on nuclear cooperation.

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) Competition Commission has closed the case of alleged unfair trade practices against steel producers, including SAIL, RINL and Tata Steel, following insufficient evidence of cartelisation in hiking prices.
ii) State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and United Arab Emirates' investment firm Mubadala have decided to join hands to jointly invest in upstream projects in developing countries.

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

SCIENCE AND TECH

Q3.

i) World Health Organisation (WHO) will certify India as polio-free on February 11 and it has completed three years without reporting any case of polio.
ii) It is the first time in the history that a disease is being eliminated in India through immunisation .