(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 16 February 2014

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) As per recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), the Coal Ministry is to issue formal orders for cancellation of 29 captive coal blocks belonging to companies like Hindalco, Tata Power, Jindal Steel and Power and Essar Power.
ii) The Committee of Privileges, has powers to recommend punitive measures and hence Speaker Meira Kumar has referred the pepper spray incident in the Lok Sabha to the same.

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) A Philippine Christian sect has broken records for organizing the largest charity walk in an effort to raise funds for survivors of last year’s Typhoon Haiyan.
ii) Cairo Programme of Action at the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was adopted in 2004, and has no contribution to improvement in health of women and longevity whatsoever.

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) Antibodies are a class of proteins generated by the immune system to neutralise foreign bacteria and viruses.
ii) Nitrogen Oxides are indicators of traffic-related air pollution.