(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 18 December 2013
(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 18 December 2013
NATIONAL
Q1.
i) The provision of Lokayukta at the Centre and Lokpal at the level of the
states is one of the most important features of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill,
2011, passed by Parliament.
ii) The selection of chairperson and members of Lokpal shall be through a
selection committee consisting of only, Speaker of Lok Sabha and Leader of
Opposition in the Lok Sabha and no one else.
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) According to a new rule , EU citizens who enter the UK for work will be
able to access welfare and out-of-work benefits only from three months after
their arrival, instead of three weeks as was hitherto the case.
ii) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has
finalized its plan for the destruction of Syria's stockpile of weapons and
precursor chemicals, with the most toxic material to be destroyed at sea aboard
a U.S. ship.
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
Q3.
i) The Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas has sought a review of
the Rangarajan formula for gas pricing, saying that the price should be fixed
after factoring in the domestic cost of production.
ii) Repo rate is the long term rate at which central bank borrows funds from the
commercial banks.
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
ENVIRONMENT
Q4.
i) The objective of 'Climate Change Action Programme' is to build and support
capacity at central and state level to assess impact of climate change on the
vulnerable areas associated with risks.
ii) In a bid to tackle global warming, a proposal has been mooted to launch a
new scheme on climate change by implementing a slew of measures including
setting up of an institute in the name of Indira Gandhi.
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
IN THE NEWS
Q5.
i) Bollywood lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar, Hindi novelist Mridula Garg
and renowned Bengali poet Subodh Sarkar are among those selected for this year’s
Sahitya Akademi Award.
ii) Akhtar has been chosen for “Tarkash”, his compilation of hindi poems.
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
These MCQ's Are Based On "THE HINDU" 18 December 2013
