(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.