(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 18 January 2014

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Randip Surjewala were made members of the Congress Election Coordination Committee headed by Mr. Rahul Gandhi recently.
ii) The Lokpal Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 4, 2011, by V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

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) The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) is the name of Pakistani government’s focal point for counter-terrorism.
ii) Egypt’s election committee said that 98.1 percent of voters have approved a new, military-backed constitution in the first vote since a coup toppled the country’s president.

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

IN THE NEWS

Q3.

i) ‘Junbeel Mela’, is celebrated in Rajasthan which might get ‘Heritage Festival and a Heritage Site’ tag from UNESCO soon.
ii) Traditional barter system of exchanging agricultural products is practiced in this ‘Junbeel Mela’.