(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 19 December 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) A Vote-on-account is similar to both interim and full Budget as all of them deal with only with expenditure.
ii) The Supreme Court has recently rejected a public interest litigation petition for creation of a ‘Gandhi caste’ for children of inter-caste marriages to pave the way for establishment of a casteless society.

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) President Vladimir Putin , was once chief of Russia’s main espionage agency.
ii) China is collaborating with Pakistan on a number of projects including Gwadar Port, Chashma Power Project, Karakoram Highway, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and more recently the Karachi Civil Nuclear Power Plant.

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 Delhi airport is set to be the first airport in the country to see the world's largest commercial aircraft — the Airbus 380.
ii) Quantitative Easing (QE) or the enhanced bond purchase programme was an unconventional mode of intervention by the Fed following the financial crisis of 2008 that led to a surge in liquidity.