(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 19 January 2014

SCIENCE AND TECH

Q1.

i) The Centre is planning to include Third Line therapy for persons living with HIV in the government’s Anti-Retroviral Treatment programme.
ii) India has successfully tested its long-range, nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile from a military base in Odisha.

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

SPORTS

Q2.

i) Anirban Lahiri's tied third finish at the King's Cup lifted him to a career-best 101 in the official world golf rankings, making him the highest-placed Indian in the list.
ii) Rajeshwari Gayakwad is the name of Captain of Indian Women Cricket Team.

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

Q3.

i) Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad has asserted that he does not plan to step down, sharpening the contest with the opposition, which has agreed to participate in Geneva-2 talks.
ii) Christ the Redeemer statue which was damaged by lightning storms recently is located in Chile.