(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 20 December 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) The Election Commission (EC) recognised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a State party after the party fulfilled the eligibility conditions set by the EC for granting the status.
ii) To get the EC’s recognition as a “State party,” all the candidates set up by the party together should get a minimum of eight per cent of the valid votes polled in the entire State or secure a minimum of six per cent of the total votes polled and one Assembly seat for every 25 seats in that State.

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

Q2.

i) A group headed by K. Kasturirangan had recommended declaring 37 per cent of the area of Western Ghats as ESA under the Environment Protection Act, 1972.
ii) New thermal power plants, heavily polluting industries, building and construction projects and township and area development projects between 50 hectare or with a built up area of 1,50,000 sq. meter would not be allowed according to the report.

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) Besides Sushma Singh (Chief Information Commissioner) , there are eight Information Commissioners in India— Rajiv Mathur, Vijai Sharma, Basant Seth, Yashovardhan Azad, Sharat Sabharwal, Manjula Prasher, M A Khan Yusufi and Prof Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu.
ii) The CIC is mandated to resolve appeals and complaints filed by information seekers, under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, against government departments or public authorities.