(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 21 December 2013

(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 21 December 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) India is planning to go ahead with construction of the 330-MW Kishanganga hydro-electric project in Punjab after much delay due to controversies surrounding it.
ii) The Election Commission has recommended to the Law Ministry to treat all paid news as an electoral offence since it had been causing “maximum damage” to the electoral process.

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) BCIM is an ambitious corridor linking the two countries Myanmar and Afghanistan.
ii) Ugandan lawmakers passed an anti-gay law that punishes “aggravated homosexuality” with life imprisonment.

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

ECONOMY

Q3.

i) The Power Ministry, through amending the the Tariff Policy and the Electricity Act, 2003, is making a bid to check the growing tendency among States to restrict export of electricity generated within their borders.
ii) Recent satellite imagery reveals that Pakistan has completed the external construction of its fourth reactor building at the Khushab nuclear site located 200 kilometers south of Islamabad.

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

IN THE NEWS

Q4.

i) Chairman of Xpro India Ltd. Sidharth Birla, took over as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) succeeding HSBC India Country Head Naina Lal Kidwai.
ii) Top Republican leader and current Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal is planning to run for president in 2016 in the United States of America according to recent reports.

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

These MCQ's Are Based On "THE HINDU" 21 December 2013

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