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

ECONOMY

Q1.

i) India’s minimum support prices for farmers and food subsidies is the main issue it would raise for the Ninth WTO Ministerial scheduled for next month in Bali .
ii) The clause providing no country being able to initiate action against another that was in breach of the WTO caps is favorable for India.

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

NATIONAL

Q2.

i) A Delhi court is to consider the criminal defamation complaint filed by former IPS officer R B Sreekumar against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Rajnath Singh and two others over attacks on him in the ISRO spying case.
ii) Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal after admitting “misconduct” against a woman journalist has offered to resign from office for an indefinite time.

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) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai had agreed on the terms of the bilateral security agreement (BSA) to cover the presence of American troops beyond 2014.
ii) Recently Australian PM was accused of tapping phone of Philippine’s president, that raised a lot of hue and cry.

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

Q4.

i) Current account deficit (CAD) would see a dramatic reduction during the next two years, mainly driven by pick up in export growth on the back of buoyant global demand according to experts.
ii) Kinetic Engineering Ltd. (KEL) is planning to launch its hybrid electric three-wheeler (auto) in the next 12 months.

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

SCIENCE AND TECH/ ENVIRONMENT

Q5.

i) A volcanic eruption has raised an island in the seas to the south Andaman and Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean.
ii) There has been “a phenomenal increase” in the levels of fine particles in the atmosphere over India, especially those generated by human activity, according to research published recently by a team of Indian scientists.

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

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

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