(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 24 March 2014
(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 24 March 2014
ENVIRONMENT
Q1.
i) Clearance to Parsa East and Kante -Basan coal blocks of Chattisgarh were
canceled by the National Green Tribunal recently ,overruling the statutory
Forest Advisory Committee.
ii) The Forest Advisory Committee is required to appraise projects that require
forestlands and advise the environment ministry to grant approval or reject the
proposals, under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
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
Q2.
i) March 24 is celebrated as ‘World Tuberculosis Day’.
ii) It is celebrated every year to commemorate the birthday of by Robert Koch
who was responsible for the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis .
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
Q3.
i) According to a Punjab-based citizens’ group ‘People for Transparency’, in
2009, national success average of male candidates outdid national average in the
case of all major parties.
ii) POTA which stands for Prevention of Terrorism Act,is is an anti-terrorism
legislation enacted by the Parliament of India in 2002.
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
Q4.
i) Postage stamp of Noor Inayat Khan, the World War II heroine was recently
issued by Britain’s Royal Mail .
ii) The stamp that was issued is part of a set of 10 stamps in the ‘Remarkable
Lives’ series that also includes actor Sir Alec Guinness and poet Dylan Thomas.
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
