(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 25 March 2014

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) Defence personnels have right to vote and are also eligible for absentee voting, just like the general voters.
ii) According to the findings of National Council for Applied Economic Research ,employment in agriculture has fallen sharply over the last seven years and a combination of farm-oriented and non-farm work is now the most common form of rural employment.

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) Amnesty International, which is a human rights group is based in UK was recently in the news for condemning a verdict of sentencing 529 supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy to death.
ii) Russia was suspended from the Group of Eight, but the BRICS nations refused to join in the campaign to isolate Moscow.

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

Q3.

i) The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO, is a statutory body of the Government of India and it comes under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
ii) The RBI has recently simplified foreign portfolio investment norms by putting in place an easier registration process and operating framework with an aim to attract inflows.