(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 28 November 2013

NATIONAL

Q1.

i) A husband’s refusal to allow his wife to share the household and stay with him will amount to ‘domestic violence’ under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWD), as per a judgment of Supreme Court .
ii) In 2005, India amended the Hindu Succession Act to give sons and daughters equal rights in inheriting agricultural land barring five southern States — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra
which chose not to go forward with the law.

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) South Korea’s and Japan have gracefully accepted China’s new air defence zone.
ii) Iran has invited U.N. inspectors to visit its Arak heavy-water plant, in tune with the spirit of the Geneva agreement to be held in the beginning of the next year.

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) Odisha PCB has recently ordered the closure of TATA Steel’s new blast furnace at Dhenkanal district .
ii) Wind turbine major Suzlon Group has signed a contract with Mitsui & Co for setting up 106.6 MW windfarm in Australia.

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

SCIENCE AND TECH

Q4.

i) To curb the growing menace of insider trading activities in the stock market, regulator SEBI are going to come up with a new set of norms.
ii) The National Green Tribunal said that the state law can’t prevail over central rules on sand mining as it dismissed Madhya Pradesh government’s plea that its district level environmental committees be treated as competent authority for grant of clearance for such activity.

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

Q5.

i) Maharashtra batsman Vijay Zol has been named captain of the India Under-19 squad for the ACC Asia Cup in the UAE.
ii) Malala Yousafzai has topped the list of Britain's most influential Asian .