(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 29 August 2014

National

1Q.

(i) Even as lakhs of people who lost their life’s savings in the Saradha scam await the outcome of the ongoing probe, the fraud cast its shadow on the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana (PMGDY) .
(ii) The ambitious programme of taking banking services to every household in the country was kicked off simultaneously in New Delhi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also in the various regions through the State Level Bankers Committees .

Which of the above statement/statements is/are true ?

(a)Only i
(b) Only ii
(c) Neither i nor ii
(d) Both i and ii

International

2Q.

(i) Russian troops were actively involved in the fighting tearing apart the south of the country, raising fears of a direct military confrontation between Kiev and its former Soviet master.
(ii) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held an urgent meeting with his security chiefs after scrapping a visit to Turkey over what a top official described as a “direct invasion” by Russia.

Which of the above statement/statements is/are not true ?

(a) Only i
(b) Only ii
(c) Neither i nor ii
(d) Both i and ii

Business News

3Q.

(i) The Government has quietly removed four independent directors from the board of the public sector oil giant Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
(ii) All four directors were appointed by the previous United Progressive Alliance Government for a three-year term in March this year, shortly before the process for general elections was set in motion.

Which of the above statement/statements is/are true ?

(a) Only i
(b) Only ii
(c) Neither i nor ii
(d) Both i and ii