(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 19 October 2013
NATIONAL
Q.1 Consider the following Statements ?
1. ‘The number of ceasefire violations has decreased significantly over the
last few years by the Pakistani troops along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.’
2. ‘Allegations about favors done to top industrial groups, kickbacks paid in
the aviation sector, irregularities in the supply of buses and allotment of
mines are among a host of cases that will be probed by the CBI following the
Supreme Court order in the Niira Radia tapes case.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
(a) Only 1.
(b) Only 2 .
(c) both 1 & 2.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2.
INDIA AND THE WORLD
Q.2 Consider the following Statements ?
1. ‘PM Manmohan Singh Indicated that the proposed border cooperation agreement
with China will top the agenda during his visit to the country.’
2. ‘Russia has set up two 1,000 MW nuclear reactors in Tirunelveli district
of Tamil Nadu of which the first is set to produce electricity in a few months
and the second one is slated to attain criticality in six months' time and India
is "very close" to clinching a commercial deal on the third and fourth reactors
for the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu from them.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
(a) Only 1.
(b) Only 2 .
(c) both 1 & 2.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2.
ECONOMY
Q.3 Consider the following Statements ?
1. ‘ The chief of the World Bank at present is Ban-ki-Moon.’
2. ‘JP Morgan Chase & Co recently agreed to pay billions to settle
allegations surrounding the quality of mortgage-backed securities it sold in the
run-up to the 2008 US financial crisis.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are false?
(a) Only 1.
(b) Only 2 .
(c) both 1 & 2.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2.
IN THE NEWS
Q.4 Consider the following Statements ?
1. ‘ Chanda Kochhar and three other Indians feature in Fortune’s list of the
most powerful women in the business world.’
2. Pepsi Co chief Indra Nooyi has been ranked second in the same list.
Which of the above statement/statements is/are Not true?
(a) Only 1.
(b) Only 2 .
(c) both 1 & 2.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2.
INTERNATIONAL
Q.5 Consider the following Statements ?
1. ‘A divided Syrian opposition continued to pose hurdles in the convening of
the Geneva-2 talks, which may not even take place now.
2. ‘The first U.S. state to pass a law prohibiting the execution of mentally
disabled death row inmates was Louisiana.’
Which of the above statement/statements is/are true?
(a) Only 1.
(b) Only 2 .
(c) both 1 & 2.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2.
These MCQ's Are Based On "THE HINDU"19 October 2013
