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(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 31 August 2014

National

1Q.

(i)The Government is likely to approve a hike in dearness allowance (DA) to 107 per cent from the existing 100 per cent, benefiting around 30 lakh Centre’s employees and its 50 lakh pensioners including dependents.
(ii) The previous UPA government had increased DA to 100 per cent from 80 per cent with effect from January 1, 2014, on February 28 on the basis of agreed formula for revision of the allowance.

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)Myanmar has not agreed to take back its nationals, living in the refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, in the next two months.
(ii) The development is seen as a major breakthrough in the decades-old humanitarian crisis, as Myanmar had earlier refused to take back those who fled to the bordering Bangladesh districts from Rakhine state due to ethnic conflicts.

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

India and World News

3Q.

(i)Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Nepal on September 18 and 19 to attend the SAARC Home Ministers’ conference, during which he is likely to have a separate meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
(ii) In the spirit of 17th SAARC Summit held in Male, Maldives, member States had declared their commitment to rooting out terrorism, taking into account its linkages with illegal trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and small arms and to make coordinated and concerted efforts to combat terrorism.The forthcoming meeting will focus on these issues.