(Premium) Current Affairs MCQs: January 2014

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:: National Issues ::

1.

i) The government has drawn up plans to launch country’s first all women bank - Bharatiya Mahila Bank - on November 19, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
ii) The voters in MP and Madhya Pradesh will exercise for the first time the “None of the Above” option in the coming elections and in Mizoram electors in 10 Assembly constituencies will also exercise the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system for the first time.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii

2.

i) The Election Commission has asked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to reply to its notice for model code violation over his remark that Pakistan’s ISI was in touch with Muzaffarnagar riot victims.
ii) This whole episode is also known as Letters Rogatory.

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

3.

i) Election Commission (EC) has taken serious note of alleged leakage of information and the entire staff at Nirvachan Sadan has now been warned against talking to the media without prior authorisation of the commission
ii) A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has reportedly gone missing from the storeroom of Jalandhar Municipal Corporation, prompting a war of words between leaders of Congress andBJP.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii

4.

i) The bill that seeks to provide statutory status to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will be introduced in the winter session of the Parliament next month.
ii) So far no Aadhaar number has been issued.

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

5.

i) The Gauhati High Court has recently struck down the resolution through which the Central Bureau of Investigation was set up and held all its actions as “unconstitutional”,
ii) According to them, CBI is just a part of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) and can be treated only as a ‘police force’ constituted under the DSPE Act, 1946.

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 Issues ::

1.

i) There was an agreement signed between Pakistan and Iran for a gas pipeline and it could be called off by either party at any point of time.
ii) The terrorist outfit Alqaeda was behind attack in Tiananmen Square,China that killed five.

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

2.

i) Deposed President Mohamed Morsy is the first Egyptian head of state who has been hauled into the courtroom.
ii) Saudi Arabia on launched an allout inspection campaign targeting illegal foreign workers as the 7- month grace period to correct their labour and residency status under the Nitaqat law ended.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii

3.

i) In an unprecedented verdict, more than hundred former members of the Assam Rifles, a paramilitary border security unit, were sentenced to death in connection with 1971 war.
ii) Millions of people could qualify for federal subsidies that will pay the entire monthly cost of some health care plans being offered in the online marketplaces set up under President Obama’s health care 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

:: India & The World ::

1.

i) India is happy with the withdrawal of United Kingdom’s proposal to subject visitors from six “high-risk” Commonwealth countries to pay a surety of £3,000 for a visa.
ii) The bonds scheme would have been applicable on visitors’ visas for people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Ghana.

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

2.

i) India-China begin joint military drills — the first held in five years — takes place after both countries signed a Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) to expand confidence-building measures.
ii) Gatka martial is a form of Kungfu that was displayed during the drill.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii

3.

i) In the latest meeting of ASEM (Asia Europe Mechanism), India has sought result-oriented initiatives by agreeing to work with like-minded ASEM members in areas with potential for tangible cooperation.
ii) The meeting has recommended the setting up of a Working Group on Press and Public Awareness Strategy and another on devising a road map for the 20th anniversary celebrations of ASEM in 2016.

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

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

:: Economy ::

1.

i) Govt cuts import tariff on both gold silver recently.
ii) Armed with greater powers to deal with defaulters, the Securities and Exchange Board of India recently began directing attachment of bank accounts to recover penalties from entities that have allegedly violated capital
market norms.

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

2.

i) Australia’s federal government has given a mega Diwali gift to India’s GVK group by approving the gigantic coal mining project in Queensland State in the country’s northeast.
ii) US-based Cooper Tire has reached tentative agreements with worker unions of its manufacturing facilities aimed at helping it close the $ 2.5 billion merger agreement with Apollo Tyres.

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

3.

i) Telecom Commission, has recommended raising ‘reserve price’ for auction of pan-India mobile phone spectrum .
ii) As a result of revision of base rate or the minimum lending rate ; Home, auto and consumer loans are expected to become cheaper.

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 & Technology ::

1.

i) By the turn of the century India could catch up with some of the world’s most affluent countries in at least one indicator of urban growth: garbage production.
ii) Russia has strongly criticised the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for failing to be impartial and breaking rules of consensus-based decision-making during recent negotiations.

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

2.

i) The four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) will lift off from the launch pad. on November 5 and put the 1,350-kg Mars Orbiter in a long, elliptical earth-orbit.
ii) An Indian American scientist has claimed that comet and meteorite bombardment on earth’s surface during its formative years became the perfect crucible to create the first simple organisms.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii

3.

i) India’s spacecraft to Mars was lifted off by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C-25) from the spaceport at Thiruvananthapuram.
ii) PSLV in its 25th launch, has put the Mars Orbiter into an elliptical orbit around the earth.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii

:: Sports ::

1.

i) Virat Kohli has reached No.1 in the ODI rankings for the first time
ii) While in bowling , Ravindra Jadeja has retained his crown in the bowling charts.a

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 ::

1.

i) India’s Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma has been elected to UN Board of Auditors.
ii) Novak djokovic is now at the top in men’s tennis rankings.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both iand ii
d) neither i or ii

2.

i) Irom Sharmila’s fight against AFSPA enters 14th year, the longest peace protest in history
ii) Tendulkar will be the first cricketer to play 200 Tests which will be his last too.

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

a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) neither i nor ii

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