(Premium) Current Affairs MCQs: May 2013

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National Issues:

1. Institute of mathematical Science is situated in

  1. Banglore
  2. Chennai
  3. Hyderabad
  4. Kocchi

2. Consider the following statements

  1. Recently Government of India's Health Minister's Discretionary Grant (HMDG) has been raised from 75,000 to 100000
  2. B.P.L. Familes are covered under the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi, Where financial assistance is provided for treating life threatening disease.

Which of the above statements is/are true

  1. Only 2
  2. Only 1
  3. Both 1 & 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

3. Consider the following statements

  1. Archaeo logical survey of India established in 1961
  2. Kanaganhali Buddhist site is situated in Tamil Nadu

Which of the above statements is/are true

  1. Both 1 & 2
  2. Only 1
  3. Only 2
  4. Neither 1 Nor 2

4. Consider the following statements

  1. SARAL is an ocean study space craft launched by ISRO
  2. SARAL is on joint venture of Indo French

Which of the above statements is/are true

  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Both 1 & 2
  4. Neither 1 or 2

5. Consider the following statements

  1. UNESCO granted world heritage status to Matheran Light Railway
  2. Commissioner of Railway Safety comes under the Civil Aviation ministry

Which of the above statement is/are true?

  1. only 1
  2. Both 1 & 2
  3. only 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

International:

1. Afghanistan's Parliament is known as

  1. Majlis
  2. Martab
  3. Loya Jirga
  4. Sansad

2. Consider the following statements

  1. Britain will chair 2013's G-8 Summil
  2. Laugh Erne (Place for 2013's G-8 Summil) is situated in Northern Ireland.

Which of the above statements is/are true

  1. Both 1 & 2
  2. Only 1
  3. Only 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

3. Consider the following statements

  1. Financial stability Report published by the finance ministry (India).
  2. Switzerland is the member of European Union

Which of the above statements is/are true

  1. Neither 1 nor 2
  2. Only 1
  3. Only 2
  4. Both 1 & 2

4. In which country Naro Space centre is Situated

  1. South Korea
  2. China
  3. Japan
  4. France

5. Consider the following statements about Millennium development goals (MDG)

  1. Millennium development goals (MDG) signed into existance in 200 by 190 countries
  2. MDG's target achieve by 2015

Which of the above statements is/are true

  1. Both 1 & 2
  2. Only 1
  3. Only 2
  4. Neither 1 or 2

India & The World:

1. Consider the following statements

  1. Australia is the world's largest Uranium producer
  2. India does not sign nuclear deal with Australia

Which of the above statement is/are true?

  1. Both 1 & 2
  2. only 1
  3. only 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

2. Consider the following statements

  1. BRICS headquarters is situated in New Delhi
  2. India has the lowest HDI index among BRICS nations

Which of the above statement is/are true?

  1. Both 1 & 2
  2. only 1
  3. only 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Economy:

1. Consider the following statements about the RBI's Gold Report

  1. Inflation is the Prime Culprit driving up gold demand
  2. There is no substitute to wean away the demand for gold

Which of the above statement is/are true?

  1. only 1
  2. only 2
  3. Both 1 & 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

2. Consider the following statements

  1. Recently Union government hiked the import duty on gold & platinum from 4% to 6%
  2. Government postponed the General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) of taxation to April 2014

Which of the above statement is/are true?

  1. only 2
  2. only 1
  3. Both 1 & 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

3. Consider the following statements about eBiz portal

  1. The portal was developed by infosys in a Public Private Partnership mode.
  2. Portal aimed at providing Government to business (G2B) services for India's investor& business communities.

Which of the above statement is/are true?

  1. Both 1 & 2
  2. only 1
  3. only 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Science & Technology:

1. Consider the following statements

  1. NDM-I is a superbug discovered by British scientist.
  2. The Chennai Declaration is related to antimicrobial resistance in India.

Which of the above statement is/are true?

  1. Both 1 & 2
  2. only 1
  3. only 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

2. What is K-15 ?

  1. India's underwater missile
  2. India's nuclear Submarine
  3. India's new station on South Pole
  4. Pilot less Aircraft developed by DRDO

3. Consider the following statements

  1. 13th Sustainable Development Summit held at Bangalore.
  2. The 13th Sustainable Development Summit is organised by the Energy & Resources Institute(TERI)

Which of the above statement is/are true?

  1. Both 1 & 2
  2. Only 1
  3. Only 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Sports:

1. Andy Murray is a famous Player of

  1. Football
  2. Badminton
  3. Tennis
  4. Golf

2. MRF Pace Foundation is headed by

  1. Dennis Lillee
  2. Glenn McGrath
  3. Kapil Dev
  4. None of these

Award & Prizes:

1. Consider the following statements about 85th Oscar award.

  1. Ben Affleck won Best actor award.
  2. Argo (Political thriller) won best Picture award.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. Only A
  2. Only B
  3. A & B
  4. None of the Above

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