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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams – 5 April 2015

:: National ::

Q. 1

1. Presiding officers of parliaments of 10 countries and 20 States in India along with Chairpersons of Legislative Councils and Assembly Secretaries are participating in the three-day Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conference to be held at Vizag.
2. The CPA holds in conferences in different Commonwealth countries every year and the theme of Visakhapatnam conference, being organised by the AP chapter of CPA, is ‘Parliament and Media Law’.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 & 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

:: International ::

Q. 2

1. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to take harsh measures against Islamist militants after they attacked a school near the Somali border, killing 148 people.
2. Mr. Kenyatta’s nationwide address came after Somalia’s Islamist extremist group al-Shabab warned of more attacks in Kenya like the assault on Garisona University College.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 & 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

:: Business and Economy ::

Q. 3

1. China, along with experts from the Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, is holding talks to form a BRICS rating agency that will break the monopoly of the Big Three — Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.
2. The demand for a parallel rating agency escalated after Western agencies downgraded the creditworthiness of Moscow following the crisis in Ukraine.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 & 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

:: Science and Technology ::

Q. 4

1. The researchers, with an aim to screen the genes of at least 20,000 people, have developed a Twitter app to recruit people for the study.
2. The scientists behind the project titled “Genes for Good” hope that Facebook users will send a tube of their spit to a laboratory at the University of Michigan and use a free Facebook app to fill out periodic surveys about their health, habits and moods.

Which of the following statements is/are true-?

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 & 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

:: Sports ::

Q. 5

1. Iraq authorities have partially lifted a ban on women attending men’s sports matches.
2. The announcement comes after FIFA President Sepp Blatter urged Iraq earlier this year to end the ban on women watching football in stadiums.