Current Affairs(2014) Series 10

Q.1) The MESSENGER is a robotic NASA spacecraft orbiting which among the following planets?
1) Mars
2) Mercury
3) Earth
4) Jupiter
5) None Of these
Correct Ans:
2 "
Messenger is a robotic NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Mercury, the first spacecraft ever to do so."



Q.2) With which one of the following countries India has recently concluded an agreement under Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to combat tax evasion?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Switzerland
4) Netherland
5) None Of these
Correct Ans:
1 "India has signed agreement with the US to combat possible tax evasion by Americans through Indian financial entities."


Q.3) The Chairman of National Water Resource Council of India is ___.
1) Prime Minister
2) Home Minister
3) Minister of Agriculture
4) Minister of water resource
5) None Of these
Correct Ans:
1 "
Prime Minister is the Chairman of the National Water Resource Council."



Q.4) The WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement, which was much in news in recent times was signed at…………………..
1) Doha
2) Marakkesh
3) Bali
4) Tokyo
5) None Of these
Correct Ans:
3 "The 159 members of the WTO had adopted the 'Bali package' after December 2013 meeting."


Q.5)The “Katni-Satna-Singarauli” region in Madhya Pradesh is well known for __.
1) Mango production
2) Coal production
3) Cement production
4) Diamond polishing
5) None Of these
Correct Ans:
3 "
The Katni-Satna-Singarauli region is one of the largest cement producing regions in the country."