Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 04, 2014

Current Affairs Questions and answers - April 04, 2014


Q1. Name the Indian Satellite successfully launched by ISRO on 4th Apr’2014?

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ANSWER: PSLV-C24. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C24 carrying regional navigational satellite IRNSS-1B successfully lifted off from the Sriharikota Space station.




Q2. What was the name of the book released on the occasion of birth centenary of Field Marshal SHJF Manekshaw?

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ANSWER: ‘Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw – The Man and His Times’. The 3rd April’2014 marks the birth centenary of Field marshal Manekshaw. He was a key architect of our glorious military victory over Pakistan in the 1971 War, which led to the birth of Bangladesh.




Q3. When was the First Conclave of Highway Managers Forum started?

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ANSWER: 4th April’2014. Shri Vijay Chibber, the Secretary for Road Transports and Highways inaugurated the first conclave in NOIDA.




Q4. What is the name of the Chief of Firefox Browser maker who has surrendered his job after controversy takes place by his support on a California Bill to ban Gay marriage?

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ANSWER: Brendan Eich.




Q5. Name the Company to become the first Indian e-commerce Company to be listed on NYSE?

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ANSWER: HomeShop 18. The company is a venture of Network 18 group and stated its operations in 2008 with its dedicated television channel stocks over 100 Indian and international brands and delivers at over 3000 locations in the country.




Q6. Which Railway zone is set to launch ‘Premium Superfast Special Trains’ for the first time on its system this month (April’2014)?

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ANSWER: South Central Railway.




Q7. What is the name of new atomic clock launched by United States on Apr’2014?

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ANSWER: NIST-F2. This clock has been designed to serve the new U.S. Civilian time and frequency along with the current NIST-F1 clock. NIST stands for National Institute of Standards and Technology.




Q8.Name the company banned by US Food and Drug Administration on 2nd Apr’2014?

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ANSWER: Apotex Inc’s Manufacturing Plant.




Q9. In which city Doha Bank announced to open first branch in India on 3rd Apr’2014?

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ANSWER: Mumbai.




Q10. Which country agreed to provide transit facility for Power Transmission Line to India on 3rdApr’2014?

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ANSWER: Bangladesh, agreed to provide transit facility for a 6000 Megawatt Indian Power Transmission Line.




Q11. What is Sentinel-1A?

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ANSWER: Sentinel -1A is a satellite to monitor the Earth for climate change and environmental damage and help disaster relief operations launched by Europe on 3rd Apr’2014.




Q12. Who has been appointed as the Directorate General of Police of Punjab on 3rdApr’2014?

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ANSWER: Suresh Arora. He was working as the Director General of Vigilance Bureau.




Q13. Name the tracking system that made its debut in Indian Badminton Circuit at the ongoing India Open Super Series in New Delhi?

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ANSWER: Hawk-Eye Technology.




Q14. Name the Union Minister who tendered his resignation to the Prime Minister on 3rd Apr’2014?

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ANSWER: K. Sambasiva Rao, Union Textile Minister. He tendered his resignation due to the division of Andhra Pradesh for the creation of a separate state of Telangana.


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