Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Dec 05, 2014

Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Dec 05, 2014


Q1. In which state, at least 15 persons have lost their eyesight after a cataract operation at a free eye camp organized by an NGO in the district as reported on 4th Dec’14?

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ANSWER: Gurdaspur District, Punjab.



Q2. Indian Navy Day was observed on ______.

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ANSWER: 4th December. The theme of Navy day celebrations this year, on December 4 will be 'Safe Seas and Secure Coasts for a strong Nation'.



Q3. How many frames per second can be captured by world’s fastest 2D camera developed by the researchers?

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ANSWER: 100 billion frames per second. An immediate application of the camera is in biomedicine. It can be used to detect diseases or reflect cellular environmental conditions like pH or oxygen pressure.



Q4. Name the mission set to launch on 4th Dec’14 postponed by the NASA due to some technical issues?

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ANSWER: Orion Mars capsule test mission. The NASA will try it launch again in 24 hours.



Q5. Which court has said that “France violated the rights of Somali pirates who had attacked French ships and has ordered compensation for them over judicial delays”?

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ANSWER: European Court of Human Rights. The nine Somali pirates should get thousands of euros because they were not immediately brought before a French judge, the court ruled. The judges faulted France for keeping them in custody for an extra 48 hours. The pirates had held French citizens hostage after seizing a French-flagged cruise ship and a French yacht in 2008.



Q6. Who has won the 119th Beighton Cup Hockey tournament of the year 2014?

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ANSWER: Indian Oil. In the final match played in Kolkata on 4th Dec the Indian Oil has defeated the Punjab National Bank in tie-breaker by 5-4 goals.



Q7. Name the person who has created history by becoming the first Indian to become an elected member of the all-powerful International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)'s Executive Committee?

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ANSWER: Raninder Singh, National Rifle Association of India President. It is the first time in its 107-year history that an Indian has been elected as the member of the global body representing the sport of Shooting. He was also elected as the member of the Administrative Council of ISSF with 145 out of 293 votes.



Q8. Name the Justices whose bench directed the Supreme Court directed the Centre to complete prosecution of black money holders abroad under the income tax act by31st Mar’14?

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ANSWER: Chief Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice B.Lokur and A.K.Sikri.



Q9. Name the new application launched by the Google for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs)?

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ANSWER: ‘Google My Business’. This product ois designed to work across desktop and mobile devices and will enable SMBs to create and update their business info on various Google products.



Q10. Which country has launched the asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 to explore origin of earth on 3rd Dec’14?

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ANSWER: Japan. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd on launched its second-generation asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2.


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