Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Dec 08, 2014
Q1. Which country’s world record for largest human flag was broken by India on 7th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pakistan. The event saw about one and a half lakh volunteers, mainly youth, turned up for the event at YMCA Grounds in Chennai even as fifty thousand of them formed the tricolour. Guinness official Syeda Subasi presented the certificate validating the attempt.
Q2. Name the rocket by which Indian Satellite G-SAT 16 was placed in the orbit from Koruru in French Guiana on 6th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ariane-5 rocket. GSAT-16 is the 11th among GSAT series of Indian communication satellites, and will have estimated lifespan of 12 years.
Q3. Which team has won the 4th edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India. India has defeated Pakistan.
Q4. Who has won the 29th Pune International full Marathon?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Amos Meindi. He is a Kenyan athlete. Kenyan Herlen Musyoka and Ethiopian Timbit won the second and third title.
Q5. What important recommendation was given by a committee constituted in 2010 to design future currency notes as disclosed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 5 December 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: No other national leader’s image should be put on banknotes except Mahatma Gandhi.
Q6. Which state’s ambitious Mobile one e-governance initiative will be launched by President Pranab Mukherjee on 8th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Karnataka. This mobile governance initiative will open up opportunities for citizens to access 4000 government and a few private services on their mobile phones. They can pay electricity, water and BSNL telephone bills through their phones.
Q7. Which country has launched the Multi Purpose Satellite for Monitoring Planning and Management of Land, Agriculture and Forestry on 7th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: China. The name of this satellite is CBERS -4 which was launched from Taiyuan base using a Long March 4B rocket. This satellite was developed jointly with Brazil.
