GSLV-D5 launch successful: Significant achievement of India's prowess over indigenous cryogenic technology

>> One of India’s most ambitious dreams became a reality on Sunday when its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5), powered by an indigenous cryogenic engine, effortlessly put the 1,982-kg GSAT-14 communication satellite into a perfect orbit after 17 minutes of flight.

>> The launch marks a significant achievement of India's prowess over indigenous cryogenic technology.

>> The grand success caps 20 years of hard work by ISRO’s engineers, after being denied cryogenic technology under pressure from the U.S., suffering a heartbreaking failure with an indigenous cryogenic engine flight in April 2010 and having had to scrub its second attempt with an indigenous cryogenic engine in August 2013. “I am proud to say that ISRO has done it…,” ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan announced.

>> Last year, on August 19, an anomaly in the second stage of liquid propellant of GSLV-D5 prompted Isro to call off the launch and it could not go beyond ignition.

>> The precision of the cryogenic upper stage was such that it put the GSAT-14 into an orbit with a perigee of 179 km, against the target of 180 km, and the apogee achieved was off by a mere 50 km for a target of 36,000 km.

>> The mission’s success means India now has the ability to put satellites weighing more than two tonnes in orbit, joining the elite club of the U.S., Russia, France, Japan and China who have mastered this perilous technology of using cryogenic propellants -- liquid oxygen at minus 183 degrees Celsius and liquid hydrogen at minus 253 degrees’ Celsius.

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Q1. Which New Zealand player has scored the fastest century in One Day International history at Queenstown Events Centre ground against West Indies on 1 January 2014 shattering the previous record held by Pakistan's Shahid Afridi?

Ans. Corey Anderson

Note: He has scored century in just 36 balls. Shahid Afridi earlier held the record hitting 100 in 37 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996 in Nairobi.

Q2. Who took over as the 24th chief of the Indian Air Force, succeeding Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne on 31 Dec 2013?

Ans. Arup Raha

Q3. Which Union Minister was named as the Person of the Year by the animal rights body PETA – India for taking steps to advance animal protection?

Ans. Sashi Tharoor

Note: He is the Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development

Q4. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 4 January 2014 laid foundation stone for world's largest corporate learning and development centre by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Where it will be constructed?

Ans. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Q5. India and Maldives signed three Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on 2 January 2014. Name the President of that country who made his first visit to India recently after the election in Maldives and appreciated India’s equidistant approach during the Maldives presidential election?

Ans. Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom

Q6. World Braille Day is absorbed across the world on 4 December. It was observed every year on 4 January to commemorate the birthday of which person?

Ans. Louis Braille

Note: Louis Braille, who was born in France in January 1809, is credited for inventing the Braille script. The script helps the visually impaired people to read as well as write.

Q7. Name India’s supercomputer which was rated 1st in India, 9th in the Asia Pacific Region and 44th in the world among the most power efficient computer systems as per the Green500 List?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. PARAM Yuva-II

Q8. Which country on 2 January 2014 became the 18th member of the Euro zone?

Ans. Latvia

Q9. Who was appointed as the Managing Director (Corporate Banking) of State Bank of India (SBI), the biggest lender of the country on 29 December 2013?

Ans. P Pradeep Kumar

Q10. Who has been elected as the Speaker of the Delhi Assembly on 3 January 2014?

Ans. MS Dhir of Aam Aadmi Party

Note: He was elected as the Speaker of the House after his party won the trust vote on 2 January 2014.

Q11. Which player was awarded the Order of Prince Henry, one of the Portugal’s highest honours, by the Portugal’s president office on 3 January 2014?

Ans. Cristiano Ronaldo

Q12. India on 3 January 2014 announced a new rule to vaccinate against polio to the travellers from which country be implemented from 14 February 2014?

Ans. Pakistan

Q13. The Road to Wimbledon event will be hosted outside the UK for the first ever time later this month. Which country will be hosting it?

Ans. India

Note: HSBC and All India Tennis Association (AITA) have teamed up in this regard. The first phase of the Road to Wimbledon event will be held in Delhi and Mumbai between 6 - 14 January 2014. The event will focus on boosting the development of junior tennis in the country.

Q14. Who has been voted as the most successful post-war British Prime Minister by lawmakers in a survey?

Ans. Iron lady Margaret Thatcher

Q15. Price of non-subsidized LPG was hiked on 1 January 2014 by ........ rupees per cylinder?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. 220 rupees

Q16. Who took over as the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) on 30 December 2013?

Ans. Army chief General Bikram Singh

Q17. Who has been chosen for prestigious journalism award instituted by a trust founded by Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on 31 December 2013?

Ans. Mammen Mathew

Note: He is the Chief Editor and Managing Director of Malayala Manorma, a Malayam daily.

Q18. Who took oath and became the first female judge to be appointed at Pakistan’s national sharia court which hears cases under the Islamic legislation on 30 December 2013?

Ans. Ashraf Jehan

Q19. Name India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) which set a new record on 27 December 2013 of flying 500 sorties in 2013?

Ans. Tejas

Q20. Who won the Female Athlete of the Year award announced by the Associated Press on 26 December 2013?

Ans. Serena Williams

Q21. Who took charge as the Consul General of India in Dubai and Northern Emirates in the UAE recently?

Ans. Anurag Bhushan

Q22. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports released the new criteria on 3 January 2014 for giving which sports award, after several controversies in giving award arised last year?

Ans. Arjuna Award

Q23. Who was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on 2 January 2014?

Ans. S.K. Sharma

Note: BEL is a public sector undertaking under the defence ministry and is a Navratna.

Q24. Name the software to predict weather developed by researchers from National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) recently?

Ans.  Monitoring Climate Change (Moclic)

Q25. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 1 January 2014 gave his assent to which bill which aims at regulating corruption in public domain?

Ans. Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2013

Q26. Who has been elected as the South American footballer of the year in the annual poll conducted by the Uruguayan daily El Pais on 30 December 2013?

Ans. Ronaldinho

Q27. Who has been appointed as the Special DG, Border Security Force (BSF) on 30 December 2013?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Devendra Kumar Pathak

Note: Presently he was serving as the Special DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Q28. Which government recently announced to build a new sanctuary to save World’s rarest Javan rhinos?

Ans. Indonesia

Q29. Which state government on 30 December 2013 launched the first phase of providing free compact fluorescent light bulbs to over 14 lakh hut-dwellers in the state?

Ans. Tamil Nadu

Q30. Name the Chairman of Hindustan Motors Limited who resigned from the board on 29 December 2013?

Ans. Chandra Kant Birla

Q31. South Africa on 30 December 2013 clinched the two match series with India in Durban 1-0. Who was declared Man of the Series?

Ans. AB De Villers

Q32. Who were appointed as presidents of the Infosys Ltd Company on 3 January 2014?

Ans. B. G. Srinivas and U.B. Pravin Rao

Note: B. G. Srinivas will focus on global markets while U. B. Pravin Rao will focus on global delivery and service innovation.

Q33. Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh on 4 January 2014 launched the total .............. literacy project implemented by PN Panicker Vigyan Vikas Kendra in Thiruvanathpuram, Kerala?

Ans. E-literacy

Q34. Who was appointed as the pro-tem speaker of the 14th Rajasthan Assembly on 3 January 2014?

Ans. Pradhyuman Singh

Q35. Justice (retd) AK Ganguly, the Chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) on 3 January 2014 resigned from which post?

Ans. Post of the honorary professor of the National University of Juridicial Sciences (NUJS).

Q36. Name the New Year festival of Ladakh which was celebrated recently?

Ans. Losar

Q37. Southern Grid of India has been synchronously connected with the grids of the country. It was done on 31 December 2013 to successfully accomplish which mission?

Ans. One Nation - One Grid - One Frequency

Q38. Name the two time medal winner wrestler in Olympics who has received eight acres of land by the Haryana Government on 31 December 2013?

Ans. Sushil Kumar

Q39. International Petroleum Conference 2014 (PETROTECH-2014) will be held at which place from 12th – 15th January 2014?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. New Delhi

Q40. Which government on 30 December 2013 banned its officials from smoking in public places?

Ans. China

Q41. Name India’s former shooting coach who died in Australia on 3 January 2014 at the age of 80?

Ans. Tibor Gonczol

Note: He was the shooting coach of India from 1991 to 2002

Q42. India on 4 January 2013 asked which Embassy not to screen any movies at the American Center without obtaining a licence?

Ans. US Embassy

Q43. Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) by the Bharti Retail on 3 January 2014?

Ans. Raj Jain

Q44. Indian credit-rating agency CRISIL launched which index on 2 January 2014?

Ans. Financial Inclusix Index

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GK & Current Affairs Quiz- 02 December 2014

 1) Name the president of Maldives who was on a visit to India recently?

(A) Hamid Karzai

(B) Tshering Tobgay

(C) Yameen Abdul Gayoom

(D) Mohammed Nasheed

2) Who wrote the novel 'Train to Pakistan'?

(A) R.K.Narayan

(B) Mulk Raj Anand

(C) Khushwant Singh

(D) Dharamvir Bharti

3) Who has recently sworn-in at Pakistan’s national sharia court which hears cases under the Islamic legislation, as the first female judge?

(A) Esther Morris

(B) Ashraf Jehan

(C) Fathima Bushra

(D) Agha Rafiq Ahmed

4) In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located?

(A) Lucknow

(B) Nagpur

(C) Indore

(D) Kanpur

5) After 66 years of following the Indian Standard Time (IST) which Indian state on 02 January 2013 decided to go back in time to follow ‘chaibagaan time’, a daylight schedule British tea planters introduced more than 150 years ago?

(A) Sikkim

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(C) Assam

(D) Meghalaya

6) Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953?

(A) Punjab

(B) Gujarat

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Tamil Nadu

7) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 2 January 2014 approved a proposal for setting-up of CCTVs and GPS devices on public transport vehicles in 32 cities for women safety. Expand GPS?

(A) Global Positioning System

(B) Geo Polarised Satellite

(C) Globe Pointer System

(D) Get Position in Speed

8) Who has been appointed as the Special DG, Border Security Force (BSF) on 30 December 2013?

(A)  Yudhvir Rana

(B) U K Bansal

(C) Subhash Joshi

(D) Devendra Kumar Pathak

9) The union territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is under the jurisdiction of which High Court?

(A) Orissa High Court

(B) Andhra Pradesh High Court

(C) Calcutta High Court

(D) Madras High Court

10) Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'?

(A) Abraham Lincoln

(B) George Washington

(C) John F. Kennedy

(D) Theodore Roosevelt

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Yameen Abdul Gayoom

2) Ans. (C) Khushwant Singh

3) Ans. (B) Ashraf Jehan

4) Ans. (D) Kanpur

5) Ans. (C) Assam

6) Ans. (C) Andhra Pradesh

7) Ans. (A) Global Positioning System

8) Ans. (D) Devendra Kumar Pathak

9) Ans. (C) Calcutta High Court

10) Ans. (A) Abraham Lincoln

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Daily Current Affairs: 04 January 2014

Daily Current Affairs: 04 January 2014

1) 29-hour countdown starts for launch of GSLV-D5: The 29-hour countdown for the launch of ISRO’s rejuvenated Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5) commenced at 11.18 a.m. today at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The GSLV-D5’s first mission attempt with indigenous cryogenic engine was aborted at the eleventh hour on August 19 last year due to a fuel leak in its second stage.

2) World Braille Day observed: Today is World Braille Day. The day is celebrated every year on 4th January to commemorate the Birthday of Louis Braille. Born on 4th January 1809, Louis Braille was the inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired.

3) Dhoom 3 is highest revenue grosser, ever: ‘Dhoom 3’ has become Bollywood’s highest revenue grosser of all times in just a fortnight after its pan-India release. In India, the Hindi action flick has done net collections of Rs 257 crore while it generated gross earnings of Rs 334 crore, according to trade estimates. Its gross overseas earnings stood at Rs 139 crore as on January 1, sources at Yashraj Films, Dhoom 3’s producers, have said. The film has surpassed Krrish 3 and Chennai Express which grossed Rs 240 crore and Rs 227 crore respectively. Vijay Krishna Acharya was the director of the movie.

4) India crush Pakistan to win U-19 Asia Cup title:  India skipper Vijay Zol (100) and Sanju Samson (100) scored contrasting centuries as India colts posted a comprehensive 40-run win over arch-rivals Pakistan to clinch the Under-19 Asia Cup title, on Saturday.  India reached 314 for eight in their allotted 50 overs. In reply, Pakistan could reach 274 for nine, despite a fighting ton from Kamran Ghulam (102 not out; 89b, 12X4s).

5) AAP to fight coming LS elections in as many states as possible: Aam Aadmi Party will fight coming Lok Sabha elections in as many states as possible. Briefing media persons after the national executive committee meeting of the party in New Delhi today, senior AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said the party will decide about the seats and candidates for the upcoming elections within one month.

6) Mere Sapno Ka Bharat to be BJP's new social mantra: Mere Sapno Ka Bharat will be new social mantra for BJP to get ground-level feedback and gauge people’s pulse and aspirations. A core group in the party is giving final touches to this campaign to be launched shortly, Smriti Z. Irani, BJP Vice President, said.

7) Video footage of Devyani Khobragade strip search is hoax: US- A video currently in circulation on the social media, which claims to be allegedly showing the CCTV footage of the strip search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade after her arrest in New York is a hoax, dangerous and provocative fabrication, the United States has said.

8) Asia Cup to go ahead in Dhaka as scheduled:  Asia’s cricket chiefs today said violence-plagued Bangladesh would remain the venue for next month’s Asia Cup and added Afghanistan as the fifth team in the regional one-day tournament. “The tournament will go ahead as scheduled in Bangladesh from February 25 to March 7,” Asian Cricket Council chief executive Ashraful Huq told AFP after an executive board meeting in Colombo.

9) Kejriwal says no to five-bedroom flats: Facing criticism, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced his decision not to take up the two five-bedroom duplex flats he has been allotted.

10) Manmohan lays foundation stone for TCS learning campus: Tata Consultancy Services will set up what it terms to be the world’s largest corporate learning and development centre in Thiruvananthapuram. At this campus, the country’s largest software exporter would be able to train 50,000 of its staffers annually. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the project today.

11) N P Singh promoted as CEO at Multi Screen Media: Multi-Screen Media, formerly known as SET India , said that it has promoted its Chief Operation Officer N P Singh to the position of Chief Executive Officer from immediate effect.

12) Williams beats Azarenka, defends Brisbane title: Serena Williams has carried her momentum from 2013 into the new season, beating No. 2-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday to defend her title at the Brisbane International and set the tone for the Australian Open.

13) Sholay 3d released : One of Indian cinema's most popular cult classic films 'Sholay' 3D is released on January 3, 38 years after its original release.

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Daily Current Affairs: 03 January 2014

Daily Current Affairs: 03 January 2014

1) M.S. Dhir of AAP elected new Speaker of Delhi Assembly: After a smooth sailing in the confidence vote, AAP on Friday scored yet another victory in the Delhi Assembly when its candidate M S Dhir was elected Speaker with the backing of Congress, JD(U) and an Independent.

2) Justice Ganguly resigns as NUJS faculty: West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman Justice A.K. Ganguly on Friday resigned from the post of honorary professor of the National University of Juridical Sciences, a student of which had made allegations of sexual harassment against him.

3) Manoj Vaish appointed as MCX MD & CEO: Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) has a new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in Manoj Vaish. Vaish is currently the Managing Director of NSDL Database Management.

4) Corporation Bank launches campaign for agri credit delivery: Corporation Bank has launched a year-long campaign for the delivery of agriculture credit and financial inclusion initiatives at all its branches.

5) Indian Overseas Bank launches IOB-Connect card: Targeting young individuals, public sector Indian Overseas Bank today launched ‘Connect Card’, a new ATM cum Debit card in association with VISA that can be used for e-commerce across five lakh merchant outlets.

6) MPs vote Thatcher best UK PM in survey: Iron lady Margaret Thatcher has been voted the most successful post-war British Prime Minister by lawmakers in a survey in which Winston Churchill came a distant fourth.

7) New GM for Central Railway: Sunil Kumar Sood has been appointed General Manager, Central Railway with effect from December 31, 2013.

8) Tata Sons appoints S Venkateswaran as Chief Tata sustainability Group: Tata Sons announced appointment of Shankar Venkateswaran as Chief — Tata Sustainability Group with the responsibility of driving group level initiatives in the sustainability space, and guiding Tata Sons and the group companies on sustainability and CSR initiatives.

9) Serena to meet Azarenka in Brisbane international finals: Serena Williams of United States defeated Russia's Maria Sharapova in straights 6-2, 7-6 to enter the finals of the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane on Friday. Serena Williams will meet Victoria Azarenka in the final.

10) India beat Sri Lanka to play U-19 Asia Cup final: India qualified to play against Pakistan in the final of the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup when they defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second semi-finals played.

11) Moolam Thirunal appointed head of Travancore royal house: Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma, nephew of late Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma who passed away last month, was on Friday installed as the new head of the Travancore royal family and the custodian of the Sree Padmanabha Swami Temple.

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Employment News this week: Job Highlights (04th – 10th January 2014)

Employment News this week: Job Highlights (04th – 10th January 2014)

01. National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited. Name of Post – Trainee Engineer. No. of Vacancies - 180. Last Date - 21.01.2014

02. Central Industrial Security Force. Name of Post – Constable (Bandsman-cum-GD). No. of Vacancies - 123 Last Date - 08.02.2014

03. Department Of Posts. Name of Post – Multi Tasking Staff (MTS). No. of Vacancies - 82. Last Date - 13.01.2014

04. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna. Name of Post – Registrar, Junior Engineer, Medical Physicist, Store Keeper etc. No. of Vacancies - 59. Last Date – 31.01.2014.

05. Central Employment Exchange. Name of Post – Pharmacist, Navigational Assistant Grade II, and Technician. No. of Vacancies - 32. Last Date - 27.01.2014.

05. Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women. Name of Post – Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professors. No. of Vacancies - 23. Last Date - 20.01.2014.

06. Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Name of Post – Deputy Controller of Accounts, House Keeper, Kitchen. Supervisor, Pharmacist ‘B’ etc. No. of Vacancies - 15. Last Date - for online application is 10.01.2014 upto 05.30 p.m. & receiving. hard copy of online applications is 17.01.2014.

07. Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi. Name of Post – Assistant Professor. No. of Vacancies – 23. Last Date – 25.01.2014.

08. National Board of Examination. Name of Post – Multi Skill Assistants. No. of Vacancies – 15. Last Date – 60 days after publication.

09. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Kanpur. Name of Post – Pharmacist (Allopathic), Staff Nurse Grade I, Pharmacist cum Clerk etc. No. of Vacancies – 13. Last Date – 21 days after publication.

Source: www.employmentnews.gov.in

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