Current Affairs Questions and answers - June 23, 2014
Q1. Name the telescope that has to be built by NASA to track the existence of alien’s life?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST).This will be the World’s most powerful and largest telescope.
Q2. Name the Person of Indian (PIO) whose two experiments were approved for launch into space under NASA’s Cubes in Space Programme?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Prerna Pai. She is 11 year old and a seventh class student. Her experiments got approved on 22nd June’14.
Q3. What are the two experiments of Prerna Pai that were approved for launch into space under NASA’s Cubes in Space (CIS) programme?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘To Stick or not to Stick’ and ‘Time and Pressure’. The ‘To Stick or not to Stick’ experiment is based on the studying the manner in which different adhesives are likely to behave in space in the absence of atmospheric pressure, whereas the ‘Time and Pressure’ states the behavior of plastic and glass bottles in the lack of atmospheric pressure.
Q4. In which country 38thSession of World Heritage Committee held from 15th to 25th June’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ5. Name the Myanmar’s first site that has been added in the UNESCO’s World Heritage list on 22nd June’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ancient Pyu Cities; Halin, Beikthano and Sri Ksetra.
Q6. For large imports of nuclear technology and boosting power generation and enhancing energy security, India endorses Additional protocol with which agency on 23rdJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA. The Additional Protocol will cover only those facilities which are monitored by the IAEA. With this, India has joined the elite 45-country Nuclear Suppliers Group.
Q7. Name the person complimented for undertaking the massive effort of bringing out the Encyclopedia of Hinduism by the President of India on 23rdJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Swami Chidanand Saraswati , the founder chairman of India Heritage Research Foundation. President Pranab Mukherjee received a copy of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism at a special function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 23rdJune’14.
Q8. Which Television Channel’s journalists was jailed for 7-yrs in Egypt for supporting Muslim Brotherhood on 23rdJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Al-Jazeera Channel. A court in Cairo convicted three journalists Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed for spreading false news and supporting the banned Islamist group.
Q9. Name the person elected as the chief of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) for the 14th consecutive year on 23rd June’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: N Srinivasan, BCCI's president-in-exile.
Q10. What is the theme of the June’14 issue of World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin launched by the Additional Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 23rdJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “BRICS and Global Health”. This issue will cover key issues related to BRICS countries.
Q11. Name the minister who has resigned as a Member of Madhya Pradesh State Waqf Board in view of her induction in the Union Cabinet?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. Najma Heptulla, Union Minister for Minority Affairs. The resignation with effect from 27th May, 2014 has been submitted to the Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh State Waqf Board.
Q12. Name the national level event that was conducted at the foothills of Dhauladhar Ranges in the vicinity of Baijnath - Paprola in Himachal Pradesh from 3rd June to 23rd June’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: All India NCC Girls Trekking Expedition, Himachal Trek – 2014. The aim of the trek was to inculcate a spirit of adventure, exploration, curiosity and provide opportunity for building capacity and self-confidence amongst the girl cadets.
Q13. Name the site located in the Himachal Pradesh inscribed by the World Heritage Committee on the World Heritage list on the basis of criterion (X) of UNESCO Guidelines?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA). The 905.40 sq km GHNPCA includes the upper mountain glacial and snow melt water source origins of the westerly flowing JiwaNal, Sainj and Tirthan Rivers and the north-westerly flowing Parvati River.
Q14. Which country has registered highest number of Facebook users outside United States?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India. During the 2014 year, there is 40% growth in the users of Facebook in India.
