Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Apr 04, 2016

ANSWER: Mukundpur

Explanation:
MP CM Shivraj Singh inaugurated the maiden White Tiger Safari at Mukundpur in Satna district in MP’s Vindhya region. Felines were first discovered in this region belonging to this rare category close to 100 years ago. First of its kind safari has cost INR 50 crore and is spread over 25 ha.

• The safari houses one male tiger called Raghu and two females, Radha and Vindhya
• Apart from the white tigers, 2 Bengal tigers were also brought here at the Safari from Maharashtra
• White Tiger Safari is located next to the Mukundpur Zoo spread across 75 ha.

ANSWER: Srinivas Ramanujan

Explanation:
An encyclopaedia of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan is being launched by Springer. The encyclopaedia of 1000 pages in two volumes will contain all that is important about the mathematician’s life.

ANSWER: prime

Explanation:
Kannan Soundararajan and Robert Lemke Oliver of Stanford University found a pattern in the last digits of successive prime numbers, by analysing numerically the first 100 million numbers.

• The study is the key to understanding the blend of random distribution and patterns in prime numbers.
• Though prime numbers occupy definite positions on the number line, thereby are not random at all, studying distributions of numbers comes in useful to predict properties which haven’t been proved yet.

ANSWER: Simplice Sarandji

Explanation:
Central African Republic’s newly elected president has appointed his campaign manager as the PM of the country

Simplice Sarandji will be the new PM of the CAR

• Touadera, a Christian has vowed to unify CAR torn by violence between Christians and Muslims
• Sarandji was a professor and the secretary-general at the University of Bangui, and has few political ties.

ANSWER: Shahid Afridi

Explanation:
Following Pakistan’s dismal show in the ICC World T-20, Shahid Afridi stepped down as team captain but will continue to play in the shortest format of the game. Afridi led Pakistan failed to make it to the semifinals of the World T20 in India, were comments drew the wrath of former players. The 36 year old skipper had earlier hinted the World T-20 could be his last.

He retired from Test format of the game in 2010.

ANSWER: 5

Explanation:
This includes one on terror financing and another on promoting trade between two countries on the second and final day of the Indian PM’s bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia. A total of 5 agreements were this signed including the following:

• An MoU was signed between the financial intelligence units on cooperation in the exchange of intelligence related to money laundering, terrorism financing and related crimes
• Invest India and Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SABIA) signed a framework agreement on investment promotion cooperation.
• The external affairs ministry and the Saudi labour ministry signed an agreement on labour cooperation for recruitment of general category workers.
• A fourth agreement was signed between Export Promotion Council for Handicraft (EPCH) and the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage for cooperation in the field of handicrafts.
• Another agreement for technical cooperation was signed between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organisation (SASO).

ANSWER: DCB Bank

Explanation:
The user can key-in the 12-digit Aadhaar number or swipe the card at an automated teller machine (ATM) to start a transaction, but at the stage of confirming the identity, it requires biometric details rather than the PIN. The bank account must have the Aadhaar number in it.

• Enrolments under Aadhaar are set to cross the 100 crore mark soon.
• The data is being used for a slew of purposes like opening bank accounts and the government’s direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme.

ANSWER: Senegal

Explanation:
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee extended greetings to the republic of Senegal on their national day celebrations on April 4, 2016

• The current president of Senegal is Macky Sall
• The two countries have cooperated in areas of trade and international development
• Senegal recently took part in the Third India-Africa Forum Summit held recently in New Delhi.
• Senegal is known for its colonial French heritage
• Dakar, the capital of Senegal is the westernmost point in Africa.

ANSWER: Both a and c are same

Explanation:
The 66 year old actor died in March 2016 after suffering from polycythemia vera- a rare type of cancer related to the overproduction of red blood cells in the bone marrow. Drake’s body was found in his apartment by a friend.

• There are close to 100 types of cancers and around 70% occur in low and middle income countries
• The most common cancers are lung, stomach, liver, colorectal and oesophagus.
• Tobacco use is linked to 22% of the cancer deaths

ANSWER: Kerala

Explanation:
Situated in Thrissur district, the Cheraman Juma Masjid is believed to be the first mosque built in India by Arab traders around 629 AD. It symbolises ancient ties between the two nations. Cheraman Perumal was a Chera King who embraced Islam.

• The mosque has an ancient oil lamp that is always kept burning and believed to be over a thousand years old.
• People from all religions bring oil for the lamp as an offering

ANSWER: New Shepard

Explanation:
Jeff Bezos space transportation company Blue Origin has launched and landed a suborbital rocket capable of carrying six passengers taking a step towards developing reusable boosters. The rocket called New Shepard landed after being blasted off from a West Texas site.

• Blue Origin and SpaceX are in the process of developing rockets that can fly themselves back to Earth so they can be refurbished and flown again, potentially slashing launch costs.
• For now, Blue Origin is flying suborbital rockets, which lack the speed to put spacecraft into orbit around Earth.

ANSWER: Turkey

Explanation:
This bill is needed for the implementation of an EU agreement with Turkey for the return of refugees and migrants from Greek Islands to Turkey. Deal aims to end uncontrolled influx of refugees and other migrants following the crossing over of more than 1 million people into Europe last year. Bill was passed by 169 lawyers in a 300 member parliament.

• EU migrant crisis commenced in 2015 whereby a large number of refugees and migrants made the journey to the European Union to seek shelter

ANSWER: Triple star

Explanation:
Scientists have discovered the fourth new triple star system with gas giant planets similar in size to Jupiter. Binary system once thought to be a single star was actually a pair of stars orbiting one another and part of a triple star system

• Known planets with three stars appearing in the sky are rare
• Main star is also brighter in the new system called KELT-A
• Other two stars named KELT C and B are farther away
• The stars taken 4000 years to orbit around KELT-A

ANSWER: Both a and b

Explanation:
Astronomers will gain major insights into the evolution of stars after the discovery of the first dead star in the universe not concealed by hydrogen and helium. This will enable the scientists to study the exposed core of the star and provide knowledge about the evolution of stars and what happens when these stellar objects die.

• When stars run out of fuel and die, they collapse inwards and boil away leaving huge quantities of gases and a hot dense core of the star called the white dwarf.
• Generally, the atmosphere is dominated by helium and hydrogen; these are lighter than heavier elements such as oxygen and carbon
• They therefore flow to the top of the atmosphere of the star and block it from the view of astronomers
• This has been averted by the discovery of this special dead star which will provide rare observational test of the evolutionary path towards white drawrfs
• The star is called Dox
• It is 1200 light years away in constellation Draco
• It has an atmosphere that is 99.9% oxygen