Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Jan 15, 2016

ANSWER: 100,000

Explanation:
Global warming is going to disrupt a natural cycle of ice ages and contribute to delaying the onset of the next big freeze till 100,000 years from the present times. Within the past million years, world has close to 10 ice ages before reaching warmer conditions like current times. In the last Ice age that ended 12,000 years ago, ice sheets blanketed Canada, northern Europe and Siberia. Humanity has become the force in shaping the geology of the planet.

ANSWER: Severe Snape

Explanation:
British actor Alan Rickman, a classically trained stage star and screen villain in Harry Potter movies at the age of 69. Rickman’s family has indicated that the actor has died after a battle with cancer. He was born in the 1940s and studied at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Film roles including the psychopathic villain in Die Hard and a deceased lover in Truly Madly Deeply.

ANSWER: Tony

Explanation:
Brian Bedford, a well known British stage actor has passed away at the age of 80 on January 13th 2016 in Santa Barbara California. He was the winner of a Tony award on first of 7 nominations, appeared on stage and is known for acting and directing Shakespeare.

ANSWER: First

Explanation:
The state has become India’s first fully organic state by converting around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land into sustainable cultivation. In Sikkim around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land was gradually converted to certified organic land by implementing organic practices and principles as per guidelines laid down in National Programme for Organic Production. It was 12 years ago in 2003 when the Pawan Chamling-led government decided to make Sikkim an organic farming state through a declaration in the legislative assembly.

ANSWER: Solar

Explanation:
NASA”s Juno mission to Jupiter on 13th January 2016 broke the record to become the most distant solar powered emissary of humanity. The spacecraft reached 793 million km from the Sun. Previous record holder was ESA’s Rossetta spacecraft. Juno will arrive at Jupiter on July 4th. Over the next year, the spacecraft will orbit the Jovian world a total of 33 times. This skims to within 5,000 km above the planet’s cloud tops every 14 days. Launched in 211, Juno refers to the first world powered spacecraft to operate at massive distances from the Sun.

ANSWER: Ebola

Explanation:
WHO declared an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak on 14th January 2016 after no fresh cases emerged in Liberia. There will be several more months before the world is considered free of the disease. It has claimed more than 11,300 lives over a span of 2 years. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are some of the areas affected.

ANSWER: Andhra Pradesh

Explanation:
FTAPCCI has signed an MoU with Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation for implementation of skill development programmes in the State. Agreement was signed during the FTAPCCI president and APSSDC MD’s partnership summit at the CII in Vizag recently. MoU envisages training programmes and job melas as well as sector specific councils, research projects and facilitating self employment.

ANSWER: North East Centre for Technology Association and Research

Explanation:
NHAI on 13th January 2016 has signed an MoU with National Remote Sensing Centre under Indian Space Research Organisation and North East Centre for Technology Application and Research to use spatial technology for monitoring and managing National Highways. NHAI will receive satellite data and geospatial technology acquired by domestic and foreign satellite product companies from National Remote Sensing Centre under ISRO.

ANSWER: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Explanation:
Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/UNDESA on 12th January 2016 released the dataset titled Trends in International Migrant Stock: The Stock Revision. Compilation was released at the UNDESA HQ in NY, the USA. Dataset analysed trends in migration flows across the world even as the country and region wise between 2000 and 2015. India has the largest diaspora in the world in 2015 as 16 million people from India were living in the external parts of the country.