Current Affairs April - May 2014 (Science and Technology)

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1.What is the name given to the world's fastest car, recently developed by US engineers? 
Answer: Venom GT, It can achieve a maximum speed of 435 km/hr.

2. World's longest aircraft recently unveiled in Britain is named ..............? 
Answer: Airlander

3. What is the name given to the biggest virus ever found, recently discovered in Siberia? 
Answer: Pithovirus sibericum

4. What is the name of the deadly virus for which the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) issued an advisory on 11 April 2014 to all Internet users in the country? 
Answer: Heartbleed 

5. What is the full form of `IRNSS`? 
Answer: Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System

6. The World Health Organi sation has recently declared that India and 10 other Asian countries are free of which disease? 
Answer: Polio

7. Which e - mail service developed by Paul Buchheit celebrated its tenth anniversary on April 1, 2014? 
Answer: Gmail

8. India’s second navigational satellite recently launched from Sriharikota 
Answer: IRNSS - 1B


9. The hi-tech satellite launched by Europe to monitor Earth for c limate change and environmental damage and help disaster relief operations. 
Answer: Sentinel - 1A

10. Which communications satellite of India launched in 2003, has recently gone out of service? 
Answer: INSAT 3E

11. Which American company bought Titan Aerospace, a maker of high altitude solar powered drones, to bring internet access to remote parts? 
Answer: Google

12. India successfully tested the first indigenous air-to-air Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile named .............. 
Answer: Astra

13. Which is India’s own indigenous card payment gateway that launched recently? 
Answer: Rupay 

14. India’s Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) named .................. capable of decimating hostile targets at 40kms range with rapid salvos, successfully test fired recently. 
Answer: Pinaka rockets