Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 13, 2014

Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 13, 2014


Q1. Name the leaders who received the outstanding Parliamentary Award by the President of India on 13thAug’14.

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ANSWER: Shri Arun Jaitley, Dr. Karan Singh and Shri Sharad Yadav, for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively at a function organized by the Indian Parliamentary Group.




Q2. Name the person appointed as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha on 13thAug’14.

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ANSWER: Shri Thambi Durai. He has become the first person to hold the same post twice as he was Deputy Speaker in 8th Lok Sabha.




Q3. Against which Indian program/mission, United States has filed a WTO dispute case?

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ANSWER: Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) Program. The US has filed a WTO dispute case under the Dispute Settlement Mechanism, aggrieved by the Domestic Content Requirement Condition on procurement of solar cells and modules under Batch I and Batch II of Phase I and Batch I of Phase II of the JNNSM program.




Q4. In which city New Rail Neer Plant is inaugurated for commercial production on 13thAug’14?

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ANSWER: Ambernath, Mumbai. The production capacity of this plant will be 2 lakh liters per day, raising the total production (of the four plants) to 6.1 lakh litres of Packaged Drinking Water (PDW) daily. Till now, already existing three Rail Neer plants used to cater to the Northern, Eastern and Southern parts of our country.




Q5. Who has developed the Train Enquiry Mobile App and what are the features of the App?

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ANSWER: Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). One of the best features of the new app is “spot your train” which provides information such as its current position, expected time of arrival and departure at a particular station, train schedule, train between two stations, information on cancelled/diverted/rescheduled trains, and trains expected to arrive and depart from a particular station in the next 2 or 4 hours.




Q6. What is “Go India Smart card”?

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ANSWER: It is a contact-less smart card i.e; no need to swipe or insert into a slot. This is a pan India smart card to enable passengers to pay for tickets for long distance reserved, unreserved, and suburban journeys as a pilot project. It can be used a nominated UTS counters and Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs) and nominated PRS counters for reserved tickets.




Q7. What is “Freight E-Diversion system”?

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ANSWER: The e-diversion system will help customers in a big way by eliminating the long process of surrendering of documents at the originating station, adding payment of freight for the same consignment and long claims process. Some of the salient features are: Authorized access only, Customer friendly, No double payment, No penalty, Prompt settlement of claims, Transparency.




Q8. What is “Freight E-Demand system”?

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ANSWER: In Freight train movement, the need for an on-line system for Registration of rakes and wagons will be finally met with the launch of the e-Demand module of the Freight Operations Information System (FOIS). With the release of this module, customers can sit in the convenience of their homes or offices and register their freight demands.




Q9. Name the IT services launched by the Railway Minister on 13thAug’2014.

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ANSWER: Next Generation E-Ticketing, Freight E-Demand System, Freight E-Diversion System and Go India Smart Card.




Q10. Name the bill that replaced the existing Collegium System used to appoint new Judges to Supreme Court and High Court has been passed in the Lok Sabha on 13thAug’14.

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ANSWER: National Judicial Commission Bill, 2014.




Q11. Who will head the Expenditure management Commission that has been set up by Prime Minister on 13thAug’14?

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ANSWER: Bimal Jalan.




Q12. What is the total number of Supreme Court Judges in India as of now (13thAug’14)?

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ANSWER: 30 Judges including Chief Justice of India.




Q13. Name the Indian-origin Mathematician who has been awarded with the prestigious Fields Medal by the International Mathematical Union’s (IMU) at the International Congress of Mathematicians.

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ANSWER: Manjul Bhargava.




Q14. By what rate Japan’s economy contracted during April-June’2014 quarter?

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ANSWER: 6.8%. This happened due to a controversial sales tax increase by the Japan government.


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