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Current Affairs with Mcqs CA-1–CA-32 EBD_9008 • Head Office : B-32, Shivalik Main Road, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110017 • Sales Office : B-48, Shivalik Main Road, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110017 Tel. : 011-26691021 / 26691713 Chief Editor: Dr. Md. Usmangani Ansari Project Incharge: Sheenu Kamra Contributors: Nimisha Aggarwal, Ajay Kumar Das, Sunny Kumar, Vinit Garg, Saurabh Tiwari DISHA PUBLICATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright Publisher No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without prior permission of the publisher. The author and the publisher do not take any legal responsibility for any errors or misrepresentations that might have crept in. We have tried and made our best efforts to provide accurate up-to-date information in this book. For further information about the books from DISHA, Log on to www.dishapublication.com or email to [email protected] CONTENTS Current Affairs with MCQs CA-1–CA-32 Indian Railways 1-30 General Science 31-74 Computers 75-104 Indian Panorama 105-120 World Panorama 121–136 Indian History 137-155 Indian Polity 156-166 Economy 167-176 Geography 177-186 Ecology and Environment 187-190 Art, Culture & Tourism 191-197 Communication, Media and Transport 198-204 Healthcare 205-208 Sports & Games 209-212 MCQs 213-235 • Railways • General Knowledge EBD_9008 Current Affairs with MCQs INDIAN RAILWAYS SWOT INTRODUCTION from general finances. In 1904, the idea to electrify the rail network was • It is the state owned railway company proposed. of India, overseen by the Ministry of • In 1925, India’s first ever railway Railways. budget was presented. • The first time a rail locomotive was • The first electric train on Feb 3, 1925 used in India on 21st Dec. 1851 over ran on Mumbai Victoria Terminus (VT) Ganga Canal near Town Rurki. - Kurla branch line, a distance of 16 • First train in India ran between Bori kms. Bunder, Bombay to Thane on Saturday • In 1951, these 42 companies were 16th April 1853, with 14 carriages/ nationalised as one unit. coaches and 400 guests and journey of • On April 14, 1951, Southern Railway 33.81 kms taking 1:15 hrs. It was the was formed. first commercial passenger service. • On April 14, 1952, Northern Railway • By 1947, there were 42 rail system or was formed. railway companies. • In 1970, the last steam Locomotive was • The Great Indian Peninsula Railway rolled out of Chittaranjan Locomotive was the first railway company of India. works. By 1985, steam Locomotives • The first train was hauled by three were phased out. engines - Sindh, Sahib and Sultan, the • The third class in the Indian Railway Steam Locomotives. was abolished in 1974. • The Great Indian Peninsula Railway • Railway Fund to assist victims of took a set of 8 locomotives from Vul- railway accidents was set up in 1974. can Foundry, England in the beginning • In 1977, India got its first Railway of operation in India. Museum spreading over 10 acres in • In December 1851, first steam engine New Delhi. Thomason was operated in Roorkee, • On March 31, 1978, Railways were second was named after Bombay Gov- split into 9 zones. ernor as Lord Falkland, and third was • On October 24, 1984, Kolkata became used as trial run of the passenger train the first Indian city where first metro in Nov. 1852. rail ran 25 kms from Calcutta to • On August 15, 1854, the first passen- Dumdum. ger train in eastern section ran be- • In 1985, steam locomotives were tween Howrah to Hooghly (24 miles). replaced by diesel and electric • On March 3, 1859, North India got its locomotives. first passenger train ran between Al- • In 1987, computerization of lahabad and Kanpur (180 Kms). reservation was first carried out in • In 1895, India started manufacturing Bombay. its own locomotives. • In 1989, Indian train numbers were • In September 1921, Acworth Com- standardised to 4 digits. mittee headed by William Acworth • On 24 march 1994, first live telecast of decided to separate railway finances railway budget took place. EBD_9008 CA-2 Current Affairs with MCQs • In 1995, entire railway reservation was • Its production units produce complete computerised through the railways range of products in its area of internet. operation, i.e., DG sets, loco components • In 1998 Konkan railway was opened and sub-assemblies. for public. • Indian railroad network (66,030 kms) is • In 1999, Fairy Queen bagged the the largest in Asia and 4th largest in the National Tourism Award for most world followed by China(3rd), Russia innovative and unique Tourism Venture. (2nd), USA (1st) and Canada (5th). • In 2000, Mamta Banerjee became the • It is the world’s second largest under first woman Railway Minister of India. one management. • On December 24, 2002, Delhi Metro • It has taken steps to conduct all Rail Corporation (DMRC) began its examinations online as a measure operation in Delhi. against malpractices. • Six times Rail Budgets were presented • It permits Railway Recruitment Board by the Railway Minister Lalu Prasad (RRB) candidates to keep the question Yadav from 2004 to 2009. booklets. • On Monday, February 1, 2010 Wi-Fi • It permitted RRB candidates to upload facility was first launched at Mysore answer keys and cut-off marks in 2014-15. Railway station. • In 2014-15, it conducted examinations • On October 20, 2011, Bengaluru got for 48, 822 vacancies in 284 categories. Namma Metro. • It has its own Indian Railways Institute • On June 8, 2014, Mumbai got Mumbai of Civil Engineering Forum to study its various projects and its execution. Metro and Mumbai Monorail. • Total locomotives are 10822 (Steam 43 • The largest platform in India is + Diesel 5714 + Elec. 5065) in which Kharagpur (W.B.), i.e. 2733 feet long. broad gauge 10391 + Metre gauge 233 • The longest railway tunnel is Konkan in the year 2014-15. (Maharashtra), i.e. 65 km. • Total passenger coaches are 67308 • The longest rail bridge is across (EMU 8475 + Conventional 51833 Godavari river i.e. 10052 feet long. +s Other 7000) with a capacity of • Chenab Railway Bridge Kalra (J&K) 1920768 accomodation in 2014-15. 359 metres/1177 feet will be • Total freight cars/ wagons are 2,54,006 world’s highest bridge by Dec. 2016. (Broad gauge 250,711 + Metre gauge It will surpass current tallest over 3,139 + Others) Beipanjiang river in China (i.e. 275 • Total tracks are 108706 kms (BG-86,526 meters high). kms + MG-18,529 kms + NG-3651 kms) • The largest marshalling yard is at • Total Routes are 66,030 kms (BG 58825 Mughal Sarai. km + MG 4908 km + NG 2297 km) 2014-15. • Seven classes are at present: (1) AC- • Total double/multiple tracks are 20,633 1T, (2) AC-2T, (3) AC-3T, (4) Sleeper, kms i.e., 31.25% of total Route kms (5)C A chair car, (6) First class and (7) (2014-2015) SecondSWOT class. ANALYSIS • Total Route electrified are 22,224 kms Strengths out of total 66,030 kms (i.e., 33.66% of total), 2014-15. • Now it carries over 1.30 crores passengers • Indian railways is the lifeline of the nation. & 13 lakh tones of freight every day. • Indian railways has largest land • It runs about 20,038 trains daily property in the country. (passenger -12,617 (freight-7421) • It is the largest employer in India • It has most powerful locomotive, i.e. followed by Defence. Electric Locomotive WAG-9/ WAP-7 • 13.36 Lakh gazetted and non-gazetted (Modified version) capable of hauling 24 workers are currently employed. coaches at a speed of 140 to 160 km/hour. Current Affairs with MCQs CA-3 • It has solar power run trains. • Freight train speeds lowest in the world, • It has almost 7500 railway stations. i.e. 25km/hr. • It manufactures locomotives and engines • Poor track record of project completion. indigenously. • Lacklustre growth in revenues - both • Its Electric Locomotives are manufactured passenger and freight. at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (W. • Poor operating ratio (i.e. % age of Bengal) revenues account for expenses) which is • Its Diesel Locomotives are manufactured expected to be 92% for 2016-17 which in Varanasi. was 90% in 2015-16. • Soon India is going to get the first • Unhygienic condition of pantry car. Bullet train from Japan to run between • Poor quality of food supplied to Mumbai and Ahmedabad. passengers. • Indian railways networks are divided • Dirty toilets into 16 zones. • Toilet facilities are absent in EMU trains. • Fairy Queen - the oldest working steam • Stations are not clean. locomotives engine in the world and it • Toilets at stations are in very bad conditions. is the oldest steam engine in operation • Maintenance and overhead expenses hauling luxurious train from Delhi to are very high. Alwar for tourists. It secured a place • Lack of flexibility in routes and turnings. in the Guiness Book of World record • Lack of door to door services. and got Heritage Awardat Int’l Tourist • Inefficiency and high costs are due to Bureau, Berlin in March, 2000. lack of competition. • Electric Multiple Units (EMU) coaches • Unsuitable for short distance and small are used in large cities -mainly roads. Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, • More time & Labour required in booking Hyderabad, Bangalore, etc. & delivery of goods. • In 2016, the fastest train in India is the • Not rural area oriented. Bhopal Shatabdi that runs with a top • Under-utilisation of its capacity. seed of 150 km/h. • Over centralised administration • ‘Gatimaan Express’ first proposed in • It is a hostage of vote bank politics to July 2014, India’s first semi-high speed offer populist measures. bullet train had a successful trial run • Free travels for politicians, government from Delhi to Agra in 90 minutes. Its employees and ministers is negative for maximum speed will be 200 km/h.
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