Answer-(D) SabarmatiExplanation:
Mumbai to Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project is joint venture between Indian Railways and Japan’s Shinkansen Technology.
Speed: The train will cover distance of over 508 km from Sabarmati (Gujarat) to Bandra (Mumbai, Maharashtra) in around 2.58 hours at high speed of 320 kph from the existing 7-8 hours. In case of rapid high-speed, it will cover the distance in 2.07 hours.
Stations: On the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route, 12 stations have been proposed: Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.
Route: For most of its route — 471 km out of 508 km, train will run at elevation of 18 metres — primarily to ensure it travels over the existing railway route. The remaining 37 km includes 7 km undersea stretch between Thane and Vasai and 15 km underground route in Mumbai. It will be India’s longest tunnel (around 21-km-long) – that will be dug between Boisar and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai.
Funding: Of the total project cost of Rs.1,10,000-crore, 80% cost of Rs 88,000 crore will be provided by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as soft loan at interest of 0.1% per annum. This loan will be repaid to Japan in 50 years, with 15 years grace period.
2) High Speed Rail Institute to be set up at _________.
(A) Vadodara (Gujarat)
(B) Thane (Maharashtra)
(C) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
(D) Virar (Maharashtra)
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Answer-(A) Vadodara (Gujarat)Explanation:
Both leaders also laid foundation stone of High Speed Rail Institute to be set up at Vadodara (Gujarat). This institute will come up inside National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) at Vadodara where more than 4000 engineers of High Speed Rail Corporation of India will be given training by Japanese.
3) The Indian Railways will launch country’s second high-speed train project between _________.
(A) Delhi to Lucknow
(B) Delhi and Amritsar
(C) Delhi to Bhopal
(D) Delhi to Ahmedabad
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Answer-(B) Delhi and AmritsarExplanation:
The Indian Railways will launch country’s second high-speed train project between Delhi and Amritsar (Punjab) via Chandigarh.
The project will be completed by 2024.
Train on this route will run on standard broad gauge and cover 458-km-long route in 2 hours and 30 minutes running at a speed of 300-350 kmph, reducing travel time by about two and half hours between both destinations.
Proposed stops on this route are Ambala, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar.
4) India ranked ______ out of 130 countries surveyed on World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Human Capital Index (GHCI) 2017.
(A) 103rd
(B) 104th
(C) 105th
(D) 106th
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Answer-(A) 103rdExplanation:
1. In the previous edition, India ranked 105th.
2. Top 10 countries: Norway (1st), Finland (2nd), Switzerland (3rd), United States (4th), Denmark (5th), Germany (6th), New Zealand (7th), Sweden (8th), Slovenia (9th) and Austria (10th).
3. Among BRICS: India is ranked lower than its BRICS peers. Russia (16th), China (34th), Brazil (77th) and South Africa (87th).
4. The GHCI measures countries’ ability to nurture, develop and deploy talent for economic growth against four key areas of human capital development.
Capacity (determined by past investment in formal education),
Deployment (accumulation of skills through work),
Development (reskilling and continued upskilling of existing workers) and
know-how (specialised skills-use at work).
5) The National Hindi Divas, an annual literary-day is observed on __________.
(A) September 13
(B) September 14
(C) September 15
(D) September 16
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Answer-(B) September 14Explanation:
Hindi Divas is celebrated to mark adaptation of Hindi language as the official language of India by the Constituent Assembly of India on 14 September 1949.
The decision of using Hindi as official language was ratified by Constitution of India which came into effect on 26 January 1950.
Under the Article 343 of Indian Constitution, Hindi written in Devanagri script was adopted as the official language.
6) The 'creamy layer' ceiling for OBC reservation has been raised from ______ to ______ per year.
(A) Rs 6 lakh to Rs 7 lakh
(B) Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh
(C) Rs 6 lakh to Rs 9 lakh
(D) Rs 6 lakh to Rs 10 lakh
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Answer-(B) Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakhExplanation:
"It has now been decided to raise the income limit from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh per annum for determining the creamy layer among the Other Backward Classes," the order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.
In 1993, the limit was kept at Rs 1 lakh. It was raised thrice to Rs 2.5 lakh in 2004, Rs 4.5 lakh in 2008 and Rs 6 lakh in 2013.
7) Who has been elected as the President of Singapore?
(A) Halimah Yacob
(B) Tony Tan
(C) Aung San Suu Kyi
(D) Wee Kim Wee
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Answer-(A) Halimah YacobExplanation:
Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of Parliament.
Halimah Yacob, who was born to an Indian Muslim father and Malay mother.
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