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1) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single
largest party in Maharashtra assembly elections of 2014,
the results for which were declared on 19 October 2014.
BJP won 122 of the 288 seats with its former ally Shiv
Sena garnering 63 seats. After how many years a single
party won more than 100 seats in Maharashtra assembly
elections? – 25 years
Explanation: Congress had won 141 seats in 8 Assembly
Elections of Maharashtra held in 1990. After that no party
had been able to secure 100 or more seats in the state.
Ruling Congress was reduced to 42 seats while its former
ally NCP won 41 seats. BJP was however 23 seats short
of securing absolute majority in state assembly.
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2) BJP scored an emphatic victory in assembly elections
held in Haryana by winning 47 out of 90 seats, the results
for which were declared on 19 October 2014. It thus
secured absolute majority in the state while it had just 4
seats in the last assembly elections held in 2009. Haryana
Chief Minister Bhupindra Singh Hooda, who tendered his
resignation on 19 October, was holding this post since
when? – Since March 2005
Explanation: Bhupindra Singh Hooda took over as Haryana
Chief Minister on 5 March 2005. Ruling Congress could
secure just 15 seats while O.P.Chautala’s Indian National
Lok Dal (INLD) won 19 seats.
………………………………………………………………………….
3) Which party opened its account in Maharashtra
Assembly by winning two seats for the first time? – The
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
Explanation: AIMIM is a predominantly Hyderabad-based
party led by Asaduddin Owaisi, who is a Lok Sabha MP
from Hyderabad. The party won two seats in Maharashtra
in its first attempt to expand its base outside Hyderabad.
The two seats won by it are Aurangabad Central (Imtiaz
Jalil) and Byculla (Waris Pathan). It fared better than Raj
Thackeray-led Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS)
which could win just one seat (Junnar in Pune) while it
had 13 seats in last assembly.
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4) Who created a new record of securing Lok Sabha seat
with the highest margin till date as announced on 19
October 2014? –Pritam Munde of BJP
Explanation: Pritam Munde is the daughter of Union
Minister Gopinath Munde who died in a car accident in
May 2014. She won the Lok Sabha by-election from
Maharashtra’s Beed constituency by a huge margin of
6,92,245 votes, which is the highest ever winning margin
in India’s electoral history. Pritam Munde bagged a total
of 9,16,923 votes while her nearest rival, Ashokrao
Shankarrao Patil of the Congress, secured 2,24,678 votes.
Munde’s margin of 6,92,245 is way above the 5.7 lakh
vote margin secured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
from the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in May 2014. Modi
later gave up the seat. However, the highest victory
margin ever till 18 October 2014, was Left leader Anil
Basu’s margin of 5,92,502 votes from Arambagh in West
Bengal.
………………………………………………………………………….
5) Which party is set to lose its status as a national party
after it failed to win the two seats in Assembly elections of
Maharashtra and Haryana, which were needed to hold on
to this status? – Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
Explanation: BSP could win just one seat in these two
assembly elections whereas it required 2 seats to hold its
status as a national party of India. Party could not win a
single seat in Lok Sabha elections of 2014. Soon after the
Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission had sought
an explanation from BSP chief Mayawati as to why her
party’s national status should not be cancelled. But the
party had managed to buy some time citing Haryana and
Maharashtra assembly elections. Losing the national
status would deprive BSP of some benefits given by the EC
like contesting elections on a common symbol, using All
India Radio and Doordarshan for election campaign
broadcast and free copies of electoral rolls.
………………………………………………………………………….
6) U.N. Women launched its campaign associated with
gender equality in India on 18 October 2014. This
campaign aims at ensuring greater participation of men in
promoting women’s rights and gender equality. What is
the name of this campaign, which is the global campaign
of U.N. Women to ensure gender equality? –‘HeForShe’
Explanation: ‘HeForShe’ is a solidarity campaign to end
gender inequality by 2030 initiated by U.N. Women. The
campaign was started at UN headquarters in New York on
20 September 2014. The goal is to engage men and boys
as advocates and agents of change in the effort to achieve
equality.
………………………………………………………………………….
7) Who was appointed as the Ebola ‘Czar’ to oversee the
Ebola response of United States by President Barack
Obama on 17 October 2014? – Ron Klain
Explanation: Ron Klain is a lawyer and had served as chief
of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore. This
prominent appointment came as Obama faced criticism
from some lawmakers over his administration’s efforts to
contain the Ebola virus in the country. US officials are
trying to identify and monitor people who came in contact
with three people who caught the disease. The three
include Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed
with the disease in the United States, and two nurses who
were on the team of health workers caring for Duncan.
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1) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single
largest party in Maharashtra assembly elections of 2014,
the results for which were declared on 19 October 2014.
BJP won 122 of the 288 seats with its former ally Shiv
Sena garnering 63 seats. After how many years a single
party won more than 100 seats in Maharashtra assembly
elections? – 25 years
Explanation: Congress had won 141 seats in 8 Assembly
Elections of Maharashtra held in 1990. After that no party
had been able to secure 100 or more seats in the state.
Ruling Congress was reduced to 42 seats while its former
ally NCP won 41 seats. BJP was however 23 seats short
of securing absolute majority in state assembly.
………………………………………………………………………….
2) BJP scored an emphatic victory in assembly elections
held in Haryana by winning 47 out of 90 seats, the results
for which were declared on 19 October 2014. It thus
secured absolute majority in the state while it had just 4
seats in the last assembly elections held in 2009. Haryana
Chief Minister Bhupindra Singh Hooda, who tendered his
resignation on 19 October, was holding this post since
when? – Since March 2005
Explanation: Bhupindra Singh Hooda took over as Haryana
Chief Minister on 5 March 2005. Ruling Congress could
secure just 15 seats while O.P.Chautala’s Indian National
Lok Dal (INLD) won 19 seats.
………………………………………………………………………….
3) Which party opened its account in Maharashtra
Assembly by winning two seats for the first time? – The
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
Explanation: AIMIM is a predominantly Hyderabad-based
party led by Asaduddin Owaisi, who is a Lok Sabha MP
from Hyderabad. The party won two seats in Maharashtra
in its first attempt to expand its base outside Hyderabad.
The two seats won by it are Aurangabad Central (Imtiaz
Jalil) and Byculla (Waris Pathan). It fared better than Raj
Thackeray-led Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS)
which could win just one seat (Junnar in Pune) while it
had 13 seats in last assembly.
………………………………………………………………………….
4) Who created a new record of securing Lok Sabha seat
with the highest margin till date as announced on 19
October 2014? –Pritam Munde of BJP
Explanation: Pritam Munde is the daughter of Union
Minister Gopinath Munde who died in a car accident in
May 2014. She won the Lok Sabha by-election from
Maharashtra’s Beed constituency by a huge margin of
6,92,245 votes, which is the highest ever winning margin
in India’s electoral history. Pritam Munde bagged a total
of 9,16,923 votes while her nearest rival, Ashokrao
Shankarrao Patil of the Congress, secured 2,24,678 votes.
Munde’s margin of 6,92,245 is way above the 5.7 lakh
vote margin secured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
from the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in May 2014. Modi
later gave up the seat. However, the highest victory
margin ever till 18 October 2014, was Left leader Anil
Basu’s margin of 5,92,502 votes from Arambagh in West
Bengal.
………………………………………………………………………….
5) Which party is set to lose its status as a national party
after it failed to win the two seats in Assembly elections of
Maharashtra and Haryana, which were needed to hold on
to this status? – Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
Explanation: BSP could win just one seat in these two
assembly elections whereas it required 2 seats to hold its
status as a national party of India. Party could not win a
single seat in Lok Sabha elections of 2014. Soon after the
Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission had sought
an explanation from BSP chief Mayawati as to why her
party’s national status should not be cancelled. But the
party had managed to buy some time citing Haryana and
Maharashtra assembly elections. Losing the national
status would deprive BSP of some benefits given by the EC
like contesting elections on a common symbol, using All
India Radio and Doordarshan for election campaign
broadcast and free copies of electoral rolls.
………………………………………………………………………….
6) U.N. Women launched its campaign associated with
gender equality in India on 18 October 2014. This
campaign aims at ensuring greater participation of men in
promoting women’s rights and gender equality. What is
the name of this campaign, which is the global campaign
of U.N. Women to ensure gender equality? –‘HeForShe’
Explanation: ‘HeForShe’ is a solidarity campaign to end
gender inequality by 2030 initiated by U.N. Women. The
campaign was started at UN headquarters in New York on
20 September 2014. The goal is to engage men and boys
as advocates and agents of change in the effort to achieve
equality.
………………………………………………………………………….
7) Who was appointed as the Ebola ‘Czar’ to oversee the
Ebola response of United States by President Barack
Obama on 17 October 2014? – Ron Klain
Explanation: Ron Klain is a lawyer and had served as chief
of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore. This
prominent appointment came as Obama faced criticism
from some lawmakers over his administration’s efforts to
contain the Ebola virus in the country. US officials are
trying to identify and monitor people who came in contact
with three people who caught the disease. The three
include Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed
with the disease in the United States, and two nurses who
were on the team of health workers caring for Duncan.
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