GK Current Affairs Questions (Part-1)

Answer- EVM

History

In 1980, M. B. Haneefa invented the first Indian voting machine, gazetted “Electronically operated vote the counting machine” (Gazette: 191/Mas/80, 15 October 1980). His original design (using Integrated Circuits) was exhibited to the public in Government Exhibitions held in six cities across Tamil Nadu. The EVMs were commissioned in 1989 by Election Commission of India in collaboration with Electronics Corporation of India Limited.[9] The Industrial designers of the EVMs were faculty members at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay.[10] The EVMs were first used in 1982 in the by-election to North Paravur Assembly Constituency in Kerala for a limited number of polling stations.

Answer – NOTA

भारत के निर्वाचन आयोग ने 200 9 में सुप्रीम कोर्ट से कहा था कि वह मतपत्र को मतपत्र पर “उपरोक्त कोई भी” विकल्प देने की कामना करता था, जिसे सरकार ने आम तौर पर विरोध किया था। पीपुल्स यूनियन फॉर सिविल लिबर्टीज़, एक गैर-सरकारी संगठन, ने इस के समर्थन में एक जन-हित मुकदमेबाजी निवेदन दायर किया। 27 सितंबर 2013 को, भारत की सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने फैसला सुनाया कि चुनाव में “उपरोक्त मतों में से कोई भी” वोट दर्ज करने का अधिकार लागू होना चाहिए और चुनाव आयोग को इलेक्ट्रॉनिक वोटिंग मशीनों में इस तरह के बटन प्रदान करने का आदेश दिया जाना चाहिए, चुनाव आयोग ने यह भी स्पष्ट किया कि नोटा के रूप में किए गए वोटों की गणना की जाती है, लेकिन उन्हें अवैध वोट माना जाता है, इसलिए वे चुनाव प्रक्रिया के नतीजे को नहीं बदलेगे। कुल मान्य वोटों की गणना के लिए उन्हें ध्यान में नहीं रखा जाता है , यह एक काला क्रॉस के साथ एक बैलेट पेपर 18 सितंबर 2015 को शुरू किया गया था। प्रतीक राष्ट्रीय डिजाइन संस्थान, अहमदाबाद द्वारा डिजाइन किया गया है।

Answer – colour box system

During the first election in India, the election commission faced one of their biggest issues: identification theft. To protect people from casting their vote twice they reached out to the NPL (National Physical laboratory) of India. A team of scientists led by Dr M.L. Goel FCS (Fallow’s Chemical Society, London) to make an ink to protect the interest of Indian population. The Indian government started the use of Indelible ink during the third election and since then has used the same products until today. The Indian government also exports ink to many developing countries for their elections. The most common election ink used worldwide was invented by Filiberto Vázquez Davila, a Mexican biochemical engineer.

Answer (C) – Ladakh is the largest Assembly Constituency by area, and the Chandani Chowk is the smallest Assembly Constituency area by area

Ladakh: It has 143,719 voters with four assembly segments — Leh, Nubra, Kargil and Zanskar. Ghulam Hassan Khan of the National Conference is the sitting MP.
Ladakh – Area: 86,904 km²

Answer (D)- Mohammad Hamid Ansari
He was elected as the Vice-President of India on 10 August 2007 and took office on 11 August 2007. He was reelected on 7 August 2012 and was sworn-in by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. The oath-taking ceremony was conducted at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 11 August 2012. His second term ended in August 2017 since he was not offered another term, he decided not to run for a third term in the 2017 vice-presidential election. Upon the inauguration of Ram Nath Kovind as President of India in 2017, Ansari became the first Indian Vice-President to serve during the terms of three presidents. He was the longest-serving chairman of Rajya Sabha.

Answer (B) – Election commission of India

Sukumar Sen (civil servant)

Sukumar Sen (1899–1961) was an Indian civil servant who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India, serving from 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958.[1] Under his leadership, the Election Commission successfully administered and oversaw independent India’s first two general elections, in 1951–52 and in 1957. He also served as first Chief Election Commissioner in Sudan.

Answer (A) – All India Trinamool Congress
After being a member of the Indian National Congress for over 26 years, Mamata Banerjee formed her own party of Bengal, the “Trinamool Congress”, which was registered with the Election Commission of India during mid-December 1999.

The Election Commission allotted to the party an exclusive symbol of Jora Ghas Phul. On 2 September 2016 election commission recognized AITC as a national political party.

Answer (C) – Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpaye Speech in UN Short Version
भारत में मूलभूत मानव अधिकार पुनः प्रतिष्ठित हो गए और आतंक के वातावरण में हमारे लोगों को घेर लिया था वह दूर हो गया ऐसे संवैधानिक कदम उठाए जा रहे हैं निश्चित हो जाए लोकतंत्र बुनियादी का फिर कभी नहीं होगा सारा संसार एक परिवार है आदमी की प्रतिष्ठा और प्रगति मेरे लिए कहीं अधिक महत्व रखती है!

Minister of External Affairs – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
24 March 1977 -28 July 1979 – Janata Party

Answer (A) – 25 January

In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, Government of India has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as ‘National Voters’ Day’. It started from January 25, 2011, to mark Commission’s foundation day.

Correct Answer: Hung Parliament and Hung assembly

Notwithstanding the murder of Rajiv Gandhi, the elections went ahead on schedule. Pollsters had predicted a hung Parliament, with no party anywhere near a majority. However, the sympathy generated by the killing allowed the Congress to win 244 seats. With support from independents, they were in a position to form a government. P. V. Narasimha Rao, a veteran of the Congress Party from Andhra Pradesh who had held important positions in Rajiv Gandhi’s Cabinet, was sworn in as prime minister.

source- India after Gandhi book https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hung-parliament

A hung parliament is a term used in Legislatures under the Westminster system to describe a situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.