1) Which region of Spain was on its way to hold a referendum for its independence from the country, which was suspended by Spain’s constitutional court on 29 September 2014? – Catalonia
Explanation: Spain’s constitutional court on 29 September suspended the planned referendum in Catalonia, thus halting all campaigning and preparations for the vote on independence. The Catalan leader Artur Mas had given a formal call on 27 September for holding a referendum for region’s independence from Spain. The court in its order also suspended the law that allowed the regional government to hold such voting for up to five months. The region of Catalonia has been pressing for its independence from Spain for quite some time now, with which it has been since the 15th century.
2) On 29 September 2014 Australian airline Qantas made flying history by starting the world’s longest flight on world’s largest passenger aircraft, the superjumbo A380. This flight lasting almost 16 hours is between which cities? –Sydney and Dallas/ Fort Worth
Explanation: The total distance between Sydney (Australia) and Dallas/ Fort Worth (U.S.) is 8,578 miles (13,804km). It is now the longest regular passenger flight in the world being serviced by Qantas. It is followed by Delta’s Johannesburg to Atlanta flight at 8,439 miles (13,582km) and Emirates Dubai – Los Angeles flight at 8,390 miles (13,420km).
3) The famous Komagata Maru episode associated with the Indian national freedom movement completed how many years on 27 September 2014? – 100 years
Explanation: A century of the famous Komagata Maru episode was completed on 27 September. Exactly 100 years ago on 27 September 1914 a bunch of Indians reached Calcutta on a Japanese steamship named Komagata Maru. These passengers had been forcibly turned away from the shores of Vancouver by the Canadian government after a long, bitter stand-off. At Calcutta’s Budge Budge port they were fired at by the police killing 18 passengers. This was the bloody climax of one of the most fascinating episodes in country’s independence movement. This episode became a symbol of the worst in racist colonial oppression and of the indomitable spirit of resistance possessed by poor Indian migrants.
4) Who won the first gold medal for India from an athletic event on 29 September 2014 at the 17th Asian Games? – Seema Punia (in women’s Discus throw)
Explanation: Seema won the gold medal with a throw of 61.03m, which was the only effort of over 60m in the finals. China’s Lu Xiaoxin took the silver with 59.35m. This was Seema’s second major medal of the season, having won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games earlier in the year.
5) The Union Govt. on 29 September 2014 cancelled approvals of nine special economic zones (SEZs). This included proposed SEZs of Adani Group, Essar Group and Hindalco. What is the reason for cancelling these SEZs? – No satisfactory progress being made in developing these projects
Explanation: Adani Townships & Real Estate Company Ltd had proposed an IT/ITeS zone in Gujarat. The formal approval for the same was given in June 2007, which expired in June 2010. Essar Jamnagar SEZ Ltd, which had proposed to set up a multi-product zone in Gujarat, got formal approval in August 2006. It was expired in August 2009. The developer did not make any request for further extension of approval. Similarly Hindalco Industries had proposed to set up an aluminium product SEZ in Orissa. The formal approval to the developer was granted in July 2007. The developer was granted extension from time to time and the last extension granted expired in Dec 2013.
6) Union Govt. has proposed to repeal how many outdated laws in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament as stated by the Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on 29 September 2014? – 287
Explanation: In the previous session, the government had introduced the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2014, to repeal 36 obsolete laws. The Bill is currently pending. The Govt. is also acting on a report submitted by the Law Commission of India (LCI) on 12 September 2014 in which it has identified 72 antiquated statutes, which have to be immediately axed. These 72 laws are part of 261 statutes, the oldest one of them dating back to 1836.
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