15 November 2013 – Daily Current Affairs
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1) The Rapid Metro in Gurgaon, which will connect Delhi Metro commuters to six key places within the city, was inaugurated on 14 November, 2013. This project is a public-private partnership (PPP) project between which two entities? – HUDA (Haryana Urban Development Authority) and IL&FS Rail Ltd. (Rapid Metro timings will be in sync with Delhi Metro, so that commuters won't have to wait for the local loop train. While there are a total of six stations in the network, the one at Shankar Chowk will become operational later as work is still not complete)
2) The white-water river rafting team “IAF Aqua Scullers” of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 13 November, 2013 created history by completing the longest rafting expedition in India. This team successfully completed its mission of rafting over 3,000 km on River Ganges. This expedition was between which two points situated on the Ganges? – From Gangotri (Uttarakhand) to Ganga Sagar (West Bengal) – Some of the salient features of this mission included the shortest duration ever (16 days) taken to raft down the entire length of Ganga and being the first among the Indian Armed forces to have accomplished such a feat in river rafting. This expedition was led by Wg Cdr Paramvir Singh)
3) Which Indian Naval base was chosen as the base for stationing of India’s second aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which would be commissioned into the Indian Navy on 16 November, 2013 at Russia? – Karwar Naval Base, Karnataka
4) Indian cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar created yet another record of becoming the first-ever player to feature in 200 international test matches as he came to play the last test match of his amazing career at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium against the West Indies in the second and final match of the test series on 14 November, 2013. Playing 200 test matches is perceived as an unbelievable feat as till now only one Indian player has played over 150 test matches. Who is this player? – Rahul Dravid, who has featured for Indian team in 164 test matches (Top 7 test playing players, who have played in 150 or more test matches are - Sachin Tendulkar (200), Ricky Ponting (168), Steve Waugh (168), Jacques Kallis (164), Rahul Dravid (164), Allan Border (156) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (150))
5) Who on 14 November, 2013 became the first West Indian cricketer to play 150 tests for the team? - Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Chanderpaul became the seventh player to reach this landmark while featuring in the second test match of the two-match test series against India at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Chanderpaul has made most appearances in Tests for West Indies. He is followed by Brian Lara and Courtney Walsh among his countrymen. He scored 25 runs in the first innings of this test match as West Indies collapsed for just 182 runs)
