Basic General Knowledge

1st chief election commissioner of India Sukumar Sen

1st vice president of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1st Chief Justice of India HJ Kania
1st Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
1st Education Minister of India Abdul Kalam Azad
1st Prime Minister of India who did not face the
Parliament Charan Singh

1st President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad

1st Law Minister of India Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
1st speaker of Lok Sabha GV Mavalankar

1st woman to become President of India Pratibha Patil

1st woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

1st woman foreign Minister of India Sushma Swaraj
1st woman Governor of a state in free India Sarojini Naidu
1st woman to become speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar
1st woman CM of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
1st woman Chief Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
1st woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Justice M. Fathima Beevi

• Supreme Court judge retires at 65 of age while high court judge retires at 62 years of
age.

• Chief justice of India gives oath to President of India.

Chief justice of High court gives oath to Governor.

• The state which has the highest no. Of Representatives in both the houses: UP

• Which high court has the largest jurisdiction in term of number of states: Guwahati
high Court.
Total high courts in our country are 25.

• Minimum age of President and vice-president is 35 years.

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 • Minimum age of PM: Complete 25 years of age if he is a member of the Lok Sabha or 30
years if he is a member of the Rajya Sabha

• Largest land locked country: Kazakhstan

• Africa has the most number of countries among all continents.

• Canada has the largest coastline among all the countries in the World.

• Deccan Plateau is the largest plateau of India and the Ladakh plateau is the highest plateau
of India.

• Andaman is the largest island of India and Majuli is the largest river island of world located
in Assam, India.

• The world’s largest delta, (in West Bengal) Sundarban, is made by Brahmaputra and Ganga.

• Aravallis is the oldest mountain ranges of the India.

• Madhya Pradesh has the largest Forest cover in India among all other states.

• Gujarat has the longest coastline among all the states in India.

• Bangladesh shares maximum boundary with India.

• Rajasthan is the largest state of India. UP is the most populous state of India.

• First Indian movie submitted for Oscar- Mother India

• First Indian to win Oscar - Bhanu Athaiya

she got the coveted award for costume design for the Richard Attenborough directed film
Gandhi.

Cabinet Ministers List 2020

Here is the full list of allocation of portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in-charge of:

− Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,

− Department of Atomic Energy,
− Department of Space, all important policy issues, and all other portfolios not allocated to
any minister.

Full list of Cabinet Ministers:

• Raj Nath Singh - Minister of Defence.

• Amit Shah - Minister of Home Affairs.

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• Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises.

• D.V. Sadananda Gowda - Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

• Nirmala Sitharaman - Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.

• Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural
Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. Minister of Food Processing Industries.

• Ravi Shankar Prasad - Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.

• Thaawar Chand Gehlot - Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

• Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Minister of External Affairs.

• Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ - Minister of Education

• Arjun Munda - Minister of Tribal Affairs.

• Smriti Zubin Irani - Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.

• Dr. Harsh Vardhan - Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and
Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences.

• Prakash Javadekar - Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of
Information and Broadcasting. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.

• Piyush Goyal - Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. Minister of
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

• Dharmendra Pradhan - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel.

• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minister of Minority Affairs.

• Pralhad Joshi - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.

• Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey - Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

• Giriraj Singh - Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries.

• Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Minister of Jal Shakti.

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Important Minister of State (Independent Charge)
• Kiren Rijiju - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports

Important World Organizations & Head Quarters

• World Bank: Washington DC, USA

• International Monetary Fund [IMF]: Washington DC, USA
• World Health Organization [WHO]: Geneva, Switzerland
• World Trade Organization [WTO]: Geneva, Switzerland
• International Labour Organization [ILO]: Geneva, Switzerland
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Geneva, Switzerland
• New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank): Shanghai, China
• Asian Development Bank: Manila, Philippines
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): New York, USA
• United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA): New York, USA
• United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO): Paris, France
• International Atomic Agency: Vienna, Austria
• Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): Vienna, Austria
• Amnesty International: London, UK
• International Maritime Organisation: London. UK
• Commonwealth of Nations: London, UK
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): Kathmandu, Nepal
• Association of South East Nations (ASEAN): Jakarta, Indonesi
• Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO): Rome, Ital
• International Court of Justice: The Hague, the Netherland
• International Solar alliance: Gurugram, India

Important CMs

• Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh: Y. S. J. Reddy

• Chief minister of Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Baghel
• Chief Minister of Tripura: Biplab Kumar Deb
• Chief Minister of Karnataka: B. S. Yeddyurappa
• Chief Minister of Mizoram: Zoramthanga
• Chief Minister of Sikkim: Prem Singh Tamang
• Chief Minister of MP: Shivraj Singh Chauhan
• Chief Minister of Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray

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 Important Governors

• Lt. Governor of Jammu & Kashmir: Manoj Sinha

• Governor of MP: Anandiben Patel
• Governor of Bihar: Fagu Chauhan
• Governor of Odisha: Professor Ganeshi Lal
• Governor of UP: Anandiben Patel
• Governor of Uttarakhand: Baby Rani Maurya
• Governor of Meghalaya: Satya Malik
• Lt. Governor of Ladakh: Radha Krishan Mathura

Important Appointments

• 15th Finance Commission Chairman: N K Singh

• Economic Affairs Secretary of India: Tarun Bajaj

• Finance secretary of India: Ajay Bhushan Pandey

• Home Secretary of India: Ajay Kumar Bhalla

• SEBI Chairman: Ajay Tyagi

• IRDAI Chairman: Subhash Chandra Khuntia

• Bombay Stock Exchange

− Shri S Ravi (Chairman)
− Mr. Ashish Kumar Chauhan (MD & CEO)

• National Stock Exchange

− Mr. Ashok Chawla (Chairman)
− Mr. Vikram Limaye (MD & CEO)

• Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC): M. Ajit Kumar

• Chief Justice of India: Sharad Arvind Bobde

• Chairman of DRDO: Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy

• Chairman of ISRO: K Sivan

• Chairman of Lokpal: Pinaki Chandra Ghose

• Lok Sabha Speaker: OM Birla

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 International Appointments

• Prime Minister of Britain: Boris Johnson

• Prime Minister of Japan: Yoshihide Suga

• President of USA: Joe Biden

• President of South Korea: Moon Jae-in

• President of Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro

• President of France: Emmanuel Macron

• President of Myanmar: Win Myint

• President of Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa

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