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Copyright (c) 2019 ANR TUTORIAL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This product is protected by copy right and distributed under licenses restri Copying, distribution and recompilation.FIRST MEN IN INDL Sat re 1, | First Governor of Bengal Lord Clive 2. | Last Governor of Bengal Warren Hastings 3._| First Governor General of Bengal Warren Hastings 4, | First Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck 3. _ | Last Governor General of India and First Viceroy of | Lord Canning India 6. _| First President of Indian Republic Dr Rajendra Prasad 7._ | First Field Marshal Gen SFI Manekshaw 8, _ | First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award G Shankar Kurup 9, | First Indian to swim across Indian Channel Mihir Sen 10._ | First Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore 11._| First Chinese Pilgrim to visit India Fa-Hien 12. | First Indian Pilot IRD Tata 13__| First man to climb Mt Everest twice NawangGombu 14._ | First Indian Governor General of Independent India || C Rajgopalachari 15,_| First Governor General of India (After Lord Louis Mountbatten Independence) 16) | First Commander in ChiePof Free India Gen KM Cariappa 17, _| First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice _ | Dr Nagendra Singh 18._ | First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award DiS Radhakrishanan 19__ | First Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr Zakir Hussain 20._ | First Indian to win Palk Strait Ocean Swimming | BaidyanathNath Contest 21__| First President of Indian national Congress WC Banjerjee 22._| First Indian Submarine INS Cauveri 23._| First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize CV Raman (Physics) 24. | India’s First Chief Election Commissioner ‘Sukumar Sen 25._ | First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in| Dr HargovindKhurana the field of Medical Science 26._ | First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in_| VenkatramanRamakrishnanChemistry 27._| First Indian-born to get Novel Prize in Peace Kailash Sathyarthi 28. | First Sports Person to get Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar 29._| First to reach South Pole Bijoy Kumar Das 30. | First Chief Minister to die in Office CN Annadurai, Tamilnadu 31,_| First Indian Sound Film ‘AlamAra, directed by Ardeshirlrani 32._| First Indigenously made colour film KisanKanya, directed by Moti B 33,_| First Banned film in India ‘Neel AkasherNeechey 34. | First Post Office opened in India Kolkata (1727) 35._ | First Chief Justice of India Justice Hiralal J kania 36. | First Indian,to win Stalin Award SaiffudinKichlu 37,_| First Education Minister of Independent India MaulanaAbulKalam Azad 38. | First Prime Minister of Independent Indi: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 39_| First Home Minister of Independent Indi SardarVallahbhai Patel 40. | First Vice President of Independent India DrS Radhakrishnan 41. First Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst 42. | First Indian Air Chief of India ‘Air Marshal S Mukherjee 43,_ | First Chief of Army Staff Gen M Rajendra Singh 44__| First Chief of Naval Staff of India Vice Admiral RD Katari 45, | First Large scale Atomic Reactor of India Apsara 46. | First Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship INS Vikrant 47,_ | First Scientist of Indian Origin to get Nobel Prize in. | Subramaniyam Chandrasekhar the field of Physics 48._ | India’s First University Nalanda University 49. | First Leader of Opposition ‘AK Gopalan 50. | First Sikh President of India GyaniZail Singh 31._| First Indian to climb Mt Everest without Oxygen | Sherpa PhuDorit Cylinder 52. | First medium range Missile ‘Agni 53__ | First person to get Paramvir Chakra Award Major Somnath Sharma34. | First Muslim President of INC BadruddinTayab Ji 35,_ | First Indian Prime Minister to loose an Election Indira Gandhi 36, | First Speaker of Lok Sabha GV Mavlankar 37,_| First Indian Recipient of Oscar Award BhanuAthaiya 38._ | First Finance Minister of India RK ShanmukhanChetty 39,_ | First Indian to win Magasaysay Award ‘Acharya VinobaBhave 60. | India’s First Open University ‘Andhra Pradesh Open University 6i._| First President of India to die in office Dr Zakir Hussain 62._| First British Prime Minister to visit India Harold Me Millan 63._ | First Indian Space Tourist Santosh George 64,_| First Indian to reach South Pole Col IK Bajaj 65,_| First Atomic Submarine of India INS Chakra 66._ | First Asian Games Organized Delhi 67._| First American President to visit India Dwight David Eisenhower 68._| First Indian Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma 69,_| First Indian Prime Minister to resign from Office | Morarji Desai 70._ | First Indian Author to win Anderson Award Ruskin Bond 71._| First Indian Nuclear Center Tarapur 72,_| First Foreign recipient Of Bharat Ratna ‘Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 73__ | First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics _ | Dr Amartya Sen 74._| First Test fube baby of India Tndira 75__ | First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt Ram Charan 76._ | First Deputy Prime Minister of India SardarVallabhai Patel 77,_| First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy Wilson Jones 78._ | First Law Minister of India BR Ambedkar FIRST WOMEN IN INDIA ST Per 1, | India’s First Woman President PratibaPatil 2. | India’s First Woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 3,__| India’s Firs Woman Governor Sarojini Naidu4. India’s First Woman IPS Officer Kiran Bedi 3._ | First Woman Chief Minister of State SuchetaKripalani 6. First Woman Union Minister Rajkumari Amrita Kaur 7. First Woman President of INC Annie Besant 8. | First Woman Judge of Supreme Court ‘Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi 9,_ | First Woman to get Ashok Chakra NinjaBhanot 10. | First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN. VijalakshmiPandit i First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize Mother Terasa 12. | First Indian Woman to swim across English AratiSaha_ ‘Channel 13. | First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest Bachendri Pal 14, _ | First Indian Woman to become Miss World Miss ReitaFaria 15, | First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice Santhosh Yadhav 16. | First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe ‘Susmita Sen 17,_| First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi 18. | First Indian Wonian to get Jnanpith Award ‘Ashapurna Devi 19. | First Indian Woman to win WTA Title Sania Mirza 20. | First Indian Woman Airline Pilot Durga Banerjee 21._| First Indian Woman to win Goldin Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu 22,._| First Indian Woman President of INC Sarojini Naidu 23. | First Indian Woman to Booker Prize Arundhati Roy, 24. | First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna MS Subbalakshmi_ 25,_ | First Indian Woman to go to space Kalpana Chawla NATIONAL EMBLEMS - COUNTRY cern TT 1. | India Lion Capital of Ashoka 2 | Pakistan Crescent and Star us Bangladesh Water Lilly, 4, | Netherlands Lion = UK Rose 6 [USA Golden Rod7, [italy White Lilly 8. | Australia Kangaroo 9. | NewZealand Kiwi 10. | Germany Corn Flower 1. | Norway Lion 12. | France Lily 13. | Tran Rose 14. | Spain Eagle 15._| Japan Chrysanthemum 16. | Canada Maple Leaf, Lily 17__| Sritanka Lion 18. | HongKong Bauhinia 19, [Tran Rose 20. | Israel Candélabrum 21. | Turkey Crescent and Star RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN INDIA ren Central Forest Research Institute Dehradun (Uttarakhand) a Tndian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun. Haffkine Institute ‘Mumbai Indian Cancer Research Institute Mumbai 1 2, 3 4. 5, | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | Mumbai 6 a 8 9 Cattle breeding Institute Hiissar (Haryana) National Dairy Research Institute Karmal (Haryana) National Tuberculosis Institute Bengaluru Raman Research centre Bengaluru 10. | National Aeronautical Laboratory Bengaluru 11, | Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute Delhi 12. | National Institute of Communicable Delhi Diseases 13, | Central Road Research Institute ‘New Delhi4 Indian Meteorological Observatory Pune and Delhi 15.| All India Institute of Medical Sciences | New Delhi (AIMS) 16.| All India Malaria Research Institute New Delhi 17, Indian Agricultural Research Institute ‘New Delhi 18. | Central Coconut Research Institute Kerala 19, | National Environmental Engineering Nagpur Research Institute 20. | Central Fuel Research Institute ‘Dhanbad 21. | Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology | Hyderabad 22. | National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow 23. | Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow 24.| Industrial Toxicology Research Institute | Lucknow 25. | Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow 26.| Indian Veterinary Research Institute Mukteshwar (Himachal Pradesh) Izzatnagar (Uttar Pradesh) 27.| Textile Research Institute ‘Ahmedabad 28. | National Institution of Occupation Health | Alimedabad 29. | Central Potato Research Institute Shimla 30.) 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Jama Masjid ‘ara Shahjehan Moti Masjid ‘Agra Fort Shahjehan Hiajratbal Masjid Srinagar = ‘Nakhuda Masjid Kolkata = CREMATORIUM OF FAMOUS PERSSONS ET Mahatma Gandhi Raj Ghat LalBahadurShastri Vijay GhatChCharan Singh Krishna Ghat Rajiv Gandhi VeeruBhumi Chandra Shekhar&GianiZail Singh EktaAsthal KR Narayanan UdayBhoomi TawaharLal Nehru Shanti Van| Indira Gandhi Shakti Sthal Morarji Desai ‘AbhayGhat Jagjeevan Ram ‘SamataAsthal Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Karma Bhumi DrRajendra Prasad MahaprayanGhat SPORT — NUMBER OF PLAYERS nny ‘Badminton 1 or 2 (Based on singles & doubles) Baseball 9 Basketball 5 Billiards/Snooker 1 Boxing 1 Bridge 2 Chess 7 Cricket i Croquet 13 or 15 Football (Soccer) i Golf Several Individuals Compete Simultaneously Gymnastic Several Individuals Compete Simultaneously Hockey i Kabaddi 7 Kho Kho 9 Lacrosse 12 Netball 7 Polo 4 Rugby football 15Table Tennis Tor 2 (Singles & Doubles Respectively) Tennis Tor 2 (Singles & Doubles Respectively) Volleyball 6 Water Polo 7 STADIUMS IN INDIA ‘Mumbai, Maharashtra 2. HPCA Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Cricket Pradesh 3. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Cricket 4 M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai , Tamil Nadu Cricket 3 Eden Gardens Kolkata , West Bengal Cricket 6. Gymkhana Ground Mumbai , Maharashtra’ Cricket 7. Jsca Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Cricket 8 Khandefi Cricket Stadium Rajkot , Gujarat Cricket 9, Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune, Maharashtra Cricket 10. Dr. DY. Patil Stadium ‘Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra Football And Cricket a "New Vea Stadium ‘Nagpur, Maharashtra. Cricket 12 Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket | Tndore, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Ground B Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh | Cricket 14 ‘Apea-Vadea Stadium Visakhapatnam , Andhra Cricket Pradesh 15. | Indita Gandhi Stadium Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh | Cricket 16. Barkatullah Khan Stadium Jodhpur, Rajasthan Mostly Used For Cricket 17. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala ‘Multipurpose 18 IPCL Sport Complex Vadodara, Gujarat Cricket 19. KD. Singh Babu Stadium ‘Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh “Multipurpose 20. Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa Football & Cricket21 Maulana Azad Stadium Jammu , Jammu & Kashmir Cricket 2. Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam , Andhra Cricket Pradesh zB. Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | Cricket 24, ‘Nahar Singh Stadium Faridabad, Haryana Cricket 3 Madhav Rao SC India Ground Rajkot, Gujarat Cricket 26. Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh Cricket 27. | Nehru Stadium Pune, Maharashtra Cricket (Multipurpose) 2B University Stadium Thiravananthapuram, Kerala | Football (Multipurpose) = Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Delhi Multipurpose: 30. | Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur , Jharkhand. Cricket And Football 31 Sardar Patel Stadium ‘Ahmedabad , Gujarat Cricket 32, | MotiBagh Stadium ‘Vadodara’, Gujarat Cricket 33. Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Cricket 34. ‘Sawai Mani Singh Stadium Jaipur , Rajasthan Cricket 35.__| Gandhi Sports Complex Ground | Amritsar , Punjab ‘Currently Used For Cricket 36. Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Orissa Cricket 37, M. Chinnasawami Stadium Bangalore , Karnataka Cricket 38. ‘Va Ground ‘Nagpur , Maharashira Cricket 39. Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh | Cricket 40. Green Park Stadium Kanpur , Uttar Pradesh Cricket 41. | Brabourne Stadium ‘Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket 42. Guru Gobind Singh Stadium ‘Nanded, Maharashtra Cricket B Fort Maidan Palakkad, Kerala Football 44. DilipTirkey Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey 4B Birsa Munda Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey 46. Kalinga Stadium Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha Hockey a7. Mahindra Stadium ‘Mumbai, Maharashtra Hockey 48 Dhyan Chand Astroturt Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Hockey49. DadajiKondadev Stadium Thane, Maharashtra Football 50. Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana, Punjab Football STADIUMS - COUNTRY R Premadasa Stadium- Colombo Cricket Sinhalese Sports Club Ground- Colombo (Cricket) _ | Colombo Cricket Colombo Cricket Club Ground- Colombo (Cricket) | Colombo Cricket Galle International Stadium- Galle (Cricket) Galle Cricket P Saravanamuttu Stadium- Colombo (Multipurpose) | Colombo Multipurpose Bangladesh Chittagong Stadium Chittagong (Cricket) | Cricket Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Multipurpose Pakistan ‘Ayub National Stadium Quetta Multipurpose Gaddafi Stadium- Tahore Cricket Austr: Manuka Oval- Canberra Cricket Marrara Cricket Ground- Darwin Cricket Melbourne Cricket Ground- Melbourne Cricket ‘Adelaide Oval- ‘Adelaide Cricket Bundaberg Rum Stadium- Caims Multipurpose Telstra Dome- Melbourne Multipurpose Sydney Cricket Ground- Sydney Cricket W.A.C.A. Ground- Perth Cricket New Zealand Jade Stadium- Christchurch Rusby John Davies Oval Queenstown: Multipurpose ‘McLean Park- Napier Cricket Basin Reserve- Wellington Cricket Eden Park- ‘Auckland Multipurpose EnglandLord's- L London Cricket Etihad Stadium- Manchester Football St Lawrence Ground- Canterbury Cricket The Brit Oval- London Cricket Old Trafford- Manchester Football Sophia Gardens- Cardiff Cricket Trent Bridge- Nottingham (Gricket) Edgbaston- Birmingham (Cricket) Birmingham Cricket Headingley- Leeds Cricket Stamford Bridge Chelsea Football South Africa Newlands Cape Town Rugby St George's Park Port Elizabeth Cricket Kingsmead Durban Cricket ‘New Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg Cricket Centurion Supersport Park- Pretoria Cricket West Indies Guyana Cricket Stadium Georgetown- Guyana Cricket Kensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Cricket Mindoo Phillip Park Castries- ‘St Lucia Multipurpose Sabina Park Kingston- Jamaica Cricket ‘Antigua Recreation Ground St John’s “Antigua Cricket and Football Albion Sports Complex Berbice- Guyana Cricket Zimbabwe Kwekwe Sports Club- Kwekwe Cricket ‘Queens Sports Club- Bulawayo Gricket Bulawayo Athletic Club- Bulawayo Cricket Harare Sports Club- Harare Multipurpose United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi Cricket Sharjah Cricket Stadium- Sharjah Cricket SPORTS & GAMESNTT Olympic Games 1896 2016 2020 Athens Rio de Janeiro Tokyo Greece Brazil Japan Commonwealth Games 1930 2018 2022 Hamilton Queensland Birmingham Canada Australia United Kingdom Asian Games 1951 2018 2022 ‘New Delhi Jakarta Hangzhou India Indonesia China Winter Olympics 1924 2018 2022 Chamonix Pyeongchang Beijing France South Korea China ‘Aro Asian Games 2003 2003 Not Known Hyderabad Hyderabad Algiers India India Algeria World Military Games 1995 2015 2019 Rome Mungyeong Wuhan Tealy South Korea China Youth Olympic Games (Summer) | 2010 2018 2022 Singapore Buenos Aires Dakar Argentina Senegal Youth Olympic Games (Winter) 2016 2020 Innsbruck Lillehammer Lausanne Austria Norway Switzerland Cricket World Cup. 1975, 2015 2019 England Australia, New England Zealand Cricket World Cup (Women's) 1973 2017 2021 England England New Zealand Football World Cup (Men's) 1930 2018 2022Unaguay Russia Qatar Football World Cup (Women’s) | 1997 2015 2019 China Canada France. Hockey World Cup 1971 2014 2018 Barcelona, Spain | The Hague, The __| Bhubaneshwar, Netherlands India UEFA European Football 1960 2016 2020 Championship (Euro Cup) France France 13 cities of Europe South Asian Games 1984 2016 2019 Kathmandu Guwahati and Kathmandu (Nepal) Shillong (India) (Nepal) World Masters Games 1985 2017 2021 Toronts Adckland (New Kansai (Japan) (Canada) Zealand) ICC Champions Trophy 1998 2017 2021 Bangladesh England and Wales | India TAF World Ghampionshipin | 1983 2017 2019 Athletics Helsinki, Finland | London, UK Doha, Qatar Asian Athletics Championship 1973 2017 2019 Marikina, Bhubaneshwar, Doha, Qatar Philippines India The World Games 198 2017 2021 Santa Clara, Wroclaw, Poland | Birmingham, United States United States FACTS ABOUT OLYMPICS First ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. honour of Greek God Zeus. First modem Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece Olympic Games are so called because they were held in the city of Olympia. The person known as the father of modem Olympic Games is Pierre de Coubertin, The International Olympic Committee which was formed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 has its headquarters at Lausanne, Switzerland.Olympic Motto is "Citius-Altius-Fortius”(swifter, higher, stronger) The colours of the five rings on the Olympic symbol representing five continents (The Americas are treated as one cor nt) are Red, blue, green, yellow, and black. The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games at Antwerp, Belgium, The Olympic symbol appears on the Olympic flag which has a white background, The Olympic oath was written by Pierre de Coubertin, One athlete recites the oath on behalf of all the athletes at the opening ceremony. The Olympic oath was first taken during the 1920 Olympic Games by Belgian fencer Victor Boin The first opening ceremonies were held during the 1908 Olympic Games in London ‘The Greek team always leads the procession of athletes in the opening ceremony followed by all the other teams in alphabetical order in the language of the hosting country. The last team is always the team of the hosting country. ‘Olympic games were not held in the following years due to the two world wars 1916, 1940 and 1944. ‘Women participated for the first time at the Paris Olympic Games of 1900 The country which won the most medals at the first Olympic Summer Games in 1896 - Greece (47) The Olympic flame made itsfirst appearance at the 1928 Anisterdam Olympic Games The cities which have the held the summer Olympics twice are Athens (1896 & 2004), Paris (1900 & 1924), and Los Angeles (1932 & 1984) The city which has-the hosted the summer Olympics thrice is London (1908, 1948 and 2012) The country which has hosted the summer Olympics the maximum number of times s the United States - Los Angeles (1932 & 1984), St. Louis (1904) and Atlanta (1996) To qualify as an Olympic sport, that sport must be widely played by men in at least 75 countries and on four continents, and by women in at least 40 countries and on three continents. INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS AT OLYMPIC GAMES een er) nt pen pos ‘Norman Pitchard Silver | 200 m dash 1900. | Paris ‘Norman Pitchard Silver |200mhurdies [1900 | Paris KD Jadhav Bronze | Wrestling 1952, | Helsinki Leander Paes Bronze | Tennis 1996 | AtlantaKarnamMalleswari Bronze | Weightlifting | 2000 | Sydney Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Silver | Shooting, 2004 | Athens AbhinavBindra Gold | Shooting 2008 | Beijing Sushil Kumar Bronze | Wrestling 2008 | Beijing Vijender Kumar Bronze | Boxing 2008 | Bejing Vijay Kumar Silver Shooting, 2012 London Sushil Kumar Silver Wrestling 2012 London YogeshwarDutt Bronze Wrestling 2012 London Mary Kom Bronze Boxing 2012 London SainaNehwal Bronze Badminton 2012 London GaganNarang Bronze Shooting 2012 London PV. Sindhu Silver | Badminton 2016 | Rio de Janeiro Sakshi Malik Bronze | Wrestling 2016 | Rio de Janeiro N Reena Sportsperson The first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games | KD Jadhav The first Indiafi towin agold medal atthe Olympic Games AbhinayBindra The first Indian woman to win an individual medal at the Olympic Games KamamMalleswari ‘The first Indian (also the firstAsian) to win the Wimbledon junior Singles title Ramanathan Krishnan (in 1954) The first Indian to win a Grand Slam title (French Open mixed doubles title in 1997) ‘Mahesh Bhupathi ‘The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles ‘Mahesh Bhupathi (2006) The first Indian to achieve a career Grand Slam in doubles Leander Paes (2012) The first Indian to become a world champion in billiards Wilson Jones India's first Grandmaster and also the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship ‘VishwanathanAnand The first Indian to win the under 10 World Chess Championship P. Harikrishna The first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship Prakash Padukone The first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games ‘Ashish KumarThe first Indian woman to receive the Grandmaster’ title ‘Koneru Humpy The youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title ParimarjanNegi (13, years 3 months and 22 days) The youngest Indian to captain its test cricket team ‘Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi The first Indian to swim across the English Channel Mihir Sen (1958) The first Indian woman (also Asian woman) to swim across the AartiSaha (1959) English Channel The first woman in the world to swim the seven seas Bula Chaudhary The first Indian woman to win a gold medal atthe Asian Games | Kamaljit Sandhu The first Indian women athlete to win a medal ata world event __| Anju Bobby George (Bronze at World Athleti€S Championship, 2003) The first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title Sania Mirza The first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton SainaNehwal Championships and also to win.a Super Series tournament, (by clinching the Indonesia Open), First Indian woman to be ranked. World No. 1 Ist recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ViswanathanAnand Ist Woman seeipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ‘KamamMalleswari Ist recipient of Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award ‘Apama Ghosh Ist cricket player td be awarded the Aijuna Award Salim Durrani Ist Indian to win Olympic medals at two consecutive Olympic | Sushil Kumar Games 1st Indian recipient of Intemational Cricket Council's Sir Garfield | Rahul Dravid Sobers Trophy (also the first in the world) Ist Indian recipient of Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World | VirenderSehwag International Level IMPORTANT CUPS AND TROPHIES Davis Cup Tennis (Men) 1900 Fed Cup Tennis (Women) 1963Wightman Cup Tennis (Women) 1923 Wightman Cup was last played for in 1989. Merdeka Cup Football 1957 Ryder Cup Golf (Men) 1927 Solheim Cup Golf (Women) 1990 Walker Cap Gol 1922 Thomas Cup ‘Badminton (Men) 1949 Uber Cup Badminton (Women) 1957 Sudirman Cup Badminton 1989 Swaythling Cup Table Tennis (Men) 1926 Corbillon Cup Table Tennis (Women) 1933 ‘Swaythling Cup and Corbillon Cup are awarded to the winners of World Table Tennis Championships respectively. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey (Men) 1983 Beighton Cup Hotkey 1895 MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey 1901* Subroto Cup Football 1960 Durand Cup Football 1888 Santosh Trophy Fooiball 1941 Rovers Cup Football 18918 Ranji Trophy (Cricket 1934 Duleep Trophy Cricket 1961-62 Trani Trophy Cricket 1959-60 Deodhar Trophy Cricket 1973-74 Vijay Hazare Trophy Cricket 2002-03, IRST NOBEL PRIZE F 1 ‘The first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize rey Marie Curie for Physics in 1903 2, | The first person and only woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in two different fields Marie Curie - for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 19117 The first man to be awarded the Nobel Prize in | Linus Pauling - for Chemistry in two different fields 1954 and for Peace in 1962. 4. | The first Asian (also first Indian) to be awarded | Rabindranath Tagore - for the Nobel Prize literature in 1913. 3.__ | The first Affican woman to be awarded the | Wangari Maathai from Kenya - for Nobel Prize peace in 2004 6. _ | The first person to be awarded Nobel Prize in _ | Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen in 1901 the field of Physies for his discovery of X-rays. 7___ | The first person to be awarded Nobel Prize in _| Rudyard Kipling (of Jungle Book the field of Literature in English language fame) in 1907 8. | The first person to be awarded Nobel Prize for | Jean Henry Dunant, founder of Peace Intemational Red Cross in 1901, jointly withyFrédéric Passy, FOuiider and President of first French peace society 9,__| The first woman to be awarded Nobel Prize for | Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita Peace ‘von Suttner of Austria in 1905 10. _ | The youngest person fo be awarded the Nobel |/Malala Yousafzai - for Peace in Prize 2014 (at the age of 17 Years ) i The only organisation to be awarded the Nobel | International Committee of the Red Prize thrice. Cross - 1917, 1944 and 1963, 1 The Nobel prizes are given in accordance-with the will of Swedish inventor of dynamite; Alfred Nobel. 2, _ | The first Nobel prize was awarded in the year 1901 3 The Nobel Prize award ceremonies are held on December 10 every year, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896. 4__ | All the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden except for the Nobel Peace Prize which is awarded in Oslo, Norway 5. The Nobel Prizes were initially given in FIVE fields viz. Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Peace and Literature, 6. Nobel Prize in the field of Economic Sciences were instituted in the year 1969 with Ragnar Frisch of Norway and Jan Tinbergen of The Netherlands being the first recipientsINDIAN NOBLE PRIZE WINNERS mn orc Comer qi 1. | Rabindranath Tagore Literature | 1913 | Because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his ‘own English words, a part of the literature of the West 2./ CV. Raman Physics | 1930 | For his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him, 3, | HarGobindKhorana® Medicine | 1968 | For their interpretation of the genetic, code and its function in protein synthesis. 4, | Mother Teresa’ Peace 1979 | Humanitarian work, 5. | Subrahmanyam Physics | 1983 | For his theoretical studies of the Chandrasekhar physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars, 6. | Amartya Sen. ‘Economic |-1998-| For his contributions to welfare Sciences, economies. 7. | VenkatramanRamakrishnan** | Chemistry | 2009 | For studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. 8, | Kailash Satyarthi# Peace | 2014 | Forhis struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education, “Jointly with Robert W. Holley and Marshall W. Nirenberg *4Jointly with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath #Jointly with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan FIRST PERSON TO WIN RAJTal jortspers x First person and first Chess player to be ‘Viswanathan Anand 1991-92 awarded 2. _| First Billiards player to be awarded GeeiSethi 1992-93 3,_| First Yachting sportsperson tobe awarded __| HomiMotivala and 1993-94 Pushpendra Kumar Garg, 4. | First Weightlifter and also first Woman to be | KarnamMalleswari 1994-95 awarded 3__| First Tennis player to be awarded Leander Paes 1996-97 6. _| First Cricket player to be awarded Sachin Tendulkar 1997-98 First Athlete and also first Woman Athlete to | JyotirmoyeeSikdar 1998-99 be awarded 8, | First Hockey player to be awarded Dhanraj Pillay! 1999- 2000 9, | First Badminton player to be awarded Pullela Gopichand 2000-01 10. | First Shootifig sportsperson to be awarded | AbhinayBindral 2001 11, | First Shooting sportswoman tobe awarded | Anjali Bhagwat 2002 12. | First BoXing sportsperson to be awarded May Kom 2009 13, | First Wrestler to be awarded Sushil Kumar 2009 14. ||First Gymnast to be awarded DipaKarimakar 2016 15, | First Woman Wrestler to be awarded ‘Sakshi Malik 2016 16. | First Para-athileté to be Awarded) ‘Devendifa Shajliaria 2017 ‘ORE Archery Krishan Das 1981 2. | Athleties Gurbachan Singh Randhawa 1961 3, | Badminton NanduNatekar 1961 4. | Basketball Sarbjit Singh 1961 3. __ | Billiards and Snooker Wilson Jones 1963 6 | Boxing T Buddy D'Souza 1961 7 | Carrom ‘A Maria Trudayam 1996 8. | Chess Manuel Aaron 19619. | Cricket Salim Durani 1961 10. | Cycling ‘Amar Singh 1975 Ti | Equestrian Dafadar Khan M, Khan 1973 12. | Football PK Banerjee 1961 13. | Gor PG Sethi 1961 14. | Gymnastics Shyamlal 1961 15__ | Hockey Prithipal Singh 1961 16. | Judo Sandeep Byala 1992 17. | Kabaddi SubbiahRajarathinam 1994) 18. | Tennis Ramanathan Krishnan 1961 19. | Roller Skating ‘Anup Kumar Vama 2015 20. | Rowing Maj ParveenOberoy 1981 21, | Polo Prem Singh 1961 22, | Shooting Kafhi Singh 1961 23. | Squash SauravGhosal 2006 24. | Swimming Bajarangi Prasad 1961 25._| Table Tennis JC Vohra 1961 26. _| Volleyball APalaniswamy 1961 27, | Weightlifting ‘AN Ghosh 1961 28.) Wrestling FlavUday Chand 1961 29, | Wushu W Sandhyarani D 2011 30. | Yachting, LeCdr SI Contractor 1970 FIRST SPORTSWOMEN TO RECEIVE ARJUNA AWARD an So 1. | Archery Dola Banerjee 2005 2. | Athletics Stephie D'Souza 1963 3, | Badminton Meena Shah 1962 4. | Billiards and Snooker ‘Anuja Thakur 2005 3 | Boxing Mary Kom 2003 6 | Chess RohiniKhadilkar 1980-81 7, | Cricket ShantaRangaswamy 1976Cycling M. Mahapatra 1978-79 9. | Football Shanti Mallick 1983 10. | Golf ‘Anjali Desai 1972, 11 | Tennis ‘Nirupama Mankad 1978-79 12. Squash ipika Pallikal 2012 13,_| Swimming Rima Datta 1966 14, | Wrestling Geetalakhar 2006 GALLANTRY AWARDS ParamVir| Chakra | for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on Jand, at sea, or in the air. Highest military decoration awarded for the Highest military decoration awarded ‘Manoj Kumar Pandey Yogendra Singh Yadav Sanjay Kumar Vikram Batra highest degree of valour or self= sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. 2. | MahaVir egond highest Chakra WA colt | fthanna gallantry inthe presence of the Cariappa enemy whether on land, at sea or in Havildar Chuni Le the air. Second highest military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy. 3. | Vir Third highest military decoration Captain Chakra | awarded for acts of gallantry in the AnujNayyar presence of the enemy, whether on Major Balwan land or at sea or in the air. Third Singhhighest military decoration for acts of gallantry in the presence of the ‘Major Rajesh Singh Adhikati enemy, Lt Colonel Captain Keishing Clifford Nongrun Nt. Digendra Kumar Captain NeikezhakuoKenguruse Major Padmapani Acharya Major VivekGupt Nt. ImliakumAo CaptainGurjinder Singh Suri 1, Ashok | It isthe peate time equivalént oF the | Rsji2,000/- | Lance NaikNazirWani Chakra | ParamVir Chakra, and is awarded | pm to all for the "most conspiétious bravery or | recipients some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice” other than in the face of the enemy, 2, | Keerti | itis the peace time equivalent of the | Rs9,000/- | Major Tushar Gauba Chakra | MahaVir Chakra, and is awarded for | pm to all | Sowar Vijay Kumar the "valour, courageous action or recipients. | (Posthumous) self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy. 3. | Shaurya | Ttis the peace time equivalent of the |Rs6,000/- | Lt. Col Vikrant Prasher Chakra | Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the | pm to all | Maj. Amit Kumar gallantry other than in the face of the | recipients, | Dimsi enemy. Maj. ImliakumKeitzar Maj. RohitLingwal Captain Abhay Sharma Abhinav KumarChoudhary Lance Naik Ayyub Ali Sepoy Ajay Kumar (Posthumous) Sapper Mahesh HN AWARDS AND HONOURS ‘Award Field Dada SahebPhalke Award Performance in films. Shankar Award Contribution in Indian Philosophy, Culture and Art KabirSamman For Socio — communal Harmony International Gandhi Peace Prize For economic, social and political contribution by following methods of Gandhi Bharat Ratna (Awardees List) Highest civilian award given to the person who serves the nation, Padma Bhushan It is the third-highest civilian award, third in rank in the country. Padimia Vibhushan It is the second highest award in the country. Itis awarded to people from fields including Govt setvice to distinguish extraordinary service for the nation. Padma Shri For people who have made contribution in Industry, Social Service, Education, Literature, ‘Arts, Science, Medicine, Sports and Public Affairs. Dronacharya Award For brilliance in sports coaching Dhyan Chand Award Lifetime achievement award in sports in the ‘country. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Highest honour given for accomplishment in sports Jnanpith Award For Literature‘Vyas Samman For literature in Hindi language. SaraswatiSamman For literary works (prose and poetry) in any Indian language which is listed in Schedule VIIL of the Constitution. Param Vir Chakra Highest decoration Awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or prominent act of valor. It may also be awarded for self sacrifice on land, air or sea MahaVir Chakra Ttis awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, air or sea, Vir Chakra! Itis the third in the order of awards for acts of gallantry in the face of the enemy on land, air or sea. ‘Ashok Chakra ‘Awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring act of valor or self-sacrifice on land, air or sea ‘Aqjun Awards, Inthe field of Sports, Kalinga Award In the field of Science Dhanwantri Award In the field of Medical Science. Bhatnagar: In the field of Science. ‘VachspatiSamman Inthe field of Sanskrit Literature International Awards ‘Academy (Oscar) Awards In the field of movies and films (From 1929) Grammy Award In the field of Music (From 1958) Ramon Magsaysay Award n the field of Govt, (Public) Service, Social Service, Journalism, vrature and communication (From 1957). Borlaug Award In the field of Agriculture (From 1992) Pulitzer: In the field of Journalism and Literature. Bowelay Inthe field of Agriculture Nobel Prize In the field of Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical Science.‘Abel In the field of Maths Merlin, In the field of Magic ‘Man Booker In the field of Literature BHARAT RATNAS ‘NanajiDeshmukh was a social activist from India, He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self reliance. He was honoured with the Padma, Vibhushan in 1999. Bhupen Hazarika 2019 Bhupen Hazarika was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poetand film-maker from ‘Assam, widely known as Sudhakantha, He also received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1975, Recipient of SangeetNatakAkademi Award (1987), Padmashri (1977), and Padmabhushan (2001), and awarded with Dada SahebPhalke Award (1992) Pranab Mukherjee 2019 Pranab Mukherjee is an Indian politician who served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until, 2017. He was Union Finance Minister from 2009 to. 2012. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2015 Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was elected as the Prime Minister of India for three terms; 1996, 1998, 1999— 2004. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (Posthumous) 2015 Scholar and educational reformer Malai founder of AkhilBharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (1906) and Banaras Hindu University and served as the university's vice-chancellor from 1919 till 1938. Shri Sachin Tendulkar 2014 Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian Former International Cricketer. He played 664 international cricket matches and have the record to scored onehundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in both ODI and Test cricket, Professor C.N.R. Rao 2014 Professor C. NR. Rao is an Indian chemist and Recipient of Honorary Doctorates from 63 Universities and authored around 1600 research papers and 48 books PanditBhimsen Joshi 2009 PanditBhimsen Joshi was a Hindustani classical vocalist, widely known for his Khyal genre of singing with a "mastery over rhythm and accurate notes" TataMangeshkar 2001 LataMangeshkar, widely Known as "Nightingale of India’, She has sung songs in over 36 languages Bismillah Khan 2001 Bismillah Khan is a Shehnai Player. He played this instrument for more than eight decades, Pandit Ravi Shankar 1999 Pandit Ravi Shankar often considered "the world’s best- known exponent of Hindustani classical music” LokpriyaGopinathBordoloi (Posthumous) 1999) LokpriyaGopinathBordoloi is the first Chief ‘Minister of Assam (1946-50) Professor Amartya Sen 1999 Professor Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher, done research over several topics including social choice theory, ethics and political philosophy, welfare economics, decision theory, development economics, public health, and gender studi LoknayakJayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous) 1999 LoknayakJayaprakash Narayan was Independence activist, social reformer, and commonly referred to as "Lok Nayak". Narayan is better known for "Total Revolution Movement" or "JP Movement" initiated during the mid-1970s Shri Chidambaram 1998, Chidambaram Subramaniam was an IndependenceSubramaniam activist and former Minister of Agriculture of India (1964-66), Smt M.S. Subbulakshi 1998 | M.S. Subbulakshmi was a Carnatic classical vocalist Subbulakshmi, often hailed as "Queen of songs" DrAPJ.Abdul Kalam [1997 | AP. J. Abdul Kalam was an Aerospace and defencescientist. He also served as the eleventh. President of India from 2002 till 2007. SmtAnunaAsaf Ali 1997 | ArunaAsaf Ali was an Independence activist Ali is (Posthumous) better known for hoisting the Indian flag in Bombay during the Quit India Movement in 1942. Post- Independence, Ali was elected as Delhi's first mayor in 1958 Shri Gulzarilal Nanda 1997 | Shri Gulzarilal Nanda: Two times interim Prime “Minister of India (1964, 1966)and deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Shri Satyajit Ray 1992 | Film-makerSatyajit Ray is credited with bringing world recognition to Indian cinema, Shri IRD Tata 1992 | J RD Tata was an Industrialist, philanthropist, and aviation pioneer, Tata founded India's first airline Air India MaulanaAbul Kalam Azad | 1992 | Independence, (Posthumous) activist, MaulanaAbulKalamwasindia's first ‘Minister of Education and worked towards free primary education, Widely Known as "Maulana Azad" Shri Morarji Desai 1991 | Independence activist. Morarji Desai was the sixth Prime Minister of India (1977-79). SardarVallabhbhai Patel | 1991 | SardarVallabhbhai Patel also called as Iron Man of (Posthumous) India and first Deputy Prime Minister of India (1947-50) Shri Rajiv Gandhi 1991 | Gandhi was the ninth Prime Minister of India (Posthumous) serving from 1984 to 1989, ‘Nelson Mandela 1990 | Nelson Mandela served as President of South Africafrom 1994 to 1999. Often called the "Gandhi of South Africa” DrBR Ambedkar 1990 | DrB.R Ambedkar was a Social Reformer and leader of Dalits Shri MG Ramachandran [1988 | Actor turned politician Ramachandran served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for three terms, 1977-80, 1980-84, and 1985-87 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | 1987 | Widely known as "Frontier Gandhi”, independence activist and Pashtun leader Khan was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi Shri Acharya 1983 | Shri Acharya VinobaBhave was an Indian advocate ‘VinobaBhave of nonviolence and human rights. He is best known for his Bhoodan movement, "Land-Gift Movement", Mother Teresa 1980 __| "Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta”. She was also the Founder of the Missionaries of Charity ‘Shri K. Kamaraj 1976 | Independence activist and statesman Kamarajwas a (Posthumous) former Chief Minister of Tamil/Nadu for three terms; 1954-57, 1957-62, and 1962-63 Shri VV Giri 1975 | 4® Prime Minister and Independence and Activist. Smt Indira Gandhi T971__| Indira Gandhi called “Iron Lady of India” and was Prime Minister of India During 1966-77 and 1980- 84, Shri Lal Bahadur Shashtri [1966 | For his Slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” and Second (Posthumous) Prime minister of India in 1964-66, Dr. PandurangVaman 1963 | He was an Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Kane Dr Zakir Husain 1962__| Zakir Hussain served as a Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (1948-56) and the Governor of Bihar (1957-62), He was an education philosopher and was third President of India (1967-69) DrRajendra Prasad 1962 | DrRajendra Prasad was a lawyer, statesman, and scholar and First President of India.Shri Purushottam Das 1961 | Often titled as "Rajarshi", Tandon was an Tandon independence activist and served as speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1937-50). DrBidhan Chandra Roy | 1961 | He was a physician, political leader, philanthropist, educationist, and social worker, Roy is often considered as "Maker of Modern West Bengal" DiDhondoKeshavKarve | 1958 | Social reformer and Educator Pt. GovindBallabh Pant | 1957 | He was first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1950- 54), He served as Union Home Minister from 1955- 61 Pt Jawaharlal Nehru 1955 | Pt Jawaharlal Nehru was Independence activist and author, He is the first and the longest-serving Prime Minister of India (1947-64) Dr M Visvesvaraya 1955 | Civil engineer, statesman, and Diwan of Mysore (1912-18) was a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire. His birthday, 15 September, is observed as "Engineer's Day"in India DiBhagwan Das 1955 __| Bhagwan Das was Independence activist, philosopher, and educationist. Dr GV Raman 1954 | CV Raman mainly worked in the field of atomic physics and electromagnetism and was presented Nobel Prize inPhysics in 1930. Dr. Sarvepalli 1954 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan served as India’s Radhakrishnan first Vice-President (1952-62) and second President (1962-67), Shri. Rajagopalachari | 1954 | Shri C. Rajagopalachari was an Indian independence activist, statesman, and lawyer, and was the only Indian and last Governor-General of independent India. © Bharat Ratna Award is the Highest civilian award given to the person who serves the nation and was Instituted in the year 1954. © DhondoKeshavKarve was the oldest receiver to receive the Bharat Ratna Award on his 100th birthday© Sachin Tendulkar who aged 40 then, became the youngest receiver of this prestigious award. © Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in Indian order of priority. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS RELATED TO Gi General Knowledge 1 \ ns the book “Amrutham Kurisina Rathri"? Prete Balagang ry Tia) «oe the book v OR eyi Padagalu? ASS Satyanarayana 7. Who wrote the book Prabhava, Mahaprasthanam? Sri Sri (Srirangam Sri ivasa Rao 8. Who wrote the book Subhashita Ratnavali? ‘Yenugu Lakshmana Kavi 9. Who is the author of Das Kapital? Karl Marx.10, Who wrote the book “Political Economy of Development in India”? Pranab Bardhan 11, Who is the co-author for Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto? Friedrich Engels 12. Who wrote the Indian Constitution? B.R. Ambedkar 13. Who wrote the books Andhra Mahabhagavatham, Bhogini Dandakam? Pothan; 10 wrote the books Kalapurnodayam, Prabhavathi Praddyumnam, Raghava 16. Who wrote the books Social Contract, The Emily? \ Th 2AM "17. Who wrote the book My Beautiful Game of Chess? \\ OAD ‘Viswanathan Anand X 18, Who wrote the book Discovery of India? Sc Jawaharlal Nehru —— 19, Who wrote the song Maa Telugu Talliki Malle Poodanda? Rousseau Sankarambadi Sundaraachari 20. Who wrote the book Argumentative Indian? Amartya Sen 21, Who wrote the book Republic?Plato 22. Who wrote the book Indomitable Spirit? AP. J, Abdul Kalam 23. Who wrote the book Madhura Vijayam? Gangadevi 24, Who wrote the books Srungara Shakuntalam, Jaimini Bharatham? 25. Who wrote the book Manu Charitra? Allasani Peddana Jungle Lore, Temple Tiger? i 27. Whowrote the book Glimpses of Jawaharlal Nehru f a 3 wrote the book My sing with Truth? \ Mahatma Sim A Xe weeriutlngs | 29) JS Lala Lajpat Rai 30. Who wrote the book Struggle is My Life? Nelson Mandela 31. Who wrote the book Rajatarangini? Kalhana_ 32. Who wrote the book Golden Threshold,Broken Wings? Sarojini Naidu 33, Who wrote the book anIndian Pilgrim?Subhas Chandra Bose 34, Who wrote the book Sri Kalahastiswara Satakam? Dhurjati 35, Who wrote the song “Desamunu Preminchumanna”? Gurazada Apparao 36, Who wrote the books A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes? Stephen Hawking 37. Who wrote the book “Why I am an Atheist”? Bhagat Singh Gurazada “gene, }1. Who wrote the song Vande Mataram? “Oe uwymway Bankim Chandra Chatterjee P. V. Narasimha RaoGeneral Knowledge 2 1. Which is the largest country in the world by area? Russia 2. What is the oldest book i The Gutenberg Pratibha Patil 10. Who was the first European to attack India? Alexander11. The planet with the second highest number of moons is? Saturn 12, Where the earliest ancient stone tool was discovered in India? Attirampakkam 13, Where largest temple in the world is located? Cambodia 14, Who invented the calendar of 365 days? Egyptians 15. Who was the world first female prime minister? Sirimavo Bandaru Naike 16, Who was the first and last Governor general of independent India? Lord Mountbatten 17,Who was the first woman external affairs minister of India? ‘Sushma Swaraj 18. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament? Dadabhai Naoroji 19. Who was the first Indian woman president of Indian National Congress? Sarojini Naidu 20. Which was the first country to give women’s right to vote? New Zealand 21. Which is the longest river in the world? Nile River 22. Which country has the largest number of post offices in the world?India 23. Which country is the largest producer of gold in the world? South Africa 24. On which date Earth is closest to the Sun? 3" January 25. Where did the industrial revolution started? Britain 26. Which is the longest national highway in India? NH 27. Which is the first state in India to achieve 100% literaey? Kerala 28. Which is the most cultivated crop in India? Rice 29,.Wheresun rise first in India? Arunachal Pradesh 30. Who was the first Indian to win an individual gold medal inthe Olympic Games? Abhinay Bindra 31, Who was the first American president to be assassinated? Abraham Lincoln 32, Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress? Annie Besant 33, Who is the father of green revolution in world? Norman Borlaug, 34, Who presented the first union budget after Indian constitution came into force?John Mathai 35. Which place in India has the highest rainfall? Mawsynram 36, Which Indian state has the highest forest area? Madhya Pradesh 37. Which is the smallest unio Lakshadweep ailway and Telegraph in India? Vatican City 44, Which planet is closest to Mercury 45. In which year first human stepped on the moon? 1969 46. Which country produces the highest amount of rice?China 47. Which country has 60 percent of lakes in the world? Canada 48. Where is the longest railway platform in the world? Gorakhpur 49. Which is the largest oilseed producing state in India? Gujarat 50. Which is the largest public sector bank in India? State Bank of India 51. Where was the first nuclear power plant established if India? Tarapur 52, Who is the first education minister of India? Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad '53_Who was the first Indian woman president of United Nations General Assembly? Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 54, Who was the first Indian woman to win medal in world athletics? Anju Bobby George 55. Who was the first Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest? Bachendti Pal 56. Who was the first and last Governor General of Independent India? Lord Mountbatten 57. Which is the first state to implement vat in India? Haryana 58, Which state has the longest coastline in India?Gujarat 59. When was the first general election in India held? 1951-1952 60. Which country has the longest coastline in the world? Canada 61. Who was the longest-servi Paris 3. Where is the Intemational Court of Justice? ‘The Hague nited Nations?4, How many member states are there in the United Nations? 193, 5, When the United Nations started officially? 24 October 1945 6. Which countries formed as union to get permanent members! Security Council? Germany, Japan, India, Brazil 7. How many official languages does the United Nations have? Six 8. Where is the headquarters of United Nations? New York 9, In which year India got United Nations membership? 1945 10. Who is the founder of League of Nations? Woodrow Wilson 11. Where is the headquarters of Interpol? Lyon 12. In which year International Court of Justice was established? 1945 13, Who was the first Indian woman president of United Nations General Assembly? Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 14, Who was the first person to use the word “alignment” in Non-Aligned movement? Jawaharlal Nehru 15, Where is the headquarters of SAARC? Kathmandu16, Who was the prime minister of India when SAARC was established? Rajiv Gandhi 17. Who was the Indian president of international court of justice? Nagendra Singh 18, Who is the managing director of international monetary fund? Christine Lagarde 19. Who was first Indian prime minister to give speech in Hindi in UN General Assembly? Atal Bihari Vajpayee 20. What is the emblem of UNO? A polar azimuthal equidistant projection world map surrounded by two olive branches 21. Where is the headquarters of World Trade Organization? Geneva 22. Who was the first secretary general of United Nations? Trygve Lee 23. Where is the headquarters of United Nations University? Tokyo 24, Where is the headquarters of World Bank? Washington 25. Which country is the 193" member of United Nations? South Sudan 26. When is the United Nations day celebrated? 24" October 27. Who drafted the preamble of United Nations Charter?Jan Christian Smuts 28. Which is called as World Parliament? General Assembly of United Nations 29. Whatis the tenure of judges of the International Court of Justice? 9 years 30. Where did the first meeting of the United Nations held? London General Knowledge 4 1, Which country is called Mother-in-Law of Europe? Denmark 2. Which country is called as Land of Rising Sun? Japan 3. Whereis the headquarters of Intemational Cricket Council? Dubai 4, Which continentis known as Bird Continent? South America 5. Where the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research is located? Kalpakam 6. Where National Aids Research Institute is located? Pune 7. Where Sardar Vallabhbbhai Patel National Police Academy is located? Hyderabad 8, Where Central Tobacco Research Institute is located in Andhra Pradesh? Rajahmundry9, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development is located in which state? Tamil Nadu 10, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located in which state? Kerala 11, Where National Institute of Nutrition is located? Hyderabad Dehradun 19, Where National Museum of Indian Cinema is located? Mumbai 20. Which city is called as Garden City of India? Bangalore21, Whichstate is known as Spices Garden of India? Kerala 22, Where National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research is located? Goa 23. WhereCentral Drug Research Institute is located? Lucknow 24, Where is Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research? Bangalore 25. Whereis the headquarters national archive of India? New Delhi 26, Where the pacific tsunami warning group is located? Hawai 27. Which commission was appointed for the classification of scheduled caste? Ramachandra Commission 28. Which Commission was appointed to investigate violence in Gujarat? Justice K.G.Shah Commission 29. Which Commission was appointed on rioting in the state after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi? Ansari commission 30, Which commission recommended three tiers Panchayat Raj system? Balwant Rai Mehta Committee 31, Which commission was app led on demolition of Babri Masjid? Liberhan commission 32. Which committee recommended Taxation on Agricultural Wealth and Income?K. S. Raj committee 33. Which committee first recommended Value Added Tax (VAT)? L.K. J Committee General Knowledge 5 1, Who has hosted the world cup the most? “Switzerland 7 Whee is board of control for cricket in India? Mumbai 8. Who is the firs HarbhjanSingh 9, When was first hockey world cup held? 1971 10, Who was the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in the Olympic Games? Abhinay Bindra11, Which is the highest award in sports in India? Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 12, Which is the only continent to have never hosted the Olympic Games? Africa 13. Which country has hosted the most Olympic Games? UnitedStates 14. Which country won cricket world cup in 2011? India 15, Where was the 2012 summer Olympics held? London 16, Where was the first commonwealth games held? Canada 17. Which country has won gold medals in every Olympic Games? Britain 18, When was the first Olympics held in southern hemisphere? 1956 19, Which country won the Asia cup cricket in 2012? Pakistan 20. Where is headquarter of International Olympic Committee? Lausanne, Switzerland 21, Which country won the hockey world cup in 2010? Australia 22, Where the sports goods mainly manufactured in India? Jalandhar23. Who was the first election commissioner of India? ‘Sukumar Sen 24, What is the Indian national game? Hockey 25, When is the national sports day celebrated in India? August we, “Athletics Gagan Narang 33. Which country hosted the Asian games most number of times? Thailand 34, Where was the first International OlympieGames started? Greece35, Who is the first Indian to receive Ramon Magsaysay award? Vinoba Bhave 36, When was the radio broadcasting in India started? 1923 37. When was Mann Ki Baat started? 3" October 2014 38, When is Nati 11 July 45, When is International Literacy day celebrated? 8" September 46, When is American Independence Day? 4" July47. Which country celebrates Independence Day on 15 august along with India? South Korea 48, When was Khilafat movement started? 1919 49. WhenNizam-Ul-Mulk did established the state of Hyderabad? 1724 50, Wher 1920 Anti-Terrorism Day 57. When is international ozone day celebrated? 16" September 58, When is national science day celebrated? 28! February59, When Simon commission arrived in India? 1928 60, When Andhra Pradesh formed? 1956 61. When was East India Company rule ended in India? 1858 62. What is the 68, When di 1976 69, When international family planning declared? 2014 70, When was the first cotton mill established in India? 1818General Knowledge 6 1, Which state is the largest producer of sugar in India? Uttar Pradesh 2. Which state is the largest producer of food grains in India? Uttar Pradesh 3. The first Indian state to have its human development report prepared and released by ‘Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi is? Maharashtra 4. Vijayanagar city is situated on the bank of which river? Tungabhadra River 5, Tokyo is situated on the bank of which river? Sumida 6, Baghdad is situated on the bank of which river? Tigris 7. “Abu Dhabi is the capital city of which country? United Arab Entirates 8. Whats the capital of Afghanistan? Kabul 9. What is the rank of Telugu in the world languages? 15 10. What is the national emblem of India? Lion Capital of Sarnath 11, How many leaves are there in Ashoka chakra of Indian flag? 2412. Bihu is celebrated in which state? Assam 13. When was desert battle held? 1940 14, Which agreement was signed after First World War? Treaty of Versailles ‘on the bank of which ri Sabarmati River 22. Ayodhya is situated on the bank of which river? Sarayu River 23. What is the capital of Australia? Canberra24, What is the currency of China? Yuan 25, What is the National flower of India? Lotus 26. Lily is the national emblem of which country? Bangladesh makes a Aristotle 33, Who gave the slogan “! Loksatta 34, Who is known as the Greatest Indian ruler? Chandragupta Maurya 35, Who gave the slogan Swaraj is My Birthright?Bal Gangadhar Tilak 36, Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”? Mahatma Gandhi 37. Who said the quote “Nationalism is a religion; itis a god's gift”? Aurobindo Ghosh 38. Who gave the slogan “ ‘of war was fought between which co 45, Swarnamukhi River originates Chittoor 46. Kaveri and Vaigai rivers flow through which state? ‘Tamil Nadu 47. When was the national emblem of India adopted?26" January 1950 48, What does Bull on the National emblem symbolize? Stability 49. Who designed the national flag of India? Pingali Venkayya 50. The words Satyameva Jay nal emblem are taken from? ‘ande Mataram song to English?Ist Commander in Chief of Indian Army ri General Sir Robert Lockhart Ist Indian Commander in Chief of Indian Army General KM Cariappa (later Field Marshall) Ist Chief of Amy Staff General Rajendrasinhyi The Chief of Army during 1962 war General PN Thapar The Chief of Army during 1965 war General IN Choudhary The Chief of Army during 1971 war Field Marshall SHFJ Maneckshaw. First Army Chief to become Field Marshall Field Marshall SHFJ Maneckshaw: First Sikh to become the Chief of Army Staff General JJ Singh First Army Chief to die in hamess General BC Joshi First Chief of Naval Staff ‘Admiral Charles Thomas Mark Pizey First Indian Chief of Naval Staff ‘Vice Admiral RD Katati First Naval Chief in the rank of Admiral ‘The Chief of Naval Staff during 1962 and 1965 war ‘The Chief of Naval Staff during 1971 war Admiral AK Chatterji Vice Admiral BS Soman ‘Admiral SM Nanda Ist Chief of Air StafP ‘Air Marshall Thomas Elmhirst Ist Indian’ Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall SubrotoMukherji Ist Chief in the rank of Air Chief Marshall ‘Air Chief Marshall Arjan Singh Ist Marshall of the Indian/Ait Force ‘ir Chief Maishall/Agjan Singh The Chief of Air Staff during 1962 war Air Marshall AM Engineer ‘The Chief of Air Staff during 1965 war Air Chief Marshall Arjan Singh ‘The Chief of Air Staff during 1971 war Air Chief Marshall PC Lal First Chief of Integrated Service Command Lt Gen Pankaj § Joshi UTES DEFENCE TRAINING INSTITUTE! errs 1, | Defence Institute of Advanced Technology Pune 2. | National Academy of Defence Financial Mi fanagement Pune 3, _| National Institute of Defence Estates Management Delhi4. | Defence Institute of Psychological Research Delhi 5, | Defence Institute of High Altitude Research Leh 6. | College of Defence Management Secunderabad 7. | National Defence College Delhi 8. _ | Defence Services Staff College Wellington 9, | National Defence Academy Khadakvasla, Pune 10. | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses New Delhi 11, | High Altitude Warfare School Gulmarg, }&K 12. | Indian National Defence University (proposed) Gurgaon, Haryana 1, | Indian Military Academy Dehra Dun 2. | Officers’ Training Academy Chennai 3._| Officers’ Training Academy Gaya 4. | Military Collegeof Electronics and Mechanical Engineering | Seeunderabad 5. | Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School Vairengte 6. | College of Combat Mow 7. | Infantry Schools Mhow and Belgavi 8, | School of Anillery Deolali 9, | College of Military Engineering Pune 10. | Military College of Teleconimunitation Engineering ‘Mirow TI, | EME School Vadodara COMMAN: A ARMY orn 1. | Western Command 2. | Easter Command Kolkata 3,__| Northern Command Udhampur 4. | Southem Command Pune 3 | Central Command Lucknow 6 | Amy Training Command Shimla7. | South-Western Command Jaipur COMMANDS OF INDIAN NAVY Western Naval Command Mumbai 2. ‘Eastern Naval Command ‘Vishakhapatnam 3. Southern Naval Command Cochin COMMANDS OF INDIAN AIR FORCE ‘Western Air Command 2. _ | South-Westem Ait Command 3,_| Central Air Command a 5. | Southern Air Command Thiruvananthapuram Sc 7,_| Maintenance Command Nagpur oF “ZZ... 1. | Western Region (W) Mumbai 2. _ | Eastern Region (E) Chennai 3,_ | North East Region (NE) Kolkata 4. | Andaman & Nicobar Region (A&N) Port Blair 3._ | North West Region (NW) Gandhinagar INDIAN NAVY TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS, reer 1, | Indian Naval Academy Ezhimala (Kerala) 2. | INS Chika ‘Khurda (Odisha) 3._ [INS Shivaji Tonavala (Maharashtra)4. INS Valsura Jamnagar (Gujarat) 3. | INSHamla Mumbai 6 | INSKunjali Mumbai 7. [INS Agrani Coimbatore 8. | INS Garuda Kochi (Kerala) 9, | Naval War Collge (INS Mandovi) Goa 10. _ | Navy Shipwright School Vishakhapatnam 11, [INS Dronacharya Kochi (Kerala) 12. | Institute of Naval Medicine Colaba, Mumbai AIR FORCE TRA| ING ESTABLISHMENTS 1 Air Force Administrative College Coimbatore 2. ‘Air Force Agademy Hyderabad 3 ‘Air Force Technical College Bengaluru 4 Flying Instructors” School Tambatani 5. Elementary Flying School Bidar 6 Transport Training Wing Yelahankal 7 Tnstitute of Aviation Medicine Bengaluru 8 Paratroopers Training School Agra 9. ‘Navigation Training School Hyderabad 10. | CollegeobAir Warfare Sécuniderabad OFFICER" IN INDIAN Al General Admiral ‘Air Chief Marshal Lieutenant General Vice Admiral ‘Air Marshal Major General Rear Admiral ‘Air Vice Marshal Brigadier Commodore Air Commodore Colonel Captain Group Captain ‘Commander Wing Commander Lieutenant Commander Squadron LeaderCaptain Lieutenant Flight Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Flying Officer Subedar Major | Master Chief Petty Officer (First Class) Master Warrant Officer Subedar Master Chief Petty Officer (Second Class) | Warrant Officer NaibSubedar | Chief Petty Officer Junior Warrant Officer Havaldar Petty Officer Sergeant Naik ‘Able Seaman ‘Comporal LanceNaik | Leading Seaman Leading Aireraftsman Sepoy ‘Seaman ‘Airerafisman IMPORTANT JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES ‘Code Name Count Indra India and Russia Simbex “Tndia'and Singapore Agni Warrior India and Singapore Bold Kurukshetra “India and Singapore Salvex Tndia and United States ‘YudhAbhyas India and United States Vajra Prahar India and United States Slinex India and Sri Lanka Mitra Shakti India and Sri Lanka Sampriti India and Bangladesh Nomadic Elephant India and Mongolia Khan Quest India and Mongolia Varuna Tndia and France Shakti India and France Surya Kiran India and Nepal Timex India and Japan SahyogKaijin India and JapanGaruda Shakti India and Indonesia Lamitye India and Seychelles ‘Naseem Al Bahr India and Oman ALNagah India and Oman Hand-in-hand India and China ‘AUSINDEX Tndia and Australia Prabal Dostyk India and Kazakhstan Khanjar Tndia and Kyrgystan Maitree India and Thailand ‘Ajeya Warrior India and United Kingdom Konkan 4 India and United Kingdom Desert Eagle Tndia and United Arab Emirates Ekuverin India and Maldives Vinbax Tndia and Vietnam Harimau Shakti India and Malaysia Milan Multi-nation Naval exercise in the Indian Ocean Dosti Trilateral Coast Guard exercise among India, Sr Lanka and Maldives from 2012 and.bilateral between India and Maldives from 1991 to 2011 Malabar Trilateral Naval exercise between India, Japan and United States from 2015 and bilateral between India and United States from 1992 to 2014 AC ND NU aera es Uranium Corporation OF India Tadugoda Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre Thinwwananthapuram TSRO Interial Systems Unit, Thirwvananthapuram Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Thiruvananthapuram Centre of Earth Science Studies Trivandrum NMRF-National Atmospheric Research Laboratory TirupatiHigh Altitude Research Laboratory Gulmarg ‘Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Science Nainital Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam Northern RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre Dehradun Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Bengaluru Indian Scientific Satellite Project Bengalure Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bengaluru Electronics Corporation of India Hyderabad National Geophysics Research Institute Hyderabad NRSA or NRSC ~ national remote sensing agency /eentre Hyderabad Nuclear Fuel Complex Hyderabad ‘Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Hyderabad ‘Atomic Energy Commission ‘Mumbai Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Trombay, Mumbai DOS branch secretariat New Delhi ISRO branch office New Delhi Delhi earth station ‘New Delhi ISTRAC ground station Lucknow Northeastemn space application centre Shillong Eastern RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre Kharagpur Satish Dhawan Space Centre Stiharikota Downrange station Port Blair ALUVA — Ammonium perchlorate experiment plant Kerala India Rare Earths Limited ‘Alwaye (Kerala) Liquid Propulsion Test Facilities Mahendra Giri INSAT master control facility Hassan ‘Space Commission Bangalore HQ—ISRO Bangalore INSAT programme office Bangalore NNRMS secretariat- National Natural Resources Management Bangalore System ANTRIX corporation BangaloreISTRAC-ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network Bangalore ISRO satellite centre Bangalore Tiquid propulsion systems centre Bangalore ISRO Liaison office Mumbai Central RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre ‘Nagpur Infrared Observatory Mount Abu ‘Space Application Centre ‘Ahmedabad Development & educational communication unit Ahmedabad Physical Research Laboratory ‘Ahmedabad College of Satellite Communication Technology ‘Ahmedabad Wester RRSC-Regional Remote Sensing Centre Jodhpur Solar Observatory. Udaipur Remote Sensing Centre Balasore ‘National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Maharashtra Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute ‘Durgapur Central Mining Research Institute Dhanbad Radio Astronomy Center Tamil Nadu Variable Energy Cyclotron Center Mumbai ISRO CHAIRMAN airm: pers Vikram Sarabhai (Gujarat) 1963-1971 M GK Meenan (Kamataka) Jan 1972 — Dec 1972 Satish Dhawan (Jammu & Kashmir) 1972-1984 MR Rao (Karnataka) 1984-1994) Kasturi Rangan (Kerala) 1994-2003 MadhavanNayar (Kerala) 2003-2009 K Radhakrishnan (Kerala) 2009-2014 Shailesh Nayak (Gujarat) 2014-2015 ‘A'S Kiran Kumar (Karnataka) 2015-2018 K Shivan (Tamilnadu) 2018 Jan - PresentRESEARCH INSTITUTES IN INDIA ha eu Pur 2. The Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Studies | Nainital 3. Birbal Institute of Palaeobotany Lucknow 4. Bose Institute Kolkata 5. The Centre for Liquid Crystal Research Kamataka 6. Indian Association for the cultivation of Sciences Kolkata 7. Indian Institute of Astrophysics ‘Bengaluru 8) Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Mumbai 9. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune 10. The Institute of Nano Science & technology Mohali (Punjab) 11. Raman Research Institute ‘Bengaluru 12, SN Bose national Centre for Basic Sciences Kolkata 13. Indian academy of Sciences Bengaluru 14 Indian National Science Academy ‘New Delhi 15. Indian Science Congress Association Kolkata 16, The National Academy of Sciences ‘Allahabad 17. Indian National Academy of Engineering New Delhi 18, Survey of India Dehradun 19/ Jawaharlal Nehru Center for AdVanced Scientific Research | Bengaluru 20, Intemational Advanced Research Center for Powder Hyderabad Metallurgy & New materials 21. Indian Council of Agricultural Research New Delhi 22. Indian Council of Medical Research New Delhi EACTORS1. Apsara 1Mega —_| Treated Uranium First Tt was closed in (1956) Watts Reactor (1956) | 2010 UK helped for its formation 2. Cyrus (1960) [40 Mega | Natural Uranium — | With the help of | It was closed in Watts Canada, it was | 2010 formed in 1960 3. Jerlina (1961) | 100 Mega | Natural Uranium | - Tt was closed in Watts 1983 4, Purnima - Plutonium & Ithas 1,2,3 types | 1 was closed in (2,3) Uranium 1971, 2 was closed in 1986 and3_was closed in 2010 5. Arctic (1984) | 100 Mega | Natural Uranium — | - Watts 6, Kamini 30 Kilo | Plutonium ‘Kamini Means Watts Kalapakam Mini, ReactorIMPORTANT QUESTIONS RELATED TO. ‘Space 1, What principle of conservation do rockets work on? Conservation of momentum, First Indian women to enter into space? Kalpana Chawla 3. How do antficial satellites get the power to orbit around earth? Solar panels 4. Whatis the time period of a geostationary satellite? 24 hours 5. Whois the father of Indian Space Program? Vikram Sarabhai 6. Which is the first country to enter into space? Soviet Uni my 7. Who inaugurated the 106! Indian Science Congress 2019 in Punjab? Narendra Modi 8, Cryogenic technology is used in Rockets 9. Which is the first Indian satellite to launch into earth's orbit without the help of other countries? Rohini 10, First Woman to enter into Space? Valentina Tereshkova 11, Which country has successfully landed an astronaut on the moon? United States12. ISRO was established in the year 1969 13. American NASA Astronaut Sunitha Williams spent how many days in Spacecraft? 195 days 14. In which year Neil Armstrong landed on moon? 1969 15. Where is Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Center located? ‘Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 16. Where is ISRO headquarters located? Bangalore 17. Which is the first Indian Artificial Satellite? Aryabhata 18, Which country put the first satellite into space? Soviet Union 19. Which Country is going to host 70" Intemational Astronautical Congress in 2019? USA 20. Where is Satish Dhawan Space Research Centre located? Sriharikota 21. In which year Indian National Committee for Space Research established? 1962 22, Name of the satellite launched for broadcasting programs in India? INSAT (Indian National Satellite System) 23. World’s first artificial satellite? Sputnik-I24. Who was the world's first astronaut? ‘Yuri Gagarin 25, Who was the first chairman of Indian Space Research Organization? Vikram Sarabhai 26. Where was the 99" Indian Science Congress held in? Bhubaneswar Manipur 34, What is the main objective of Indian Space Research Organization? Socio Economic DevelopmentDefense 1. Whois the supreme commander of Indian armed forces? ‘The President 2. Which is the pilotless target aircraft developed in India? Lakshya 3. Which is the light combat aircraft developed by India? Tejas 4. Who is the supreme commander of Indian armed forces? The President 5. Which is India's first warship? INS Godavari 6. Which is India’ first indigenous aircraft carrier? INS Vikrant 7. Whichis supersonic combat aircraft? Tejas 8, Which jet aircraft was recently launched in Indian air force? Light combat air craft 9. Which was the first nuclear powered submarine introduced into the Indian Navy? LN.S. Chakra 10. What is the name of Indian naval air station located in Kochi? INS. Garuda 11 Radar that detects the presence of an enemy aircraft uses? Radio waves 12. Which missile was produced by India and Rus a jointly that travels faster than sound?BrahMos 13. Who is the first Chief of Indian Navy? RD. Katari 14, Which company manufactures the war aircrafts in India? Hindustan Aeronautical Limited 15. Which was the first indiger 22. Who proposed the laws of inherit Gregor Mendel 23. Who is te father of green revolution in India? M. S. Swaminathan 24, Which instrument is used to measure the amount of humidity in the atmosphere?Hygrometer Where is the Industrial Toxicology Research Center located? Lucknow 26. Which instrument is used to measure the atmospheric pressure? Barometer 27. Which thermometer used to measure very low temperatures of objects? Cryometer 28. Which instrument is used to measure sound underwater? Hydrophone 29. Which converts mechanical energy to electti¢al energy? Dynamo 30. Which instrument is used to detect objects underwater? Sonar 31. Which is the most powerful surface-to-surface missile developed by India? Agni 5 32. The only submarine museum in Asia is? INS kursura 33. Which was the remote controlled pilotless aircraft developed by India for spy programs? DRDO Nishanth Nuclear - missile system 1, Who is known as the father of Indian nuclear program? Homi J. Baba2. Who invented the submarine used for war? David Bushnell 3. Mach number is used in connection with the speed of? Aircraft 4. The India's first indigenously built missile boat was? INS Vibhuti 5. Which missile developed by India is a ship-to-ship missile? Dhanush 6. Which is the largest nuclear research reactor in India? Dhruva 7. When was the first nuclear bomb tested under the supervision of Raja Ramanna in india? 18" May 1974 8, Who is known as the father of India’s missile program? API Abdul/Kalam 9. Former president Abdul Kalam sailed in which submarine? INS Sindhurakshak 10. Which fuel is used in cryogenic engine? Liquid Hydrogen, Liquid Oxygen 11, Which is the first nuclear research reactor of India? Apsara 12. What fuel is used for nuclear power? Uranium 13, Agni 5 long range ballistic missile was test fired from where? Wheeler Island14, Where is Indian military academy located? Dehradun 15, Who is first woman scientist known as Agniputri? Tessy Thomas 16, What is the rank of India among the countries which have nuclear-powered strategic submarines? Six New Delhi 23. Which submarine des Arihant 24, Who is the father of computer? Charles Babbage 25. Which was the first computer made in India?Siddharth 26. Which is the first biotic city in India? Lucknow 27. Which is the first computer language? Fortran 28. Which is material used in tra 33 Which s the fi com Face book 36. What is the full form of www? World Wide Web 37. Who is the father of email?Raymond Samuel Tomlinson 38. Who was the first scientist to use his own programming language for his computer? Konrad Zuse 39, Which material is used for integrated circuits in computer? Silicon 40. Which Five Year Plan ai ectivity to all villages by 2012 in ‘Nuclear Fusion 47, What is heavy water? Deuterium oxide 48. Where is Indira Gandhi centre for atomic research located? Kalpakkam49. When was nuclear test started in India? 1974 50. Where was the first nuclear power plant established in India? Tarapur 51. How many nuclear reactors are operating under Indian Atomic Energy Association? 2 52. Which company introduced the first microprocessor chip? Intel 53. On which place US dropped the atomic bomb? Hiroshima 54. Where is the headquarters of international atomic energy agency? Vienna 55. Atomic bomb works on which principle? Nuclear fission 56. Which bomb is harmfill to life but not destructive of property? Neutron bomb 57. When was the world’s first nuclear reactor built? 1942 58. Two isotopes of uranium 238u and 23Su have the same number of? Protons 59. Kalpakkam nuclear power plant is situated in which state? Tamil Nadu ce and Technology1, Which is used as coolant and moderator in pressurized heavy water reactors in India? Heavy water (Deuterium Oxide) 2. India has the world’s largest reserves of which nuclear fuel? Thorium 3. Which is the indigenously built main battle tank of India? Arjun 4, Which technology designed to capture oxygen from atmosphere in missile trajectory? Ramjet Technology 5. What is used as control rods to absorb neutrons in a nuclear reactor? Boron. 6. Which instrument is used to measure radiation? Geiger counter 7. Which missile ean destroy the battle tanks at a range of over 4 km? Nag 8. Geostationary satellites are kept in orbit at an altitude of? 36000 9. Which city will get missile shield soon in India? Delhi 10. Which instrument is used to measure and record ionizing radiation in humans? Dosimeter 11. For the naval need which missile was developed by changing Prithvi missile? Astra 12, In India INSAT satell mainly used for? Telecommunication13. India’s grid computing project as known as? Garuda 14, Which nuclear fuel is available in the coastal areas of states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala? Thorium 15. Which electronic warfare system was created by DRDO for the naval needs? Samyukta 16. Which engine is placed in third stage of GSLY rocket? Gas driven engine 17. Which device converts digital signals to analog signals and vice versa? Modem 18. Which is the first transgenic plant? Tobacco 19. Which has the power to regulate hereditary characteristics? Gene 20. Bhishma battle tank will be produced at? Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi 21. Which rays are used to read from and write to compact discs (cd)? Laser rays 22. Which is the geoportal developed by ISRO to provide the images captured by satellite? Bhuvan 23. Which genetic plan produced by vitamin A? Golden rice 24, Why the first transgenic cow Rosie was developed in 1997?To produce Human protein enriched milk How many aircraft carriers does India have? Two 26. The Mars Orbiter Mission, launched by ISRO, examined which gas on Mars to get information about life? Methane 27. Green biotechnology is related to which sector? Agriculture 28. Which procedure is used in cloning? Somatic cell nuclear transfer 29. Which cells produce antibodies? Plasma cells 30. For the development of fifth generation aircraft India signed contract with which country? Russia 31, Which is the first naval satellite in India to be used for real communication of warships, submarines and aircrafts? GSAT7 32, Small cireles of DNA in bacteria are called? Plasmids 33. Which is first mammal cloned? Sheep 34. Which is the genetically modified developed to digest phosphorus in plants? Enviropig. 35. The National Aerospace Laboratory which manufactures aircrafts is located at?Bangalore 36. Which industrially produced enzyme is used in curd making? renin 37. Which institute created the first cloned buffalo calf in India? National dairy research institute 38. Which ease can be prevented by the vaccine produced by gen cloning? Jaundice 39. The concept of buil ing vaccination to some portion of people in a group is called? Herd immunity 40. Which bacterium is found in root nodules of leguminous plants to fix the nitrogen? Ribosome 41. Which revolution is for the production of oil seeds? Yellow revolution 42, The creation of another organism with the same characteristics through cloning is called? Asexual reproduction 43. Who developed the first vaccine? Edward Jenner 44, Which is used to prevent the growth of bacteria in some of vaccines? Thimerosal 45, BT Cotton and golden rice are created through which method? Gen Engineering 46. In agriculture Monocrot phos chemical is used as? Insecticide47. What is the meaning of the word clone in cloning process? A group of organisms of the same species 48. Which method creates clear and detailed pictures? MRI Scan 49. Which mineral salt is used in immunization? Aluminum, 50. Transfer a plant from one location to another is called? Transplanting 51. Super ovulation is the process of inducing a woman to release more than one egg. Which hormone is useful for it? Serum Gonado Tropin 52. In genetic engineering which medicine is produced by the eloning of the human gene into the bacterium? Insulin 53. Which is used to detect the blood clots? Angiography 54, Which vaccine is known as triple vaccine? DIP 55. Which is used to differentiate infected animals from vaccinated animals? DIVA vaccine 56, National bio fertilizer development center is located at? Ghaziabad 57. What is the use of 2, 4 D in the field of agriculture? Kills the weed58. Which microorganisms cause ranikhet disease in poultry? Virus 59, Which substance is used in vaccines to increase immune power in old age people? ‘Adjuvant 60. Which chemical is used to kill the rats? Zine PhosphidesCOMPUTERHARDWARE Keyboard Mother board Monitor Magnetic Disk Microphone Processor Printer Optical Disk Mouse RAM Speaker Flash Memory Web camera ROM Magnetic Tape Touch Screen SMPS Light Pen’ CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTERS SL. pe Sern 1 PC Itisa single user computer system having moderately (Personal powerful microprocessor Computer) 2 WorkStation | Tris also a single user computer system which is similar to personal computer but have more powerful microprocessor. 3 Mini Itis a multi-user computer system which is capable of supporting Computer | hundreds of users simultaneously. Software technology is different from minicomputer. 4 Main Frame | Tis a multi-user computer systemwhich is capable of supporting hundreds of users simultaneously, Software technology is different from minicomputer. 5 Supercompu | It is an extremely fast computer which can execute hundreds of ter millions of instructions per second. 1. 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A byte is the smallest unit which ‘can represent a data item or a character. (I byte = 8 bits) 4 Word ‘A computer word, like a byte, is a group of fixed number of bits processed as a unit which varies from computer to computer but is fixed for each computer. The length of a computer word is called word-size or word length and it may be as small as 8 bits ‘or may be as long as 96 bits. A computer stores the information in the form of computer wordsHIGH STORAGE UNITS SLNo. rr Deny 1 Kilobyte (KB) KB = 1024 Bytes BI} “Megabyte(MB) MB = 1024 KB 3 GigaByte (GB) GB = 1024 MB 4 TeraByte (TB TB= 1024 GB 5, PetaByte (PB) PB = 1024 TB SHORTCUTS Sir Dein Ctrl+W Close the active window / document CuliZ Undo an action Curi+Y Redo the last action or repeat an action Cults Save a document Ctrl+P Print a document CuitK Tnsert a hyperlink ‘AltRight ‘Arrow Go forward one page Cue Copy selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard. Ctrl+V Paste the most recent addition to the Office Clipboard. 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