Architecture
First Islamic Mausoleum (tomb) in India: Sultan Ghari, built in 1231 CE for Prince Nasir ud din Mahmud, eldest son of Iltumish.
First true dome, Alai Darwaza, Qutb complex, Delhi, built in 1311 CE, by first Khilji Sultan of Delhi, Ala-ud-din Khilji.
First true arch, Balban's tomb, Mehrauli Archeological Park, Delhi, built c. 1287 CE, by Ghiyas ud din Balban of Mamluk dynasty.
First garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, also the first with Persian double-dome: Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, built 1562-1571 CE.
First Mosque in India: Cheraman Juma Masjid Kodungallur (Kerala), built 629-630 A.D by Malik ibn Deenar, an Arab trader on the order of Chera ruler Cheraman Perumal (Tajjudin after conversion to Islam)
Awards and Titles
Miss World: Reita Faria in 1966
Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen in 1994
Miss Earth: Nicole Faria in 2010
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, first Indian to win any literary award (the Newbery Medal) in the United States, in 1927 for Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, first Indian to win a major non-fiction award, the Duff Cooper Prize in the United Kingdom, in 1966 for The Continent of Circe
Arundhati Roy won the Booker prize for her brilliant and poetic novel "The God of Small Things" in the year 1997 making her the first Indian woman to receive the prestigious award.
Bharat Ratna: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and Dr C.V. Raman in 1954
Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters: Mrinal Sen
Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters: Sivaji Ganesan
Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Devika Rani in 1969
Ashoka Chakra Award to a civilian : D.K. Jatar (posthumous) and M.C Dixit, captain and co-captain respectively, of the sabotaged plane Kashmir Princess, for "most conspicuous bravery, daring and self-sacrifice"
Magsaysay Award: Vinoba Bhave, 1958
Oscar for Lifetime Achievement - Satyajit Ray
Nishan-e-Pakistan: Morarji Desai,May 19, 1990
Ford Supermodel of the World (contest): Bipasha Basu, 1996[citation needed]
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize winner: Rabindranath Tagore for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913. He was also the first Asian to get the prize.
Nobel Prize in Physics: C. V. Raman in 1930.
Nobel Prize in Medicine: Har Gobind Khorana in 1968. (US citizen of Indian origin )
Nobel Peace Prize: Mother Teresa in 1979 (Indian citizen of Albanian origin)
Nobel Prize in Physics: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar in 1983. (US citizen of Indian origin)
Nobel Prize in Economics: Amartya Sen in 1998
Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan in 2009 (US citizen of Indian origin)
Defence (in the Republic of India)
Commander-in-Chief of Free India: General Sir Roy Bucher
Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India: General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949
Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
Indian Chief of Staff: General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1947
Commander-in-Chief, IAF: Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, 1954
Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral R D Katari
Cosmonaut: Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma, 1984
Field Marshal: Sam Manekshaw, 1973.
First Parsi Army Chief: Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
First Christian Army Chief: General Sunith Francis Rodrigues
First Sikh Army Chief: General Joginder Jaswant Singh
First Parsi Air Force Chief: Air Marshal Aspy Engineer
First Sikh Air Force Chief: Air Marshal Arjan Singh
First Muslim Air Force Chief: Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif
First Parsi Navy Chief: Admiral J L Cursetji
First Christian Navy Chief: Admiral R L Pereira
Exploration
Person to fly in a balloon and land in a parachute, and also to take ballooning as a profession: Ram Chandra Chatterjee
Person to reach the South Pole: Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
Woman to scale Mount Everest: Bachendri Pal on May 23, 1984. She was the 5th woman in the world to scale the peak.
Woman to reach South Pole: Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu
Person to reach the North Pole: Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar
Film and TV
First Film to be exhibited in India on July 7, 1896, with the Lumiere Brothers' Cinematography, unveiling six silent short films at the Watson's Hotel in Bombay, viz., Entry of Cinematographe, The Sea Bath, Arrival of a Train, A Demolition, Ladies & Soldiers on Wheels and Leaving the Factory.
First silent film to be made in India Raja Harishchandra 1913, by Dadasaheb Phalke
Sound film: Alam Ara (1931) directed by Ardeshir Irani, 1931, First Talkie actress:Zubeida
Colour film: Kisan Kanya (1937), directed by Ardeshir Irani.
cinemascope film: Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)
Oscar for Lifetime Achievement: Satyajit Ray (1992)
Film to win highest number of international awards: Pather Panchali (1955) eleven awards, including Cannes
Films to be considered as All-Time 100 best movies: Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar(1959)) by Satyajit Ray
Oscar winner: Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for Gandhi (film) in 1982
Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film: Mother India in 1957
Music director to win an Oscar and first double Oscar winner-Mr. A. R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire, 22 February 2009.
Sound engineer to win an Oscar: Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire, 22 February 2009
Palme d'Or at 1946 Cannes Film Festival:Neecha Nagar directed by Chetan Anand
National Film Award for cinema: Shyamchi Aai in 1954
Colorized film: Mughal-e-Azam in 2004 (the original black-and-white version was released in 1960)
Sponsored TV serial: Hum Log, started on July 7, 1984, was also the first soap opera of India, ran for 156 episodes
Guinness Book of World Records in the category Fewest actors in a narrative film: Yaadein (1964) directed and acted by Sunil Dutt
Actor to enact 10 roles: Kamal Haasan
3-D film: My Dear Kuttichathan, a Malayalam film, produced in 1984, dubbed in Hindi as Chhota Chetan.
70 mm film: Around the World in Eight Dollars, a Hindi film, starring Raj Kapoor and Rajshree in 1967
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (officer of the order of arts and letters): Director: Mrinal Sen (1985); Actor:Sivaji Ganesan (1995); Actress: Sharmila Tagore(2004)
Hindi film screened at the United Nations: Lage Raho Munna Bhai on 10 November 2006
Governance
President: Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)
First Women President: Prathiba Patil
Vice-President: hamid ansari
Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964). The first term lasted till 1952 after which he was re-elected
Deputy Prime Minister: Valabbhai Patel (1947–1950)
Prime Minister to be voted out of office: Indira Gandhi (1977) when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party
Non-Congress government: by Janata Party with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977–1980)
Non-Congress State government with Majority by a single party: E. M. S. Namboodiripad of CPI, Kerala 1957
Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 – May 16, 1996
Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years): P. V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 – May 16, 1996
Prime Minister from South India: P. V. Narasimha Rao, 1991
Governor-General: Warren Hastings
Governor General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten, 1947
Indian Governor-General of Indian Union: C Rajagopalachari, 1948
Chief Justice of India: H. J. Kania (1947–1951)
First Sikh Prime Minister : Manmohan Singh(2004–Till date)
First Muslim President : Zakir Hussain (1967–1969)
First Sikh President : Giani Zail Singh
Indian ICS Officer: Satyendranath Tagore, 1863
Speaker of Lok Sabha: G.V. Mavlankar (1952–1956)
Finance Minister of Independent India: R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty (1947–1949), for others see First Indian Cabinet
Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence : R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty on Nov 26, 1947
First Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel[10]
First Indian Chief Minister to die in Office: C.N.Annadurai, Tamil Nadu
First Indian President to die in Office: Dr Zakir Hussain, 3 May 1969
First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office: Morarji Desai, 1979
First Woman Cabinet Minister in India: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
First Woman Minister in India: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman Chief Minister: Sucheta Kriplani
First Female Home Minister: Sabitha Indra Reddy
Youngest ever Chief Minister: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam, at the age of 32
First Woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar
First Woman Finance Minister of State Government in India: Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab Govt.
Science
Hydroelectric plant: On the Gaganachukki waterfall of the Sivasamudram Falls, Karnataka. Built in 1902.
Place to get electricity: Kolar Gold Fields, in 1902 (it was the second city in Asia to get electricity after Tokyo, Japan.)
Man in space: Rakesh Sharma aboard Salyut 7, on April 3, 1984. He was the 138th man in space worldwide.
Woman in space: Kalpana Chawla aboard Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87, on November 19, 1997. She was a naturalized United States citizen, and represented the US during the event.
Test-tube baby: Durga Agarwal, born 1978
Scientific Expedition to Antarctica: 1981
Nuclear Reactor: CIRUS, Mumbai, Maharashtra
First Genetically Modified Food Product in India : Bt. Egg plant Hybrid (Bt. -- Bacilius thuringiensis)
Satellite : Aryabhata, launched on April 19, 1975
Satellite dedicated exclusively for educational services : EDUSET
Successfully indigenous launch vehicle : SLV-3
Prospective space tourist: Santhosh George Kulangara, proposed in 2009 aboard Virgin Galactic
Cloned Animal : Buffalo, Samrupa
In 1850, the first experimental electric telegraph line was started between Kolkata and Diamond Harbor. In 1851, it was opened for the use of the British East India Company
1854: Telegraph service opened to the Public
First telephone exchange: On the 28th January 1882, Major E. Baring, Member of the Governor General of India's Council declared open the Telephone Exchanges in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. The exchange in Calcutta named the "Central Exchange", was opened at third floor of the building at 7, Council House Street, with a total of 93 subscribers. Later that year, Bombay also witnessed the opening of a telephone exchange.
1902 - First wireless telegraph station established between Sagar Islands and Sandheads.
1907 - First Central Battery of telephones introduced in Kanpur.
1913-1914 - First Automatic Exchange installed in Shimla.
1927 - Radio-telegraph system between the UK and India, with Imperial Wireless Chain beam stations at Khadki and Daund. Inaugurated by Lord Irwin on 23 July by exchanging greetings with King George V.
1933 - Radiotelephone system inaugurated between the UK and India.
1953 - 12 channel carrier system introduced.
1960 - First subscriber trunk dialing route commissioned between Lucknow and Kanpur.
1975 - First PCM system commissioned between Mumbai City and Andheri telephone exchanges.
1976 - First digital microwave junction introduced.
1979 - First optical fibre system for local junction commissioned at Pune.
1980 - First satellite earth station for domestic communications established at Secunderabad, A.P..
1983 - First analog Stored Program Control exchange for trunk lines commissioned at Mumbai.
1984 - C-DOT established for indigenous development and production of digital exchanges.
1995 - First mobile telephone service started on non-commercial basis on 15 August 1995 in Delhi.
Sport
Person to swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen, 1958
Woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha, 1959
Formula One race driver: Narain Karthikeyan
Formula One team: Force India F1
A1 GP race victory: Narain Karthikeyan, Zhuhai, China, 2007
Person to equal world record in Archery: Limba Ram, 1992
Gatka recognised as sport in any State [Punjab] in 2009: efforts by Punjab Gatka Association (Regd.) affiliated with Punjab Olympic Association.
Olympics
Olympic team medal: Gold for Hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics Amsterdam, beating the Netherlands.
Olympic Individual medal (in British India): Silver by Norman Pritchard for 200 metres races at the 1900 Summer Olympics, Paris. (This is disputed however. The IOC claims he participated for India. The IAAF records him as participant for Great Britain.)
Olympic Individual medal: Bronze by K. D. Jadhav for wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki.
Olympic Individual medal by a woman: Bronze by Karnam Malleswari for weightlifting 54 kg class, at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney.
Olympic Silver medal: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore for Men's Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athens.
Olympic Individual gold medal: Abhinav Bindra for 10 m Air Rifle at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing.
Olympic Bronze medallist in Boxing:Vijender Kumar in Beijing Olympics 2008.
Olympic Bronze medallist in Wrestling: Sushil Kumar in Beijing Olympics 2008.
Chess
Chess Grandmaster : Male - Vishwanathan Anand, 1988.
Female - Koneru Humpy - 2002 - She was also the youngest woman to become a grandmaster at 15 years old.(Hou Yifan of China is the youngest woman to become a grandmaster at 14years and 6 months.)
Tennis
Grand Slam title: Mahesh Bhupathi (partnering with Japanese Rika Hiraki) in the Mixed Doubles category of the 1997 French Open.
Woman to win a match in a Grand Slam event: Nirupama Vaidyanathan beat Italian Gloria Pizzichini in the first round of the 1998 Australian Open
Woman to reach 4th round (highest as of 2009) of a Grand Slam singles event: Sania Mirza in the Singles category of the 2005 US Open.
Woman to win a Grand Slam title: Sania Mirza (partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi) in the Mixed Doubles category of the 2009 Australian Open.
Grand Slam junior title: Leander Paes in the Singles category of the 1990 Wimbledon Championship.
Grand Slam junior title by a woman: Sania Mirza (partnering with Russian Alisa Kleybanova) in the Doubles category of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships.
Cricket
India won their second Cricket World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka in the finals in 2011 Mumbai . Under the captainship of M.S.Dhoni.
Cricket tournament: The Bombay Triangular (1905–1911) which later became the Bombay Quadrangular (1912–1936)
Cricket test match: Against England at Lord's, June 25, 1932
First One day Cricket captain: S.Venkataraghavan
First Test Cricket captain: C. K. Nayudu for the 1932 tour of England
First Indian to score an ODI century was Kapil Dev, 175* against Zimbabwe in the 1983 Cricket World Cup
First Indian to score an ODI double century is Sachin Tendulkar, 200* against South Africa at Gwalior, February 24, 2010
Cricketer to score a century: Lala Amarnath, 118 against England in December 1933 at Bombay Gymkhana grounds
Cricketer to score a double century: Polly Umrigar, 223 against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1955-56
Cricketer to score a triple century: Virender Sehwag, 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004.
ODI cricket hat-trick: Chetan Sharma in Reliance World Cup against New Zealand in 1987.
Test cricket hat-trick: Harbhajan Singh against Australia in March 2001
Cricket World Cup championship win: At the 1983 Cricket World Cup, England beating West Indies.
Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket: Sunil Gavaskar (he was first in the world to achieve this feat)
Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in ODI cricket: Sachin Tendulkar (he was first in the world to achieve this feat)
Cricket Twenty20 world cup winner: India in 2007.
Cricketer to score 99 centuries in Test and ODIs combined: Sachin Tendulkar
First bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings: Jim Lekar
First batsman to score a double century in a one day International : Sachin Tendulkar
First batsman to score 50 centuries in Test Cricket : Sachin Tendulkar
First woman to score a double hundred in test cricket : Mithali Raj [214* against Newzealand at Wellington 2004] (she was first in the world to achieve this feat)
First time six SIXES in an over of a T-20 match were scoured by an Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh against England
Women
Graduates: Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
Head of an Undergraduate Academic Institution: Chandramukhi Basu, 1888
Honours Graduate: Kamini Roy (1886)
Lawyer: Cornelia Sorabjee (1892)
Photojournalist: Homai Vyarawalla (1913)
Doctorate of Science: Asima Chatterjee (1944)
Chief Justice of a High Court (Himachal Pradesh): Leila Seth, 1991
Supreme Court judge: Kumari Fathima Beevi
High Court Judge : Anna Chandy
Physician: Kadambini Ganguly, 1886
Airline Pilot: Durba Banerjee
In space: Kalpana Chawla aboard Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87, on November 19, 1997. She was a naturalized United States citizen, and represented the US during the event.
Nobel Prize winner: Mother Teresa in 1979 (Albanian born Indian citizen)
Monarch of Delhi Sultanate: Razia Sultan (1205–1240) of Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi)
Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi, 1966
Minister in a government: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur in the Ministry of Health
Chief Minister of a State: Sucheta Kripalani, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, 1963–1967
Governor: Sarojini Naidu, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, 1947–1949
Central Minister (in pre-independent India): Vijayalakshmi Pandit, minister of local self-government and public health, 1937
Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar
Indian National Congress President: Annie Besant
President: Pratibha Patil, 2007
IPS Officer Kiran Bedi
Asian Games gold medal winner: Kamlijit Sandhu
The first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest : Bachendri Pal , 1984
Chess Grandmaster: Koneru Humpy, 2002. She was also the youngest woman in the world to become a grandmaster at 15 years old.
To win 1st round match in a Grand Slam event: Nirupama Vaidyanathan beat Italian Gloria Pizzichini in the first round of the 1998 Australian Open
To reach 4th round (highest as of 2008) of a Grand Slam event: Sania Mirza in the Singles category of the 2005 US Open.
Grand Slam junior title: Sania Mirza (partnering with Russian Alisa Kleybanova) in the Doubles category of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships.
State Finance Minister: Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab : October, 2010
Places
City to have electricity: Kolkata, CESC started as Kilburn & Co when the company acquired the license to provide electricity to Calcutta city on January 7, 1897.
District to achieve 100% literacy rate: Ernakulam district, Kerala , 1990
City/town to achieve 100% literacy rate: Kottayam, Kerala, 1989
District to achieve 100% literacy rate and lowest population growth rate: Pathanamthitta district, Kerala
District to be polio-free: Pathanamthitta district, Kerala
District to achieve tobacco free: Kottayam district, Kerala, 27 September 2008
City to have an e-court: Ahmedabad, 8 February 2009
Transport
First Passenger Train: between Mumbai and Thane on 16 April 1853
First suburban railway line: Mumbai Suburban Railway in 1857
First rapid transit (Metro) rail: Kolkata Metro in 1984
First Motorcar: in 1897, Mr Forster of Crompton Greaves
First Motorcar in regular use, in 1901, Francis Spring, Chennai
First Indians to own a motor car: Jamshedji Tata 1901 and Rustom Cama, Parsi Lawyer 1901
First competitive event Delhi-Bombay trials 1905 at the behest of Lord Curzon and Motor Union of Western India to test the suitability of the Automobile for Indian roads and to facilitate interaction between the fledging Automobile Industry and prospective Indian clients
Oldest surviving and running cars in India: De Dion Bouton 1904, Rover 1905
First woman to drive a car in India: Suzanne RD Tata 1905
First Motor Taxi Mumbai, 1911
First largescale import of motor cars: Relatively large contingent of motorcars imported for the Delhi Darbar held in 1911 to mark the arrival of King George V
First registration scheme for motor vehicles in India: 1912
Arrival of mass production technology makes the Automobile a practical means of transport by the 1920s and most British officers had cars
First Assembly of motor cars: General Motors sets up the first assembly unit to assemble cars from imported parts in 1928. The National Series AB sedan is produced.
First manufacture of motor cars: Hindustan Motors begins production of cars in 1942. Premier automobiles and Standard Motors setup. Technology stagnates as a result of economic autarky as India is isolated from the rest of the world
First act leading to liberalization of the Auto sector: Maruti 800 launched in 1983 and the automotive industry is progressively liberalized
First fully indegenous passenger car developed in India, Tata Indica launched in 1998
First expressway: Mumbai-Pune Expressway in 2000
First major acquisition of a foreign company by an Indian company: Tata Motors acquires Jaguar and Land Rover in 2007. Mahindra Automotive emerges as the top bidder for SSangsyong motors in 2010
First world-famous automotive product designed and developed in India. Tata Nano launched in 2008
First aeroplane in India Maharaja of Patiala 1910
Domestic commercial aviation is born in India in 1911 when on February 18, Henri Piquet, flying a Humber biplane, carries mall from Allahabad to Naini Junction, some six miles away.
1927: India's first airline, Imperial Airways, extends its Empire Routes to India, connecting India with the outside world for the first time through an air network. A de Havilland Hercules flies the Cairo-Basra-Karachi-Jodhpur-Delhi route. It is also the first domestic passenger flight to be operated in India. Passengers could be for the first time fly from Karachi to Jodhpur and to Delhi on Imperial Airways.
On February 10, 1929, JRD Tata is awarded India's first pilot licence, Pilot Licence No.1 by Federation Aeronotique International signed by Sir Victor Sasoon on behalf of the Aero Club of India and Burma.
1932: Urmila K Parikh becomes the first woman to get a pilot licence when she is given an a licence by the Aero Club of India and Burma.
1932: JRD Tata launches India's first scheduled airline, Tata Airlines, by piloting the first flight himself from Karachi to Bombay via Ahmedabad on a single-engine Puss Moth with a load of airmail.
Others
Wax statue of a living Indian: Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud's in 1939
Newspaper : Hickey's Bengal Gazette in 1779
Exclusive internet magazine: Bharat Samachar[citation needed]
Miss India to participate in Miss Universe: Indrani Rahman in the Miss Universe 1952 Pageant at Long Beach, California
President of the Indian National Congress: W C Bonnerjee, 1885
Graduate in Medicine: Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty
Monday, August 1, 2011
FIRST IN INDIA
1. British Governor General of Bengal - Warren Hastings
2. Governor General of Independent India – Lord Mountbatten
3. Commander-in-chief of Free India General – Roy Bucher
4. Cosmonaut – Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
5. Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India – Babar
6. Field Marshal – S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
7. Indian Governor General of Indian Union – C. Rajagopalachari
8. Indian I.C.S. Officer – Satyendra Nath Tagore
9. Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council – Sri S.P. Sinha
10. Indian to swim across English Channel – Mihir Sen
11. Indian woman to swim across-English Channel – Miss Arati Saha
12. Man to climb Mount Everest – Tenzing Norgay
13. Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen – Phu Dorjee
14. Man to climb Mount Everest twice – Nwang Gombu
15. Nobel Prize winner – Rabindra Nath Tagore
16. President of Indian National Congress – W. C. Banerjee
17. President of Indian Republic - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18. Talkie Film – Alam Ara (1931)
19. Test Tube Baby (Documented) – Indira
20. Viceroy of India – Lord Canning
21. Woman Minister of Indian Union – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
22. Woman Chief Minister of State – Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
23. Woman Governor – Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
24. Woman President of Indian National Congress – Dr. Annie Besant
25. Woman Prime Minister – Mrs. Indira Gandhi
26. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly – Mrs. Shanno Devi
27. Prime Minister of India – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
28. Muslim President of Indian Union – Dr. Zakir Hussain
29. Speaker of Lok Sabha – G. V. Mavlankar
30. Woman to climb mount Everest – Bachhendri Pal
31. Woman Judge in Supreme Court – Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
32. Woman Chief Justice of a High Court – Smt. Leela Seth
33. Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen) – Kalpana Chawla
34. The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics - Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
35. The First Indian World Chess Champion – Vishwanathan Anand
36. India’s first paperless Newspaper – The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
37. India’s First woman Merchant Navy Officer – Sonali Banerjee
38. The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha – G. M. C. Balyogi
39. The first Vice-President of India to die in harness – Krishna Kant
40. The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century – Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against England)
41. The first woman Air Vice-Marshal – P. Bandopadhyaya
42. The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor – Ms. Kiran Bedi
43. The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident – Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)
44. The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India- K.J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)
45. The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament – Sania Mirza (2003)
46. The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship – Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
47. The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD – Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
48. The highest individual test scorer of India – Virendra Sehwag ( 319 runs against Sauth africa)
49. The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times- Rahul Dravid
50. The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S. – Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)
51. The first Sikh Prime Minister of India – Dr. Manmohan Singh
52. The first woman Director General of Police of a State – Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal)
53. The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief – MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime branch chief of Mumbai police)
54. The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army – Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune)
55. The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming – Bula Chaudhury
56. The first woman to become Indian Air Force’s first woman Air Marshal – Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay
57. The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years – Dharmendra Yadav (Mainpuri : Samajwadi Party MP)
58. India’s first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title – Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad)
59. The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon – Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.)
60. The first wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km. - Budhia (May 2006)
61. The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro – (Chennai Metro Police) Letika Saran
62. The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole – Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006)
63. The first sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship – Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
64. The first person of Indian origin to win the Miss Great Britain title – Preeti Desai (2006)
BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Under Marginal Standing Facility ( MSF) the banks are allowed to borrow up to one percent of their total ......... ?
1) Deposit base
2) Lending
3) Equity
4) Margins
5) Non Provisioning Assets
2. On 7 June, 2011 Syamala Gopinath Committee submitted a report on Small Savings Saving Fund to the finance minister of India. The highlights include .........
1) The Kisan Vikas Patras must be with drawn immediately
2) The long term 10 Years bonds must replace KVP
3) Monthly Savings Scheme and National Savings Certificate Period must be reduced from 6 years to 5 years
4) Post Office savings interest must be raised from 3.5 % to 4.0 %
5) All of above
3. From 1 April 2011, the minimum wage floor level increased from Rs. 100 to Rs. ......... as per the order of Labour Ministry?
1) 115
2) 150
3) 160
4) 175
5) 200
4. After ONGC, IOC, SAIL and NTPC ......... got Maharatna status?
1) CIL
2) BHEL
3) BP
4) RIL
5) RBI
5. Union Government passed FCRA on 2 May 2011. FCRA stands for .........?
1) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
2) Foreign Conservative Restrictive Act
3) Foreign Contribution Repair Act
4) Foreign Contribution Regulation Apathy
5) None
6. 'Upper Caste Commission' to study the poor and economically backward people in the Upper Castes set up by
1) Bihar
2) Uttarakhand
3) West Bengal
4) Goa
5) Rajasthan
7. Gangadhar Pradhan is an exponent in ......... dance?
1) Kuchipudi
2) Kathak
3) Bihu
4) Bharata Natyam
5) None
8. Games/ Sports events are given. Pick the wrong one?
1) India hosts the 1st Super Series Badminton Championship
2) Novak Djokovic of Italy defeated Rafael Nadal of USA to get ATP Miami Masters Crown
3) Paes- Bhupathi duo clinches Miami Title
4) Chennai Super Kings is the two times IPL winner
5) Polly Umrigar award got by Sachin
9. ......... is used in the banking terminology?
1) Stock
2) Bear
3) Listing
4) Open Market Operations
5) Settlement Day
10. Current Account details are given. Pick the wrong one?
1) Generally the businessman having the more transactions opt this account
2) No rule is there to prohibit to allow the individual to take this account
3) The highest rate of interest paid on this account compare to other accounts
4) Any number of transactions can be done
5) No interest or least interest is paid on this account
11. ......... company agreed to export 1700 Cash Dispenser Machines ( CDM) ( ATM) to SBI having base in USA?
1) Axis
2) Banqit
3) Diebold
4) De La Rue
5) Fujitsu
12. Appreciation of money means .........
1) A hike in the price of money due to general fall in the price level.
2) A hike in the price of money due to general increase in the price level.
3) A reduction in the price of money due to general fall in the price level.
4) Absence of the price of money due to general fall in the price level.
5) None
13. Food Corporation of India got the working capital loan up to Rs. ......... crore from the union government?
1) 5000
2)1500
3) 500
4) 100
5) 50
14. The recent appointments/ambassadors list is given. Pick the correct one?
1) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided to include Kamal Nath and K.V.Thomas
2) Shaan was appointed as the Tobacco Ambassador of India
3) K.K. Talwar was appointed as the Chairman of Medical Council of India
4) N.K.Browne is the New Air Chief Marshal
5) All of above
15. A Peak of Lies written by ......... ?
1) Urmila Deshpande
2) Karan Singh
3) Kushwant Singh
4) Chetan Bhagath
5) R.K.Narayan
16. India was considered to be the member of NSG on 23 May 2011. NSG is a premier non-proliferation body. NSG means ......... ?
1) Nuclear System Group
2) Nuclear Symphony Group
3) Nuclear Syndrom Group
4) Nuclear Suppliers Group
5) None
17. India is not the member in ......... ?
1) G 20
2) G 77
3) G 15
4) G 7
5) SAARC
18. In the given list of the days which is wrongly matched one?
1) 31 May- World No Tobacco Day
2) 13 April- Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day
3) 24 March - World TB Day
4) 2 April- All Fools Day
5) None
19. Chandrayaan-2 to cost Rs. 426 crore as granted by Central Government. The project Director of Chandrayaan is ......... ?
1) Madhavan Nair
2) Radhakrishnan
3) M.Annadurai
4) Kasturi Rangan
5) None
20. ......... is the first cricketer in the world cup to claim five wickets and did half century against Ireland in 2011 WC ICC edition?
1) Sachin
2) Harbhajan
3) Pathan
4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Jahir Khan
21. Find the wrong abbreviation?
1) CVC-Central Vision Commission
2) CEC- Central Election Commission
3) CAG-Comptroller and Auditor General
4) IBA-Indian Banks' Association
5) IBPS-Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
22. The facts relating to Micro Finance Sector as per the statement of Reserve Bank of India on 3 May 2011 given. Pick the Correct one?
1) Micro Finance mean the lending in the small amounts
2) Maximum Rate of Interest levied by them must not cross 26 %
3) Maximum loan can take by the customer from Micro Finance company should not cross Rs. 35,000
4) The above rules are framed by RBI, according to the recommendations of Malegam Committee with few changes
5) All of above
23. On 3 May 2011, RBI in its monetary Policy for 2011-2012, estimated the inflation around ......... percent?
1) 7
2) 8
3) 4
4) 5
5) 6
24. Dedicated Frieght Corridor ( DFC) connecting Khurja (Uttar Pradesh ) to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) rail get the fund of $ 975 million from ......... ?
1) IMF
2) IDA
3) IFC
4) IBRD
5) ADB
25. The World Bank details are given. Pick the correct one?
1) Its original name is International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2) Present members are 187.The latest member is Montenegro ( 18 Jan 2007)
3) Robert B. Zoellick (born in USA, German Origin ) is the present Chairman
4) It has headquarters in Washington D.C
5) All of above
26. India's total public debt increased by .........percent to Rs. 29,21,360 crore?
1) 4
2) 8.5
3) 8.1
4) 1.3
5) 0.6
27. Dailmler Group got license to establish Non-banking Finance company in India. This group belongs to .........?
1) France
2) Hongkong
3) Japan
4) Germany
5) USA
28. 2010-2011 Fiscal deficit (Actual) declared on 31 may 2011. The deficit is ......... percent against the Budget Estimates of
5.1 %?
1) 4.9
2) 4.7
3) 5.1
4) 9.1
5) 6.7
29. To monitor the investigation and the steps being taken to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks, the supreme court constituted the committee under the chairman ship of Justice .........?
1) Markendeya Kathju
2) Lahoti
3) Dashratha Rama Reddy
4) Dinakarna
5) Jeevan Reddy
30. .........tops in the GDP growth with 11.3 percent in the last five years (2005-10) as per the report of Mckinsey & co. Haryana (11%) , Bihar (9.6%), Karnataka (8.5%) Kerala (8.1%) Andhra Pradesh (7.4%)
1) Delhi
2) Maharastra
3) Kerala
4) Manipur
5) Gujrat
31. The Awards given. Pick up the incorrect one?
1) Sahitya Bharati Samman 2010 conferred on Sitakanta Mohapatra
2) Girdhar Rathi got the Bihari Puraskar for 2010 for Anta ka Sanshaya
3) Indu Sharma Katha Samman got by Vikas Kumar Jha
4) NTPC bagged the Prestigious Business World Award for power Sector
5) None
32. ICC committee recommended the most controversial DRS in all cricket international matches in the coming days. DRS means......... .?
1) Decision Roll System
2) Decision Revision System
3) Deal Review System
4) Decision Review System
5) Dual Revision System
33. On April 7, 2011 as per the statement of RBI, the Credit rate growth rate is ......... in the banks in 2010-2011
1) 21.38
2) 14.25
3) 16.82
4) 20.12
5) 26.31
34. 2010-2011 Deposit growth rates in the banks are ......... percent?
1) 16.84
2) 15.84
3) 16.25
4) 18.54
5) 26.1
35. As per the new order of RBI in May 2011, the government of India is allowed to borrow Rs. ......... crore from the market through Treasury bills of up to one year?
1) 25000
2) 10000
3) 100000
4) 5000
5) 60000
36. The Financial Literacy includes ..........?
1) How to use the limited funds carefully
2) How to invest the funds
3) How to minimize the risk arisen
4) How to reinvest the money earned
5) All of above
37. The recent Sports events are given. Pick the wrong one?
1) Golden Player of IPL-4 - Chris Gayle of RCB
2) Orange Cap to get more runs in (608) IPL-4- Chris Gayle of RCB
3) Purple Cap to get more Wickets (28) in IPL-4- Latish Malinga of Mumbai Indians
4) Best Individual Performance in IPL 4- Paul Valthaty of Kings XI Punjab
5) None
38. Which bank used Tiny Cards with bio metric identification as part of the financial inclusion?
1) ICICI
2) SBH
3) SBI
4) IDBI
5) Axis
ANSWERS:
1.1 2.5 3.1 4.1 5.1 6.1 7.2 8.2 9.4 10.3 11.3 12.1 13.1 14.5 15.1
16.4 17.4 18.4 19.3 20.4 21.1 22.5 23.5 24.4 25.5 26.4 27.4 28.2
29.5 30.5 31.5 32.4 33.5 34.2 35.1 36.5 37.5 38.3
1) Deposit base
2) Lending
3) Equity
4) Margins
5) Non Provisioning Assets
2. On 7 June, 2011 Syamala Gopinath Committee submitted a report on Small Savings Saving Fund to the finance minister of India. The highlights include .........
1) The Kisan Vikas Patras must be with drawn immediately
2) The long term 10 Years bonds must replace KVP
3) Monthly Savings Scheme and National Savings Certificate Period must be reduced from 6 years to 5 years
4) Post Office savings interest must be raised from 3.5 % to 4.0 %
5) All of above
3. From 1 April 2011, the minimum wage floor level increased from Rs. 100 to Rs. ......... as per the order of Labour Ministry?
1) 115
2) 150
3) 160
4) 175
5) 200
4. After ONGC, IOC, SAIL and NTPC ......... got Maharatna status?
1) CIL
2) BHEL
3) BP
4) RIL
5) RBI
5. Union Government passed FCRA on 2 May 2011. FCRA stands for .........?
1) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
2) Foreign Conservative Restrictive Act
3) Foreign Contribution Repair Act
4) Foreign Contribution Regulation Apathy
5) None
6. 'Upper Caste Commission' to study the poor and economically backward people in the Upper Castes set up by
1) Bihar
2) Uttarakhand
3) West Bengal
4) Goa
5) Rajasthan
7. Gangadhar Pradhan is an exponent in ......... dance?
1) Kuchipudi
2) Kathak
3) Bihu
4) Bharata Natyam
5) None
8. Games/ Sports events are given. Pick the wrong one?
1) India hosts the 1st Super Series Badminton Championship
2) Novak Djokovic of Italy defeated Rafael Nadal of USA to get ATP Miami Masters Crown
3) Paes- Bhupathi duo clinches Miami Title
4) Chennai Super Kings is the two times IPL winner
5) Polly Umrigar award got by Sachin
9. ......... is used in the banking terminology?
1) Stock
2) Bear
3) Listing
4) Open Market Operations
5) Settlement Day
10. Current Account details are given. Pick the wrong one?
1) Generally the businessman having the more transactions opt this account
2) No rule is there to prohibit to allow the individual to take this account
3) The highest rate of interest paid on this account compare to other accounts
4) Any number of transactions can be done
5) No interest or least interest is paid on this account
11. ......... company agreed to export 1700 Cash Dispenser Machines ( CDM) ( ATM) to SBI having base in USA?
1) Axis
2) Banqit
3) Diebold
4) De La Rue
5) Fujitsu
12. Appreciation of money means .........
1) A hike in the price of money due to general fall in the price level.
2) A hike in the price of money due to general increase in the price level.
3) A reduction in the price of money due to general fall in the price level.
4) Absence of the price of money due to general fall in the price level.
5) None
13. Food Corporation of India got the working capital loan up to Rs. ......... crore from the union government?
1) 5000
2)1500
3) 500
4) 100
5) 50
14. The recent appointments/ambassadors list is given. Pick the correct one?
1) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided to include Kamal Nath and K.V.Thomas
2) Shaan was appointed as the Tobacco Ambassador of India
3) K.K. Talwar was appointed as the Chairman of Medical Council of India
4) N.K.Browne is the New Air Chief Marshal
5) All of above
15. A Peak of Lies written by ......... ?
1) Urmila Deshpande
2) Karan Singh
3) Kushwant Singh
4) Chetan Bhagath
5) R.K.Narayan
16. India was considered to be the member of NSG on 23 May 2011. NSG is a premier non-proliferation body. NSG means ......... ?
1) Nuclear System Group
2) Nuclear Symphony Group
3) Nuclear Syndrom Group
4) Nuclear Suppliers Group
5) None
17. India is not the member in ......... ?
1) G 20
2) G 77
3) G 15
4) G 7
5) SAARC
18. In the given list of the days which is wrongly matched one?
1) 31 May- World No Tobacco Day
2) 13 April- Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day
3) 24 March - World TB Day
4) 2 April- All Fools Day
5) None
19. Chandrayaan-2 to cost Rs. 426 crore as granted by Central Government. The project Director of Chandrayaan is ......... ?
1) Madhavan Nair
2) Radhakrishnan
3) M.Annadurai
4) Kasturi Rangan
5) None
20. ......... is the first cricketer in the world cup to claim five wickets and did half century against Ireland in 2011 WC ICC edition?
1) Sachin
2) Harbhajan
3) Pathan
4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Jahir Khan
21. Find the wrong abbreviation?
1) CVC-Central Vision Commission
2) CEC- Central Election Commission
3) CAG-Comptroller and Auditor General
4) IBA-Indian Banks' Association
5) IBPS-Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
22. The facts relating to Micro Finance Sector as per the statement of Reserve Bank of India on 3 May 2011 given. Pick the Correct one?
1) Micro Finance mean the lending in the small amounts
2) Maximum Rate of Interest levied by them must not cross 26 %
3) Maximum loan can take by the customer from Micro Finance company should not cross Rs. 35,000
4) The above rules are framed by RBI, according to the recommendations of Malegam Committee with few changes
5) All of above
23. On 3 May 2011, RBI in its monetary Policy for 2011-2012, estimated the inflation around ......... percent?
1) 7
2) 8
3) 4
4) 5
5) 6
24. Dedicated Frieght Corridor ( DFC) connecting Khurja (Uttar Pradesh ) to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) rail get the fund of $ 975 million from ......... ?
1) IMF
2) IDA
3) IFC
4) IBRD
5) ADB
25. The World Bank details are given. Pick the correct one?
1) Its original name is International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2) Present members are 187.The latest member is Montenegro ( 18 Jan 2007)
3) Robert B. Zoellick (born in USA, German Origin ) is the present Chairman
4) It has headquarters in Washington D.C
5) All of above
26. India's total public debt increased by .........percent to Rs. 29,21,360 crore?
1) 4
2) 8.5
3) 8.1
4) 1.3
5) 0.6
27. Dailmler Group got license to establish Non-banking Finance company in India. This group belongs to .........?
1) France
2) Hongkong
3) Japan
4) Germany
5) USA
28. 2010-2011 Fiscal deficit (Actual) declared on 31 may 2011. The deficit is ......... percent against the Budget Estimates of
5.1 %?
1) 4.9
2) 4.7
3) 5.1
4) 9.1
5) 6.7
29. To monitor the investigation and the steps being taken to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks, the supreme court constituted the committee under the chairman ship of Justice .........?
1) Markendeya Kathju
2) Lahoti
3) Dashratha Rama Reddy
4) Dinakarna
5) Jeevan Reddy
30. .........tops in the GDP growth with 11.3 percent in the last five years (2005-10) as per the report of Mckinsey & co. Haryana (11%) , Bihar (9.6%), Karnataka (8.5%) Kerala (8.1%) Andhra Pradesh (7.4%)
1) Delhi
2) Maharastra
3) Kerala
4) Manipur
5) Gujrat
31. The Awards given. Pick up the incorrect one?
1) Sahitya Bharati Samman 2010 conferred on Sitakanta Mohapatra
2) Girdhar Rathi got the Bihari Puraskar for 2010 for Anta ka Sanshaya
3) Indu Sharma Katha Samman got by Vikas Kumar Jha
4) NTPC bagged the Prestigious Business World Award for power Sector
5) None
32. ICC committee recommended the most controversial DRS in all cricket international matches in the coming days. DRS means......... .?
1) Decision Roll System
2) Decision Revision System
3) Deal Review System
4) Decision Review System
5) Dual Revision System
33. On April 7, 2011 as per the statement of RBI, the Credit rate growth rate is ......... in the banks in 2010-2011
1) 21.38
2) 14.25
3) 16.82
4) 20.12
5) 26.31
34. 2010-2011 Deposit growth rates in the banks are ......... percent?
1) 16.84
2) 15.84
3) 16.25
4) 18.54
5) 26.1
35. As per the new order of RBI in May 2011, the government of India is allowed to borrow Rs. ......... crore from the market through Treasury bills of up to one year?
1) 25000
2) 10000
3) 100000
4) 5000
5) 60000
36. The Financial Literacy includes ..........?
1) How to use the limited funds carefully
2) How to invest the funds
3) How to minimize the risk arisen
4) How to reinvest the money earned
5) All of above
37. The recent Sports events are given. Pick the wrong one?
1) Golden Player of IPL-4 - Chris Gayle of RCB
2) Orange Cap to get more runs in (608) IPL-4- Chris Gayle of RCB
3) Purple Cap to get more Wickets (28) in IPL-4- Latish Malinga of Mumbai Indians
4) Best Individual Performance in IPL 4- Paul Valthaty of Kings XI Punjab
5) None
38. Which bank used Tiny Cards with bio metric identification as part of the financial inclusion?
1) ICICI
2) SBH
3) SBI
4) IDBI
5) Axis
ANSWERS:
1.1 2.5 3.1 4.1 5.1 6.1 7.2 8.2 9.4 10.3 11.3 12.1 13.1 14.5 15.1
16.4 17.4 18.4 19.3 20.4 21.1 22.5 23.5 24.4 25.5 26.4 27.4 28.2
29.5 30.5 31.5 32.4 33.5 34.2 35.1 36.5 37.5 38.3
Indian Leaders & Memorial Names
Names of Indian Leaders | Titles or Positions Hold | Names of Cremation Ground / Memorial Names |
Mahatma Gandhi | Father of the Nation | Raj Ghat |
Jawaharlal Nehru | 1st Prime Minister of India | Shantivan |
Lal Bahadur Shastri | 2nd Prime Minister of India | Vijay Ghat |
Indira Gandhi | 3rd Prime Minister of India | Shakti Sthal |
Morarji Desai | 4th Prime Minister of India | Abhay Ghat |
Charan Singh | 5th Prime Minister of India | Kisan Ghat |
Rajiv Gandhi | 6th Prime Minister of India | Veer Bhoomi (Vir Bhoomi) |
Giani Zail Singh | 7th President of India | Ekta Sthal |
Shankar Dayal Sharma | 9th President of India | Karma Bhumi |
K.R. Narayanan | 10th President of India | Ekta Sthal (Karma Bhoomi) |
Gulzarilal Nanda | Acting Prime Minister of India | Narayan Ghat |
Krishna Kant | 10th Vice President of India | Nigambhoot Ghat |
Jagjivan Ram | Deputy Prime Minister of India | Samta Sthal |
B.R. Ambedkar | Political leader and Philosopher | Chaitya Bhoomi |
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Indian Beaches
| Andaman & Nicobar : | |||
| Radhnagar Beach | Harminder bay Beach | Karmatang Beach | Ramnagar Beach |
| Andhra Pardesh : | |||
| Bhemunipatnam Beach | Ramakrishna Beach | Manginapudi Beach | Mypad Beach |
| Rishikonda Beach | Vodarevu Beach | ||
| Goa : | |||
| Anjuna Beach | Baga Beach | Dona Paula | Calanqute Beach |
| Benaulim Beach | Cavelosim Beach | Chapora Beach | Condolim Beach |
| Bogmolo Beach | Miramar Beach | Pololem Beach | Vagator Beach |
| Varca Beach | |||
| Gujrat : | |||
| Ahmedpur Mandvi Beach | Beyt Dwarka | Diu Beach | Somnath & Veraval Beach |
| Chorward | Madhavpur Beach | Gopnath Beach in Gujrat | |
| Kerala : | |||
| Kovalam Beach | Marari Beach | Kumarakom | Alappuzha Beach |
| Beypore Beach | Varkala Beach | Fort Kochi Beach | Kappad Beach |
| Ezhimala Beach | Moppila Bay | Mazhappilangad Beach | Pathiramanal Beach |
| Payyambalam Beach | Sankhumugham Beach | Tanur Beach | Thangassery Beach |
| Thirumullavaram Beach | |||
| Karnataka : | |||
| Karwar Beach | Malpe Beach | Maravanthe Beach | Bhatkal Beach |
| Murudeshwar Beach | |||
| Maharashtra : | |||
| Juhu Beach | Marine Drive-Chowpatty Beach | Madh Island Beach | Ganpatipule Beach |
| Murud Janjira Beach | Dahanu-Bordi Beaches | Harnai Beach | Kihim & Mandwa Beach |
| Vijaydurg Beach | Tarkali Beach | Velneshwar | |
| Orissa : | |||
| Chandipur Beach | Konark Beach | Paradeep Beach | Puri Beach |
| Balighai Beach | |||
| Tamil Nadu : | |||
| Marina Beach, Chennai | Mahabalipuram Beach | Rameshwaram Beach | Kanyakumari Beach |
| Cavelong Beach | |||
Sunday, July 17, 2011
MULTIPURPOSE RIVER-VALLEY PROJECTS
ALAMATTI DAM
It is on the river Krishna.
BASPA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
The 300 MW project is located in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. It is the largest private hydro-electric project and has been built by Jaypee group. It is located on Baspa river, a tributary of Satluj.
BEAS PROJECT
It is a joint venture of the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. It consists of two units: (i) Beas-Sutlej Link and (ii) Beas Dam at Pong. The project links the Beas and the Sutlej rivers in Punjab through 38.4 km of hills and valleys. The waters of the Beas were poured into the mighty Sutlej river on July 10, 1977 at the first-ever man-made confluence of the two major rivers at Slapper in Himachal in a mighty bid to augment the water resources of the Gobind Sagar Lake of the Bhakra-complex. This completed the Rs 380- crore dream which was realised in a period of only 12 years.
BHADRA RESERVOIR PROJECT
Bhadra Reservoir Project across the river Bhadra is in Karnataka.
BHAKRA-NANGAL PROJECT (HIMACHAL PRADESH)
Largest multipurpose project in India and the highest straight gravity dam in the world (225.5 m high) on the river Sutlej.
CHAMBAL PROJECT
It is a joint undertaking by the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments. The Rana Pratap Dam at Bhata, 48 km from Kotah, was inaugurated on Feb 9, 1970. The project comprises construction of two other dams: Gandhi Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh and Jawahar Sagar (Kotah) Dam in Rajasthan.
CHAMERA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
The 540 MW Chamera hydro-electric project on the Ravi river in Himachal Pradesh was implemented with Canadian credit offer of about Rs 335 crore.
CHUKHA PROJECT
The 336 MW project is the most prestigious and largest in Bhutan. It has been completely built by India. The dam has been constructed on Wang Chu river. The project costed Rs 244 crore.
DAMODAR VALLEY PROJECT (WEST BENGAL AND BIHAR)
Principal object of this multipurpose scheme is to control the flowing of the Damodar which is notorious for its vagaries and destructiveness. It is designed on the lines of the Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.) in U.S.A.
DUL-HASTI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
The Rs. 1263 crore project is being built on river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir. The foundation of the project was laid in September 1984. The project will consist of a power plant of 390 MW capacity. The power house will be located underground.
DHAULIGANGA PROJECT
The Rs. 600 crore, 280 MW project is to be located on Dhauliganga river in Uttaranchal.
FARAKKA BARRAGE
The basic aim of the Farakka Barrage is to preserve and maintain Calcutta port and to improve the navigability of the Hooghly river. It consists of a barrage across the Ganga at Farakka, another barrage at Jangipur across the Bhagirthi, a 39-km long feeder canal taking off from the right bank of the Ganga at Farakka and tailing into the Bhagirathi below the Jangipur barrage, and a road-cum-rail bridge have already been completed. Specially, the object of Farakka is to use about 40,000 cusecs of water out of the water stored in the dam to flush the Calcutta port which is getting silted up.
GANDAK PROJECT (BIHAR AND U.P)
This is a joint venture of India and Nepal as per agreement signed between the two governments on Dec 4, 1959. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the participating Indian States. Nepal would also derive irrigation and power benefits from this project.
HIRAKUD PROJECT (ORISSA)
It is the first of a chain of three Dams planned for harnessing the Mahanadi.
IDUKKI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
It is a giant hydro-electric project of Kerala and one of the biggest in the country, constructed with Canadian assistance with an installed capacity of 390 MW in the first stage and 780 MW in the second stage. The project envisages to harness Periyar waters, has three major dams, the 169 m high Idukki arch dam across Periyar river, 138 m high Cheruthoni Dam across the tributary of Cheruthoni river and 99.9 m high Kulamavu Dam.
JAYAKWADI DAM (MAHARASHTRA)
The 10-km-long Jayakwadi dam on the Godavari is Maharashtra’s largest irrigation project located near Paithan.
KALPONG HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT This is the first hydel power plant of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 5.25 MW project was commissioned on July 1, 2001. It is located near Kalara village of Diglipur Tehsil in North Andaman and has been built by National Hydel Power Corporation.
KAKRAPARA PROJECT
It is situated on the Tapti near Kakrapara, 80 km upstream of Surat. The project is financed by the Gujarat Government.
KOEL KARO PROJECT The project envisages construction of earthen dam across river south Koel at Basia in Bihar and another dam over north Karo at Lohajimi. The capacity will be 710 MW.
KOL PROJECT
The 600 MW project is to be located on the Satluj, 6 km upstream of the Dehar Power House on the Beas-Satluj link project in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh. Besides generating power, the dam will also serve as a check dam for the 1,050-MW Bhakra Dam and prolong its life by at least 10 years.
KOSI PROJECT This project will serve Bihar and Nepal. The Kosi rises in Nepal, passes through Bihar and joins the Ganges. The river is subject to heavy floods. Two dams are to be built across it.
NAGARJUNASAGAR PROJECT
This Project is a venture of Andhra Pradesh for utilizing water of the Krishna river. The Nagarjunasagar Dam was inaugurated on Aug 4, 1967. It is situated near Nandikonda village in Miryalguda Taluk of Nalgonda district.
NATHPA-JHAKRI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
India’s largest hydro-electric project, it is located at Nathpa Jhakri in Himachal Pradesh. It is built on Satluj river. The first of the six 250 MW units was commissioned on December 30, 2002. The project is being executed by Satluj Jal Nigam (formerly Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation).
PARAMBIKULAM ALIYAR PROJECT It is a joint venture of Tamil Nadu and Kerala States. It envisages construction of seven inter-connected reservoirs by harnessing rivers including two major rivers viz., Parambikulam on the western slopes of Annamalai Hills and Aliyar on the eastern slopes.
PARAPPALAR DAM The Rs 1-crore Parappalar Dam with a storage capacity of 167 million cubic feet near Oddenchatram, about 75 km from Madurai in Palni taluk (Tamil Nadu), was inaugurated on August 30, 1976.
PARVATI VALLEY PROJECT
It is the first inter-State hydel power project of India. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi have joined hands with Himachal Pradesh to set up the project. The 2050 MW project will be built near Kullu, on Parvati river, a tributary of Beas.
PERIYAR VALLEY SCHEME (KERALA) The scheme envisages the construction of a masonry barrage 210.92 metres long across the river Periyar near Alwaye, in Ernakulam district.
PONG DAM
It is also called the Beas Dam on the river Beas, near Talwara in Himachal Pradesh, is the highest (132 m high) rock-fill dam in the country. The project is a joint venture of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. The dam has been designed to store 6.6 million acre feet of water. Although the dam is meant primarily to meet the irrigation needs, it also produces power.
RAJASTHAN CANAL PROJECT
It is a bold venture of bringing irrigation to a desert area. The project, which uses water from the Pong dam, consists of 215-km long Rajasthan feeder canal (with the first 178 km in Punjab and Haryana and the remaining 37 km in Rajasthan) and the 467-km long Rajasthan main canal lying entirely in Rajasthan.
RAMGANGA RIVER PROJECT
This Project in Uttaranchal envisages construction of a dam across the river Ramganga, one of the major tributaries of the Ganga at 3.2 km upstream of Kalagarh in Garhwal district. RANJIT SAGAR DAM PROJECT Formerly known as Thein dam, it was dedicated to the nation on March 4, 2001. It is built on Ravi river near Thein village in Punjab. Total installed capacity is 600 MW.
RIHAND PROJECT (MIRZAPUR DISTRICT—U.P.) This project has been completed by the U.P. Government and comprises construction of a concrete gravity dam across the Rihand river in Mirzapur District (U.P.) and a Power House at Pipri and necessary transmission lines. Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar is a part of this project.
RONGTONG PROJECT WORLD’S HIGHEST HYDRO POWER PROJECT Rongtong project is situated in Kaza in the Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh. The project has helped transform the entire cold mountain desert into a lush green belt.
SALAL PROJECT It has been built on River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir. The first stage was completed on February 9, 1989 and marked the beginning of the harnessing of hydro power potential of river Chenab. At present the capacity of the powerhouse is 345 MW. With completion of second stage the capacity will double.
SANKOSH HYDEL-POWER PROJECT
India and Bhutan have signed an agreement for building of a gigantic Sankosh hydel power project. It will be one among the ten largest projects in Asia. The project is to be constructed near Kerabari in Gaylegphug district of Bhutan on Sankosh river. It will include a 600 metre-long and 239 metre high dam and a reservoir with a catchment area of 10,525 sq km. It is estimated to cost around Rs 2000 crore. Once completed, the project will generate 1,525 MW of power and help irrigate eight lakh hectares of land.
SANJAY VIDYUT (HYDEL) PROJECT It is Asia’s first fully underground Hydel Project. The 120 MW project is located near Bhaba Nagar in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. It harnesses the water of the Bhaba Khud, a tributary of Satluj.
SARDAR SAROVAR PROJECT
This is one of the largest river valley schemes in the country. The project envisages construction of 163-metre-high cement concrete dam at Navagam in Gujarat. This will create irrigation potential of 1.79 million hectares and generate 1450 MW of power.
SAWALKOTE HYDRO PROJECT
The 600 MW project in Jammu & Kashmir is being built by a Norwegian consortium.
SHARAVATI PROJECT (KARNATAKA)
Located about 400 km from Bangalore near the Gersoppa falls, the Sharavati Project is one of the world’s major power projects, built by Indian engineers with American collaboration.
SRISAILARN PROJECT It is a massive power project, 110 km away from Nagarjunasagar in the upper reaches of the river Krishna.
SUBARNAREKHA PROJECT
It is Rs 130-crore multipurpose project which would, when completed, provide assured irrigation to 7,06,000 acres to the chronically drought-prone areas of Orissa and Bihar.
TEHRI DAM PROJECT World’s fifth and Asia’s largest hydro-electric project has been constructed on river Bhagirithi, a tributary of Ganga in Tehri district of Uttaranchal. The height of the earth and rockfill dam is 260.5 m, making it the highest dam in the country. Once fully operational, the project will produce 1000 MW electricity.
TUNGABHADRA PROJECT (ANDHRA AND KARNATAKA)
It is a joint undertaking by the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The project comprises a dam across the Tungabhadra river near Mallapuram.
UKAI PROJECT The Ukai power project of Gujarat equipped with power generating sets manufactured by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited was inaugurated on October 12, 1977. It has added 540,000 KW of installed capacity to the State’s existing power network.
It is on the river Krishna.
BASPA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
The 300 MW project is located in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. It is the largest private hydro-electric project and has been built by Jaypee group. It is located on Baspa river, a tributary of Satluj.
BEAS PROJECT
It is a joint venture of the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. It consists of two units: (i) Beas-Sutlej Link and (ii) Beas Dam at Pong. The project links the Beas and the Sutlej rivers in Punjab through 38.4 km of hills and valleys. The waters of the Beas were poured into the mighty Sutlej river on July 10, 1977 at the first-ever man-made confluence of the two major rivers at Slapper in Himachal in a mighty bid to augment the water resources of the Gobind Sagar Lake of the Bhakra-complex. This completed the Rs 380- crore dream which was realised in a period of only 12 years.
BHADRA RESERVOIR PROJECT
Bhadra Reservoir Project across the river Bhadra is in Karnataka.
BHAKRA-NANGAL PROJECT (HIMACHAL PRADESH)
Largest multipurpose project in India and the highest straight gravity dam in the world (225.5 m high) on the river Sutlej.
CHAMBAL PROJECT
It is a joint undertaking by the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments. The Rana Pratap Dam at Bhata, 48 km from Kotah, was inaugurated on Feb 9, 1970. The project comprises construction of two other dams: Gandhi Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh and Jawahar Sagar (Kotah) Dam in Rajasthan.
CHAMERA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
The 540 MW Chamera hydro-electric project on the Ravi river in Himachal Pradesh was implemented with Canadian credit offer of about Rs 335 crore.
CHUKHA PROJECT
The 336 MW project is the most prestigious and largest in Bhutan. It has been completely built by India. The dam has been constructed on Wang Chu river. The project costed Rs 244 crore.
DAMODAR VALLEY PROJECT (WEST BENGAL AND BIHAR)
Principal object of this multipurpose scheme is to control the flowing of the Damodar which is notorious for its vagaries and destructiveness. It is designed on the lines of the Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.) in U.S.A.
DUL-HASTI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
The Rs. 1263 crore project is being built on river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir. The foundation of the project was laid in September 1984. The project will consist of a power plant of 390 MW capacity. The power house will be located underground.
DHAULIGANGA PROJECT
The Rs. 600 crore, 280 MW project is to be located on Dhauliganga river in Uttaranchal.
FARAKKA BARRAGE
The basic aim of the Farakka Barrage is to preserve and maintain Calcutta port and to improve the navigability of the Hooghly river. It consists of a barrage across the Ganga at Farakka, another barrage at Jangipur across the Bhagirthi, a 39-km long feeder canal taking off from the right bank of the Ganga at Farakka and tailing into the Bhagirathi below the Jangipur barrage, and a road-cum-rail bridge have already been completed. Specially, the object of Farakka is to use about 40,000 cusecs of water out of the water stored in the dam to flush the Calcutta port which is getting silted up.
GANDAK PROJECT (BIHAR AND U.P)
This is a joint venture of India and Nepal as per agreement signed between the two governments on Dec 4, 1959. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the participating Indian States. Nepal would also derive irrigation and power benefits from this project.
HIRAKUD PROJECT (ORISSA)
It is the first of a chain of three Dams planned for harnessing the Mahanadi.
IDUKKI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
It is a giant hydro-electric project of Kerala and one of the biggest in the country, constructed with Canadian assistance with an installed capacity of 390 MW in the first stage and 780 MW in the second stage. The project envisages to harness Periyar waters, has three major dams, the 169 m high Idukki arch dam across Periyar river, 138 m high Cheruthoni Dam across the tributary of Cheruthoni river and 99.9 m high Kulamavu Dam.
JAYAKWADI DAM (MAHARASHTRA)
The 10-km-long Jayakwadi dam on the Godavari is Maharashtra’s largest irrigation project located near Paithan.
KALPONG HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT This is the first hydel power plant of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 5.25 MW project was commissioned on July 1, 2001. It is located near Kalara village of Diglipur Tehsil in North Andaman and has been built by National Hydel Power Corporation.
KAKRAPARA PROJECT
It is situated on the Tapti near Kakrapara, 80 km upstream of Surat. The project is financed by the Gujarat Government.
KOEL KARO PROJECT The project envisages construction of earthen dam across river south Koel at Basia in Bihar and another dam over north Karo at Lohajimi. The capacity will be 710 MW.
KOL PROJECT
The 600 MW project is to be located on the Satluj, 6 km upstream of the Dehar Power House on the Beas-Satluj link project in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh. Besides generating power, the dam will also serve as a check dam for the 1,050-MW Bhakra Dam and prolong its life by at least 10 years.
KOSI PROJECT This project will serve Bihar and Nepal. The Kosi rises in Nepal, passes through Bihar and joins the Ganges. The river is subject to heavy floods. Two dams are to be built across it.
NAGARJUNASAGAR PROJECT
This Project is a venture of Andhra Pradesh for utilizing water of the Krishna river. The Nagarjunasagar Dam was inaugurated on Aug 4, 1967. It is situated near Nandikonda village in Miryalguda Taluk of Nalgonda district.
NATHPA-JHAKRI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
India’s largest hydro-electric project, it is located at Nathpa Jhakri in Himachal Pradesh. It is built on Satluj river. The first of the six 250 MW units was commissioned on December 30, 2002. The project is being executed by Satluj Jal Nigam (formerly Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation).
PARAMBIKULAM ALIYAR PROJECT It is a joint venture of Tamil Nadu and Kerala States. It envisages construction of seven inter-connected reservoirs by harnessing rivers including two major rivers viz., Parambikulam on the western slopes of Annamalai Hills and Aliyar on the eastern slopes.
PARAPPALAR DAM The Rs 1-crore Parappalar Dam with a storage capacity of 167 million cubic feet near Oddenchatram, about 75 km from Madurai in Palni taluk (Tamil Nadu), was inaugurated on August 30, 1976.
PARVATI VALLEY PROJECT
It is the first inter-State hydel power project of India. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi have joined hands with Himachal Pradesh to set up the project. The 2050 MW project will be built near Kullu, on Parvati river, a tributary of Beas.
PERIYAR VALLEY SCHEME (KERALA) The scheme envisages the construction of a masonry barrage 210.92 metres long across the river Periyar near Alwaye, in Ernakulam district.
PONG DAM
It is also called the Beas Dam on the river Beas, near Talwara in Himachal Pradesh, is the highest (132 m high) rock-fill dam in the country. The project is a joint venture of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. The dam has been designed to store 6.6 million acre feet of water. Although the dam is meant primarily to meet the irrigation needs, it also produces power.
RAJASTHAN CANAL PROJECT
It is a bold venture of bringing irrigation to a desert area. The project, which uses water from the Pong dam, consists of 215-km long Rajasthan feeder canal (with the first 178 km in Punjab and Haryana and the remaining 37 km in Rajasthan) and the 467-km long Rajasthan main canal lying entirely in Rajasthan.
RAMGANGA RIVER PROJECT
This Project in Uttaranchal envisages construction of a dam across the river Ramganga, one of the major tributaries of the Ganga at 3.2 km upstream of Kalagarh in Garhwal district. RANJIT SAGAR DAM PROJECT Formerly known as Thein dam, it was dedicated to the nation on March 4, 2001. It is built on Ravi river near Thein village in Punjab. Total installed capacity is 600 MW.
RIHAND PROJECT (MIRZAPUR DISTRICT—U.P.) This project has been completed by the U.P. Government and comprises construction of a concrete gravity dam across the Rihand river in Mirzapur District (U.P.) and a Power House at Pipri and necessary transmission lines. Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar is a part of this project.
RONGTONG PROJECT WORLD’S HIGHEST HYDRO POWER PROJECT Rongtong project is situated in Kaza in the Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh. The project has helped transform the entire cold mountain desert into a lush green belt.
SALAL PROJECT It has been built on River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir. The first stage was completed on February 9, 1989 and marked the beginning of the harnessing of hydro power potential of river Chenab. At present the capacity of the powerhouse is 345 MW. With completion of second stage the capacity will double.
SANKOSH HYDEL-POWER PROJECT
India and Bhutan have signed an agreement for building of a gigantic Sankosh hydel power project. It will be one among the ten largest projects in Asia. The project is to be constructed near Kerabari in Gaylegphug district of Bhutan on Sankosh river. It will include a 600 metre-long and 239 metre high dam and a reservoir with a catchment area of 10,525 sq km. It is estimated to cost around Rs 2000 crore. Once completed, the project will generate 1,525 MW of power and help irrigate eight lakh hectares of land.
SANJAY VIDYUT (HYDEL) PROJECT It is Asia’s first fully underground Hydel Project. The 120 MW project is located near Bhaba Nagar in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. It harnesses the water of the Bhaba Khud, a tributary of Satluj.
SARDAR SAROVAR PROJECT
This is one of the largest river valley schemes in the country. The project envisages construction of 163-metre-high cement concrete dam at Navagam in Gujarat. This will create irrigation potential of 1.79 million hectares and generate 1450 MW of power.
SAWALKOTE HYDRO PROJECT
The 600 MW project in Jammu & Kashmir is being built by a Norwegian consortium.
SHARAVATI PROJECT (KARNATAKA)
Located about 400 km from Bangalore near the Gersoppa falls, the Sharavati Project is one of the world’s major power projects, built by Indian engineers with American collaboration.
SRISAILARN PROJECT It is a massive power project, 110 km away from Nagarjunasagar in the upper reaches of the river Krishna.
SUBARNAREKHA PROJECT
It is Rs 130-crore multipurpose project which would, when completed, provide assured irrigation to 7,06,000 acres to the chronically drought-prone areas of Orissa and Bihar.
TEHRI DAM PROJECT World’s fifth and Asia’s largest hydro-electric project has been constructed on river Bhagirithi, a tributary of Ganga in Tehri district of Uttaranchal. The height of the earth and rockfill dam is 260.5 m, making it the highest dam in the country. Once fully operational, the project will produce 1000 MW electricity.
TUNGABHADRA PROJECT (ANDHRA AND KARNATAKA)
It is a joint undertaking by the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The project comprises a dam across the Tungabhadra river near Mallapuram.
UKAI PROJECT The Ukai power project of Gujarat equipped with power generating sets manufactured by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited was inaugurated on October 12, 1977. It has added 540,000 KW of installed capacity to the State’s existing power network.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
INDIAN HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
(A) Weapon
(B) Agricultural implement
(C) Script
(D) Coin
Ans : (D)
2. Which one of the following pairs of kings of ancient and medieval periods of Indian history and the works authored by them is correctly matched ?
(A) Krishnadevaraya : Samaranganasutradhra
(B) Mehendravarman : Mattavilasaprahasana
(C) Bhojadeva : Manasollasa
(D) Somesvara : Amuktamalyada
Ans : (B)
3. The founder of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides movement was—
(A) Charles Andrews
(B) Robert Montgomery
(C) Richard Temple
(D) Baden Powell
Ans : (D)
4. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Dharamsastra : Works on religion and philosophy
(B) Chaturvarnya : Four Ashrams
(C) Shudra : Service to three varnas
(D) Mahamatra : Superior Officials
Ans : (B)
5. Chanakya was known as—
(A) Bhattasvamin
(B) Rajasekhara
(C) Vishnugupta
(D) Visakhadatta
Ans : (C)
6. A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at—
(A) Thanjavur
(B) Uraiyur
(C) Kanchipuram
(D) Uttaramerur
Ans : (D)
7. In Jainism ‘perfect knowledge’ is referred to as—
(A) Jina
(B) Ratna
(C) Kaivalya
(D) Nirvanas
Ans : (C)
8. Who among the following is NOT associated with medicine in ancient India ?
(A) Dhanvantri
(B) Bhaskaracharya
(C) Charaka
(D) Susruta
Ans : (B)
9. In Mughal paintings one notices the adoption of the principles of foreshortening whereby near and distant people and things could be placed in perspective. This was due to the influence of the—
(A) British
(B) Dutch
(C) Portuguese
(D) Danish
Ans : (C)
10. Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by—
(A) Buhler
(B) Robert Sewell
(C) James Prinsep
(D) Codrington
Ans : (C)
11. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopaedic in nature ?
(A) Amarakosa
(B) Siddhantasiromani
(C) Brhat Samhita
(D) Ashtangahrdaya
Ans : (A)
12. Consider the following passage—
In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73000 miles.
The world’s greatest traveller of pre-modern times to whom the above passage refers is—
(A) Megasthenes
(B) Fa Hien
(C) Marco Polo
(D) Ibn Battuta
Ans : (C)
13. The first political organisation established in India in 1838 was known as—
(A) British India Society
(B) Bengal British India Society
(C) Settlers Association
(D) Zamindary Association
Ans : (D)
14. The foundation of modern education system in India was laid by—
(A) The Charter Act of 1813
(B) Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
(C) The Hunter Commission of 1882
(D) Wood’s Despatch of 1854
Ans : (B)
15. Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of the—
(A) Prarthana Samaj
(B) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(C) Arya Samaj
(D) Ramakrishna Mission
Ans : (B)
16. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by the British in the—
(A) Bengal Presidency
(B) Madras Presidency
(C) Bombay Presidency
(D) Madras and Bombay Presidencies
Ans : (D)
17. The Buddhist Sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of—
(A) Ajatashatru
(B) Ashoka
(C) Dharmapala
(D) Kanishka
Ans : (D)
18. The last in succession of Jaina Tirthankaras was—
(A) Parsvanatha
(B) Rishabha
(C) Mahavira
(D) Manisubrata
Ans : (C)
19. The earliest rock cut caves in western India are those at—
(A) Nasik, Ellora and Ajanta
(B) Junnar, Kalyan and Pitalkhora
(C) Ajanta, Bhaja and Kondane
(D) Bhaja, Pitalkhora and Kondane
Ans : (A)
20. The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is—
(A) Chakravarti
(B) Dharmadeva
(C) Dharmakirti
(D) Priyadarsi
Ans : (D)
21. Which one of the following is a monument constructed by Sher Shah ?
(A) Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi
(B) Atala Masjid at Jaunpur
(C) Barasona Masjid at Gaur
(D) Quiwwat-al-Islam mosque at Delhi
Ans : (A)
22. Which among the following cities is considered as one of the oldest surviving cities in the world ?
(A) Mathura
(B) Varanasi
(C) Hardwar
(D) Ayodhya
Ans : (A)
23. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the—
(A) Harappan culture
(B) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India
(C) Vedic texts
(D) Silver punch marked coins
Ans : (A)
24. Which one of the following is a language of Baluchistan but linguistically Dravidian ?
(A) Brahui
(B) Kui
(C) Parji
(D) Pengo
Ans : (A)
25. Which one of the following is the most fundamental difference between Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism ?
(A) Emphasis on ahimsa
(B) Casteless society
(C) Worship of gods and goddesses
(D) Worship of stupa
Ans : (C)
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