Monday, March 21, 2011

FIRST IN INDIA

  1. British Governor-General : Warren Hastings
  2. British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten
  3. Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania
  4. Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa
  5. Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
  6. Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
  7. Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh
  8. Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari
  9. Consmonaut : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
  10. Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar
  11. Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw
  12. Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari
  13. Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya
  14. Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj
  15. Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore
  16. Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha
  17. Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen
  18. Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha
  19. Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan
  20. Man to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing
  21. Man to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee
  22. Man to Climb Mount Everest twice : Nawang Gombu
  23. Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana
  24. Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore
  25. President of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee
  26. Woman President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant
  27. President to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain
  28. Prime Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi
  29. Prime Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai
  30. Deputy Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel
  31. Talkie Film : Alam Ara (1931)
  32. Test-tube Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha)
  33. Viceroy : Lord Canning
  34. Woman Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
  35. Woman Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
  36. Woman Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
  37. Woman Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  38. Woman to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal
  39. Woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi
  40. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi
  41. Woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee
  42. Woman to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu
  43. Woman Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi
  44. Woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi
  45. Indian in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji
  46. Indian to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen
  47. Indian Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925)
  48. Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
  49. Woman to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)
  50. Woman to become ‘Miss World : Reeta Faria
  51. Speaker, Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57)
  52. Chairman Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952)
  53. Indian to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1862)
  54. Indian Pilot : JRD Tata (1929)
  55. To Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960)
  56. Vernacular Daily : Kolkata (1727)
  57. Telegraph Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853)
  58. Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)
  59. Coloured Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961)
  60. Satellite launched : Aryabhatta (1975)
  61. Indigenously built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975)
  62. Atomic device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974)
  63. Large-scale Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956)
  64. Indigenously designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988)
  65. Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R. Narayanan
  66. DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata
  67. Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi
  68. Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata
  69. Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale
  70. Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol
  71. Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan)
  72. Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy
  73. Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi
  74. Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla
  75. Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy
  76. Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission
  77. Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib
  78. Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari
  79. Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer
  80. Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones
  81. Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand
  82. Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien
  83. European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great
  84. Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand
  85. Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
  86. Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan
  87. First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003)
  88. Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)
  89. Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)
  90. Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury
  91. Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)
  92. Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament, Grand slam tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza
  93. Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan
  94. Indian to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram
  95. Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)
  96. Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)
  97. To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)
  98. First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)
  99. First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)
  100. First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2006)
  101. First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)
  102. First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008)
  103. First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma
  104. World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal (2009)
  105. Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)
  106. Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)
  107. Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)
  108. Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Current Affairs Questions and Answers

Name of the Indian who is selected as the technical member (Asia) of International Power lifting Federation?
P.J.Joseph.

United Nations declared the year 2011 as?
International Forest Year. International Year of Chemistry

Who became the first Muslim to play for the Australian national cricket team?
Usman Khawaja.

Man of the match winners of two test cricket series between New Zealand and Pakistan held in New Zealand in January 2011?

First test played at Seddon Park, Hamilton from January 7, 2011:
Player of the match: Abdur Rehman (Pakistan). He scored 28 runs in first innings and took 3 wickets. He took 3 wickets in second innings also.

Second test played at Wellington from January 15, 2011:
Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan). He scored 99 runs in first innings unbeaten 70 runs in second innings.
Result: New Zealand drew with Pakistan.

Who was the Chariperson in Miss World 2010?
Julia Morley

Who is appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Sudhir Chandra.

Who is the new Minister of Communication & IT?
Mr. Kapil Sibbal

Who won Australian Open mixed doubles title-2011?
Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) and Daniel Nestor (Canada).

Nobal Prize for the Chemistry was given to?
Richard F Heck (USA), Ei-ichi Negishi & Akira Sujuki (Japanse)

Who is known as the “Mozart of Madras”?
A R Rahman

Who won the player of the match award in the only twenty-20 cricket match between South Africa and India held in Durban on January 9, 2011?
Rohit Sharma. (India). He scored53 runs from 34balls.

Who won Miss America 2011 title?
Teresa Scanlan. Scanlan, a 17-year-old from Nebraska became the youngest winner of the Miss America title in 90 years.

Why Mr. PrithvirajChavan was in news?
Mr. PrithvirajChavan was appointed as the new CM of Maharashtra

French model who has died at the age of 28 after complications with anorexia, an illness she battled with since the age of 13?
Isabelle Caro.

Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker who died in New Delhi on January 2, 2011?
Bali Ram Bhagat.

More than 500 people died in floods during the first week of January 2011 in south-eastern part of a country in South America. Which is that country?
Brazil.

Who is sworn in as Brazil's first woman president on January 1, 2011?
Dilma Rousseff. She is the 36th President of Brazil.

Name the person who got World Statesman Award from USA?
Dr. Manmohan Singh

Name of the army doctor who was conferred the highest peacetime gallantry award -Ashok Chakra-posthumously for fighting militants barehanded during an attack on Indians in Kabul last year?
Major Laishram Jyotin Singh (Manipur). He is the first officer from Army Medical Corps (AMC) to receive the award.

The governor of Pakistan's Punjab province who was assassinated by one of his own security guards on January 4, 2011?
Salmaan Taseer.

Who won FIFA Ballon d’Or award (2010 FIFA World Player)?
Lionel Messi (Argentina).

India’s own Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) which was handed over to the Indian Air Force by Defence minister, A K Antony on January 10,2011after initial operational clearance?
Tejas. This is India's first homegrown supersonic fighter.

World's Most Powerful Women as per the forbes is Ms. Michelle Obama whereas the Most Powrful Men of the world is?
Mr. Hu Jintao

BJP MLA who was stabbed to death at his residence in Purnia district of Bihar on 4-01-2011 by a woman who had accused him and his associates of gang raping her over a period of three years since 2007?
Raj Kishore Kesri.

Tunisian President who has left his riot-stricken country on January 14, 2011 after a military coup?
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He flew to France, but was refused asylum by the French government. He then fled with his family to Saudi Arabia.

What is the target of Total Tax collection for the year 2010-11?
Rs. 747000cr

The first oil pipeline between Russia and China, feted as a mark of growing ties between the world's biggest oil producer and its biggest energy consumer, started operation on?
January 1, 2011.

Who is the CEO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia in India?
Mr. Ravi Kushan

Who won the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open title -2011 defeating Belgian opponent Xavier Malisse in the final match?
Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)

Who is know as iron lady?
Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila.

Co-Founder of Google who will be the new CEO of Google Inc. from April 4, 2011?
Larry Page. The current CEO, Eric Schmidt will assume the role of ‘Executive Chairman’ to focus on deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership.

Name the most powerful woman of the world as per Forbes?
Michelle Obama

Which cities are named as the European Union’s culture capitals for 2011?
Turku and Tallinn. Turku situated on the southwestern coast of Finland and Tallinn in Estonia.

Name the person who got World Statesman Award from USA?
Dr. Manmohan Singh

Pakistani Taliban's top commander, best known as the trainer of suicide bombers, who has been killed in a US drone strike in the country's restive tribal belt?
Qari Hussain Mehsud.

What is Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate as on Jan 2011?
6.5% and 5.5% respectively

Which country has set up a new committee with China to handle economic issues arising from a major trade pact the two sides signed last year?
Taiwan.

Name the person who won Person of the year award?
Mark Zuckerberg (Founder of Facebook)

China has conducted its first flight test of its Black Eagle stealth fighter on 11 January 2011. Name of that stealth fighter?
The Chengdu J-20.

Who is the new director of CBI?
Mr. Amar Pratap Singh

How many nations are having Euro as their currency?
17

How many banks have been collepsed in 2010?
157

Which date was taken as National Voters Day, on the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Election Commission?
January 25

Hollywood actor who decided to resign from his tenure as governor of California on January 3, 2011?
Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Name the organization that took responsibilty for hacking the CBI website?
Pakistani Cyber Army

In Census 2011 the caste based data will be collected between the month of?
June and September

In Census 2011, On which date, the data of Migrant Population on all Airports Railway Stations, Seaports and Bus Terminals will be collected?
February 28

Who was declared as the Most Valuable Player in Asian 2010?
Lin Dan (China) Won Gold in Bebminton

Which country declined to the fourth position on the global pepper export table in 2010?
India.

Which car was declared as India Car of the Year 2011?
Ford Figo

Who is the winner of World Economic Forum Crystal Award?
A. R. Rahman

Name the person who won Castrol Award 2011 for the Test Criketer of the year & Indian Criketer of the year?
Sachin Tendulkar

Which cricket player equaled Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya for the number of One Day International (ODI) appearances (i.e. 444 ODIs) in the match against South Africa on January 14, 2011?
Sachin Tendulkar.

Where was Australian Open 2011 being played?
Rod Laver Arena- Melbourne

Writer and former Secretary to the Election Commission of India (ECI) who died in New Delhi on 12-01-2011?
Ittiyanath Kunhikrishna Menon.( I.K.K. Menon). Menon was a recipient of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi award in 2003 and retired as Secretary to the ECI in 1977.

Mr. U K Sinha the new chairman of SEBI was on which post befor this?
CMD of UTI Assets Management

Mother Teresa Award 2010 for the Life Time Achievement was given to?
Ajit Wadekar

Bank of the year 2010 award was given to ?
Bank of Baroda

Who is the new Army Chief of India?
Mr. V. K.Singh

Who won the Man of the match award in the third test cricket match between India and South Africa held in Cape Town (South Africa) from January 2, 2011?
Jacques Kallis. (South Africa). Kallis scored 161 runs in first innings and unbeaten 109 runs in second innings.

100th International Women day was celebrated on?
8th March

Name of the new slogan given in National Literacy Mission?
Literate India

Who is the new CEO of Mahindra Satyam?
Mr. C.P. Gurnani

Who is the new CEO of Standard Chartered Bank?
Mr. Neeraj Swaroop

How many new Adarsh Stations have been proposed in the Railway Budged 2010-11?
94

Ludhiana is the first in Doing Business in India in terms of setting new ventures , this report was given by?
World Bank and Int. Finance Corpn.(WBIFC)

Name the bank having top productivity in India?
Corportion Bank

Who has been appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus?
Mikhail Myasnikovich.

Who has been appointed as the new chairman of TRAI
Mr. J.S. Sharma
Goods and Servics Tax (GST) will commence from?
April 1st, 2011

The Olympic 2010 will eb held in Rio De Janeiro who is the President of IOC?
Jacques Rogge

India’s first hi-tech dairy farm in the government sector is inaugurated on January 21, 2011. Where is it located?
Kulathupuzha, Kerala.

Name the first India Bank started with Indian capital?
Punjab National Bank

Name the oldest Public Sector bank in India?
Allahabad Bank

India's target to produced 20000 megawatts of Solar Power by the year?
2022

Name the country the largest producers of Uranium in the World?
Kazakhstan

Indo-American who is appointed as Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)?
Islam A. Siddiqui.

Name the first India Wrestler who won Gold in World Wrestling Championship?
Sushil Kumar

What was the Gross NPA(Non Performing Assets) of Scheduled Commercial Banks in 2009-10?
2.39% (24.6% was in 1999)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Today's News, Current Affair's Today, Latest News

  • Nuclear crisis in Japan and Ghhraaya. Afukkusima nuclear plant reactor Number 4 on fire again. Efforts to prevent nuclear rods from melting Release.
  • West Bengal assembly elections between the Congress and Trinamool Congress Another round of talks for seat sharing today.
  • Air India pilots suspended the strike.
  • Bahrain emergency after clashes between demonstrators and soldiers.
  • South Africa defeat Ireland by 131 runs in the cricket World Cup quarterfinals in Calcutta In the final. Canada's fight in Bangalore today from Australia.
  • Safety of India's nuclear plants is Government's top priority, says Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
  • India keeps close watch on food items imported from Japan due to radiation scare .
  • Radiation from Japan's nuclear plant reaches harmful levels, another earthquake jolts Tokyo.
  • The Indian Rupee strengthened by 5 paise to Rs 45.20 per dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange today.


Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Famous Temples of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh introduced as “Dev Bhoomi” on the tourism map. The state of Himachal Pradesh is full of lofty ranges and remote valleys, and various different types of architecture in the temples. There are more than 2000 temples and religious places scattered all over the state. Each of the temple has an interesting legend associated with itsconstruction and presiding deity.

Sirmour:

  1. Devta Temple – Located at Churdhar, built in the 17th 18th century.
  2. Temple – Also known as Bala Sundri Temple- Located at Trilokpur, built by Raja Deep Prakash in 1573 A.D. Devoted to Goddess Mahamaya Bala Sundri and also known as “Chaurasi Ghanto Wali Devi”.
  3. Nath Temple - Build by Raja Budh Prakash in 1681 A.D.
  4. Gayatri Temple – Located at Renuka, built by Mahatma Paraya Nand Prahmehari.
  5. Renuka Mata Temple - The Renuka Temple located near the Renuka Lake in Himachal Pradesh is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations. Situated on the banks of the Renuka Lake, the Renuka Temple is visited by a number of devotees each year.


Solan

  1. Shoolini Temple – Devoted to Shoolini Mata. (Solan was named after this Goddess)
  2. Shiva Temple – Located at Jatoli, Devoted to Lord Shiva. It is a longest temple of Asia


Shimla
  1. Mochan Temple – Located at Tara Devi, Devoted to Lord Hanuman Ji.
  2. Jakhoo Temple- Located at Jakhoo Hills Shimla, Devoted to Lord Hanuman Ji, situated at the height of about 8500 Ft.
  3. Hatkoti Temple- Located at Hatkoti Rohru, Devoted to Goddess Hatkoti and built in the 7th century.
  4. KaliBari Temple- Located at Shimla, Devoted to Goddess Shayamla Devi (Shimla was named after this Goddess).
  5. Tara Devi Temple – Located at Shimla, Devoted to Goddess Tara Devi.
  6. Bhima Kali Temple – Located at Sarahan (Rampur)Earlier Sarahan Was Known as Shonnitpur.

First in Himachal Pradesh

First Chief Commissioner - Sh. N.C. Mehta (I.C.S)
First Chief Secretary – Sh. K.L. Mehta (I. C. S)
First Chief Justice – Lt. Justice Hamidulah Beg
First Women Chief Justice – Mrs. Leela Seth
First Chief Minister – Dr. Y. S. Parmar
First Chairman of HPPSC – Lt. Gen. K. S. Katoch
First Chairman of H.P.S.S.S.B. Hamirpur - Sh. K.C. Malhotra
First Member of Rajya Sabha- Sh. Chiranji Lal Verma
First Governor died in office – Sh. Surendra Nath
First Women Minister in the Union Cabinet – Rajkumar Amrit Kaur
First Vice-Chancellor of Horticulture University, Nauni (Solan) – Dr. M. R. Thakur
First Vice-Chancellor of Agriculture University, Palampur (Kangra) – Dr. Het Ram Kalia
First Chariman of H.P. Administrative Tribunal – Justice Hira Singh Thakur
First Deputy Chief Commissioner – Sh. E. P. Moon
First Deputy Speaker - Sh. Krishna Chander
First Private Uniuversity in Himachal Pradesh – Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat (Solan)
First Army Chief From Himachal Pradesh – Gen. V. N. Sharma
Fist Hydro Electric Project with underground switch yard – Sanjay Vidyut Pariyojna (Kinnour)
First Railway Line - Kalka –Shimla (9 Nov, 1903)
First Lok Sabha Election - 1952
First Five Year Plan – 1951-1956
First Pucca House in Shimla – Klennedy House (1822 A.D.)
First Governor Genral to Visit Shimla – Lord Amherst (1827 A.D.)
First PArshuram Avard Reciepient (Sports) – Suman Rawat
First Person from Himchal Pradesh to become Chief Justice of India – Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan
First Mughal Ruler of Kangra – Akbar
First Winner of Vir Chakra – HavildarTopge
First Winner of Param Vir Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma
First to climb Mount Everest – Sunil Sharma
Youngest Girl to Scale Mount Everedst – Dicky Dolma
Oldest Democracy in the world – Malana (Distt. Kullu)
Oldest Princely State - Trigarta (Kangra)
Oldest Himachali Newspaper - Kshetriya Tej