3-chapter indians first

FIRST IN MALE

First governor of Bengal Lord Clive(1757-60)Last governor of Bengal Warren Hastings(1772-74)The first British Governor General of Bengal Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)The first British Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning(1856-62)The first Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten(1947-1948)The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India C. Rajgopalachari(1948-1950)The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra PrasadThe first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal NehruThe first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath TagoreThe first President of Indian National Congress W.C. BanerjeeThe first Muslim President of Indian National Congress Badruddin TayyabjiThe first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir HussainThe first man who introduced printing press in India James HickyThe first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath TagoreIndia’s first man in Space Rakesh SharmaThe first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term Morarji Desai

The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General CariappaThe first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra SinghjiThe first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council S.P.SinhaThe first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir HussainThe first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir HussainThe first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament Charan SinghThe first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. ManekshawThe first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.RamanThe first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. RadhakrishnanThe first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir SenThe first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar KurupThe first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva MavalankarThe first Vice-President of India Dr. RadhakrishnanThe first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad

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The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai PatelThe first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. MukherjeeThe first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. KatariThe first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra SinghThe first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga DorjeeThe first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath SharmaThe first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar SenThe first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba BhaveThe first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine Hargovind KhuranaThe first Chinese traveller to visit India FaheinThe first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin KitchluThe first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad MukherjeeThe first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya SenThe first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. KaniaThe first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)

FIRST IN FEMALE

The first lady to become Miss World Rita FariaThe first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima BibiThe first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. MuthammaThe first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini NaiduThe first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno DeviThe first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira GandhiThe first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit KaurThe first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri PalThe first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh YadavThe first woman President of Indian National Congress Mrs Annie BesantThe first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur DayalThe first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883The first woman Airline Pilot Durga BanerjeeThe first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit SandhuThe first woman Lawyer Cornelia SorabjeeThe first woman President of United Nations General Assembly Mrs Vijaya Laxmi PanditThe first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta KripalaniThe first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian BethewThe first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)

The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima BeeviThe first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora

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The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya

The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla

The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran BediThe first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia SultanThe first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja BhanotThe first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna DeviThe first woman to cross English Channel Aarti SahaThe first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother TeresaThe first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs Indira GandhiThe first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi

FRIST IN OTHERS

First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939

First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-hienFirst Exclusive internet magazine Bharat SamacharFirst Miss India to participate in Miss Universe Indrani RehmanFirst President of Indian National Congress W.C. Bannerjee, 1885First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress Badruddin TayyabjiFirst Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender SinghFirst Graduate in Medicine Soorjo Coomar Goodeve ChukerbuttyIndia’s First University Nalanda UniversityIndia’s First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open UniversityIndia’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes P.V.Narasimha Rao

First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram CharanFirst British to Visit India HawkinsFirst Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha)First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(1727)

INDIA’S SUPERLATIVESStructures

• Highest Tower ( Minaret ) – Qutub Minar• Higher Gateway – Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri

near Agra. Built by Akbar (53.5 m /175 ft High)• Highest Dam – Bhakra Dam• Highest Bridge – Chambal Bridge• Highest Airport- Leh Air Port in Ladakh (3256 m/

16080 ft high)• Highest Hydel Power Station- Rongtong Hydel Project

in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.• Highest Mountain Peak- Kanchenjunga • Highest Road- Road at Khardungla in the Leh-Manali

Sector • Highest Waterfall- Jog Waterfall, Karnataka• Largest Residence – Rashtrapati Bhawan• Largest Cinema Hall – Thangam ( Madurai)• Largest Museum – Indian Museum Kolkata• Largest Tunnel – Jawahar Tunnel, Banihal Pass

(Jammu and Kashmir)• Largest River Barrage – Farakka Barrage• Largest Auditorium (Bombay) – Sri Shanmukhanda

Hall• Largest zoo – Zoological Garden (Alipur) Kolkata• Largest Cave Temple – Ellora• Largest Gurudwara – Golden Temple, Amritsar• Largest Mosque – Jama Masjid, Delhi (built by Shah

Jahan in 1644-58)• Largest Man-made Lake – Govind Sagar (Bhakra)• Largest Dome – Gol Gumbaz ( Karnataka)• Largest Cantilever Bridge – Howrah Bridge• Largest Public Sector Bank- State Bank of india • Largest Botanical Garden - National Botanical Gardens

in Kolkata • Largest Church- Se Cathedral at old Goa, 10 km from

Panaji.• Largest Delta- Sunderbans (75,000 sq km) formed

by the Ganga and Brahmaputra in West Bengal and Bangladesh

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• Largest Stupa- Great Stupa of Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh

• Largest Library- National Library, Kolkata• Largest Planetarium- Birla Planetarium, Kolkata.• Largest Prison- Tihar Jail, Delhi• Largest Tribe- Gond• Largest Concentration of Scheduled Tribes- Madhya

Pradesh• Largest Scheduled Caste- Community Chamar• Longest River Bridge – Mahatma Gandhi Setu,

Patna• Longest Corridor – Rameshwaram Temple Corridor• Longest Platform (Railways) – Kharagpur• Longest Road Bridge – Sone Bridge, Bihar• Longest Road – Grand Trunk Road from Kolkata to

Delhi • Longest River Bridge- Mahatma Gandhi Setu over

the Ganga at Patna (5,575 m/ 8286 ft long)• Longest Sea Bridge- Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge

connecting the island of Rameswaram with Mandapam in Tamil Nadu (2.34 km long)

• Longest Canal- Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (959 km long)

• Longest Dam- Hirakund Dam on Mahanadi river in Orissa (24.4 km long)

• Longest Glacier- Siachen Glacier on the Indo-pakistan border (75.6 km long and 2.8 km wide)

• Longest Railway Bridge- Dehri-on-Sone Railway bridge over the Sone river near Sasaram on Kolkata-Delhi main line Longest Passenger Train Route Jammu Tawi-Kanyakumari (3730 km)

• Fastest Train Shatabdi Express between New Delhi and Bhopal at a speed on 140 kmph

• Biggest Church – The St John Cathedral, Goa• Biggest Cantilever Bridge- Rabindra Setu (also

called Howrah Bridge), Hoogli river in Kolkata (457 m/1499 ft long

• Tallest Light House – Prongs Reef, Mumbai• Tallest Statues – Statue of Jain Saint Gomateswara

at Sravanabelagola in Karnataka• Tallest Chimber – Thermal Power Station of Tata

Electric Co Mumbai • Oldest Church- St Thomas Church at Palayar in

Trichur district in Kerala built in 52 AD. • Oldest Monastery- Buddhist Monastery, (situated

at an altitude of 3,048 m /10,000 ft) at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.

• Most Populous City- MumbaiNatural

• Highest Mountain Peak – Nanga Parvat• Longest River – Ganges• Largest Desert – Thar ( Rajasthan)• Largest Delta – Sunderbans(West Bengal)• Largest Lake – Wular Rajasthan • Largest Fresh Water Lake-Kolleru in Andhra

Pradesh • Largest Cave- Amarnath (about 44 km from Pahalgam

in Jammu and Kashmir)States

• Largest State – Madhya Pradesh• Smallest State – Goa• Largest Union Territory – Andaman & Nicobar Islands• Smallest Union Territory – Lakshadweep • Most Populated State- Uttar Pradesh Least Populated

State- Sikkim• Most Densely Populated State- West Bengal• Least Densely Populated State- Arunachal Pradesh• Most Literate State- Kerala .• Most Women State- Kerala• Largest Union Territory in Area- Andaman and Nicobar

Island (8,249 sq km)• Smallest Union Territory in Area- Lakshadweep

(32 sq km)• Most Populated Union Territory- Delhi (1,37, 82,976)• Least Populated Union Territory- Lakshadweep

(60,595)• Most Literate Union Territory- Lakshadweep

Founders of Indian InstitutionsFamous fathers/Founders of Indian Institutions for social upliftment, politics etc.

� Arya Samaj-Swami Dayanand Saraswathi� Athmiya Sabha-Raja Ram Mohan Roy� Brahma Samaj-Raja Ram Mohan Roy� Deccan Education Society-G.G.Agarkar,

M.G.Ranade, V.G.Gibhongar� Dharma Sabha-Radhakanthadev� Indian Brahma Samaj-Keshav Chandra Sen� Manavadharma Sabha-Durgaram Manjaram� Prarthana Samaj-Athmaram Pandurang� Pune Sewa Sadan-Smt.Remabhai Ranade,

G.K.Devdhar� Ramakrishna Mission-Swami Vivekananda� Sadharan Brahma Samaj-Shivananda Sashtri,

Anand Mohan Bose� Servants of India Society-Gopalakrishna

Gokhale� Sewa Sadan-Bahuramji M.Malabari� Sewa Samithi-H.N.Kunsru� Social Service League-N.M.Joshi� Thathwabodhini Sabha-Debendranatha Tagore� Theosophical Society-Madam H.P.Blavadski,

Col.H.L.OlkottFamous Father-Leader of Nations

� America—George Washington� Bangladesh—Mujibur Rehuman� China—Sunyatsen� India—Gandhiji� Indonesia—Sukarno� Mouritius—Ramgoolam� Namibia—Sam Nujoma

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� Pakistan—Muhammad Ali Jinna� SriLanka—D.S.Senanayeke� Tanzania—Julius Nerera� Turkey—Musthafa Kamal

Names of Official Residents of Statesmen CountriesAlgeria – El MouradiyaAustralia – The LodgeArgentina – Casa RosadaBangladesh – BangabhavanBelarus – DrosdyBhutan – Dechancholing PalaceCambodia – Khamarindra PalaceCanada – 24 Sussex DriveEgypt – Abdin PalaceFrance – Elisi PalaceElsalvador – CasaBlancaIndia – Rashtrapathi BhavanJapan – Kokkio PalaceSouth Korea – Blue houseKirgisthan – White HouseMaledweep – TheemugeMexico – National PalaceNigeria – AsovillaPakistan – Aiwan-e-SadirSingapore – Iskana PalaceSouth Africa – Groot ShoorSriLanka – Temple TreesThailand – Chitralatha villa

Britain – Buckingham PalaceUSA – The White HouseVatican City – Apostholic PalaceVenezuela – MiraflouracePalaceFounders of Towns in India

� Agra- Sikkandar Lodhi� Ahmedabad - Ahmed Shah� Ajmeer- Ajaypal Chauhan� Allahabad- Akbar� Culcutta- Job Charnok� Delhi- Anankapalan� Fathepur Sikri - Akbar� Hisar- Ferozshah Tuglaq� Hyderabad - Quli Qutabshah� Jodhpur- Rao Jodha� Mahabalipuram - Narasimhawarman� Siri- Alaudden Khilji� Vijayanagaram - Hariharan 1

List of Revolutions relating to Products• Blue Revolution - Fisheries Development• Brown Revolution - Leather Production• Gray Revolution - Housing Development• Green Revolution - Agriculture Production• Pink Revolution - Drugs & Pharmaceuticals• Silver Revolution - Egg Production• White Revolution - Dairy Development• Yellow Revolution - Oil Seed Production

World heritage sites in india

Ajanta Caves Included in 1983 Ajanta offers a rich tapestry of images that speak of places, royalty, culture and tales of everyday life of ancient India

Ellora Caves1983 Ellora is the finest example of cave temples with almost 34 caves with intricate interiors and ornamental facades

Taj Mahal1983 The Taj was built to enshrine the remains of Begum Mumtaz Mahal, the consort of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan

Agra Fort 1983 The fort is surrounded by a 70 foot high wall. Its houses the beautiful Pearl Mosque and numerous palaces

Sun Temple at Konark 1984 The Sun temple of Konark, also known as Black Pagoda, is the crowning glory of the temple architecture of ancient Orissa

Monuments at Mahabalipuram1984 Mahabalipuram is world famous for its shore temples and it was the second capital of the Pallava kings of Kanchipuram

Kaziranga National Park 1985 Kaziranga is one of the last strongholds of the endangered Indian one-horned rhinoceros

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 1985 The Manas river divides the lush, mixed deciduous forests that run through India to Bhutan

Keoladeo National Park 1985 The Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary is situated just 55 kilometers from the Taj Mahal at Agra

Fatehpur Sikri 1986 Fatehpur Sikri is the one of the finest examples of Mughal architectural splendour. It was built by Mughal Emperor Akbar

Churches and Convents in Goa 1986 The churches and cathedrals built during 16th to 17th century A.D. (Basilica of Bom Jesus, etc) at Goa are a legacy of the Portuguese

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Monuments at Khajuraho 1986Khajuraho Monuments were built between 950-1050 A.D. near the village of Khajuraho under the patronage of the Chandela kings of northern central India

Monuments at Hampi 1986 Hampi, 353 kilometers from Bangalore, are one of the most fascinating historical sites in South India.

Brihadeeshwara Temple at Thanjavur 1987, 2004 The Brihadisvara temple with its 66.5 meters high `srivimana` dominating the city is built of granite.

Sundarbans National Park 1987 The Sunderbans National Park, covering about 1330.10 sq. km, is the habitat of nearly 200 Royal Bengal tigers

Elephanta Caves 1987 Elephanta consists of seven caves of which the most notable is the Mahesa-murti cave

Monuments at Pattadakal 1987 Pattadakal, in Karnataka, illustrates the Chalukyan art which, in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D., under the Chalukya dynasty

Nanda Devi National Park 1988 The Nanda Devi National Park is one of the most spectacular wilderness areas in the Himalayas.

Buddhist Monastery at Sanchi 1989 Sanchi is a serene hill crowned by a group of stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars dating from 3rd Century BC to the 12th Cent AD.

Humayun’s Tomb at Delhi 1993 Humayun`s Tomb is an early example of Mughal architecture built in Delhi

Qutab Minar 1993 Qutab Minar with a length of 238 feet, commands a panoramic view of the green fields extending into a sprawling city of Delhi

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1999 This toy train has achieved worldwide fame for engineering excellence, wonderful landscape and tourist attraction.

Bodhgaya Complex of Buddhist Temples 2002 A big complex of Buddhist temples that include the site where Lord Buddha had meditated to get enlightenment

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters and Caves near Bhopal 2003The very recent addition has been the rock shelters & over 500 caves of Bhimbetka, belonging to the Neolithic age, which lies 46 km South of Bhopal, surrounded by the northern fringe of the Vindhyan ranges.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) 2004

This is an outstanding example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture in India, blended with themes deriving from Indian traditional architecture. The building, designed by the British architect F.W. Stevens

Champaner Pawagarh Archaeological Park in Gujarat (Latest addition in July’2004)

A concentration of largely unexcavated archaeological, historic and living cultural heritage properties cradled in an impressive landscape which includes prehistoric (chalcolithic) sites, a hill fortress of an early Hindu capital, and remains of the 15th century capital of the state of Gujarat.

Red Fort complex, Delhi (Latest addition in June’2007)

The 17th century Mughal marvel, Red Fort, has joined the ranks of 26 other Indian sites, to be included in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites. Earlier it almost got nominated in 1993, but due to the army occupying it that time, the government deferred nominating it that time.

Jantar Mantar of Jaipur,Rajastan(2010)

The Jantar Mantar, in Jaipur, is an astronomical observation site built in the early 18th century. It includes a set of some 20 main fixed instruments. This is the most significant, most comprehensive, and the best preserved of India’s historic observatories.

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HIGHEST TOWERS IN INDIA

Name Pinnacle height Year Structure type PlaceRameswaram TV Tower 323 metres (1,060 ft) 1995 Concrete Rameswaram, Tamil NaduFazilka TV Tower 305 metres (1,001 ft) 2007 Lattice Tower Fazilka, PunjabINS Kattabomman, Central Mast

301 metres (988 ft) 1989 Guyed Mast Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Mumbai Television Tower 300 metres (984 ft) Lattice tower Mumbai, MaharashtraJaisalmer TV Tower 300 m (980 ft) 1993 Concrete Jaisalmer, RajasthanSamatra TV Tower 300 m (980 ft) 1999 Concrete Samatra, GujaratINS Kattabomman, Inner Ring Masts

276.45 metres (907 ft) 1989 Guyed Mast Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Dahanu Thermal Power Station Chimney

275.3 metres (903 ft) 1995 Chimney Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sagardighi Thermal Power Station Chimney

275 metres (902 ft) 2004 Chimney Sagardighi, West Bengal

Anpara B Power Plant Chimney

275 metres (902 ft) 1994 Chimney Anpara, Uttar Pradesh

Korba Power Plant Chimney 275 metres (902 ft) 2009 Chimney Korba, Chhattisgarh

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Exercise- 11. National Institute of Oceanography is located in : (a) Calcutta (b) Chennai (c) Mangalore (d) Panaji2. At Which one of the following places , East-West Corridor

Connecting Silchar and Porbandar and North -south Corridor Connecting Srinagar and Kanyakumari Intersect Each other?

(a) Jhansi (b) Agra (c) Jabalpur (d) Nagpur3. In which State is the Buddhist site Tabo Monastery located? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Sikkim (d) Uttarakhand4. Where is the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India? (a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Chennai (d) Kolkatta5. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya : Bhopal (b) Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture : Kolkata (c) Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library : Lucknow (d) Anthropological Survey of India (Headquarters) :

Kolkata6. Jharkhand does not share boundary with – (a) West Bengal (b) Odisha (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Madhya Pradesh7. Bhimbetka which was been conferred the status of World

Heritage Site is situated in: (a) Odisha (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Bihar8. The Radcliffe line is a boundary between (a) India and Pakistan (b) India and China (c) India and Myanmar (d) India and Afghanistan9. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English

Channel? (a) Shanta Rangaswami (b) Arati Saha (c) Santosh Yadav (d) Kamaljit Sandhu10. First American President to visit India is: (a) Jimmy Carter (b) D.D. Eisenhower (c) George Washington (d) Ronald Reagon11. Gol Gumbaz, the largest dome in India is located in the

state of – (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Bihar 12. Which of the following is not correctly matched with

regard to the Indians who have won the Nobel Prize (in the mentioned years)?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore - 1913 (b) C V Raman - 1930 (c) Hargobind Khorana - 1968 (d) Mother Teresa - 1978 13. The oldest church (St. Thomas Church) in India is located

in the state of (a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) West Bengal (d) Assam

14. Compulsory Education Act will ensure education to children upto the age of:

(a) 10 yr (b) 14 yr (c) 8 yr (d) 17 yr15. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (a) White Revolution – Dairy (b) Green Revolution – Agriculture (c) Blue Revolution – Fishery (d) Red Revolution – Wool16. India is not a member of which one of the following? (a) Commonwealth of Independent States (b) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (c) South Asian Free Trade Agreement (d) World Trade Organization 17. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

(NCPCR) is going to start a program to mobilise community youth to protect child rights in the Naxal-affected areas. The program has been named as

(a) Sakha-Bandhu scheme (b) Bal Bandhu scheme (c) Bal Uttaradhikari scheme (d) Bhavishya Ujjwal scheme18. ‘Operation Rhino’ is directed against (a) PWG (b) LTFE (c) ULFA (d) ULTRA19. ‘Eco mark’ is given to the Indian products that are: (a) pure and unadulterated (b) rich in proteins (c) environment friendly (d) economically viable20. Which one of the following is not a Central University? (a) Pondicherry (b) Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad

(c) Vishva Bharti, Shanti Niketan (d) University of Madras, (Chennai)21. What was the purpose of the Operation Sukoon launched

by the Government of India? (a) Helping Indonesia in its efforts to rehabilitate the

victims of earthquake in that country (b) Evacuating the Indian Nationals from Lebanon during

the conflict in the Middle East (c) Assisting United Nations in its efforts to help the civil

war victims in the Darfur region of North Africa (d) Providing a relief package to farmers after a spate of

suicides by other farmers in Andhra Pradesh.22. National Institute of Nutrition is located at (a) Chennai (b) Bangalore (c) New Delhi (d) Hyderabad23. National Library, the largest in India is located at (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) Delhi (d) Kolkata24. The Treaty on Integrated Development of Mahakali River’

was signed between India and (a) Pakistan (b) Nepal (c) Bhutan (d) Bangladesh

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25. Which among the following cities of India will have mid-day Sun exactly overhead only once a year?

(a) Delhi and Chennai (b) Srinagar and Darjeeling (c) Hyderabad and Kohima (d) Nagpur and Kolkata26. Which one among the following cities is called the ‘zero-

mile centre’ of India? (a) Kanpur (b) Allahabad (c) Nagpur (d) New Delhi27. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct? (a) The Press Council of India is an autonomous quasi-

judicial body established under an Act of Parliament (b) The Press Information Bureau provides accreditation to

media person so as to have easy access to information from government sources

(c) Among all the states of India, Maharashtra publishes the largest number of newspapers

(d) Press Trust of India is the largest news agency in the country

28. Survey of India is under the Ministry of (a) Defence (b) Environmental & Forests (c) Home Affairs (d) Science & Technology29. Tarun Bharat Sangh, an organization based in a village near

Alwar (Rajasthan) has become famous because of (a) cultivation of genetically modified cotton (b) rehabilitation of women victims of AIDS (c) livelihood projects for destitute rural women. (d) rain-water harvesting30. Norman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded as the father of

the Green Revolution in India is from which country? (a) United States of America (b) Mexico (c) Australia (d) New Zealand

Exercise- 2Statement Based MCQ

1. As a policy to boost the agricultural sector, the GOI has taken special measures over time. Which of the following are not a measure with a direct impact on the agricultural sector?

1. Setting up of a National Food Processing Bank 2. Opening irrigation, sanitation and water projects for

Private Participation. 3. Efforts to reduce fiscal deficit to 5.5 per cent level of

GDP (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 3 only (d) 1 and 22. India has signed an agreement with the European Patent

Office. How would this help India? 1. It will enable India in safeguarding traditional

medicines. 2. India’s digital Traditional Knowledge Library will

now be available to European patent examiners. 3. India can grant patents for its traditional medicines

and herbs. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 3 only (d) All the three3. Workers from poor states migrate to high wage states as

agricultural labour. What are the major problems when people have to leave their villages and work as labourer elsewhere?

1. Lack of irrigation facilities, low productivity of land and uncertain monsoon.

2. Non-availability of fertilizers and other inputs at subsidized rates.

3. Single crop cultivation. (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only (c) 3 only (d) All the three

4. Consider the following statements? 1. Hariyali is a watershed development project sponsored

by the Central Government. 2. Hariyali also aims at enabling the urban population to

conserve rain water. Which of the statements gtiven above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 25. Consider the following statements about the minorities

India: 1. The Government of India has notified five communities,

namely, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoro astrians as Minorities

2. The National Commission for Minorities was given statutory status in 1993

3. The smallest religions minority in India are the Zoroastrians

4. The Constitution of India recognizes and protects religious and linguistic minorities

Which of these statements are correct? (a) 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 4 (c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 46. Consider the following statements regarding the relations

between India and Pakistan: 1. During Shimla Agreement, Indira Gandhi ,and Zulfikar

Bhutto agreed to maintain the sanctity of LOC 2. Lahore summit took place in the year 1997 3. Islamabad summit was held between Rajiv Gandhi

and Nawaz Sharif Which of these statements is/are correct? (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 only (d) 1 only

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Which of the above are included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 and 4 (c) 2 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 414. In which of the following International Organisations is

India a member? 1. Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional

Cooperation. 2. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and

Development. Select the correct answer using the codes given below (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 215. In the era of globalization, international migration is one

of the biggest challenges of 21st century. To deal with this, which of the following steps have been taken by the government of India?

1. Establishment of 24/7 helpline to provide information of jobseekers.

2. Undertaking steps to ratify the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols.

3. Implementing e-Governance in emigration management to detect instances of misrepresentation, forgery etc. through real time validation of information on public-private partnership basis.

Select the correct answer using the code given below (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 316. Which among the following is/are example/examples of

youth unrest in India? 1. Naxalite movement 2. Anti-foreigners movement in Asom 3. Anti-Mandal Commission agitation Select the correct answer using the code given below (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 2 only (d) 3 only 17. Consider the following statements related to Antarctic

research and choose the correct code: 1. In 1989 India’s second permanent station Maitri was

established at Antarctic. 2. In 1983 for the first time two Indian women Dr.

Sudipta Sen Gupta and Dr. Aditi Pant went to Antarctic.

3. In 1983 Dakshin Gangotri a permanent station was established.

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 3 only

Matching Based MCQ

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 18 to 22) : Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

18. List-I (Folk Dance-Dramas) List-II (States) (A) Yakshagana (1) Uttar Pradesh (B) Tamasha (2) Gujarat (C) Nautanki (3) Maharashtra (D) Bhavi (4) Karnataka (5) Madhya Pradesh (a) A – 3; B – 4; C – 2; D – 1 (b) A – 4; B – 3; C – 1; D – 2 (c) A – 4; B – 5; C – 3; D – 2 (d) A – 3; B – 2; C – 4; D – 5

7. India is a member of which of the following? 1. Asian Development Bank 2. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 3. Colombo Plan 4. Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development (OECD) Select the correct answer using the code given below: (a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 4 (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 48. At which of the following places, Kumbh Mela is held? 1. Nasik 2. Hardwar 3. Prayag 4. Ujjain (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 2 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 49. Consider the following statements about EGOMs

(empowered group of minister) 1. Mr. AK Antony will now chair the EGOMs on gas

pricing & ultra mega power project 2. Mr. P Chidambaran will now head the EGOM, on the

Civil Aviation, Prasar Bharti. Which of the above statement is/are correct? (a) Both 1 and 2 (b) 1 only (c) 2 only (d) None of these10. Consider the following statements 1. The Government of India had reduced the duration

of SAARC Visa exemption Striker (SVES) from one year to three months.

2. The Private Sector to bear the brunt of the discriminatory treatment of SVES as it has been expelled from some category in the newly implemented visa scheme.

Which of the above statement are correct (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 211. Consider the following statements regarding the relations

between India and Pakistan 1. During Shimla Agreement, Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar

Bhutto agreed to maintain the sanctity of LOC. 2. Lahore Summit took place in the year 1997. 3. Islamabad Summit was held between Rajiv Gandhi

and Nawaz Sharif. Which of these statements is/are correct? (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 only (d) 1 only12. Which of the following institutes have been recognised

as the Institutes of National Importance (by an Act of Parliament)?

1. Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai 2. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education, and

Research, Mohali 3. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Services and

Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 4. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education,

Gwalior Select the correct answer using the codes given below: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 3 and 4 (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 413. Consider the following sites/monuments: 1. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park 2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station, Mumbai 3. Mamallapuram 4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple)

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19. List-I List-II (Centre of Handicrafts) (State) (A) Mon (1) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Nalbari (2) Assam (C) Pasighat (3) Meghalaya (D) Tura (4) Nagaland (a) A – 4; B – 2; C – 1; D – 3 (b) A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D – 2 (c) A – 4; B – 3; C – 1; D – 2 (d) A – 1; B – 2; C – 4; D – 320. List-I List-II (A) Rashtriya Mahila (1) Empowerment of women Kosh (B) Mahila Samridhi (2) Education for Yojana women’s equality (C) Indira Mahila (3) Promotion of savings Yojana among rural women (D) Mahila Samakhya (4) Meeting credit needs Programme of the poor women (a) A – 3; B – 2; C – 1; D – 4 (b) A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D – 2 (c) A – 4; B – 3; C – 2; D – 1 (d) A – 4; B – 1; C – 2; D – 3

21. List-I (Institute) List-II (Location) (A) Central Institute of Higher (1) Hyderabad Tibetan Studies (B) Indira Gandhi Institute of (2) Mumbai Development Research (C) National Institute of Mental (3) Bangalore Health and Neuro-sciences (D) Central Institute of English (4) Dharamshala and Foreign Languages (5) Varanasi (a) A – 5; B – 3; C – 4; D – 1 (b) A – 5; B – 2; C – 3; D – 1 (c) A – 3; B – 2; C – 4; D – 5 (d) A – 4; B – 5; C – 1; D – 222. List-I List-II (Hill Station) (Location in Map) (A) Dharamsala (B) Almora (C) Naintal (D) Darjeeling (a) A – 1; B – 2; C – 3; D – 4 (b) A – 1; B – 3; C – 2; D – 4 (c) A – 2; B – 1; C – 4; D – 3 (d) A – 2; B – 4; C – 1; D – 3

Hints and SolutionsEXERCISE-1

1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (d)7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (d)13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (d)16. (a) The Commonwealth of Independent States is the

Internatinoal Organization, or alliance.17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (d) 21. (b) 22. (d)23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (d)29. (d) 30. (a)

EXERCISE-2

1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (d) India has the largest population of Zorastrians than

anywhere else in the World 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (d)12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (a) Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-

operation is an international organization with 18 member states. It organization for Economic co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international economic organization of 34 Countries foundes in 1961. India is one of the Candidate of OECD, not a member.

15. (a) There are several steps taken by the Government of India to tackle international migration. Among the steps are 24/7 helpline, ratify the UN Convention in Transnational Organized Crime and its protocol are prominent.

16. (d) Mandal Commission protests of 1990 were against giving government jobs to certain casters are basis of birth rather than merits of candidate. It led to interspersed youth unrest in India.

17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (b) • Central institute of Higher Tibetan studies is

present at Varanasi of Uttarpradesh in the year 1967.

• Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research is located in Mumbai of Maharastra.

• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences is located in Banglore and

• Central institute of English and foreign languages is located in Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh.

22. (a)

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