VIDHYA ANUDAN E-BOOK

CLASS-10

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1) The Council of States in India is generally known as:

a) LokSabha b) Raj Sabha

c) Parliament d) AD hoc Committee

2) The 11th term from the end of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, ..., 253 is

a) 203 b)303 c) 153 d) - 303

3) The sum of all odd numbers between 0 and 100 is

a) 250 b)2500

c) 50 d) 2550

4) Select the true statement(s). (I) The measure of central tendency used in exploratory data analysis is mean. (ii) The

measure of central tendency used in z score is median. (iii) The mean and standard deviation is better than five-

number summary for describing a skewed

a) i only b) ii only

c) iii only d) all statements are wrong

5) A genetically engineered form of brinjal, known as the Bt-brinjal, has been developed. The objective of this is

a) To make it pest-resistant

b) To improve its taste and nutritive qualities

c) To make it drought-resistant

d) To make its shelf-life longer

6) A married couple adopted a male child. A few years later, twin boys were born to them. The blood group of the

couple is AB positive and O negative. The blood group of the three sons is A positive, B positive, and O positive. The

blood group of the adopted son is

a) O positive b) A positive c) B positive

d) Cannot be determined on the basis of the given data

7) Who among the following led the civil disobedience movement in Peshawar ?

a) MaulanaAbulKalam Azad b) Mohamad Ali

c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan d) None of the above

8) Who first created the image of Bharatmata?

a) Abanindranath Tagore b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

c) Rabindranath Tagore d) None of the above

9) Which of the following is not a power of the speaker of the LokSabha:

a) He/she appoints chairman to the primary committees

b) He/She presides over a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament

c) The decision of the Speaker as to whether a Bill is a Money Bill

d) The Speaker can declare a no confidence motion

10) "Swayamsidha" is a scheme launched by the Government of India to help.

a) Women only b) School children only

c) Health workers only d) None of these

11) Full form of : IIPA

a) Industry Of Iran & Plastic Assosication

b) Indian Institute of Public Administration

c) Indian Infrastructure For Public Administration

d) Indian Important People Association

12) Full form of : MLA

a) Member of Legislative Assembly

b) Member of Legal Assembly

c) Member of Legal Advisory

d) Member of Legistrative Assosiation

13) The Upper House of the Egyptian Parliament is known as:

a) Shura Council b) Majilis Al Sha’ab

c) Dewan Rakyat d) Majlis-al-Nuwaab

13) Former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden is granted temporary asylum in

a) Afghanistan b) Asia

c) Russia d) Pakistan

14) The Number 2 Economy in the world in 2011 is:

a) USA b) Japan

c) China d) Russia

15) What is the longest bone in the human body?

a) Fibula b) Ulna c) Femur d) Tibia

16) What is the largest desert in the world?

a) Arabian Desert b) Gobi Desert

c) Sahara Desert d) Great Victoria

17) For an A.P. if a25 – a15 = 170, then d =

a) 17 b) – 17

c) 10 d) 34

18) Full form of : IIPA

a) Industry Of Iran & Plastic Assosication

b) Indian Institute of Public Administration

c) Indian Infrastructure For Public Administration

d) Indian Important People Association

19) Full form of : MLA

a) Member of Legislative Assembly

b) Member of Legal Assembly

c) Member of Legal Advisory

d) Member of Legistrative Assosiation

20) The Upper House of the Egyptian Parliament is known as:

a) Shura Council b) Majilis Al Sha’ab

c) Dewan Rakyat d) Majlis-al-Nuwaab

21) Former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden is granted temporary asylum in

a) Afghanistan b) Asia

c) Russia d) Pakistan

22) The Number 2 Economy in the world in 2011 is:

a) USA b) Japan

c) China d) Russia

23) What is the longest bone in the human body?

a) Fibula b) Ulna c) Femur d) Tibia

24) What is the largest desert in the world?

a) Arabian Desert b) Gobi Desert

c) Sahara Desert d) Great Victoria

25) For an A.P. if a25 – a15 = 170, then d =

a) 17 b) – 17

c) 10 d) 34

26) A new optical disc format known as the Blu-ray Disc (BD) is becoming popular. In what way is it different from the

traditional DVD?(i) DVD supports standard Definition video while BD supports High definition Video.(ii) Compared to

a DVD, the BD format has several times more storage capacity. (iii) Thickness of BD is 2.4 mm while that of DVD is 1.2

mm. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 only

c) 2 and 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3

27) A sandy and saline area is the natural habitat of an Indian animal species. The animal has no predators in that

area but its existence is threatened due to the destruction of its habitat. Which one of the following could be that

animal?

a) Indian wild buffalo b) Indian wild ass

c) Indian wild boar d) Indian gazelle

28) "The man who knew infinity" is a biography written by Robert Kanigel. This biography belongs to which one of

the following?

a) SrinivasaRamanujan b)JagdishBhagvati

c) Dr. C. V. Raman d)V. Ramakrishanan

29) "VachaspatiPuraskars" are given by the

a) Madhya Pradesh Government

b) Uttar Pradesh Hindi Akademy

c) Birla Foundation

d) None of these

30) on December 8, 2009, announced to deposit with the Reserve Bank of India the donations made by devotees in

the form of gold and silver.

a) Tamil Nadu b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Himachal pradesh d) Uttarakhand

Pioneer of Decimal

Modern Scientists

1. Chandrashekhar Venkatraman : Physics and Maths, Inventor of Raman Effect. Honoured with Bharat Rathna, Noble

Prize and Lenin Peace Award.

2. Jagdishchandra Bose : Physics, Biology, Botany Archaeology

3. Homi Jahangir Bhabha : Pioneer of Neuclear Programme, Cosmic Rays and Point Particle

4. Birbal Sahani : (Puravanspatishastra)

5. PrafykchandraROy (P.C. Roy) : Chemistry

6. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar : Chemistry

7. Meghnad Shah : Physics

8. Sundarlal Hora : Biology

9. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam : Space science graduate Designed Indian Guided Missile, President of India.

10. Hargovind Khurana : Atomic Biology

11. Prof. Yashpal : Physics

12. Venkartaman Ramkrishnan : Biology

13. Nautam Bhatt : Defence Scientist Nuclear Science

14. Anil Katodkar : Nuclear Science

15. K. Radhakrishnan : Space Scientist (Presently working with ISRO)

16. Krishnaswami Kasturi Rangan : Space Scientist (Presently working with ISRO)

Satellite Launch Date Launch Vehicle

Aryabhatt 19-Apr-75 U-11 Interkosmos

Bhaskara-I 7-June-79 C-1 Interkosmos

Rohini Technology Payload 10-Aug-79 SLV-3

Rohini RS-I 18-Jul-80 SLV-3

Rohini RS-D1 31-May-81 SLV-3

Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment 19-June-81 Ariane-1 (V-3)

INSAT-1C 21-Jul-88 Ariane-3

INSAT-ID 12-Jun-90 Delta 4925

IRS-1B 29-Aug-91 Vostok

INSAT- DT 26-Feb-92 Ariane-44LH10

Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C) 20-May-92 ASLV

INSAT-2A 10-Jul-92 Ariane-44LH10

IRS-1D 29-Sep-97 PSLV-C1

INSAT-2E 4-Apr-99 Ariane-42P H10-36

Oceansat-1 (IRS-P4) 26-May-99 PSLV-C2

INSAT-3B 22-Mar-00 Ariane-5G

INSAT-4A 22-DEC-05 Ariane-5GS

INSAT-4C 10-Jul-06 GSLV-F02

CARTOSAT-2 10-Jan-07 PSLV-C7

Space Capsule Recovery 10-Jan-07 PSLV-C7

INSAT-4B 12-Mar-07 Ariane-5ECA

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) 5-Nov-13 PSLV-C25

IRNSS-1B 10-Nov-14 PSLV-C26

GSAT-16 7-Dec-14 Ariane-5`

IRNSS-1D 28-Mar-15 PSLV-C27

HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD OF INDIAN REPUBLIC – BHARAT RATNA

Bharat Ratna Award Winners

1963 1. Dr. Zakir Hussain 2. Shri P.V. Kane

1999 1.Prof. Amaruta Sen 2.Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoli

2001 1. Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar 2. Ustad Bismillakhan

2009 Pt. Bhimsen Joshi

2014 1. Sachin Tendulakr 2. C.N.R. Rao

2015 1. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2. Madan Mohan Malaviya

Satellite Launch Date Launch Vehicle

Aryabhatt 19-Apr-75 U-11 Interkosmos

Bhaskara-I 7-June-79 C-1 Interkosmos

Rohini Technology Payload 10-Aug-79 SLV-3

Rohini RS-I 18-Jul-80 SLV-3

Rohini RS-D1 31-May-81 SLV-3

Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment 19-June-81 Ariane-1 (V-3)

INSAT-1C 21-Jul-88 Ariane-3

INSAT-ID 12-Jun-90 Delta 4925

IRS-1B 29-Aug-91 Vostok

INSAT- DT 26-Feb-92 Ariane-44LH10

Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C) 20-May-92 ASLV

INSAT-2A 10-Jul-92 Ariane-44LH10

IRS-1D 29-Sep-97 PSLV-C1

INSAT-2E 4-Apr-99 Ariane-42P H10-36

Oceansat-1 (IRS-P4) 26-May-99 PSLV-C2

INSAT-3B 22-Mar-00 Ariane-5G

INSAT-4A 22-DEC-05 Ariane-5GS

INSAT-4C 10-Jul-06 GSLV-F02

CARTOSAT-2 10-Jan-07 PSLV-C7

Space Capsule Recovery 10-Jan-07 PSLV-C7

INSAT-4B 12-Mar-07 Ariane-5ECA

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) 5-Nov-13 PSLV-C25

IRNSS-1B 10-Nov-14 PSLV-C26

GSAT-16 7-Dec-14 Ariane-5`

IRNSS-1D 28-Mar-15 PSLV-C27

GALLANTRY AWARDS

Wartime / Peacetime Service and gallantry awards

1. Sena Medal 2. Navya Sena Medal 3. Vayusena Medal

Bharat Ratna Award

1954 – Dr. Saravaplli Radhakirishan, C. Rajagopalachari, Sir C. V. Raman.

1955 – Dr. Bhagwan Das, Dr. M. Visveswaraya, Jawahar Lal Nehru

1957 – Govind Ballabh Pant

Recipients of “Param Vir Chakara” are as under :

1947 – Major Somnath Sharma (Posthumous)

1948 - Second Lieutenant R. R. Rane, Havildar Major Piru Singh (Posthumous), karam

Singh, Nayak Jadunath Singh (Posthumous)

Gandhi Peace Prize:

1995 – Julius K. Nayerare(former Tanzanian President, the first recipient).

1996 – Dr. Ahangamage Tudor Ariyanrathne (of Sri Lanka for Social, economic and political transformation through non-

violence).

1997 – Gerhard Fischer (German for the treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients

and polio victims).

1998 – The Ramakrishna Mission for its charitable and philanthropic work.

1999 – Baba Murlidhar Amte for recognition of his ecxemplary work for treatment and

rehabilitation of leprosy patients and his concept of his Shranmik Vidhyapeeth.

2000 – Mr. Nelson Mandela and Grameen Bank of Bangladesh for exemplary work resulting in social, economic and

political transformation through non-violence and Gandhian means.

Famous Scientist Inventions

ArchimedesArchimedean Principle, Famous theory of buoyancy and many mathematical and many mathematical and

mechanical discoveries.

Abbreviation

Stands For Abbreviation

Stands For

AC Alternate Current OR Air Conditioner IBA Indian Bank Association

ACC Ancillary Cadet Core ICBM Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

AD Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus) WHO World Health Organisation

ADB Asian Development Bank WILL Wireless in Local Loop

AEC Atomic Energy Commission WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation

BAMS Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery WLL-M Mobile Warless in Local Loop

BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre WMO World Meteorological Organisation

BBC British Broadcasting Corporation ZBB Zero Based Budgeting

BC Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus) ZSI Zoological Survey of India

BCG Bacillus Chalmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine) KG Kinder Garten

CAG Comptroller and Auditor General KYC Know Your Customer

CBI Central Bureau of Investigation LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India

CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education LLB Bachelor of Law

C-DAC Central For Development of Advance Computing

LLM Master of Law

BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. LMG Light Machine Gum

CASA Current Account and Savings Account deposits

LoC Line of Control (Pakistan)

DDT Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloromethane MA Master of Arts

DFDR Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box) MBA Master of Business Administration

DIG Deputy Inspector General MBT Main Battle Tank

D.Litt Doctor of Literature MD Doctor of Medicine

DM District Magistrate MFN Most Favoured Nation

ECG Electro Cardiogram TTFI Table Tennis Federation of India

EDUSAT Education Satellite TELEX Telepointer Exchange

EEG Electro Encephalogram TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language

EPABX Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange

TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

EPZ Export Processing Zone TRIPS Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation UFO Unidentified Flying Object

FCI Fertilizer Corporation of India UGC University Grant Commission

FCI Food Corporation of India UNDP United Nations Development Programme

FDI Foreign Direct Investment UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

FDR Foreign Direct Recorder (Black Box) UNI United News of India

GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited VAT Value Added Tax

GATT General Agreement of Tariff and Trade VC Vice Chancellor

GDP Gross Domestic Product VIP Very Important Person

GIC General Insurance Corporation VPP Value Payable Post

GMT Greenwich Mean Time VRS Voluntary Retirement Scheme

HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation NARI National AIDS Research Institute

HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

HYVS High Yield Variety Seeds NBFC Non-Banking Financial Companies

IAAI International Airport Authority of India NCA National Cricket Academy

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency NCW National Commission for women

IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute SC Security Council/Supreme Court

OGL Open General Licence SEBI Security Exchange Board of India

OIC Overseas Indian Citizenship SEWA Self Employed Woman’s Association

OK All Correct SFC State Financial Corporation

OGL Open General Licence SEBI Security Exchange Board of India

OIC Overseas Indian Citizenship SEWA Self Employed Woman’s Association

OK All Correct SFC State Financial Corporation

OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting QIP Qualified Institutional Placement

Countries/cities-old and new names

New Name Old Name

Bangladesh East Pakistan

Beijing Peking

Belize British Honduras

Benin Dahomey

Botswana Bechuanaland

Chennai Madras

Ethiopia Abyssinia

Ghana Gold Coast

Harare Salisbury

Indonesia Dutch East Indies

Iran Persia

Iraq Mesopotamia

Istanbul Constantinople

Kinshasa Leopoldville

GYANPITH AWARDS

Year Name Works Language

1965 G. Sankara Kurup Odakkuzhal Malayalam

1966 Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay Ganadevta Bengali

1974 Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar Yayati Marathi

1975 P.V. Akilan Chittrappavai Tamil

1976 Ashapoorna Devi Pratham Pratisruti Bengali

1992 Naresh Mehta Contribution in Literature Oriya

1993 Sitakant Mahapatra For Outstanding contribution to Indian Literature

Oriya

2011 Pratibha Ray Yanjnaseni Oriya

2012 Ravuri Bharadhwaja Paakudurallu Telugu

2013 Kedarnath Singh Akaal Mein Saras Hindi

2014 Bhalchandra Nemade Hindu: Jagnyachi Samrudhha Adgal

Marathi

Important Organizations and Founders

Organisation Year Founder

Arya Samaj 1875 Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Azad Hind Fouj 1942 Subhash Chandra Bose

Brahmo Samaj 1828 Raja Ram Mohan Rai

Forward Block 1939 Subhash Chadra Bose

Home Rule League 1916 Bla Gangadhar Tilak and Anne Besent

Khalsa 1799 Guru Govind Singh

Khudai Khidmatgar 1837 Abdul Gaffar Khan

Prathana Samaj 1867 Atmaram Pandurang

Pamakrishna Mission 1877 Swami Vivekanand

Sabarmati Ashram 1916 Mahatma Gandhi

Satya Sodhak Samaj 1873 Jyotirao Phule

Theosophical Society 1875 Madame H. P. Blavatsky and Col. H.S. Olcott

Viswa Bharati, Shanri Niketan 1918 Gurudev Ravindra Nath Tagore

Unit of Measurements

Quantity Units (S.I.)

Length Metre

Time Second

Mass Kilogram

Area Square metre

Volume Cubic Metre

Velocity Metre/second

Acceleration Metre/second square

Density Kilogram/metre cube

Momentum Kilogram metre/second

Work Joule

Energy Joule

Force Newton

Pressure Pascal or Newton/sq. metre

Viscosity Poise

Surface tension

Newton/square metre

Heat Joule

Temperature Kelvin

Temperature Kelvin

Resistance Ohmm

Electric current Ampere

Electromotive force Volt

Electrical conductivity Ohm/metre

Electric energy Kilowatt hour

Electric power Kilowatt hour

Magnetic intensity Orsted

Charge Coulomb

Frequency Hertz

Power Watt

Weight Newton or Kilogram

Impulse Newton-second

Angular velocity Radian/second

Magnetic induction Gauss

Luminous flux Candela

Intensity of sound Decibel

Power of lens Dioptre

Depth of sea Fathom

River Falls in Length (Km.)

Nile Mediterranean sea 4,157

Amazon Atlantic Ocean 3,915

Chang (Yangtse) China Sea 3,434

Huang (Yellow) Gulf of Chibli 2,901

Ob-Irtysh Gulf of Ob 3,362

Amur Tatar Strait 2,744

Lena Laptev Sea 2,734

Congo Atlantic Oscan 2,718

Mekong South China Sea 2,600

Niger Gulf of Guinea 2,590

Yenisey Kara Sea 2,543

Missouri Mississippi River 2,540

Parana Rio de la Plata 2,485

Mississippi Southwest pass 2,340

Murray - Darling Indian Ocean 2,310

Musical Instruments and artists

Instruments Artists

Veena S. Balachanadra, Kalyan Bhangawatar

Violin T.N. Krishna, Lalgudi Jayaranaman. L. Subramaniam, M.S. Gopalakrishanan

Sitar Pt. Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan

Sarod Amjad Ali Khan

Shehnai Bismilla Khan

Tabla Allah Rakha, Zakir Hussain

Bansuri-Flute Pt. Hari Prasad Chourasia

Santur Pt. Shiv Kimar Sharma

Musical Instruments Veena, Sitar, Sarod, Mridangam, Pakhawaj and Tabla

Classical School of Indian Music

Hindustani School and Karnataka School

Indian Press

Paper/Journal Year Founder / Editor

Bengal Gazette 1780 James Augustus Hicky(First paper form India)

Samachar-Darshan 1818 Kairre, Maeshaman (Oldest paper in Indian languages)

Samwad Koumudi 1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Morat-ul-Akbar 1822 Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Bomaby Times 1838 (Presently Times of India, 1861)

Hindu Patriot 1853 Girish Chandra Ghosh (Later Harish Chandra Mukherjee)

Radt-Goftar 1861 Dada Bhai Naoroji

Amrit Bazar Patrika 1888 Moti Lal Ghosh, Shishir Kumar Ghosh

The Statesman 1875 Robert Knigh. Sunanda Dutta Rai

The Hindu 1881 G.S. Aiyar and Vir Ragheachari

Maratha 1881 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Kesari 1881 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

The Tribune 1881 Dayal Singh Majethia

Common Weal 1914 Annie Besant

New India 1914 Annie Besant

Independent 1919 Moti Lal Nehry

Young India 1919 Mahatma Gandhi

The Hindustan Times 1922 K.M. Pnikar

Harijan 1933 Maharma Gandhi

Chief Election

Commissioners of India

Name From To

Mr. Sukimar 21-03-1950 19-12-1958

Mr. K.V.K. Sundaram 20-12-1958 30-09-1967

Mr. S.P. Sen Verma 01-10-1967 30-09-1972

Dr. Nagendraa Singh 01-10-1972 06-02-1973

Mr. T. Swaminathan 07-02-1973 17-06-1977

Mr. S.L. Shakdhar 18-06-1977 17-06-1982

Mr. R.K. Trivedi 18-06-1982 31-12-1985

Mr. R.V.S. Peri Sastri 01-01-1986 25-12-1990

Mrs. V.S. Rama Devi 26-11-1990 11-12-1990s

Mr. T.N. Sheshan 12-12-1990 11-12-1996

Dr. M.S. Gill 12-12-1996 13-06-2001

Mr. J. M. Lyngdoh 13-06-2001 07-02-2004

Mr. T. S. Krishnamurthy 08-02-2004 15-05-2005

Mr. B.B> Tandan 16-05-2005 28-06-2006

Mr. N. Gopalaswami 29-06-2006 20-04-2009

Namvin Chawla 21-04-2009 29-07-2010

S.Y. Quraishi 30-07-2010 10-07-2012

V.S. Sampath 10-06-2012

Major Indian Crops

Crop Temp.(0C) Water (cm) Sates Where Produced

Wheat 15° − 25° 60 - 90 Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana

Rice 24° − 26° 80 – 200 West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab

Maize 18° − 21° 50 – 60 Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar

Jawar 20° − 35° 40 – 60 Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka

Soya bean 25° − 27° 50 – 120 Madhya Pradesh

Cotton 20° − 30° 80 – 150 Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh

Tobacco 20° − 25° 75 – 80 Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.

Tea 24° − 30° 100 – 200 Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

Ground Nut 15° − 25° 60 - 130 Gujarat, Maharashtra

Chief Justice of India

Name From To

Harilal J. Kania 26-01-1950 06-11-1951

M. paranjali Sastri 07-11-1951 03-01-1954

Mehar Chand Mahajan 04-01-1954 22-12-1954

B. K. Mukherjee 23-12-1954 31-01-1956

S. R. Das 01-02-1956 30-09-1959

Bhuvanshwar Pd. Sinha 01-10-1959 31-01-1964

P. B. Gajendragadkar 01-02-1964 15-03-1966

A. K. Sarkar 16-06-1966 29-06-1966

K. Subba Rao 30-06-1966 11-04-1967

K. N. Wanchoo 12-04-1967 24-02-1968

M. Hidayatullah 25-02-1968 16-12-1970

J. C. Shah 17-12-1970 21-01-1971

S. M. Sikari 22-01-1971 25-04-1973

A.N. Ray 26-04-1973 27-01-1977

M.H. Beg 28-01-1977 21-02-1985

Y. V. Chandrachud 22-02-1978 11-07-1985

Prafullachandra anrvarlal Bhagwati 12-07-1985 20-12-1986

R.S. Pathak 21-12-1986 18-06-1989

E.S. Venkataramiah 19-06-1989 17-12-1989

Sabyasachi Mukherjee 18-12-1989 25-06-1990

Ranganath Mishra 26-09-1990 24-11-1991

Kamal Nrain Singh 25-11-1991 12-12-1991

M. H. Kania 13-12-1991 17-11-1992

Lalit Mohan Swharma 18-11-1992 11-02-1993

M.N. Venkatachalish 18-11-1992 11-02-1993

Aziz Mukhabber Ahmadi 25-10-1994 24-03-1997

Jagadish Saran Verma 25-03-1997 17-01-1998

Madan Mohan Punchhi 18-01-1998 09-10-1998

Adarsh Sen Anand 10-10-1998 31-10-2001

S.P. Bharucha 01-11-2001 05-05-2002

B.N. Kirpal 06-05-2002 08-11-2002

Gopal Ballav Paanaik 09-11-2002 19-12-2002

Visheshwar Nath Khare 19-12-2002 01-01-2004

Rajender Babu For one month

Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 01-06-2004 01-11-2005

Y.K. Savhaewal 01-11-2005 14-01-2007

K.G. Balakrishnan 13-01-2007 11-05-2010

S.H. Kapadia 12-05-2010 28-09-2012

Altams Kabir 29-09-2012 18-06-2013

P. Sathasivam 19-06-2013 26-04-2014

Rajendra mal Lodha 27-04-2014

City Country River

Adelaide Australia Torrens

Amsterdam Netherlands Amsel

Alexandria Egypt Nile

Ankara Turkey Kazil

Allahabad India At the confluence of the Ganga and

Yamuna

Agra India Yamuna

Ayodhya India Saryu

Ahmedabad India Sabarmati

Badrinath India Alaknanda

Bareilly India Ram Ganga

Bangkok Thailand Chao Praya

Basra Iraq Euphrates and Tigris

Baghdad Iraq Tigris

Berlin Germany Spree

Bonn Germany Rhine

Budapest Hungary Daunbe

Bristol U. K. Avon

Buenos Aires Argentina Laplata

Cuttack India Mahanadi

Curnool India Tungabhadra

Chittagong Bangladesh Majyani

Canton China Si-Kiang

Cairo Egypt Nile

Chung King China Yang-tse-King

Cologne Germany Rhine

Delhi India Yamuna

Dandzing Germany Vistula

FIRST IN INDIA

IMPORTANT WARS AND BATTLE ININDIAN HISTORY

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

First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-hien

First Exclusive internet magazine Bharat Samachar

First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe Indrani Rehman

First President of Indian National Congress W.C. Bannerjee, 1885

First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress

Badruddin Tayyabji

First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh

First Graduate in Medicine Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty

India's First University Nalanda University

India's First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University

India'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 Charan

First British to Visit India Hawkins

First Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha)

First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(1727)

Year War / Battle Outcome

326 B.C. Battle of Hydaspas Porus loses to Alexander

261 B.C. Kalinga War Asoka wins but adapts Buddhism

712 A.D. Invasion of Sind Mohammed-bin-Qasim invades from the west

1191 A.D. First Battle of Tarain Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Mohammed Ghori

1192 A.D. Second Battle of Tarain Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan

1194 A.D. Battle of Chhandwar Ghori defeats Jaichandra of Kannauj

1526 A.D. First Battle of Panipat Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodhi

1527 A.D. Battle of Khanua Babar defeats Rana Sanga

1529 A.D. Battle of Ghaghara Babar defeats the Afghans

1539 A.D. Battle of Chausa Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun

1540 A.D. Battle of Kannauj (or

Bilgram) Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun

1556 A.D. Second Battle of

Panipat Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeats

Hemu

1565 A.D. Battle of Talikota (or

Banihatti)

Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva) loses against an alliance formed by

Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar

1576 A.D. Battle of Haldighati Akbar defeats Maharana Pratap

1615 A.D. Mewar submitted to the

Mughals Peace treaty signed between Jahangiri and

Rana Amar Singh of Mewar.

1649 A.D. Mughal-Safavid War Mughals lose Kandahar to Persia

1658 A.D. Battle of Dharmatt and

Samugarh Aurangzeb defeats Dara Shikoh

1665 A.D. Seige of Purandar Raja Jai Singh defeats Shivaji. Treaty of

Purandar signed

1708 A.D. Battle of Khed Shahu defeats Tara Bai.

1737 A.D. Battle of Bhopal Baji Rao defeats Mohammed Shah.

1739 A.D. Battle of Karnal Nadir Shah defeats Mohammed Shah.

1757 A.D. Battle of Plassey Robert Cive defeats Siraj-ud-daula, the Nawab

of Bengal

1760 A.D. Battle of Wandiwash English defeat the French

1761 A.D. Third Battle of Panipat Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats Marathas

1764 A.D. Battle of Buxar

Hector Munro defeats combined armies of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-

ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam

1767-69 A.D.

First Anglo Mysore War Hyder Ali defeats English forces

1766-69 A.D.

First Anglo Maratha War British defeated

1770 A.D. Battle of Udgir Marathas defeat the Nizam

1780-84 A.D.

Second Anglo Mysore War

Hyder Ali dies. Treaty of Mangalore is signed

1789-92 A.D.

Third Anglo Mysore War Tipu Sultan defeated. Treaty of

Serirangapatnam is signed.

1799 A.D. Fourth Anglo Mysore

War Tipu Sultan is defeated and killed