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FIRST PERSON IN INDIA

● First Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten

● Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti Rajgopalachari

● Chief of the Indian Armed Forces—General K. M. Carriappa

● Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw

● President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad

● Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

● Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

● Non-Congress Prime-Minister—Atal Behari Bajpai

● British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings

● Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma

● I. C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore

● Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen

● Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave

● Novel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore

● President of National Congress—Vyomesh Chand Banerjee

● Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar

● Chief Election Commissioner—Sukumar Sen

● Indian Chairman in International Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh

● Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

● Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim

● Chief Justice of Supreme Court—Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya

● Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti

Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman

● Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri

● Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–

1965)

● Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal

● Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)

● President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra

● Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—Sumitra Nandan

Pant (1968)

● Indian who won the World Billiard award—Wilson Jans

● Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar

● Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Behari Bajpai (1977)

● Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)

● First President of Indian Science Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee

● Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita

● Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma

● Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi

● Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu

● Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and

L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)

● Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Single (from England)

● Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha

● Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)

● Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)

● Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon

● Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)

● First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament—Lal Mohan Ghose

● An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad

Ram

● Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha

● Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi

● Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh

● Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh

● Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag

● First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh

● First Indian who individually won the Gold medel in Olympic games—Abhinav Bindra

● First Indian who won the Bronze medel in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar

State & their Preside:-

S.No. State NameTook Office (yyyy-mm-

dd)Party

1 Andhra Pradesh Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy

2010-11-25 Indian National Congress

2 Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki 2011-11-01 Indian National Congress

3 Assam Tarun Kumar Gogoi


4 Bihar Nitish Kumar 2005-10-24 Janata Dal (United)5 Chhattisgarh Raman Singh 2003-12-07 Bharatiya Janata Party

6 National Capital Territory of Delhi

Sheila Dikshit 1998-12-03 Indian National Congress

7 Goa Manohar Parrikar 2012-03-09 Bharatiya Janata Party8 Gujarat Narendra Modi 2001-10-07 Bharatiya Janata Party

9 Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda


10 Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal

2007-12-30 Bharatiya Janata Party

11 Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah 2009-01-05 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

12 Jharkhand Arjun Munda 2010-09-11 Bharatiya Janata Party

13 Karnataka DV Sadananda Gowda


14 Kerala Oommen Chandy 2011-05-18 Indian National Congress

15 Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan


16 Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan 2010-11-11 Indian National Congress

17 Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh


18 Meghalaya Mukul Sangma 2010-04-20 Indian National Congress

19 Mizoram Lal Thanhawla 2008-12-07 Indian National Congress

20 Nagaland Neiphiu Rio 2008-03-12 Nagaland People’s Front

21 Orissa Naveen Patnaik 2000-03-05 Biju Janata Dal22 Pondicherry N. Rangaswamy 2011-05-16 All India NR Congress

23 Punjab Parkash Singh Badal

2012-03-06 Shiromani Akali Dal

24 Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot 2008-12-12 Indian National Congress

25 Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling

1994-12-12 Sikkim Democratic Front

26 Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa 2011-05-16 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

27 Tripura Manik Sarkar 1998-03-11 Communist Party of India (Marxist)

28 Uttarakhand Vijay Bahuguna 2012-03-13 Indian National Congress

29 Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav 2012-03-15 Samajwadi Party

30 West Bengal Mamata Banerjee 2011-05-20 All India Trinamool Congress

1) Which of the following is NOT an example of metamorphic rock? Gneiss Marble Quartzite Limestone

2) Which of the following is NOT a planet of the inner circle or the terrestrial planets? Mercury Venus Mars

Saturn 3) This planet is closest to earth. Identify it from the given options. Mars Mercury Venus Jupiter 4) This is the longest day in the southern hemisphere. Identify it from the given options. June 21 June 22 December 21 December 22 5) Cuqenam, Tugela and Grey Kamarang are the names of … shipping canals straits mountains waterfalls 6) This is the smallest Republican country of the world. Tuvalu State of Vatican Nauru East Timor 7) Kaffris is the martial race of … Australia Mongolia South Africa Hungary 8) The famous battle of Waterloo that resulted in the defeat and exile of Napoleon took place in … 1805 1810 1815 1820 9) This day is celebrated as the International Women’s Day. September 8 July 8 May 8 March 8 10) Where would you find the headquarters of South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)? New Delhi Jakarta Bangkok Kuala Lumpur 11) Where would you find Rajaji National Park in India? Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Rajasthan Kerala12) Can you identify the disease that is caused by bacteria? Yellow fever

Small pox Measles Pneumonia 13) Who authored Natya Shastra? Kalhana Kalidasa Bharat Muni Kapila Muni 14) When was the Khilafat movement launched? 1916 1918 1920 1922 15) The second battle of Panipat was fought between … Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur Akbar and Hemu Ahmed Shah Abdali and Marathas Sher Shah and Humayun 16) This day is celebrated as the World Food Day. October 12 October 14 October 16 October 18 17) Which of the following personalities was the founder of the Dharma Sabha ? Rammohan Roy Radhakanta Dev Durga Das Atmaram Pandurang 18) National Anthem and National Song were adopted by the Constituent Assembly on … January 21, 1950 January 22, 1950 January 23, 1950 January 24, 1950 19) How many members come from the states and union territories in the Rajya Sabha? 234 238 242 246 20) Kathakali is a dance form that belongs to the state of … Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka

21) Which of the following is the oldest mountain range in India? Satpura Nilgiri Vindhyas

Aravallis 22) Which of the following was the capital of the Mauryan empire? Rajgriha Patliputra Vaishali None of these 23) Emergency was proclaimed in India for the first time, after independence, in the year … 1962 1965 1971 1975 24) Whom would you would associate with the Ahmadiya movement ? Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Abul Kalam Azad None of these 25) This day is celebrated as the Commonwealth Day. Identify it from the given options. January 24 March 24 May 24 August 2426) The Count Of Monte Cristo is a famous novel by…. Ernest Hemingway Alexander Dumas Charles Dickens William Thackeray 27) Which of the following is the second most populous state in India after Uttar Pradesh? Bihar West Bengal Maharashtra Tamil Nadu 28) Nikhil Bannerjee and Vilayat Khan are the famous names associated with… Tabla Sarangi Sitar Veena 29) Which of the following states leads in deposits of Graphite in India? Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Orissa Maharashtra 30) Which of the following states does not touch the boundaries of Chhattisgarh? Bihar Orissa Andhra Pradesh JharkhandBUSINESS & INDUSTRY

1. Nano knowledge city has been established at which Indian city?a. Ahmedabadb. Tiruchic. Chandigarhd. Lucknow

2. Which finance company will soon offer loans again gold ETF units?a. Muthoot Financeb. ICICI Loansc. Bajaj Capitald. Birla Global Finance Limited

3. Infosys’ Executive Council will now have how many members?a. 12b. 13c. 14d. 15

4. Which company bought the .CO domain just before the completion of one year of its publiclaunch?a. Yahoob. Hotmailc. Googled. Rediff

5. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Sun TV Network?a. Rakesh Singhb. K.Vijay Kumarc. Dinesh Trivedid. Kishore Chandra Rao

6. Which of the following brands is NOT a part of Sony Corporation?a. VIAOb. Braviac. Xboxd. Play stations

7. Which of the brands follow a ‘fast fashion’ trend?a. Leeb. Adidasc. Levisd. Zara

8. June 2011 inflation closed at what rate?a. 8.44%b. 9.44%c. 10.44%d. 11.44%

9. French tyre maker Michilen is going to start its Indian operations from which city?a. New Delhib. Chennaic. Mumbaid. Kolkatta

10. Which country is set to roll out its first phase of National internet for home users in August with a speed of 8MB?a. Iraqb. Iranc. Afganistand. Saudi Arabia

11. According to March 2010 estimation, how much land is under organic certification?a. 4.4 million hectaresb. 4.6 million hectaresc. 6.4 million hectaresd. 6.6 million hectares

12. Where has Posco planned its latest project costing more than `50,000` Crores in India?a. Rajasthanb. West Bengalc. Orissad. Gujarat

13. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Fortis Healthcare?a. Bhavdeep Singhb. Aditya Vijc. Suneeta Reddyd. Shivinder Singh

14. Which Indian city is hosting the 3 day International Leather Fair from 28th July 2011?a. New Delhib. Chennaic. Mumbaid. Kolkata

15. Which of these brands DO NOT belong to Hindustan Uni Lever?a. Brub. Taj Mahalc. Ashirwadd. Annapurna

16. Who is the new RBI Deputy Governor?a. Shyamala Gopinathb. Y. Vnugopal Reddyc. Harun Rashid Khan

d. D. Subbarao

17. What is the public offer made by Zyanga Inc.?a. $2 billionb. $1 billionc. $1.5 billiond. $3 billion

18. Which website is used most popularly in Brazil?a. Facebookb. LinkedInc. Orkutd. MySpace

19. Keki Mistry is CEO of which bank?a. HDFCb. ICICIc. Standard Charteredd. Deutsche Bank

20. Which Indian City will be home for Nano Science and Technology?a. Hyderabadb. Bangalorec. Ahmedabadd. Bhubaneshwar

21. Which Indian state suffers most from lack of opportunity of Jobs?a. Uttarakhandb. Goac. Jammu and Kashmird. Chattisgarh

22. To which country does the new Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)belong?a. Indiab. United States of Americac. Brazild. China

23. Which Indian city will host the 11th conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2012?a. New Delhib. Chennaic. Bangalored. Hyderabad

24. How many FDI proposals did Indian Govt approve in June 2011?a. 16

b. 17c. 18d. 19

25. ‘Beta’ range of pens belong to which brand?a. Parkerb. Emontec. Luxord. Pilot

26. Brands like Parachute, Saffola, Sweekar, Medikar, Top Ramen etc., are owned by which Indian giant?a. HULb. P&Gc. Marico Industriesd. Nestle

27. what is India’s position among the top 20 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) recipients, according to World investment report released by UNCTAD?a. 12thb. 14thc. 16thd. 18th

28. General Motors launched the diesel version of which car?a. Chevrolet Beatb. Chevrolet Optrac. Chevrolet Cruzed. Spark

29. Which Public sector bank selected Metlife as its partner in the life insurance segment?a. Syndicate Bankb. Corporation Bankc. United Bank of Indiad. Punjab National Bank

30. Which telecom announced its decision to merge its divisions providing GSM and CDMA?a. Tatab. Bharti Airtelc. Airceld. Vodafone

31. Maharashtra Electrosmelt is merging which PSU?a. IOCb. SAILc. BHELd. HPCL

32. What does ‘M’ in IMFA stand for?

a. Metalb. Mineralc. Microd. Money

33. Usha Ananathsubramanian is the Executive Director of which Pubic sector bank?a. Gramin Bankb. Punjab National Bankc. United Bank of Indiad. Central Bank of India

34. Who amongst the following is the recipient of best CFO in public sector?a. R.K. Aggarwalb. P.K.Bajpaic. A.K.Singhald. D.K. Sarraf

35. Which of the following Indian states will host the limestone mining operations of Lafarge India?a. West Bengalb. Chattisgarhc. Meghalayad. Maharashtra

36. How many Indian companies featured in the list of 500 companies released by Fortune magazine in July 2011?a. 6b. 7c. 8d. 9

37. P.K. Bajpai is the Director of which Navratna company?a. BHELb. SAILc. IOCd. HAL

38. According to the report compiled by Swiss Re named World Insurance in 2010, India standsat what position as an insurance market in the world?a. 8thb. 10thc. 11thd. 13th

39. What does ‘F’ in IRFC stand for?a. Forceb. Financec. Facilitating

d. None of the above

40. Jeevan Arogya, is a health insurance plan of which Indian insurance company?a. LICb. HDFCc. SBI Life insuranced. IDBI Fortis life insurance

41. Who is India’s largest Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter?a. GAILb. PFCc. RasGasd. Petronet

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Which among the following has been named the most valuable sports team in the world?a. The Red Devilsb. Dallas Cowboysc. New York Yankeesd. Manchester United

2. Patrick Vieira is related with which of the following sports?a. Cricketb. Footballc. Hockeyd. Swimming

3. What was the name of NASA’s spacecraft which entered an asteroid’s orbit recently?a. Dawnb. Lycostac. Vestad. Horbid

4. Rowghat, an area of Iron ore minning recently in news is situated in which of the followingstate?a. Jharkhandb. Orissac. Chhatisgarhd. Karnataka

5. Who among the following was unanimously chosen the next Central Vigilance Commissioner?a. Yogesh Wadhwab. Atul Pratap Singhc. Nirbhay Sachand. Pradeep Kumar

6. Recently which country’s airways have planned to operate aircraft powered by cooking oil?a. Britainb. United Statesc. Australiad. Germany

7. Which state recently has launched 24x7 web cast of Chief Minister's office?a. Tamil Nadub. Keralac. Himachal Pradeshd. Bihar

8. GSAT-12 communication satellite placed in geosynchronous orbit, was injected by -a. PSLV-C15b. PSLV-C16c. PSLV-C17d. PSLV-C18

9. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flighttested its latest surface-to-surface missile, named-a. Prahaarb. Pradyumnac. Arjunad. Bheem

10. U.S. National Hurricane Center is located ata. Miamib. New Yorkc. Washingtond. Chicago

11. Hurricane Dora has recently affected –a. Indonesiab. Philippinesc. Japand. Mexico

12. China has opened the world’s longest sea bridge. It stretches across –a. Jiaozhou Bayb. Shanjhou Bayc. Yangtze Bayd. Hangjhou Bay

13. Which country recently has enforced new immigration rules that focus on higher qualification and advance English language skills as requirements for those wanting to migrate to this country?a. United Statesb. Australiac. Germany

d. Canada

14. Which country’s parliament looked set to approve an exit from nuclear energy by 2022?a. Germanyb. United Statesc. Indiad. France

15. Who among the following has taken over as the new Railway Board Chairman?a. Prakash Sharmab. Pradeep Royc. Vinay Mittald. Vijay Narain

16. Petra Kvitova has recently won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships singles title. She belongsto which countrty?a. Czech Republicb. United Statesc. Russiad. Ukraine

17. Which among the following is the first e-hospital in the country?a. MediAngelsb. MediCuresc. E-Cared. Regency

18. DRDO laboratory, Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials (ACEM) is established at -a. Nashikb. Bengaluruc. Ahmedabadd. Hyderabad

19. US is seeking to ban the production of ammonium nitrate used in fertilizers in which of thefollowing countries?a. Indiab. Pakistanc. Brazild. China

20. Which country recently has announced that it would stop granting work permits to domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines, following hiring conditions imposed by the Asian countries?a. Saudi Arabiab. Francec. Germanyd. Australia

21. Who among the following is the new coach of Indian Cricket team?a. Andy Flowerb. Eddo Brandesc. Duncan Fletcherd. Heath Streak

22. Where is Mount Kailash located?a. Indiab. Tibetc. Chinad. Nepal

23. The 12th IIFA awards ceremony was held at which of the following place?a. New Yorkb. Sun Cityc. Goad. Toronto

24. Who got the World Food Prize 2011?a. John A Kufurb. Lula da Silvac. Manmohan Singhd. a and b both

25. Who among the following had coined the term “Biodiversity”?a. W GRosenb. Dr Normem Mayersc. Raymond F.Dasmannd. Peter Hamilton

26. Who among the following had observed fast for equal rights for Indian prisoners?a. Bhagat Singhb. Potti srimaluc. Mahatma Gandhid. Lala Lajpat Rai

27. Which among the following countries has topped the list of most failed states ?a. Somaliab. Sudanc. Iraqd. Zimbabwe

28. Indian Institute of Public Management is situated at which place?a. Hyderabadb. Shimlac. Bengalurud. New Delhi

29. The National Solar Mission aims at tapping 20,000 mw of solar power by –a. 2012b. 2022

c. 2020d. 2025

30. Khallas: An A to Z guide to Underworld, is written by –a. Shobha Deyb. Arundhati Royc. Jyotendra Deyd. Ashutosh Mukherjee

31. Who among the following publishes the magazine 'Rail Bandhu' ?a. The Pioneerb. Times Of Indiac. Dainik Jagrand. The Hindu

32. C.K. Naidu Lifetime Achievement award in 2011 has been conferred to-a. Sachin Tendulkarb. Salim Durranic. Abhimanyu Mithund. Sunil Gavaskar

33. Who among the following is known as Dr. Death?a. James Mandisb. Notjirker Poschc. Jack Kevorkiand. Mac Dinghty

34. Who among the following is the President of Sudan?a. Ali Abdullah Salehb. Tayyip Erdogenc. Omar al Bashird. Bashar Al Asad

35. Who among the following is known as “Andhra Natyam”?a. Natraja Ramkrishnab. Sujata Krishnamurtic. Radha Swaminathamd. Krishna Reddy

36. Which is the world’s youngest country?a. South Sudanb. North Sudanc. Serbiad. Montenegro

37. Which country's explorers recently have found large deposits of the rare earth metal on thefloor of the Pacific Ocean?

a. Chinab. Indiac. Japand. Indonesia

38. Which country does not have a dedicated court to decide on “green cases”?a. Indiab. Australiac. New Zealandd. United States of America

39. What is the rank of India in Global Innovation Index?a. 29b. 52c. 62d. 78

40. Which Pharmaceutical company has received a warning letter from US health regulator, Foodand Drug Administration (FDA) over violation of current good manufacturing practice (GMP)regulations for finished pharmaceuticals?a. Zydus Cadilab. Ciplac. GlaxoSmithKlined. Aventis Pharma

41. Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro all the three belongs towhich of the following sports?a. Archeryb. Wrestlingc. Swimmingd. Hockey

ANSWERS:~BUSINESS & INDUSTRY1. C. Chandigarh2. A. Muthoot Finance3. B. 134. C. Google5. B. K. Vijay Kumar6. C. Xbox7. D. Zara8. B. 9.44%9. B. Chennai10. B. Iran11. A. 4.4 million hectares12. C. Orissa13. B. Aditya Vij

14. A. New Delhi15. C. Ashirwad16. C. Harun Rashid Khan17. B. $1 billion18. C. Orkut19. A. HDFC20. B. Bangalore21. C. Jammu & Kashmir22. C. Brazil23. D. Hyderabad24. A. 1625. A. Parker26. C. Marico Industries27. B. 14th28. A. Chevrolet Beat29. D. Punjab National Bank30. A. Tata31. C. BHEL32. A. Metal33. B. Punjab National Bank34. D. D.K. Sarraf35. C. Meghalaya36. C.– 837. A. BHEL38. C. 11th39. C. Facilitating40. A. LIC41. D. Petronet

CURRENT AFFAIRS1. d. Manchester united2. b. Football3. a. Dawn4. c. Chhatisgarh5. d .Pradeep kumar6. a. Britain7. b. Kerala8. c. PSLV –C179. a. Prahar10. a. Miami11. d. Mexico12. a Jiajhou Bay13. b.Australia14. a. Germany15 .c. Vinay mittal16. a. Czech Republic17. a. Medi Angels18. a. Nasik19. b. Pakistan20. a. Saudi Arabia21. c. Duncan Fletcher22. b. Tibet

23. d Toranto24. d. a and b both25. a. W G Rosen26. a. Bhagat Singh27. a. Somalia28. d. New delhi29. b. 202230. c. Jyotendra dey31. a. The Pioneer32. b. Salim durrani33. c. Jack kevorkian34. c. Omar al Bashir35. a. Natraj Ramkrishna36. a. South sudan37. c. Japan38. d. United States39. c . 6240 a. Zydus cadila41. a. Archery

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