Fact Sheet : First In India (Female) August 26, 2009

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1. First Indian Woman To Receive Lenin Peace Award
Aruna Asaf Ali

2. First Woman Vice-Chairperson Of Rajyasabha
Violet Alva In 1962

3. First Woman Session Judge In India
Anna Chandi

4. First Woman President Of Students Union
Anju Sachdeva Of Delhi University

5. First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award
Dr. Amrita Patel

6. First Indian Woman To Get International Grandmaster Award In Chess
Bhagyasri Thipse

7. First Indian Woman Ias Officer
Anna George

8. First Indian Woman T Reach In Olympic Games
Sini Abraham

9. First Woman President Of India
Pratibha Devisingh Patil

10. First Woman Governor Of State In India
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

11. First Woman Prime Minister Of India
Mrs. Indira Gandhi

12. First Indian Woman To Swim Across English Channel
Mrs. Aarti Saha

13. First Indian Woman To Swim Across Strait Of Gibraltar
Aarti Pradhan

14. First Muslim Woman To Sit On Throne Of Delhi
Razia Sultan

15. First Woman President Of Indian National Congress
Annie Besant

16. The First Woman Chief Minister Of An Indian State
Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani ( Uttar Pradesh)

17. First Woman Central Minister Of India
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

18. First Indian Woman To Climb The Mount Everest
Bachhendri Pal

19. First Woman Airline Pilot
Cap Durba Bannerjee

20. First Woman Ambassador
Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

21. First Woman To Climb Mount Everest Twice
Santosh Yadav

22. First Woman Judge Of Supreme Court
Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi

23. First Woman Chief Justice Of High Court
Mrs. Leela Seth

24. First Indian Woman Pilot In Indian Air Force
Haritakaur Dayal

25. First Woman Air Vice Marshal
P. Bandhopadhyaya

26. First Woman Lieutenant General
Puneeta Arora

27. First Woman Chairman Of Upsc
Rose Millian Mathew

28. First Woman Chairperson Of Indian Airlines
Sushma Chawla

29. First Woman To Receive Jnanpeeth Award
Asha Purna Devi

30. First Woman To Receive Bharat Ratna
Mrs. Indira Gandhi

31. First Indian Woman To Receive Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa

32. First Woman To Receive Ashok Chakra
Niraja Bhanot

33. First Woman IPS Officer
Mrs. Kiran Bedi

34. First Woman Doordarshan News Reader
Pratima Puri

35. First Woman Finger Print Experts In India
Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal ( Both Were Sisters)

36. First Indian Woman To Go In Space
Kalpana Chawla

37. First Actress In The Indian Cinema
Devika Rani

38. First Indian Woman To Become Miss World
Reita Faria

39. First Woman Speaker Of The State Assembly
Mrs. Shano Devi

40. First Indian Woman To Receive An Asiad Gold Medal
Kamalji Sandhu

41. First Indian Test Tube Baby
Harsha (1986)

42. First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission
Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak

43. First Woman Chairman Of Exim Bank
Tarzani Vakil

44. First Woman To Get Arjun Award
N. Lumsden (1961)

45. First Woman To Win Miss Universe Title
Sushmita Sen

46. First Indian Woman President Of Uno General Assembly ?
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

47. First Woman Surgeon
Dr. Prema Mukherjee

48. First Indian Woman Barrister
Cornotia Sorabji

49. First Indian Woman Advocate
Regina Guha

50. First Chief Justce Of Mumbai High Court
Justice Sujaata B Manohar

51. First Woman To Win Wta Tennis Tournament
Sania Mirza

52. First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress
Dr. Ashima Chatterjee

53. First Deputy Governor Of Reserve Bank Of India?
K. J. Udesi

54. First Woman Sahitya Award Winner
Amrita Pritam

55. First Woman Commercial Pilot
Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways

56. First Woman Foreign Minister
Lakshmi N Menon

57. First Indian Woman At Antarctica
Meher Moos In 1976

58. First Woman Chief Engineer
P. K. Tresia Nanguli

59. First Indian Woman To Complete Her Mbbs
Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888

60. First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force
Nita Ghose

61. First Woman Indian Railway Driver
Surekha Shankar Yadav

62. The First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets
Diana Eduljee

63. First Indian Woman To Get Magsaysay Award
Kiran Bedi

64. First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha
V. S. Rama Devi

QUIZ August 25, 2009

1) Who is the author of the book ” Sahibs Who Loved India” ?
a) Jagdish
b) Khushwant Singh
c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Nadeem Aslam

2) Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development ?
a) Mohamed ElBradei
b) Wen Jiabo
c) Taro Aso
d) Nicholas Sarkhosay

3) Which country will be setting up a world Biggest Telescope ?
a) Japan
b) France
c) China
d) India

4) At which place was G-20 Summit held?
a) Washington
b) New York
c) Chicago
d) Los Angeles

5) ” Lisbon Treaty ” is the treaty accepted / adopted by the members of which of the following organizations recently?
a) NATO
b) SAARC
c) European Union
d) NSG

6) Beri-Beri is the deficiency disease caused by the vitamin
a) B1
b) B5
c) A
d) C

7) Who has been appointed as President of Zambia?
a) Dawada Kairaba
b) Isatov Njle
c) Levy
d) Rupia Banda

8) Who is the Pepsico Chief ?
a) Indira Nooyi
b) Indira Mukerjee
c) Kiran Mazumdar
d) Deepa Mirza

9) “Fehmida Mizza” is a woman speaker of National Assembly of
a) Indonesia
b) Iran
c) Pakistan
d) Afghanistan

10) Who is called the “Grand Old Man Of India”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Gokhale
d) Tilak

11) Cabinet Mission came to India in which year?
a) 1942
b) 1932
c) 1916
d) 1946

12) Which five year plan has the objective ” Garibi Hatao” ?
a) first
b) fifth
c) seventh
d) eigth

13) Which river is declared as ” national river” ?
a) Ganga
b) Yamuna
c) Cauveri
d) Krishna

14) “No country for old men” is a
a) book
b) film
c) Drama
d) Poem

15) Hathigumbha inscription belongs to
a)Ashoka
b)Kharavela
c)Harsha
d)Sasaka

16) He thought that his mother was not happy ……him
a) in
b) since
c) with
d) for

17) Do you really agree
(A) /that he has blamed us
(B)/ for the dispute, especially you and I
(C)/ No error
(D) ?

18) “ ENDEAVOUR” find the synonym
a) fail
b) success
c) attempt
d) try again

19) “ FABULOUS” find the antonym

a) rich
b) luxury
c) prudence
d) poor

20) The soldiers fought courageously …. The enemy troops
a) against
b) with
c) to
d) for

QUIZ August 25, 2009

• Where is the Indian Institute for Entrepreneur Development (IIED) situated? Ahmedabad
• Where is High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) situated? High Security Animal Disease Laboratory is situated in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal is the second largest city in MP after Indore
• Why was Ruth Padel in news recently?On May 25, 2009 Ruth Padel, the first woman to become the Oxford Professor of Poetry resigned following questions over her role in an alleged smear campaign against a rival.
• To what does the term Greyhounds refer? Greyhounds is an elite anti-naxalite outfit in Andhra Pradesh.
• “The Birthday Party” and “The Homecoming” are the noted works of. On December 24, 2008 British playwright and winner of Nobel prize in 2005 Harold Pinter, famous for his brooding, unforgiving portrayals of domestic life, 78, died.. he authored “The Birthday Party”, “The Homecoming”
• Where is McLean Park situated?McLean Park is in Napier, New Zealand
• To which country does “Motor Sich Airlines” belong? “Motor Sich Airlines” belongs to Ukraine.

QUIZ ON MAHATMA GANDHI August 25, 2009

QUESTION ↕	ANSWER ↕	MORE INFO ↕
In which year was Mahatma Gandhi born?	1869	Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October 1869 in a town called Porbandar in Gujarat.
In which year did Gandhi become a lawyer?	1891	Gandhi arrived in England in 1888. He became a lawyer in 1891 and returned to India.
In which year did the famous Dandi March take place?	1930	The Dandi March was a protest against the tax that the British had imposed on salt.
In which year was the Quit India Movement launched?	1942	Gandhi protested against the British dividing India into India and Pakistan. Gandhi believed that if the British left India, the Hindus and Muslims could live in peace. So, he launched the Quit India Movement in 1942.
When did India gain independence?	15th August 1947	India gained independence on the 15th of August in 1947.
In which year did Gandhi die?	1948	Gandhi died on 30th January 1948.
By which name was Gandhi lovingly called by his countrymen?	Bapu	All Indians respected Gandhi and fondly called him ‘Bapu’ or ‘Father of the Nation’.
Where did Gandhi go to study law?	England	Gandhi was sent to England to study law after he spent a year in college.
Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?	Gujarat	Mahatma Gandhi was born in a town called Porbandar in Gujarat on 2nd October 1869.
Gandhi founded an ashram in _______.	Gujarat	Gandhi welcomed all people poor or rich to join the ashram. They had to support themselves by working with their hands and spinning their own cloth in their houses.
Gandhi called the people of lower castes by this name:	Harijans	Gandhi believed in equality of all mankind whether they belonged to the higher caste or the lower caste. He fought for the rights of the low caste people and tried to put an end to inequality. ‘Harijans’ means the people of God
Whom did Gandhi marry?	Kasturba	Gandhi married Kasturba at the age of thirteen when still in high school.
What was Gandhi’s full name?	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Which book did Gandhi write?	My Experiments with Truth
Who shot Gandhi?	Nathuram Godse	Gandhi was shot when he was on his way to a prayer meeting by Nathuram Godse.
Gandhi preached and believed in ‘Ahimsa’ which means:	Non-violence
“The light has gone out of our lives…”.Who said this on Gandhi’s death?	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru	Gandhi’s death was a sad thing that happened to the Indians who saw darkness everywhere. The entire nation wept for their ‘Bapu’.
The word ‘Harijans’ means:	the people of God	The low caste people were called untouchables by the higher caste people. Gandhi supported these neglected people and proved they were equal in all ways by living and eating with them.
Where did Gandhi spend his childhood?	Porbandar	Gandhi spend his childhood in Porbandar in Gujarat. When he was seven years old, his father shifted to a place called Rajkot, also in Gujarat.
When the British were asked to leave India, what was the movement called?	Quit India Movement	Gandhi believed that if the British left India, the Hindus and Muslims could live in peace. Gandhi protested against the British dividing India into India and Pakistan.
Where did Gandhi set up his office to practise as a lawyer?	Rajkot	Gandhi returned to India after he became a lawyer in 1891. He set up his office at a place called Rajkot in Gujarat to practise as a lawyer.
In which foreign land did Gandhi fight for the rights of his countrymen?	South Africa	Gandhi observed the injustice and bad treatment meted out by the whites in Africa to Indians and Africans with dark skin. He was hurt and fought for the equality and rights of these people.
At what age did Gandhi marry?	thirteen	Gandhi married Kasturba at the age of thirteen when still in high school.
Whenever Gandhi was against anything, he _______.	went on a fast	Gandhi was peace-loving hence he avoided violent measures. He rather spoke to the people and gave hope to them.

HOW MUCH RAMAYANA DO U KNOW August 23, 2009

1. Ram was the son of:

a. Sumitra b. Kausalya c. Kaikeyi d. Kunti

2. Lakshman’s wife’s name was:

a. Janaki b. Urmila c. Mandodari d. Draupadi

3. Bali was killed by:

a. Sugreev b. Hanuman c. Ravan d. Ram

4. The divine bow of Shiv at king Janak’s palace was broken by:

a. Ravan b. Parasuram c. Lakshman d. Ram

5. Tulsidas wrote his Ramcharitmanas in:

a. Avadhi b. Bhojpuri c. Brajbhasha d. Maithili

6. The Tamil Ramayan was written by:

a. Bharatidasan b. Subrahmanyabharati c. Kamban d. Kannagi

7. Who attacked Ravan while he was flying away with Sita to Lanka?

a. Hanuman b. Jatayu c. Vibhishan d. Bali

8. Ram met Sugreev and Hanuman in which mountain?

a. Himalay b. Vindhya c. Kishkinda d. Aravalli

9. To which royal clan did Ram belong?

a. Suryavanshi b. Ikshavaku c. Kuru d. Panchaka

10. Which brother of Ravan joined forces with Ram?

a. Kumbhakarna b. Indrajit c. Vibhishan d. Prasenjit

11. On whose advice did Ravan agree to spare Hanuman and set him free after setting alight his tail?

a. Indrajit b. Mandodari c. Vibhishan d. Kumbhakarna

12. Who was Bali’s son?

a. Hanuman b. Jambhavan c. Angad d. Sugreev

13. What was the name of Jatayu’s brother?

a. Sampati b. Virbhadra c. Garuda d. Chitrasen

14. On the banks of which river is Ayodhya situated?

a. Ganga b. Yamuna c. Godavari d. Sarayu

15. Who killed Indrajit?

a. Vishwamitra b. Dasharat c. Lakshman d. Ram

16. What is the name of Lav’s brother?

a. Kush b. Abhimanyu c. Prahlad d. Shatrugna

17. How many years did Ram spend in vanvas?

a. 20 b. 15 c. 14 d. 10

18. Where did Ravan keep Sita after bringing her to Lanka?

a. In his palace b. In a temple c. In Ashok Vatika d. In his prison

19. What is the name of Ravan’s vehicle which could fly through air?

a. Pushpak viman b. Panchajanya c. Indrasan d. Garudavithi

20. Ravan was also a skilled:

a. Dancer b. Musician c. Sculptor d. Painter

Answers:

Give yourself one point for each correct answer.

1.b (Kausalya) 2.b (Urmila) 3.d (Ram) 4.d (Ram) 5.a (Avadhi) 6.c (Kamban) 7.b (Jatayu) 8.c (Kishkinda) 9.b (Ikshavaku) 10.c (Vibhishan) 11.c (Vibhishan) 12.c (Angad) 13.a (Sampati) 14.d (Saryu) 15.c (Lakshman) 16.a (Kush) 17.c (14) 18.c (In Ashok Vatika) 19.a (Pushpak viman) 20. b (Musician)

QUIZ HO JAYE August 16, 2009

1

मूक घाटी किस प्रदेश में है?

महाराष्ट्र

केरल

पंजाब

कश्मीर

2	‘लेह पैलेस’ भारत के किस राज्य में स्थित है?

गुजरात

जम्मू-कश्मीर

हिमाचल प्रदेश

राजस्थान

3	गोआ शहर किस नदी के किनारे स्थित है?

गंगा

मंडोवी

गोमती

साबरमती

4	जामनगर शहर किस राज्य में है?

गुजरात

राजस्थान

महाराष्ट्र

कर्नाटक

5	गीजा किस नदी के पश्चिमी तट पर है?

अमेजन

नील

ओरेंज

इनमें से कौन-सी जगह मुंबई में नहीं है?

दि गेटवे ऑफ इंडिया

दि कमला नेहरू पार्क

जुहू बीच

चारमीनार

7	विश्व की सबसे लंबी नहर किस भारतीय राज्य में है?

राजस्थान

पश्चिम बंगाल

तमिलनाडु

असम

8	हिमालय में स्‍थित रोहतांग दर्रा किस नदी का उद्गम स्थल है?

चंबल

ब्यास

ताप्ती

नर्मदा

9	माउंट आबू किस पर्वत श्रृंखला में है?

अरावली

अन्नामलाई

नीलगिरी

शिवालिक

10	कौन-सी नदी जमशेदपुर से गुजरती है?

गोदावरी

लूनी

सुवर्णरेखा

कृष्णा