First in India-Questions & Answers

1. First Prime Minister of India?
Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

2. First President of India?
Ans:Dr.Rajendra Prasad.

3. First Deputy Prime Minister of India?
Ans:Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

4. First Vice President of India ?
Ans: Dr.S.Radhakrishnan.

5. First speaker of Lok Sabha ?
Ans:G.V.Mavlankar

6. First Chief Justice of India?
Ans:Harilal. J.Kania

7. First woman judge of Supreme Court ?
Ans:Justice. Fatima Beevi

8. First Field Marshal of India?
Ans:S.H.F.J. Maneskhaw

9. First Commander in Chief of free India ?
Ans Gen.K.M.Kariappa

10. First woman Airline Pilot ?
Ans:Durba Banerjee

11. First Woman IPS Officer ?
Ans:Kiran Bedi

12. First Prime Minister to resign from Office ?
Ans:Morarji Desai

13. First woman Chief Minister of a state ?
Ans:Sucheta Kripalani

14. First woman Central Minister of India?
Ans:Rajkumari Amrit Kaul

15. First Woman Governor of a state ?
Ans:Sarojini Naidu

16. First Woman Speaker of a state assembly ?
Ans:Mrs. Shano Devi

17. First Muslim Woamn to sit on the throne of Delhi ?
Ans:Sultana Rasia

18. First Indian to become the member of British Parliament ?
Ans:Dadabhai Naoroji

19. First Indian to become member of Viceroy’s Executive Council ?
Ans:Lord. S. P.Sinha

20. First President of Indian National Congress ?
Ans:W.C.Banerjee

21. First Woman President of Indian National Congress ?
Ans:Annie Besant

22. First Woman President of United Nations General Assembly ?
Ans:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

23. First Indian to become the President of International Court of Justice ?
Ans:Dr. Nagendra Singh

24. First Indian Cosmonaut ?
Ans:Sqn.Leader. Rakesh Sarma

25. First Nobel Prize winner of India ?
Rabindra Nath Tagore(1913)

26. First Magsaysay Award Winner of India ?
Ans:Acharya Vinoba Bhave.

27. First man in India to climb Everest ?
Ans:Tenzing Norgay

28. First man in India to climb Everest twice ?
Ans:Nawang Gombu

29. First Indian Woman to climb Everest ?
Ans:Bachendripal

30. First Youngest Woman to climb Everest ?
Ans:Dickey Dolma

31. First Indian to climb Everest without Oxygen ?
Ans:Phu Dorjee

32. First to be crowned as Miss. Universe ?
Ans:Susmitha Sen

33. First to be crowned as Miss. India ?
Ans:Reeta Faria

34. First Indian woman to swim across English Channel ?
Arati Saha(She is also known as Arati Gupta)

35. First Indian man to swim across English Channel ?
Ans:Mihir Sen

36. First Woman to win an Asian Gold ?
Ans:Kamaljit Sandhu

37. First woman who secured the Nehru Literacy Award ?
Ans:Mother Theresa

38. First University in India was started at ?
Ans:Kolcutta

39. The first State in India to introduce Panchayati Raj System ?
Ans:Rajastan

40. First Indian Pilot ?
Ans:J.R.D.Tata

41. First Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission ?
Ans:Gulsarilal Nanda

42. First Law Minister of Independent India ?
Ans:Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

43. First Indian State to be formed on linguistic basis after the independence?
Ans:Andra Pradesh

44. First Indian to enter into Civil Service?
Ans:Satyendranath Tagore

45. First Chief Election commissioner of India ?
Ans:Sukumar Sen

46. First Opposition leader of Indian Parliament ?
Ans:Dr.Ram Subhag Singh

47. First Comptroller and Auditor General of India?
Ans:Narahari Rao

48. First Vice Chairman of Rajya Sabha ?
Ans:S.V. Krishnan Moorthi Rao

49. First Acting President of India ?
Ans:V.V.Giri

50. First Railway Minister of India ?
Ans: Lal Bahadur Sasthri.

High Court of Kerala
Written Examination for selection of Assistant Grade-II-2001

Time: Two and Half hours Maximum: 100 Marks.
(Answers shall be in English only)

I. Write short essays on any 3 of the following: - (45 Marks)

1. What is Globalization? What are its implications on Indian Economy? Critically evaluate the same with reference to the last Union Budget of India.

2. Examine the issue of sexual harassment at work place as a phenomena faced by the modern working women. What are the safeguards suggested by the Supreme Court of India, for alleviating the same.

3. What is the role played by the judiciary in India, in the field of environmental protection?

4. Discuss the role of Internet on the modern life.

5. Panchayat Raj – Critically examine the transfer of power and implementation of that policy.

II. Write short notes on any five of the following subjects: - (25 Marks)

1. Investigative Journalism.

2. Privatization.

3. Information Technology Industry.

4. Gender justice

5. Koodiyattom

6. Arundathi Roy – the writer.

7. Mulla Periyar Dam.

8. International Terrorism.

III. Write the full forms of the following abbreviations: (5 Marks)
1. N.C.E.R.T

2. H.I.V

3. CEGAT

4. GATT

5. M.A.C.T

IV. Distinguish between any three of the following: (6 Marks)
1. ‘Interpol’ and ‘Interpolation’

2. ‘Nationalism’ and ‘Nationalization’

3. ‘Quash’ and ‘Squash’

4. ‘Plaint’ and ‘Complaint’

5. ‘Peal’ and ‘Repeal’

V. Choose the correct answer. (4 Marks)
1. The Article in the Constitution of India under which the writ jurisdiction is conferred on the High Courts.

a) 226 b) 12 c) 32

2. What is currency of European Union?

a) Pound sterling b) Dollar c) Euro d) Shilling

3. Capital of Uttaranchal

a) Dehradum b)Raipur c)Ranchi d) Allahabad


VI. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition: (5 Marks)
1. The village was destroyed …………….fire.

2. I have not seen him ……….. Wednesday last

3. You, boys, must settle it……….yourselves

4. I purposely refrained……………….saying more.

5. Temperance and employment are conducive ………….health.

VII. Fill in the appropriate articles: (5 Marks)
1. Sardar Patel was ………great statesman.

2. Andamans are ………….group of islands.

3.…………..wisdom of Soloman is famous.

4. Victoria was ……………. English Queen.

5.…………….French defeated the Germans.

VIII. Add question tags to the following sentences: (5 Marks)
1. It’s very hot today, ……………….?

2. You have milk for breakfast, …………………… ?

3. India hasn’t won the match, ……………….?

4. We are going together, …………………?

5. You can speak Spanish, ………………?

1 Swadeshi Movement was started in the year?

1905
2 Who was the heroine of Quit India Movement?
Aruna Asaf Ali
3 Gandhiji started his Dhandi march from
Sabarmathi
4 Who is considered as the father of History?
Herodotus
5 Vaso-da-Gama disovered India in the year
1498
6 "The King of England who signed ""Magna Carta"" was"
King John II
7 Who was the first leader of All India Trade Union Congress(AITUC)?

Subhash Chandra Bose
8 "Who was known as ""Man of Destiny"" ?"

Napolean Bonapart
9 Which colour was commonly used in Harappan Pottery?
Red

10 The Indian freedom fighter who was known as 'Frontier Gandhi' is


Khan Abdul Gafar Khan
11 Tansen ,a great musician of his times, was in the Court of
Akbar
12 Suez Canal was opened for traffic in the year

1869
13 """Ballot is stronger than the Bullet"" Who said this?"
Abraham Lincoln
14 The first Olympic games was held in

776 BC
15 The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
Dhaka
16 Ankar Vat is a temple in
Combodia
17 John. F.Kennedy was killed in the year
1963
18 The Congress party was formally split into extrimists and moderates at the Surat session of
1907
19 Indian National Army fought Second World War against

British
20 Modern Olympic games started in 1896 in

Athens
21 Which of the following dynastics was ruling over north India at the time of Alexander's invasion ?
Nanda
22 The year in which Second World War started

1939
23 Burma, presently Myanmar was separated from British India in the year
1935
24 Who was the designer of the Statue of Liberty in USA ?

Fredric Auguste
25 First common wealth was held at

Hamilton(Canada)
26 The fifth story of Qutabminar was added by which King
Firos sha Tuglaque
27 French revolution began in the year

1789
28 Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the
Budhists
29 The 'Master of Greek Comedy' is
Aristophanes
30 The only women ruler of Delhi Sultanate Raziya Sultana was the daughter of
Ilthumish
31 Where is Black Pagoda
Konark
32 """Ashta Pradhan"" adorned the court of"
Shivaji
33 Beginning of Saka Era
78 AD
34 Indian Association was founded by

Surendranath Banerjee
35 Holly book of Judans
The Toras
36 The year in which the ship Titanic sank
1912
37 Israel came into existence in the year
1948
38 Who was the founder of city of 'Amritsar' ?
Guru Ramdas
39 Founder of Arya Samaj was

Dayananda Saraswathi
40 The word 'Hindu'as reference to the people of India was first used by
The Arabs
41 The Civilization which developed on the banks of the river Tiber is known as

Roman
42 In which year was Jesus Christ born ?
BC 4
43 From which country did Fascist party originate

Italy
44 The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year
1921
45 "The ""East India Company was founded in India durinhg the reighn of"

Akbar
46 Russian revolution took place in the year

1917

47.Who is the father of Indian Renaissance ?

Raja Ram MohanRay

48.First Deputy Prime Minister of India ?

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

49.Who was the First Prime Minister of India to face the No-Confidence Motion ?
Jawahar Lal Nehru

50.Who was the last Viceroy of British India ?

Lord Canning

1. What is the Slogan of Modern Olympics?

Ans:- “Faster, Higher, Stronger” (In Latin Language, “Citius, Altius, Fortius”)

2. First Modern Olympics held in the year ?

Ans:-1896 in Athens (Greece)

3. How many medals India got in the First Olympic game in 1896?

Ans:- No medal

4. Which country bags the first place in medal list of the first Olympic game in Athens ?

Ans:-U.S.A

5 Only in one Olympics, Cricket was also included as a competition. Which year?

Ans:-In 1900 Olympics held in Paris. In that game England beat France by 156 Runs and won the gold medal.

6. In the last Olympics held in 2004, how many medals have India got?

Ans:-Only one Silver Medal (Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathod got silver for Double Trap Shooting)


7 In which Olympics, India got her first Olympic medal?

Ans:- Olympic Game held in 1900 in Paris , India got 2 Silver medals and bags the 17th spot

8. Who got maximum Olympic medals in the history of Olympics?

Ans:- Larissa Latynina of Soviet Union . She got 18 Medals (9 Golds, 5 siver, 4 Bronze) from three games from 1956 onwards.


9. Which Olympian got maximum Gold medals in the history of Olympic games?

Ans:- Michael Fred Phelps , an American swimmer got 14 gold medals and a total of 16 medals.(2 Bronze) He got 8 gold medals in the recent Beijing olympics in 2008.

9. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded in the year ?


Ans:-1894

11. How many events and sports in the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

Ans: - 302 events in 28 sports.

12. What is the distance of the marathon race in the Olympics?

Ans: 26 miles 385 yards or 42.19 km.


13. The only olympian who dead because of the side effects of doping ?

Ans: - Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen in 1960 Rome games

14.The Indian Olympic Association was formed in the year ?

Ans: - 1927

15.The current president of Indian Olympic Association ?

Ans: - Suresh Kalmadi

16.In Which Olympics Leander Paes got Bronze medal for Men’s Singles Tennis ?

Ans: - 1996 Atlanta

17. Who has won the maximum number of gold medals at a single Olympic Games in the history of the Olympics?


Ans: - Michael Fred Phelps of the USA won eight swimming gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics


18. The mascots of Beijing Olympics 2008 are?


Ans: - The five Fuwa, each representing both a colour of the Olympic rings and a symbol of Chinese culture.

19. The official logo of Beijing Olympics 2008 is ?

Ans: - "Dancing Beijing," features a stylised calligraphic character jīng, meaning capital, referring to the host city.

20. The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, will be held in ?

Ans: - Beijing, China from September 6 - 17, 2008

21. First Youth Olympic Games will be held in

Ans: -Singapore in 2010

22. What is Olympic cup ?

Ans: - The Olympic Cup is an award given annually by the International Olympic Committee. It was instituted by Pierre de Coubertin in 1906 and is awarded to an institution with a record of merit and integrity in developing the Olympic Movement.

23. Who was disqualified after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs at the men’s 100 meters in 1988?

Ans: -Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis was awarded the gold medal later for the same event.

24. When were the winter and Summer Olympics last held in the same year?

Ans: -1992

25. What was awarded to Olympic champions during ancient times?

Ans: - Crown of wild olives.

25. How often were the ancient Olympic Games held?

Ans: - 4 years

26. In which Olympic the first Olympic Torch was lighted?

Ans: - Amsterdam

27. Who designed the Olympic Flag?

Ans: - Piere de Coubertin

28. Who was the Greek god honored by the Ancient Olympic Games?

Zeus
29. In which Olympic the women first took part?

France in 1900

30. Where is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, the IOC?

Lausanne.

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