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First In India (Women)

Posted by SheejaNoushad on 9:57 PM

First Women's UniversityMaharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet postVijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman governor of Independent IndiaSarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces
First Woman president of UN General Assembly1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman Prime Minister of India1966 Indira Gandhi
First Woman IPS Officer of India1972 Kiran Bedi
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize1979 Mother Teresa
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest1984 Bachendri Pal
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize1997 Arundhati Roy
First Woman President2007 Pratibha Patil
First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha2009 Meira Kumar
First Indian Woman to become "Miss World"Rita Faria
First Woman judge in Supreme CourtMrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First Woman AmbassadorMiss C.B. Muthamma
First Woman to climb Mount Everest twiceSantosh Yadav
First Woman President of the Indian National CongressMrs. Annie Besant
First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian StateMrs. Sucheta Kripalani
First Woman chairman of Union Public Service CommissionRoze Millian Bethew
First Woman Director General of Police (DGP)Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First Woman Lieutenant GeneralPuneeta Arora
First Woman Air Vice MarshalP. Bandopadhyaya
First Woman chairperson of Indian AirlinesSushama Chawala
First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of DelhiRazia Sultan
First Woman to receive Ashoka ChakraNiraja Bhanot
First Woman to cross English ChannelArati Saha
First Woman to receive Bharat RatnaIndira Gandhi
First Woman to receive Gyanpith AwardAshapurna Devi
First Woman Headmistress in schoolSavitribai Phule
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First In India (Men)

Posted by SheejaNoushad on 9:44 PM

The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debutMohd. Azharuddin
The first batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket matchSachin Tendulkar
The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twiceNawang Gombu
The first President of Indian RepublicDr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free IndiaPt. Jawaharlal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel PrizeRabindranath Tagore
The first president of Indian National CongressW.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National CongressBadruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of IndiaDr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of IndiaLord William Bentinck
The first British Viceroy of IndiaLord Canning
The first Governor General of free IndiaLord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian Governer General of free IndiaC. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduce printing press in IndiaJames Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S.Satendranath Tagore
The first Indian man in spaceRakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full termMorarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of IndiaGeneral Cariappa
The first Cheif of Army StaffGen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian member of the Viceroy's executive councilS.P. Sinha
The first President of India who died while in officeDr. Zakir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the ParliamentCharan Singh
The first Field Marshal of IndiaS.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in PhysicsC.V. Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna awardDr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English ChannelMihir Sen
The first person to receive Gyanpith awardSri Shankar Kurup
The first Speaker of the Lok SabhaGanesh Vasudev Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of IndiaDr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education MinisterAbul Kalam Azad
The first Home Minister of IndiaSardar Vallabha Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief MarshalS. Mukharji
The first Indian Naval ChiefVice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first judge of International Court of JusticeDr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to receive Paramveer ChakraMajor Somnath Sharma
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygenSherpa Anga Dorjee
The first Chief Election CommissionerSukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay AwardAchrya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in MedicineHargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit IndiaFahein
The first person to receive Stalin PrizeSaifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the central cabinateShyama Prasad Mukharji
The first foreigner to receive Bharat RatnaKhan Abdul Gaffar Khan
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in EconomicsAmartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme CourtJustice Hiralal J. Kania


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ATOM QUIZ

Posted by SheejaNoushad on 5:01 AM
1. True or false? Protons have a negative charge.
2. True or false? Atoms are bigger than neutrons.
3. True or false? Protons and neutrons are part of the nucleus.
4. True or false? Electrons have a positive charge.
5. True or false? Electrons are not part of the nucleus.
6. True or false? Protons are bigger than atoms.
7. True or false? Subatomic particles are found inside atoms.
8. True or false? Nucleon is a collective name for two particles, the neutron and proton.
9. True or false? Neutrons have a negative charge.
10.True or false? An electron has a greater mass than a proton.


Atom Quiz Answers

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. True
9. False
10. False

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PLANT QUIZ

Posted by SheejaNoushad on 4:57 AM
1. The scientific study of plant life is known as what?
2. The process of plants using energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food is known as what?
3. True or false? In the right conditions bamboo can grow over 60cm (24in) in just one day.
4. The movement of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower is known as what?
5. Amber is made from fossilized tree _____?
6. True or false? Humans were on Earth before plants.
7. What grain has the highest level of worldwide production? (Hint: Rice is second)
8. A trailing or climbing plant is also known as a _____?
9. True or false? Pitcher plants are carnivorous.
10. The Japanese word “sakura” means the blossoming of what kind of tree?


Plant Quiz Answers

1. Botany
2. Photosynthesis
3. True
4. Pollination
5. Resin
6. False
7. Maize (corn)
8. Vine
9. True
10. Cherry tree

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PLANET QUIZ

Posted by SheejaNoushad on 4:56 AM


1. Now that Pluto is no longer included, how many planets are there in the Solar System?
2. What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
3. What is the largest planet in the Solar System?
4. What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
5. The sixth planet from the Sun features an extensive ring system, what is the name of this planet?
6. The chemical element uranium was named after what planet?
7. What planet in the solar system is farthest from the Sun?
8. What is the second smallest planet in the solar system?
9. What planet is closest in size to Earth?
10. The moon Titan orbits what planet?
11. What planet is nicknamed the ‘Red Planet’?
12. True or false? Neptune is larger than Saturn.
13. The Galilean moons orbit what planet?
14. What planet is closest to the Sun?
15. What is the seventh planet from the Sun?
16. True or false? Venus has more atmospheric pressure than Earth?
17. Triton is the largest moon of what planet?
18. What is the brightest planet in the night sky?
19. What is the third planet from the Sun?
20. Phobos and Deimos are moons of what planet?


Planet Quiz Answers

1. 8
2. Mercury
3. Jupiter
4. Venus
5. Saturn
6. Uranus
7. Neptune
8. Mars
9. Venus
10. Saturn
11. Mars
12. False
13. Jupiter
14. Mercury
15. Uranus
16. True
17. Neptune
18. Venus
19. Earth
20. Mars

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MATHS QUIZ

Posted by SheejaNoushad on 4:50 AM
1. What is the next prime number after 7?
2. The perimeter of a circle is also known as what?
3. 65 – 43 = ?
4. True or false? A convex shape curves outwards.
5. What does the square root of 144 equal?
6. True or false? Pi can be correctly written as a fraction.
7. What comes after a million, billion and trillion?
8. 52 divided by 4 equals what?
9. What is the bigger number, a googol or a billion?
10. True or false? Opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal.
11. 87 + 56 = ?
12. How many sides does a nonagon have?
13. True or false? -2 is an integer.
14. What is the next number in the Fibonacci sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ?
15. 7 x 9 = ?
16. True or false? In an isosceles triangle all sides are unequal.
17. In statistics, the middle value of an ordered set of values is called what?
18. What does 3 squared equal?
19. True or false? -4 is a natural number.
20. 5 to the power of 0 equals what?


Math Quiz Answers

1. 11
2. The circumference
3. 22
4. True
5. 12
6. False
7. A quadrillion
8. 13
9. A googol
10. True
11. 143
12. 9
13. True
14. 55
15. 63
16. False (2 sides are equal)
17. The median
18. 9
19. False
20. 1

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