FIRST IN INDIA/WORLD Flashcards

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Who was the first female Director General of Police in Puducherry?

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Sundari Nanda

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Name the first ever female prime minister in the world.

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka 1960

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Who was the first female chief justice of a state high court in India?

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Leila Seth

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Who was the first ever female secretary general of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)?

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Fathimath Dhiyana

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Name the first Indian carrier to join the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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Spicejet

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Which of the following is the first working prototype of the Internet?

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ARPANET

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Name the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman and Padma Bhushan awardee who created and unleashed a historical moment when Mars Orbiter became the first Indian spacecraft to enter Martian orbit in a maiden attempt.

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K Radhakrishnan

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Who among the following was appointed as India’s first Lokpal?

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Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose

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Flying Officer ________ of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Created history by becoming the first Indian Woman to fly her first solo fighter flight in a Russian made MIG-21 fighter.

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Avani Chaturvedi

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Who among the following who was the first indian origin recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer ?

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Govind Bihari Lal

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Who became the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship of Independent India?

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Ramanathan Krishnan

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Who was the first female shooter from India to reach number 1 in world ranking by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 2014?

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Heena Sidhu

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Who was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award for his contribution to community leadership?

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Acharya Vinoba Bhave

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Who among the following was the first chief minister of Kerala?

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E M S Nambo Odiripad

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Who among the following was the first president of the Republic of China?

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Yuan Shikai

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_______was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India.

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Sukumar Sen (1898–1963)

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The First Health Minister of
Independent India was?

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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

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Who was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state?

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Sarojini Naidu

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The first defence minister of independent India was:

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Baldev Singh

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______ Bank has become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication

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Axis Bank

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1st female Seceratary General of World Meteorogical Organisation

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Celesta Saulo of Argentina
President - Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous

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Bonn Convention (1979)

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Migratory species protection

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Vienna Convention (1961)

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Protection of ozone layer

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Bassel Convention (1989)

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Hazardous materials disposal

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Cartagena Protocol (2000)

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Biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Montreal Protocol (

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On substances that deplete ozone

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Kyoto Protocol

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Greenhouse Gases

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Minamata Convention

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Adverse effects of mercury

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Stockholm Convention

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Persistent Organic Pollutants