FIRST IN INDIA/WORLD Flashcards
Who was the first female Director General of Police in Puducherry?
Sundari Nanda
Name the first ever female prime minister in the world.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka 1960
Who was the first female chief justice of a state high court in India?
Leila Seth
Who was the first ever female secretary general of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)?
Fathimath Dhiyana
Name the first Indian carrier to join the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Spicejet
Which of the following is the first working prototype of the Internet?
ARPANET
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.
K Radhakrishnan
Who among the following was appointed as India’s first Lokpal?
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
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.
Avani Chaturvedi
Who among the following who was the first indian origin recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer ?
Govind Bihari Lal
Who became the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship of Independent India?
Ramanathan Krishnan
Who was the first female shooter from India to reach number 1 in world ranking by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 2014?
Heena Sidhu
Who was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award for his contribution to community leadership?
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Who among the following was the first chief minister of Kerala?
E M S Nambo Odiripad
Who among the following was the first president of the Republic of China?
Yuan Shikai
_______was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Sukumar Sen (1898–1963)
The First Health Minister of
Independent India was?
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Who was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state?
Sarojini Naidu
The first defence minister of independent India was:
Baldev Singh
______ Bank has become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication
Axis Bank
1st female Seceratary General of World Meteorogical Organisation
Celesta Saulo of Argentina
President - Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous
Bonn Convention (1979)
Migratory species protection
Vienna Convention (1961)
Protection of ozone layer
Bassel Convention (1989)
Hazardous materials disposal
Cartagena Protocol (2000)
Biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Montreal Protocol (
On substances that deplete ozone
Kyoto Protocol
Greenhouse Gases
Minamata Convention
Adverse effects of mercury
Stockholm Convention
Persistent Organic Pollutants
