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Friday, 6 April 2018

April 06, 2018

First in india ( woman)

First Women's University -Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman governor of Independent India - Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces
First Woman president of UN General Assembly - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
First Woman Prime Minister of India - Indira Gandhi (1966)
First Woman IPS Officer of India - Kiran Bedi (1972)
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize - Mother Teresa (1979)
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest - Bachendri Pal (1984)
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize - Arundhati Roy (1997)
First Woman President - Pratibha Patil (2007)
First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha - Meira Kumar (2009)
First Indian Woman to become "Miss World" - Rita Faria
First Woman judge in Supreme Court - Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First Woman Ambassador - Miss C.B. Muthamma
First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice - Santosh Yadav
First Woman President of the Indian National Congress - Mrs. Annie Besant
First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State - Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission - Roze Millian Bethew
First Woman Director General of Police (DGP) - Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First Woman Lieutenant General - Puneeta Arora
First Woman Air Vice Marshal - P. Bandopadhyaya
First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines - Sushama Chawala
First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi - Razia Sultana
First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra - Niraja Bhanot
First Woman to cross English Channel - Arati Saha
First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna - Indira Gandhi
First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award - Ashapurna Devi
First Woman Headmistress in school - Savitribai Phule
First Indian woman who reached Antarctica - Mahel Musa
First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic Committee - Nita Ambani (2016)
First Indian woman mountaineer to scale the seven continental peaks - Premlata Agrawal
First woman amputee to scale Everest - Arunima Sinha
First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest - Tashi and Nancy Malik
April 06, 2018

First in india question & answer

  • . Name of the first Atomic Submarine of India ?

    I.N.S Chakra
  • 2. What is the name of first British to visit India ?

    Hawkin
  • 3. Name of the first election commissioner of India ?

    Sukumar Sen.
  • 4. Name of the first university of India ?

    Nalanda University.
  • 5. Where is India's First nuclear centre ?

    Tarapur
  • 6. Name of the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India ?

    Fa-hien
  • 7. Name of first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna ?

    Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
  • 8. Where was the first Post Office opened in India ?

    Kolkata in 1727
  • 9. Name of the first deputy Prime Minister of India ?

    Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
  • 10. Name of first Space Tourist of India ?

    Santosh George
  • 11. Name of the first Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship ?

    I.N.S. Vikrant
  • 12. Name of First Indian who reached south pole ?

    Col. I K Bajaj
  • 13. Name of first Indian who won Billiards Trophy ?

    Wilson Jones
  • 14. Name of the First Indian Prime Minister who resigned from Office ?

    Moraji Desai
  • 15. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ?

    Bhanu Athaiya
  • 16. Name of the first Indian President to Die in office ?

    Dr. Zakir Hussain
  • 17. Name of the First Indian Author to get the Anderson Award ?

    Ruskin Bond
  • 18. Name of First Indian Missile ?

    Prithvi
  • 19. Name of first Indian Pilot ?

    J.R.D. Tata in 1929
  • 20. Name of the first Chief of Naval staff o

April 06, 2018

First personalities in india

India's First......

⇒First in India

• Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
• Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti  Rajgopalachari
• Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India —General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949
• Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
• Speaker of loksabha—Shri G.V. Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).
• President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishna
• Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru • Home Minister—Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
• Finance Minister of India—R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
• Auditor General of India—V. Narahari Rao
• Director of CBI— DP Kohli
• National Security Adviser— Brijesh Mishra
• Governor of RBI— Sir Osborne Smith
• Non-Congress Prime-Minister— Morarji Desai from Janata Party in 1977-79.


• British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
• Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
• C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
• Woman IAS—Anna Ranjan George, 1950
• Sportsperson to received Bharat Ratna—Sachin Tendulkar
• Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
• Woman to swim across the English Channel—Arati Saha, 1959
• Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave
• Nobel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore
• Nobel Prize in Physics—C. V. Raman in 1930
• President of National Congress—Wyomesh Chand Banerjee
• Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
• First Woman Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
• Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha—Smt. Meira Kumar, 2009
• Chief Election Commissioner—Sukumar Sen
• Indian Chairman in International Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
• Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
• Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
• Chief Justice of Supreme Court—Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
• Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman
• Woman Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratna’— Indira Gandhi
• Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters— Mrinal Sen
• Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letter—Sivaji Ganeshan
• Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri

Thursday, 5 April 2018

April 05, 2018

51 Useful Idioms and Phrases for SSC CGL and Bank Exams

51 Useful Idioms and Phrases for SSC CGL and Bank Exams
 1. Once in a blue moon:

Meaning-Something that happens very rarely
Sentence- Once in a blue moon, the blue jay can be seen in these parts of the forest.
2.  Beating around the bush:
Meaning-Avoiding the main topic
Sentence-The President was beating around the bush when the citizens demanded a reason for the forgery of legal documents.
3Chip on your shoulder:
Meaning-When someone is upset about something that happened a while ago
Sentence-He has a chip on his shoulder for being abandoned by his parents in his childhood.
4Cry over spilt milk:
Meaning-Complaining about a loss or failure from the past
Sentence-He was mad because he couldn’t clear the cut off due to a silly mistake. But, then he realized there was no use crying over spilt milk and decided to become more careful.
5Spill the beans:
Meaning-To disclose a secret
Sentence-The little one spilled the beans about the surprise vacation we had planned.
6Piece of cake:
Meaning-Something that is easy to understand or do
Sentence-I thought that the problem would be tough, but it turned out to be a piece of cake!
7Blessing in disguise:
Meaning-Something good and useful that did not initially seem that way
Sentence-His accident was a blessing in disguise because it gave him a lot of time to think about his life while he was recovering, and as a result, he made some important decisions that improved his life.
8Come hell or high water:
Meaning-Possible obstacles in your path (will not stop you)
Sentence-I have decided that come hell or high water I will become an engineer.
9Taste of your own medicine:
Meaning-When someone receives the same treatment, usually negative, that he/she gives to others
Sentence-She is always taunting others and hurting their sentiments. I just wish someone would give her a taste of her own medicine.
10Golden handshake:
Meaning-A big sum of money given to a person when he/she leaves a company or retires
Sentence-The management of the company wanted to decrease their workforce. They offered a golden handshake to their aged employees.
11Mean business:
Meaning-Being serious/dedicated
Sentence-The border is sealed by troops who mean business.
12Apple of one’s eye:
Meaning-Being cherished more than others are
Sentence-Sam is adored by his teacher for his childlike nature. He is the apple of her eye.
13The best of both worlds:
Meaning-The benefits of widely differing situations, enjoyed at the same time.
Sentence-I had the best of both worlds since I worked as an ordinary member of the team but got to learn from the leaders.
14Feeling a bit under the weather:
Meaning-Feeling slightly ill
Sentence-I may not be able to jog today, as I am feeling a bit under the weather.
15Icing on the cake:
Meaning-Something that turns good into great
Sentence-India’s victory over England on India’s Independence Day was like icing on the cake.
16Cost an arm and a leg:
Meaning-Be very expensive
Sentence-His laziness made him miss his flight to Chandigarh. The next ticket cost him an arm and a leg.
 17. Jump the bandwagon:
Meaning-To join a popular activity or trend
Sentence-When he was detected with diabetes, he quickly jumped on the bandwagon and joined the Zumba dance class.
18Ball is in your court:
Meaning-When it is up to you to make the next decision or step.
Sentence-Now the ball is in your court; decide whether you want to reply or not.
19Bite off more than you can chew:
Meaning-To take up a task which you may not be able to accomplish due to lack of ability.
Sentence-I bit off more than I could chew when I decided to take up the 300-page research project.
20Can’t judge a book by its cover:
Meaning-Cannot judge something primarily on appearance.
Sentence-The house looked impressive in the advertisement. Still I made a trip to the house to check everything. It is wise not to judge a book by its cover.
21Hear it on grapevine:
Meaning-To hear rumors about something or someone
Sentence-I heard it on grapevine that he had stiffed an old man asking for his pension.
22It takes two to tango:
Meaning-Actions or communications need more than one person
Sentence-Even though I thought I would be fired after the altercation with my manager, thankfully upper management realized that it takes two to tango.
23Last straw:
Meaning-The final problem in a series of problems
Sentence-My body was already in bad shape. The accident was the last straw. I am now on complete bed rest.
24To be in the doldrums:
Meaning-To be in low spirits
Sentence-Sam was in the doldrums after he was insulted by the boss in front of his colleagues.
25To sit on the fence:
Meaning-To remain neutral
Sentence-Since I wasn’t aware of the details, I decided to sit on the fence during the argument between my cousins.

26Break the ice:
Meaning-To initiate a social conversation or interaction
Sentence-At the start of the lecture, the new professor tried to break the ice by telling a joke.
27. A bird’s eye view:
Meaning-A view from a very high place that allows you to see a very large area
Sentence-The Singapore Big Wheel offers a bird’s eye view of the city.
28. A litmus test:
Meaning-A method that helps to know if something is correct
Sentence-Taking up the job served as a litmus test for me to know how good I was at applying my knowledge.
29. At the drop of a hat:
Meaning-Willingness to do something instantly
Sentence-She expects me to make dinner at the drop of a hat even if I am very busy with office work.
30. Afraid of one’s own shadow:
Meaning-To become easily frightened
Sentence-Her creepy encounter with the supernatural had a devastating effect on her. She is now afraid of her own shadow.
31. A house of cards:
Meaning-A poor plan
Sentence-The State’s new scheme was initially welcomed, but later turned out to be a house of cards when it was discovered how easy it was to perpetrate a scam.
32. Black and blue:
Meaning-Full of bruises
Sentence-The young lad was all black and blue after a tiff with a raging senior.
33. Be on cloud nine:
Meaning-Be very happy
Sentence-I will be on cloud nine when my first article gets published.
34. Bone of contention:
Meaning-A subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement
Sentence-The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in the HRD Ministry.
35. Eat humble pie:
Meaning-To apologize humbly
Sentence-He will have to eat humble pie for the disrespect shown to the Captain.
36. Fool’s paradise:
Meaning-False sense of happiness or success
Sentence-They were living in a fool’s paradise, refusing to accept that they were facing poverty.
37. Give cold shoulder:
Meaning-To ignore
Sentence-I sent her a message to apologize for my misbehavior, but she gave me the cold shoulder.
38. Get a raw deal:
Meaning-To not be treated as well as other people
Sentence-The fact is that students in government schools get a raw deal.
39. Hit the nail on the head:
Meaning-To do the correct thing
Sentence-She hit the nail on the head when she laid out a list of justifiable grievances she had with the company.
40. Hand to mouth:
Meaning-live on only basic necessities
Sentence-The severe drought led the farmers to live hand to mouth.
41. Hit the bull’s eye:
Meaning-To be exactly right about something or achieve the best result possible.
Sentence-The detective hit the bull’s eye when he figured out that nobody but the doctor could have had access to the poison.
42. Let the cat out of the bag:
Meaning-To reveal the secret carelessly or by mistake
Sentence-Now that she had let the cat out of the bag, she had no option but to confess.
43. Make a face:
Meaning-To show dislike or disappointment through facial expressions
Sentence-Little Stella made a face at the sight of bitter gourd in her food.
44. Open Pandora’s Box:
Meaning-To find a source of great troubles and problems
Sentence-Finding the wallet on the road opened up a Pandora’s box. I was arrested for stealing when I went to report it at the police station.
45. It’s Greek to me
Meaning-Something that is not understandable
Sentence-I failed my commerce test; it was all Greek to me!
46. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket:
Meaning-Do not put all your resources in one basket.
Sentence-The boy put all his money into his dream startup that eventually failed. I had told him not to put all his eggs in one basket.
47. To call a spade a spade:
Meaning-To be brutally frank, outspoken, blunt in speech.
Sentence- Let’s call a spade a spade – popular he may be, but that man is a liar.
48. To be a Good Samaritan:
Meaning-To be kind and compassionate to someone in distress
Sentence-I was sure I would be stuck on the highway till the morning, but a Good Samaritan offered me a ride home.
49. To put in a nutshell:
Meaning-To say in a few words or to make something concise
Sentence-The Textbook Development Committee decided to put the 30-page chapter in a nutshell to help save time for students during revision.
50. To pour oil on troubled waters:
Meaning-To make peace
Sentence-I am always stuck pouring oil on troubled waters when my mother and wife start their bickering.
51. To move heaven and earth:
Meaning-To exert all efforts
Sentence-He moved heaven and earth to ensure that his family was taken care of in the foreign land in his absence.