First In India

• First President of India - Dr. Rajendra Prasad  

• First Vice President of India - Dr.S. Radhakrishnan  

• First Muslim President of India - Dr. Zakir Hussain

• First Vice-President who died in harness - Krishna Kanth

• First Chief Justice of India - Harilal. J. Kania

• First Dalit Chief Justice of India - K.G. Balakrishnan

• First British Governor General of Bengal - Warren Hastings

• First Governor General of India - William Bentinck

• First Governor General of Free India - Lord Mount Batten

• First Viceroy of India - Lord Canning

• First Indian to become the Governor General of free India -       C. Rajagopalachari 

• First Indian to join I.C.S (now IAS) - Satyendra Nath Tagore

• First Indian to become the member of Viceroy's Executive Council - Lord S.P.Sinha 

• First Indian to become the Judge of International Court of Justice -  Dr.B.N  Rao

• First Indian to become the President of ICJ - Justice Nagendra Singh

• First Indian in British Parliament - Dadabhai Naoroji

First In Woman (INDIA)

• First woman President
Ans : Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

• First woman speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans : Meira Kumar

• First woman Prime Minister
Ans : Indira Gandhi

• First woman Chief Minister of a State
Ans : Sucheta Kripalani

• First woman Minister
Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

• First woman Central Minister
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

• First woman Governor of the State
Ans : Sarojini Naidu

• First woman president of Indian National Congress
Ans : Annie Besant

• First woman Ambassador
Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

• First woman President of UN General Assembly
Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

• First woman IAS Officer
Ans : Anna George malhotra

• First woman IPS Officer
Ans : Kiran Bedi

• First woman Advocate
Ans : Cornelia Sorabji

• First woman Magistrate
Ans : Omana Kunjamma

• First woman legislator
Ans : Muthu Lakshmi Reddy

• First woman mayor in India
Ans : Tara Cherian

• First woman Judge of High Court
Ans : Anna Chandi

• First woman Judge of Supreme Court
Ans : M. Fathima Beevi

• First woman Chief Justice of High Court
Ans : Leila Seth

• First woman Election Commissioner
Ans : V.S. Rama Devi

• First Chairperson of U.G.C
Ans : Madhuri Shah

• First woman Director General of Police
Ans : Kanchan Bhattacharya

• First woman Chief Engineer
Ans : Mrs.P.K. Thresia

• First Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi
Ans : Razia Sultana

• First woman to swim across the English Channel
Ans : Arati Saha

• First woman to swim across the strait of Gibraltar
Ans : Aarti Pradhan

• First woman to circumnavigate (sail round the world)
Ans : Ujwala Rai

• First woman to go into space
Ans : Kalpana Chawla

• First woman to climb Mount Everest
Ans : Bachendri Pal

• Youngest woman to Climb Mount Everest two times
Ans : Santosh Yadav

• First to be crowned the Miss World
Ans : Reita Faria

• First to be crowned the Miss Universe
Ans : Susmita Sen

• First woman pilot
Ans : Prem Mathur

• First woman pilot in Indian Air Force
Ans : Haritha Kaur Deol

• First woman Lt. General
Ans : Punita Arora

• First woman Air Marshal
Ans : Padma Bandopadhyay

• First Station Master
Ans : Rinku Sinha Roy

• First woman to win Nobel prize
Ans : Mother Teresa

• First woman to win Bharat Ratna
Ans : Indira Gandhi

• First woman to win Magsaysay Award
Ans : Mother Teresa

• First woman to win the Booker Prize
Ans : Arundhati Roy

• First woman to receive the Sahithya Academy Award
Ans : Amrita Pritam

• First woman to win Jnanpith Award
Ans : Ashapurna Devi

• First female child artist in Indian cinema
Ans : Kamalabai Gokhale

• First Indian woman to get an Oscar
Ans : Bhanu Athaiya

• First woman to win an Olympic medal
Ans : Karnam Malleswari

• First woman Olympic finalist
Ans : P.T. Usha

• First Indian athlete to win a Medal in world championship
Ans : Anju Bobby George

• First woman Cricketer to score double century
Ans : Mithali Raj

• First Indian woman who was honoured as human computer
Ans : Shakuntala Devi

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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-8) : Sentences are given with blanks
to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative
out of the four 

                                    (SSC CHSL 2015) 

 1. All orders must ___________ the rules

(a) conform to

(b) conforms to
(c) conforming with

(d) conforms with 

 2.  She failed to ___________ to her name.

(a) line up

(b) shine up
(c) keep up

(d) rise up

 3. As the doctor ___________ into the room, the nurse handed

him the temperature chart of the patient.

(a) came (c) comes

(b) was coming (d) is coming

4. The economic ___________ has affected our sales tremendously.
(a) showdown       (b) slowdown (c) crackdown       (d) touchdown

5. This house _________ ten rooms

(a) consisted with

(b) consist of
(c) consists of

(d) consists by

6. Have you even _____ the wolf cry ?

(a) heard        (b) heard of
(c) hear out    (d) hear

7. Afreen _______ that the weather was very pleasant that
day ?

(a) suggested (b) argued (c) announced (d) remarked

8. Mrs. Hall was prepared to excuse the scientist's strange habits and _______ temper.
(a) irritate      (b) irate (c) irritable    (d) irritation

1.(a) , 2.(c) , 3.(a) , 4.(b) , 5.(c) , 6.(a) , 7.(d) , 8.(c)

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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-10): In Question given below sentences
given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s).
Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the
correct alternative out of the four.
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)

1. When the morning ______________the murder was

discovered.

(a) came    (c)arrived

(b) happened    (d) occurred

2. The smell of the Sea called ___________ memories of her
childhood. (a) on      (b) black

(c) up       (d) for

3. He has the full facts ___ but is deliberately hiding them.

(a) under his sleeves

(b) upon his sleeves

(c) up his sleeve (d) in his sleeves

4. The appearance of the city _______ day by day.

(a) could change  (b) changed (c) had changed (d) is changing 5. The police fired on the mob when they ________ . (a) turned noisy (b) turned violent (c) became abusive (d) fizzled out                (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)  6. There were so many _______ points in his speech that the audience _______ to get the message. (a) superficial - listened (b) relevant - hastened (c) interesting - tried (d) irrelevant - failed   7. The little boy ran _______ fast that he was _______ for breath. (a) so-gasping (c) so - inhaling (b) too - fighting (d) very - struggling 8. He was so _______ at his job that he was asked to give a _______ to the visitors. (a) adept - demonstration (b) able - disclosure (c) agile - demolition (d) accurate - display

9. She was so _______ that she was _______ by all.

(a) proud : respected

(b) excellent : warned
(c) talented : praised

(d) stupid : admired

10. The _______ of the ‘chief’ was _______ upon him.

(a) title, bestowed

(b) name, dismissed
(c) title, imposed

(d) appointment, thrown

1.(a) , 2.(c) , 3.(c) , 4.(d) , 5.(b) , 6.(b) , 7.(a) , 8.(a) , 9.(c) , 10.(a)

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➤ DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-10) : In the following passage some of
the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and
choose the correct answer to each question out of the four
alternatives and fill in the blanks.

 Delhi    1    the capital of India. People from all parts of the country and the world    2    to Delhi. There    3    many historical buildings.
People   4    the Rajghat, Shantivan and Vijay Ghat. We visited
Delhi last year   5   our cousins. There    6   many other historical
cities. Agra  7   one of them. We   8   visit Agra and Jaipur next
time. The Red Fort of Delhi and the Hawa Mahal of Jaipur were
  9    famous for their Mughal   10   Rajasthani architecture

respectively.

(SSC CHSL 2014)

1. (a) was     (b) are     (c) is      (d) were

 2. (a) came      (b) comes

    (c) come      (d) coming 

3. (a) has    (b) were

    (c) is        (d) are 

 4. (a) visit      (b) visited

    (c) visiting    (d) visits 

5. (a) for     (b) on

    (c) of      (d) with




6. (a) is          (b) are

   (c) were      (d) was 

 7. (a) are     (b) was

     (c) is       (d) were 

8. (a) will      (b) would

    (c) could     (d) can 

9. (a) much    (b) very

    (c) too       (d) more  

10. (a) either   (b) because

    (c) or      (d) and  

  

➤ DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5): In the following Five Questions,
sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate
word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question.
Choose the correct alternative out of the four 

                                                                               (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)

1. You must ______ your career with all seriousness.

(a) follow     (b) complete

(c) direct      (d) pursue

2. Making pies and cakes _____ Mrs. Reddy's speciality.
(a) are         (b) were  (c) is           (d) has 3. The deserted garden was infested ________ weeds.   (a) for    (b) into   (c) on     (d) with   4. He went there _______ . (a) walking on foot    (b) by foot (c) with foot        (d) on foot   5. After your long illness I am happy to see you          (a) up and about (b) by and by (c) up and down (d) up and round

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            (SSC Multitasking 2014)

  ➤ It is cool today, _____________?

       

 (a) aren't it       (b) didn't it

 (c) wasn't it      (d) isn't it

➤ The book ultimately reached the person _____________

it belonged.

(a) who    (c) to whom

(b) where (d) to who

➤  Besides being reputed, he is       famous for his ____________.
(a) humanities        (b) hostility

(c) humility

(d) humiliation

➤ There was a queue of people in the rain, patiently waiting to get _____________ the coach. (a) at (c) onto (b) on (d) in

➤ I _____________ a terrible dream last night.

    (a) had         (b) got

    (c) saw         (d) have 

➤  Mr. Ahamed went _____________ a very tough time, when
   he incurred a loss in his business.

(a) about         (c) through

(b) off   (d) over

➤ The lawyer advised the convict not to _____________ anything.
(a) hold up           (b) hold over (c) hold back        (d) hold in

➤ Hospital services across the capital _____________ for
three hours due to the strike.

(a) were disrupted (c) are disrupted

(b) had been disrupted (d) have disrupted

➤ The School Annual Sports Day is postponed and it would now _____________ on the 14th of next month.
(a) to be held     (b) been held

(c) being held

(d) be held

➤ The coach leaves at 5.20, so get   to the station ___________ that.
(a) before          (b) after (c) until             (d) from