TNPSC General Knowledge First in India in Governance (date 31/08/2015)

• President of the Indian National Congress— Womesh Chandra Bannerjee, 1885

• President of the Indian National Congress of independent India— Acharya Kripalani, till Nov 1947

• President— Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)

• First Woman President— Pratibha Patil (2007–2012)



• The first Chief Election Commissioner — Sukumar Sen

• Industries and Supplies Minister— Shyama Prasad Mukherjee


• The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet— Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

• Vice-President— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

• Prime Minister— Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964). India held its first constitutional elections in 1952 after which he was re-elected.

• Deputy Prime Minister— Vallabhbhai Patel (1947–1950)

• Law Minister of India— B. R. Ambedkar

• Leader of Opposition— A. K. Gopalan

• Prime Minister to be voted out of office— Indira Gandhi (1977), when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party

• Non-Congress government— Janata Party, with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977–1980)

• Non-Congress State government with Majority by a single party— E. M. S. Namboodiripad of CPI, Kerala 1957

• Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years)— P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996

• Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years)— P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996

• Prime Minister from South India— P. V. Narasimha Rao, 1991, H.D.Deve Gowda

• Women Railway Minister of India— Mamata Banerjee[18]

• The first Viceroy of India— Lord Canning, 1858

• Governor-General of Independent India— Lord Mountbatten, 1947

• Indian Governor-General of Indian Union— C Rajagopalachari, 1948

• Chief Justice of India— H. J. Kania (1947–1951)

• First Sikh Prime Minister— Manmohan Singh (2004–present)

• First Muslim President— Zakir Hussain (1967–1969)

• First Sikh President— Giani Zail Singh

• First Chief Minister of West Bengal— Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

• Indian ICS Officer— Satyendranath Tagore, 1863

• Speaker of Lok Sabha— G.V. Mavlankar (1952–1956)

• Finance Minister of Independent India— R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty (1947–1949), for others see First Indian Cabinet

• Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence— R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty on 26 November 1947

• First Home Minister of India— Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel[19]

• First Indian President to die in Office— Dr Zakir Hussain, 3 May 1969

• First Chief Minister to die in Office— C.N.Annadurai, Tamil Nadu

• First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office— Morarji Desai, 1979

• First Woman Cabinet Minister in India— Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

• First Woman Minister in India— Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

• First Woman Chief Minister— Sucheta Kriplani

• First Female Home Minister— Sabitha Indra Reddy in Andhra Pradesh Govt.

• First Woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha— Meira Kumar

• First Woman Finance Minister of State Government in India— Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab Govt.

Current Affairs : Aug 2015

1) Global satellite called GlobalSat for DRR was in news in the first week of August 2015 as it was proposed to be named after? - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

2) Name the Indo-UK bilateral Air Exercise which concluded on 30 July 2015? –Indradhanush

3) Who was on 3 August 2015 appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court? -Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari



4) Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on 2 August 2015 lifted the 5-year ban on Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on entering which stadium? - Wankhede Stadium

5) Name the Indian gymnast who on 3 August 2015 clinched the women's vault bronze medal at the 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships at Hiroshima, Japan? - Dipa Karmakar

6) Union Government on 31 July 2015 decided declared which day as National Handloom Day every year beginning from year 2015? - 7th August

7) Bharti Airtel on 6 August 2015 launched pan-India 4G high-speed data services in how many towns across India? – 296

8) Which state recently launched scheme named Thari Pension Thare Pass? – Haryana

9) Who was on 7 August 2015 appointed as the chairperson of Accenture India? - Rekha M Menon

10) Forbes on 4 August 2015 released the list of 2015 World's Highest-Paid Actors. Who topped the list? - Robert Downey Jr

11) Who won the women’s squash title in the 15000 US Dollar Victorian Open WSA Event in Melbourne, Australia on 2 August 2015? - Joshna Chinappa

12) Who was on 3 August 2015 appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mercedes-Benz India with effect from 1 October 2015? - Roland S Folger

13) Which state government on 31 July 2015 instituted a youth award in the name of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam? - Tamil Nadu

14) Who was on 5 August 2015 awarded with Poland's Solidarity Prize 2015? - Zhanna Nemtsova

15) Who was on 6 August 2015 appointed as the United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives? - Atul Keshap

16) Who was on 3 August 2015 chosen for the Uttar Pradesh's highest literary award Bharat Bharti for the year 2014? - Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh

17) Multi Application Solar Telescope (MAST), a telescope for the detailed study of the solar activity including its magnetic field, was recently operationalised at? - Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO) of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL)

18) 1974 Land Border Agreement between India and which country came into effect at midnight on 31 July 2015? - Bangladesh

TNPSC General Knowledge Question and Answer (date 30/08/2015)

1.In the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, an initiative of six countries, which of the following is/are not a participant/ participants?

Answer:Bangladesh & China

2.The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme was launched during

Answer:1996-97 to provide loan assistance to poor fanners.

3.The Command Area Development Programme was launched in 1974-75 for the development of 

Answer:water-use efficiency.

4.The provisions in Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule in the Constitution of India are made in order to

Answer:protect the interests of Scheduled Tribes


5.'BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustain- able Forest Landscapes' is managed by the

Answer:World Bank

6.Amnesty International is

Answer:a global Human Rights Movement

7.With reference to the Cabinet Mission, which of the following statements is/are correct?

Answer:It recommended government a federal government.


8.'Basel III Accord' or simply 'Basel III', often seen in the news, seeks to

Answer:improve banking sector's ability to deal with financial and economic stress and improve risk management

9.Who /Which of the following is the custodian of the Constitution of India?

Answer:The Supreme court of India

10.In India, the steel production industry requires the import of

Answer:coking coal

11.With reference to the art and archaeo- logical history of India, which one among the following was made earliest?

Answer:Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli

12.Which one of the following National Parks has a climate that varies from tropical to subtropical, temperate and arctic?

Answer:Namdapha National Park

13.With reference to Indian history, which of the following is/are the essential elementy elements of the feudal system?

Answer:

1.A very strong centralized political authority and a very weak provincial or local political authority
Emergence of administrative structure based on control and possession of land


2.The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee is constituted under the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

14.India is a member of which among the following?
Answer: East Asia Summit

15.With reference to the art and archaeo- logical history of India, which one among the following was made earliest?

Answer:Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli

16.With reference to the Union Government, consider the following  statements :

Answer: No amount can be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund of India without the authorization from the Parliament of India.

Tnpsc Indian National Movement Question And Answer

1. The First President of Muslim League was __? Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk Mustaq Hussain
2. The British East India Company ceased to be a trading Company via which among the following legislation?Charter Act of 1833
3. The person who returned his token of honour to Government of India on May 30, 1919 was—Rabindra Nath Tagore
4. Who was the first President of All India Trade Union Congress—Lala Lajpat Rai
5. Karamchand Gandhi was a Dewan of— Porbandar,Rajkot,Wakaner
6. Which of the following said that Mohammad Ali Jinnah was the ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’ ?Sarojini Naidu
7. Who had moved a resolution for the Creation of Pakistan in the Muslim League session of 1940 ?M.A. Jinnah
8. Which of the followimg represented the Indian Christians in the First Round Table Conference held at London ?Sir A.P. Patro
9. ‘Depressed Classes League’ was established by—Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
10. Which of the following occurred last ?Partition of Bengal
11. On November 1, 1858, Queen Victoria Proclamation was read out at Allahabad by—Lord Canning
12. Of the following who was not a signatory to the historic Poona Pact of 1932 ?Madan Mohan Malviya
13. Which among the following was the venue of the Second Round Table Conference at London?St. James Palace
14. Which among the following is a correct meaning of “Khanqah” ?The place where Sufi Mystics lived
15. During the company rule, the Hindu Widows Remarriage Act was drafted by__ ?Lord Canning
16. Springing Tiger: A Study of a Revolutionary” is a biographical work on __?Subhas Chandra Bose
17. Kanpur conspirarcy case was against leaders of—Communist movement
18. Sir Thomas Munro is associated with the land revenue settlement—Rayotwari settlement
19. An anti British outfit 'Abhinava Bharat' was founded by—V.D. Savarkar
20. Which one of the following was the first to impose censorship of the press ?Wellesley
21. Who accused Indian National Congress of practising ‘politics’ of prayer, petition and protest—Bal Gangadhar Tilak
22. Who among the following was a lady Alvar Saint?Andal
23. The 'Young India' was started as a weekly by—The Home Rule Party
24. Which one of the following persons called Irwin and Gandhiji ‘the two mahatmas’ ?Sarojini Naidu
25. The biographical memoir of A. O. Hume was written by __?W. Wederbirn
26. The prefix 'Mahatma' was added with the name of Gandhi—During Champaran satyagrah
27. The American publicist who was with Mahatma Gandhi during his ‘Quit India’ movement was—Web Miller