FIRST IN THE WORLD

FIRST IN THE WORLD


Woman to reach North Pole : Ann Bancroft



Test Tube Baby : Louise Joy Brown




Woman Prime Minister
 of a country : Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960)




Woman President of a country : Maria Estela Peron (Argentina)




Men on Mt. Everest
 without Oxygen : Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler (1978)




Foreigner to get Bharat Ratna : Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan




First Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien




Englishman to receive
 Nobel Prize for Literature : Rudyard Kipling (1907)



Pope to visit India : Pope Paul VI


Woman to climb Mount Everest : Junko Taibei


Muslim invader of India : Mohammad-bin-Qasim

SAARC

South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

• Headquarters Kathmandu, Nepal

• Official languages English

•  Establishment 8 December 1985

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•  Members

Afghanistan joined the organization in 2005.

Current members:

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• India
• Maldives
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

 The sixteenth summit was held in Thimpu, Bhutan on 28–29 April 2010
 The Seventeenth Summit was held from 10-11 of November 2011 in Addu City, Maldives

current affair 2013

Serena Williams wins women’s Rogers Cup

August 18th, 2013

US’ tennis star Serena Williams defeated Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in the final of the women’s Rogers Cupheld in Toronto to bag her 54^th WTA singles title.

• Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and is currently ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis.
• On six separate occasions, the WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) has ranked her World No. 1 in singles .

SAARC summits

SAARC summits

 (Kerala Psc Question And Answers)

No	Date	Country	Host	Host leader
1st	7–8 December 1985	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Ataur Rahman Khan
2nd	16–17 November 1986	India	Bangalore	Rajiv Gandhi
3rd	2–4 November 1987	Nepal	Kathmandu	Marich Man Singh Shrestha
4th	29–31 December 1988	Pakistan	Islamabad	Benazir Bhutto
5th	21–23 November 1990	Maldives	Malé	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
6th	21 December 1991	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Dingiri Banda Wijetunge
7th	10–11 April 1993	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Khaleda Zia
8th	2–4 May 1995	India	New Delhi	P. V. Narasimha Rao
9th	12–14 May 1997	Maldives	Malé	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
10th	29–31 July 1998	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
11th	4–6 January 2002	Nepal	Kathmandu	Sher Bahadur Deuba
12th	2–6 January 2004	Pakistan	Islamabad	Zafarullah Khan Jamali
13th	12–13 November 2005	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Khaleda Zia
14th	3–4 April 2007	India	New Delhi	Manmohan Singh
15th	1–3 August 2008	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
16th	28–29 April 2010	Bhutan	Thimphu	Jigme Thinley
17th	10–11 November 2011[24]	Maldives	Addu	Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik
18th	2013 [25]	Nepal	Kathmandu	Baburam Bhattarai

 Tibet
(kerala psc question)

 

• Tibet, the high-altitude Himalayan plateau associated in popular memory with meditation and Buddhist serenity, has been the scene of periodic strife ever since it was seized militarily by China in 1951.

• Tibet is the highest region on earth 

•  Tibet is often called the "roof of the world."

•  The Indus and Brahmaputra rivers originate from a lake  in Western Tibet, near Mount Kailash.

What is brahmaputra called in tibet?

(kerala psc question)

ans:Yarlung Tsangpo

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China appoints new Tibet governor :-
Losang Gyaltsen

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Largest – World
(kerala psc questions)
Largest continent ........................................... Asia
Largest ocean ............................................... Pacific
Largest river .............................................. Amazon
Largest river basin ..................................... Amazon
Largest lake (salt water) ....................... Caspian sea
Largest lake (fresh water) ..........Lake Superior (North
America)
Largest artificial lake ..... Lake Mead at Hoover Dam,
(USA). Originally known as Boulder.
Largest bay ................ Hudson Bay (North Canada)
Largest gulf ..................................... Gulf of Mexico
Largest gorge ........................ Grand Canyon (USA)
Largest sea .................................... South China sea
Largest delta....... Sundarbans (India & Bangladesh)
Largest peninsula ........................................ Arabia
Largest island ......................................... Greenland
Largest country (in area) .............................. Russia
Largest country (in population) ...................... China
Largest temple` ................... Angkorwat (Cambodia)
Largest archipelago ................................. Indonesia
Largest airport ... King Khalid International Airport at
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Largest church ................St.Peter's Basilica, (Rome)
Largest mosque ...... Sha Faisal Mosque (Islamabad)
Largest embassy............ Russian Embassy (Beijing)
Largest war plane .......................... Mirage (France)
Largest prison ............................. Kharkov (Russia)
Largest hotel ...........MGM Grand Hotel and Casino,
Las Vegas (USA)
Largest desert.................................. Sahara (Africa)
Largest forest ........................Coniferous Forests of
Northern Russia
Largest stadium ................. Strahove (Czech Republic)
Largest library .... United States Library of Congress
Largest museum .................... American Museum of
Natural History (New York)
Largest animal ....................................... Blue whale
Largest land animal ........... The African Bush Elephant
Largest democracy ......................................... India
Largest electorate ........................................... India

PSC Questions about the World History

(kerala psc frequently asked questions )

• What is "Boston Tea Party"? 

Answer:- The British Parliament which lacked important and recognition in American colonies enforced payment of tax over the colonies , through certain rigid rules. This finally resulted in the American war of Independence.

• The first president of Philippines? 

 Answer: Ramon Magsaysay

• The first president of Indonesia?  

Answer: Dr. Sukarno

• Name of the country which attacked India in 1962?

 Answer: China

• The headquarters of the U.N? 

Answer: Genoa.

• Name of the countries unitedly known as G-3 -

 Answer: The U.S.A, European Union and Japan

• Who discovered America? 

Answer: Christopher Columbus

• Which country is called the Land of Smile? 

Answer: Thailand

• The country which owns the most established newspaper in the world?

 Answer: Japan

• Who become the king of Iraq at the age of 3 after his father's death?

 Answer: Faisal

• In which country did the Industrial Revolution first take place? 

Answer: England

• The name of the Russian Parliament?

Answer: Dumas

• Name the book written by Adolf Hitler?

 Answer: Mein Keif

• How many passengers were on board when the Titanic Sunk? Answer: 2224

• The first countries to emerge in Europe? 

Answer: Britain, France

• The holy franc is the currency of .................?

 Answer: Switzerland

• Who made the historical Gettysburg speech?

 Answer: Abraham Lincoln

• The present name of unified Germany?

 Answer: Federal Republic of Germany.