........... MAY 2012 CURRENT AFFAIRS........

1.Who is the new president of Russia recently taken sworn?   

 Answer : Vladimir Putin   

 2. The Hamburg harbour celebrates how many years recently?  

  Answer: 823 years   

 3. Which company become number one mobile company in the world?   

 Answer: Samsung   

 4. Which country had discovered petroleum recently?  

  Answer: Bangladesh  

 5.Liberia’s president for his war crimes sentenced to jail for ?
     

  Answer: 50years

  

*>Top 5 River List<*

1) Brahmaputra: 2900 km

2) Shindhu: 2880 km

3) Ganga: 2510 km

4) Godavari: 1450 km

5) Yamuna: 1376 km

1. Which countries businesses bought all 7 franchisees of Sri Lanka Premier League or SLPL?
Ans. India

2. In which country did Crompton Greaves opened its extra high voltage switch gear manufacturing facility?
Ans. Brazil

3. Which company launched a single platform for TV, Internet and cloud computing?
Ans. DDB Foundation

4. Which 2 countries army held flag meeting in eastern Ladakh?
Ans. Indian and chinese army

5. Which edition of Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally is set to start on July 8th 2012?
Ans. 23rd

6. Who took over as 8th President of International Cricket Council?
Ans. New Zealander Alan Issac replaced india's sharad pawar

7. Which test will cost Rs.2 and result the will be out in 10 seconds?
Ans. Blood sugar test

8. India's foreign minister S.M. Krishna has urged Indian private sector to invest in which country?
Ans. Afghanistan

9. Which state Government has declared Rs.1 lakh as incentive to encourage youths who join Armed forces?
Ans. Goa

10. Which state Government are set to provide soil health cards to farmers?
Ans. Madhya pradesh

11. Which payment mode a must for public sector banks from July 1st 2012?
Ans. E-payment

12. Who will take on Spain in Euro2012 finals?
Ans. Italy

!!>>Know First In India<<!!

Woman to climb mount Everest ----Bachhendri Pal

Woman Judge in Supreme Court---- Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi

Woman Chief Justice of a High Court---- Smt. Leela Seth

Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen) ----Kalpana Chawla

The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics---- Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)

The First Indian World Chess Champion---- Vishwanathan Anand

India's first paperless Newspaper ----The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)

India's First woman Merchant Navy Officer---- Sonali Banerjee

The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha ----G. M. C. Balyogi

The first Vice-President of India to die in harness---- Krishna Kant

The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century ----Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against England)

The first woman Air Vice-Marshal---- P. Bandopadhyaya

The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor---- Ms. Kiran Bedi

The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident---- Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)

The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India ----K. J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)

The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament----Sania Mirza (2003)

The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship---- Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)

The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD---- Mrs. Ranjana Kumar

>>First in India<<

1. British Governor General of Bengal- Warren Hastings

2. Governor General of Independent India- Lord Mountbatten
3. Commander-in-chief of Free India- General Roy Bucher
4. Cosmonaut-Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
5. Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India- Babar
6. Field Marshal - S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
7. Indian Governor General of Indian Union -C.
    Rajagopalachari
8. Indian I.C.S. Officer - Satyendra Nath Tagore
9. Indian Member of Viceroy's Executive Council- Sri S.P.
    Sinha
10. Indian to swim across English Channel -Mihir Sen
11. Indian woman to swim across-English Channel -Miss Arati
     Saha
12. Man to climb Mount Everest - Tenzing Norgay
13. Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen - Phu Dorjee
14. Man to climb Mount Everest twice - Nwang Gombu
15. Nobel Prize winner - Rabindra Nath Tagore
16. President of Indian National Congress - W. C. Banerjee
17. President of Indian Republic -Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18. Talkie Film - Alam Ara (1931)
19. Test Tube Baby (Documented) -Indira

First Union Cabinet (Important Persons of India)

Prime Minister ................................................. Jawaharlal Nehru

Deputy Prime Minister .......................................... Vallabhai Patel

Home Minister ...................................................... Vallabhai Patel

Finance Minister ..................................... RK.Shanmugham Chetti
Industry Minister ............................................M. Visweswaraiha
Defence Minister .................................................... Baldev Singh
Railway Minister ......................................................... L.B. Sastri
External Affairs Minister ................................... Laxmi N. Menon.
Education Minister .........................................Abdul Kalam Azad
Health Minister ..... Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Princess of Kapurthala)
Law Minister .................................................. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar