MINISTERIO DURANTE 2016
E) MEDIO NATURAL Y PARQUES NACIONALES
2. ORGANISMO AUTÓNOMO PARQUES NACIONALES
2.1. Programas de Red
● Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi
● Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
● Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
● I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
● President of National Congress—Anne Besant
● Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu
● Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace)
● Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
● Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
● Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
● Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
● Parliamentrian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
● Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
● Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
● Session Judge of the Counting—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
● Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
● Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
● Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
● Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’—Indira Gandhi
● Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
● Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
● Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’—Mahel Musa (1977)
● Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
● Woman who travelled All round the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
● Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
● Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
● Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
● Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
● Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
● I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
● First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
● Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
● Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
● Woman who won the medal in Olympic games—Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
● Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games—Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
● Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games—Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978)
● Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
● Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988)
● One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
● Awardee of Arjun Purskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
● Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlandade-Suza (1978)
● Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
● Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988)
● Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
● Awardee of B. E. degree—Ella-Majumdar (1951)
● M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
● First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
● Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
● Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
● D. I. G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
● Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
● Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
● Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
● Advocate—Regina Guha
● Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
● Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming—Arati Pradhan
● World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
● Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
● First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
● Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
● Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
● Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
● Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
● Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
● Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
● Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
● First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmala Buch
● First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
● Joint Director of C.B.I.—Archana Sunder Lingam
● Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai
● Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
● Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
● Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
● Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
● Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
● First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William
● Census—1872
● Regular Decadal Census—Since 1881
● Warship Aircraft Carrier—I. N. S. Vikrant
● National Nuclear Power Submarines—I. N. S. Chakra
● Football Club—Mohan Bagan–1889
● Hydro-electric Project—Shiv Samudram (1902)
● Newspaper—Bengal Gazette (James Hikki)
● Vernacular Daily—Samachar Darpan
● Hindi Newspaper—Udant-Martand
● Telegraph Line—Diamond Harbour to Kolkata (1853)
● International Telephone Service—Mumbai to London (1851)
● Television Centre—New Delhi (1959)
● Colour Programme from T.V.—15th August, 1982
● Silent Film—Raja Harish Chandra
● Talky Film—Alam-ara
● Satellite—Aryabhatta-19th April, 1975
● Atomic underground test—Pokhran (18th May, 1974)
● Test tube baby—1986 born baby Harsha
● Country made missile—Prithvi (1988)
● Antarctica mission—1982 under the leadership Dr. S. Z. Quasim First Person in India
● First Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
● Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
● Chief of the Indian Armed Forces—General K. M. Carriappa
● Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
● President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
● Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
● Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
● Non-Congress Prime-Minister—Atal Behari Bajpai
● British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
● Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
● I. C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
● Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
● Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave
● Novel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore
● President of National Congress—Vyomesh Chand Banerjee
● Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
● 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
● Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri
● Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)
● Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal
● Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)
● President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra
● Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968)
● Indian who won the World Billiard award—Wilson Jans
● Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
● Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Behari Bajpai (1977)
● Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
● First President of Indian Science Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
● Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
● Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma
● Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi
● Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu
● Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L.
S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
● Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Single (from England)
● Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha
● Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
● Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
● Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon
● Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
● First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament—Lal Mohan Ghose
● An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad Ram
● Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha
● Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi
● Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh
● Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh
● Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag
● First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh
● First Indian who individually won the Gold medel in Olympic games—Abhinav Bindra
● First Indian who won the Bronze medel in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar
Some general science questions along with the answers are mentioned below.
No
. Question Answer
1 The theory of relativity was propounded by Albert Einstein 2 The principal metal used in manufacturing
steel is Iron
3 An altimeter is used for measuring Altitude
4 Oology is the study of Birds eggs
5 Radioactivity was discovered by Henry Bacquerel 6 The metal used in storage batteries is Lead
7 The instrument used to measure the relative
humidity of air is Hygrometer
8 Barometer was invented by Torricelli
9 The unit of power is Watt
10 Radium was discovered by Marie and Pierrie Curie 11 The existence of isotopes was discovered by Frederick Soddy
12 Dynamo was invented by Michael Faraday 13 The nuclear reactor was invented by Enrico Ferni 14 The law of gravitation was propounded by Sir Isaac Newton
15 Crescograph was invented by J.C.Bose
16 Crescograph is used to measure the Rate of growth of a plant 17 Galileo's first scientific discovery was Pendulum
18 Microscope was invented by Aaton Van Leewen Hock
19 The scientist who is known as father of
modern biology is Aristotle
20 The first person to see a cell under
microscope was Robert Hooke
21 The smallest flowering plant is Worffia
22 The four blood groups were discovered by Karl Landsteiner
23 Sodium was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy
24 The atomic number of oxygen is Eight
25 The basic building blocks of proteins are Amino acids
26 The botanical name of the cotton plant is Gossipium Hirsutum 27 An Electroscope is used to Detect charges on a
body
28 The unit of loudness is Phon
29 An ammeter is used to measure Electric current 30 Plant that eat insects are called Insectivorous plants 31 Fruits that are formed without fertilization are
called Parthenocarpic
32 Plants that flower only once in their lifetime are
called Mono carpic
33 The botanical name for rice is Oryza Sativa 34 Penicillin is obtained from Mould
35 The largest tree in the world is Seguoia Gigantica
36 Herpetology is the study of Reptiles
37 Entomology is the study of Insects
38 Ornithology is the study of Birds
39 Ichtyology is the study of Fishes
40 Osteology is the study of Bones
41 The botanical name for brinjal is Solanum melongenal 42 The botanical name for onion is Allium Cepa
43 The study of sound is called Acoustics
44 The study of heavenly bodies is called Astronomy 45 The study of tissues is called Histology
46 Electric Lamp was invented by Thomas alva Edison 47 The fear of crowd is called Ochlophobia 48 The fear of books is called Bibliophobia 49 The fear of going to bed is called Clinophobia
50 The symbol of gold is Au
51 The symbol of sodium is Na
52 The symbol of Sr stands for Strontium
53 The symbol Rb stands for Rubidium
54 The symbol Md stands for Mendelevium
55 Calcium sulphate is commonly called Plaster of Paris 56 Sodium carbonate is commonly called Washing Soda 57 Sodium chloride is commonly known as Common Salt 58 The chemical name of Chloroform is Trichloromethane 59 The chemical name of baking powder is Sodium bicarbonate 60 The chemical name of bleaching powder is Calcium hypochlorite
61 The formula HCL stands for Hydrochloric Acid
62 The formula H2SO4 stands for Sulphuric Acid 63 The formula CHCI3 stands for Trichloromethane 64 The formula H2O2 stands for Hydrogen peroxide 65 A fungus which can only survive on other living
organisms is called Obligate Parasite
66 A plant which lives in the dark is called Scotophyte 67 A plant adapted to live in dry places is called a Xerophyte 68 A plant adapted for growth in water is called a Hydrophyte
69 Bifocal lens was invented by Benjamin Franklin
70 Cement was invented by Joseph Aspdin
71 Laser was invented by Dr.Charles H.Townes
72 Electromagnet was invented by William Sturgeon
73 Rayon was invented by Sir Joseph Swann
74 Thermostat is an instrument used for regulating Constant temperature 75 The science of organic forms and structures is
known as Morphology
76 Phycology is the study of Algae
77 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was
established in 1945
78 CSIR stands for
Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research
79 ISRO stands for
Indian Space Research Organisation
80 The first human being to land on moon was Neil Armstrong 81 The first Indian in space was Rakesh Sharma
82 ISAC stands for ISRO Satellite Centre
83 VSSC stands for Vikram Sarabhai space
Centre 84 The headquarters of ISRO is located at Bangalore
85 VSSC is located at Thiruvananthapuram
86 ISAC is located at Bangalore
87 National Science Centre is located at New Delhi 88 Central Tobacco Research Institute is located at Rajahmundry 89 Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is
located at Bangalore
90 The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in Aug-48
91 The first Indian Satellite was Aryabhatta
92 The first Indian Satellite was launched in the year 1975
93 ASLV stands for Augmented Satellite
Launch Vehicle
94 INSAT stands for Indian National Satellite
95 The fear of women is known as Gynophobia 96 The fear of men is known as Androphobia 97 The scientist who developed the Quantum theory
was Max Plonck
98 The steam engine was invented by James Watt
99 The botanical name of tea is Camellia Sinensis 10
0 Logarithms were devised by John Napier
10
1 The acid used in a car battery is Sulphuric acid 10
2
The system for writing by blind people was
invented by Louis Braille
10
3 The parachute was used for the first time by J.P.Blanchard 10
4
The German physicit who first demonstrated
the existence of Radio waves was Henrich Hertz 10
5 The instrument that records the intensity of
earthquakes is Seismograph
10
6 The laws of floating bodies was discovered
by Archimedes
10
7 The density of milk is measured by a Lactometer 10
8 Fountain pen was invented by L.E.Waterman 10
9 The instrument used to measure the
pressure of gases is the Monometer
11
0 Bhaskara I was a famous Astronomer
11
1 The first atomic power station established in India was the
Tarapore Atomic Power Station 11
2 The role of heredity was demonstrated by Mendel 11
3
The instrument used to measure the
concentration of salt water is the Salinometer 11
4 Spectroscopy is the study of Anders John Angstrom 11
5 Dactylography is the study of Finger Prints 11
6 A tangent galvanometer is used to study the Strength of direct current
11
7 The fruit of Oak is called Acron
11
8 ZETA stands for
Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly
11
9 The formula C6H5OH stands for Phenol
12 0
Michael Faraday worked as an assistant under
another scientist whose name was Sir Humphry Davy 12
1 Vulcanised rubber was invented by Charles Goodyear 12
2 The symbol Zn stands for Zinc
12
3 The symbol He stands for Helium
12
4 Celluloid was invented by A.Parker
12
5 Glider was invented by Sir George Caley
12
6 Safety matches was invented by J.E.Lundstrom 12
7 Radio valve was invented by Sir J.A.Fleming
12
8 Space Applications Centre is located at Ahmedabad 12
9 Atomic Energy Commission is located at Mumbai 13
0 Dynamics is the study of Movements of bodies
13
1 Statics is the study of Forces acting on bodies
at rest 13
2 Mechanics is the study of Forces acting on bodies
13
3 Zoology is the study of Animal life
13
4 Botany is the study of Plant life
13
5 Psychology is the study of Human mind
13
6 The first American to orbit earth was John H.Glen 13
7 The electro-cardiograph was invented by William Einthoven 13
8 The molecular formula of cane sugar is C12H22O11 13
9 A compound which contains only hydrogen and
Carbon is called a Hydrocarbon
14
0 The liquid used to preserve specimens of
plans and animals is Formalin
14
1 The law of segregaton was propounded by Mendel 14
2 Auriscope is used to detect Ear disorders
14
3 The three states of matter are Solid,liquid and gas 14
4 The scientific name for blood platelets is Thrombocytes 14
5 The response of a plant to heat is called Thermotropism 14
6 The response of a plant to touch is called Trigmotropism 14
7 The symbol Zr stands for Zirconium
14
8 Nickel was discovered by Cronstledt
14
9 Manganese was discovered by Gahn
15 0
The common name for pottasium carbonate
is Potash
15
1 Bismuth was discovered by Valentine
15
2 The biggest plant seed is Cocodemer
15
3 Toxicology is the study of Poisons 15
4 Virology is the study of Viruses
15
5 Paleontology is the study of Fossils 15
6 Calorimeter is used to measure Quantity of heat 15
7 Chronometer was invented by John Harrison
15
8 Stethoscope was invented by William Stockes 15
9 Spinning frame was invented by Sir Richard Arkwright 16
0 Al stands for Aluminium
16
1 Gd stands for Gadolinium
16
2 Ir stands for Iridium
16
3 Bi stands for Bismuth
16
4 The Chemical formula of sodium bicarbonate
is NaHCO3
16
5 The chemical formula of common salt is Nacl 16
6 The chemical formula of washing soda is Na2CO3,IOH2O 16
7 The chemical formula of lime soda is CaCO3 16
8 The chemical formula of chloroform is CHcl3 16
9 The study of grasses is known as Agrostology 17
0 The study of antiquities is known as Archaeology 17
1 The study of the duration of life is known as Chronobiology 17
2 The study of bacteria is known as Bacteriology 17
3 Nylon was invented by Dr.Wallace H.Carothers
17
4 Electric razor was invented by Jacob Schick 17
5 The symbol of silver is Ag
17
6 The symbol of silicon is Si
17
7 The symbol of titanium is Ti
17
8 Calcium oxide is commonly known as Quick lime 17
9 A deviation of light passing from one medium to
another is known as Refraction
18 0
An apparatus for generation of atomic energy is
called a Reactor
18
1 A machine used for converting mechanical energy
into electrical energy is called a Generator 18
2 The first Indian woman in space was Kalpana Chawla 18
3 The revolver was invented by Samuel Colt 18
4 The refrigerator was invented by J.Perkins Acrophobia: fear of heights
Amaxophobia: fear of driving a car Anthrophobia: fear of flowers Achluophobia: fear of darkness Androphobia: fear of men Arithmophobia: fear of numbers Atychiphobia: fear of loneliness Bibliophobia: fear of books Cacophobia: fear of ugliness Chionophobia: fear of snow Chromophobia: fear of colors Cynophobia: fear of dogs Dendrophobia: fear of trees
Elurophobia: fear of cats Equinophobia: fear of horses Ephebiphobia: fear of young people Gynophobia: fear of women
Gamophobia: fear of marriage
Glossophobia: fear of speaking, especially in public Hemophobia: fear of blood
Hydrophobia: fear of water Iatrophobia: fear of doctors Leukophobia: fear of white color Lockiophobia: fear of childbirth Mysophobia: fear of germs and dirt Noctiphobia: fear of the night
Obesophobia: fear of gaining extra weight Papyrophobia: fear of paper
Pedophobia: fear of children Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying Pyrophobia: fear of fire
Philophobia: fear of love Scolionophobia: fear of school Somniphobia: fear of sleep Technophobia: fear of technology Trypanophobia: fear of injection Urophobia: fear of urinating Verminophobia: fear of germs Xenophobia: fear of strangers Zeusophobia: fear of gods
Agoraphobia: fear of society or situation Arachnophobia: fear of spiders
Acrophobia: fear of heights
Xenophobia: fear of foreigners or strangers Carcinophobia: fear of cancer
Necrophobia: fear of the death