Saturday, 28 February 2015

first woman to win the Tony Award was

first woman to win the Tony Award was


Options


A) Audra McDonald


B) Elena Cornaro Piscopia


C) Juliana Morell


D) None


Answer


A) Audra McDonald


other Details


Year 2014

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

First woman to officially teach at a European university was

First woman to officially teach at a European university was

Options

A) Laura Bassi

B) Gerty Cori

C) Stefania Wolicka-Arnd

D) None

Answer

A)Laura Bassi

other Details

Year 1732

First woman to fly from Britain to Australia was

First woman to fly from Britain to Australia was

Options

A) Amy Johnson

B) Muriel Box

C) Raymonde de Laroche

D) None

Answer

A)Amy Johnson

other Details

Year 1930

Monday, 23 February 2015

Today in History 23rd february

1876 Sant Gadgebaba, saint of Maharashtra, was born.

1952 Employees Provident Fund Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha.

1969   Madhubala,Famous actress (born. 1933)

1980 Prakash Padukonewon All-England Badminton Championship for first time.

1998 Raman Lamba, Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka

2004   Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor passed away

Indian Open golf tournament was won by

Indian Open golf tournament was won by

A) Anirban Lahiri




B) SSP Chowrasia





C) Vani Kapoor





D) None




Answer





A) Anirban Lahiri





other Details



  • INDIAN OPEN was played at the Delhi Golf Club. 
  • The win puts Anirban Lahiri in the world as a Top-30.
  • The Hero Indian Openhas become a European Tour event




World bank has valued 1290 crore loss in which environmental habitat

World bank has valued 1290 crore loss in which environmental habitat

A) western ghats


B) Thar Dessert


C) sundarbans


D) None


Answer


C) sundarbans


other Details

The cost of environmental damage to ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss is Rs 670 crore. The cost of health effects due to poor environment is  Rs 620 crore.This costs are incurred annually.Tis information was released inthe report ‘Building Resilience for Sustainable Development of the Sundarbans’ 

It is prepared by the World Bank allong with the West Bengal government.

Budget Session of Parliament to start from

Budget Session of Parliament to start from


A) Feb 23


B) Feb 24


C) Feb 25


D) Feb 26


Answer


A) Feb 23


other Details

The budget session will start with President Pranab Mukherjee's address to both the houses of Parliament.

The budget session contains 44  financial, legislative and non-legislative items.

The Rail Budget will be presented on February 26, Economic Survey on February 27 and General Budget on February 28. 

First part of the budget session will continue till March 20  second part will commence from April 20 and end on May 8. 

Friday, 20 February 2015

Official Language of Assam is

Official Language of Assam is Options


A)Assamese, English


B)Malayalam


C)Telugu


D) None


Answer


A)Assamese, English


Other Details


Literacy Rate73.18


Gender Ratio


992


Area Sq KM


78438


Total Population


31169272


Male Population


15954927


Female Population


15214345


Percentage of Country's population


2.58

Official Language of Manipur is

Official Language of Manipur is Options


A)Meiteilon


B)Bengali


C)Mizo


D) None


Answer


A)Meiteilon


Other Details


Literacy Rate79.85


Gender Ratio


925


Area Sq KM


22429


Total Population


2964007


Male Population


1492668


Female Population


1471339


Percentage of Country's population


0.24

Thursday, 19 February 2015

World literacy day is celebrated on

World literacy day is celebrated on

Options

A) 8th September

b) 7th September

c) 6th September

d) None

Answer

A) 8th September

Other Details

On November 17, 1965 UNESCO declared 8th September as International Literacy Day

It was first celebrated in 1966

Celebrations of International Literacy Day have included specific themes, in line with Education For All goals and other United Nations programs such as the United Nations Literacy Decade.

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

first woman to win a Tony award for best director of a musical was

first woman to win a Tony award for best director of a musical was


Options


A) Julie Taymor


B) Elinor Ostrom


C) Arlene Francis


D) None


Answer


A) Julie Taymor


other Details


Year 1998

First known woman to ride in a hot air balloon was

First known woman to ride in a hot air balloon was

Options

A) Élisabeth Thible

B) Sophie Blanchard

C) Barbra Streisand

D) None

Answer

A)Élisabeth Thible

other Details

Year June 4, 1784

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

First woman to receive a pilot's license was

First woman to receive a pilot's license was

Options

A) Raymonde de Laroche

B) Svetlana Savitskaya

C) Élisabeth Thible

D) None

Answer

A)Raymonde de Laroche

other Details

Year 1910

Monday, 16 February 2015

Official Language of Maharashtra is

Official Language of Maharashtra is Options


A)Marathi


B)Konkani


C)Mizo


D) None


Answer


A)Marathi


Other Details


Literacy Rate82.91


Gender Ratio


930


Area Sq KM


22327


Total Population


2721756


Male Population


1369764


Female Population


1351992


Percentage of Country's population


0.22

Sunday, 15 February 2015

Official Language of Karnataka is

Official Language of Karnataka is Options


A)Kannada


B)Malayalam


C)Telugu


D) None


Answer


A)Kannada


Other Details


Literacy Rate75.6


Gender Ratio


883


Area Sq KM


191791


Total Population


33387677


Male Population


16021290


Female Population


17366387


Percentage of Country's population


2.76

Official Language of Meghalaya is

Official Language of Meghalaya is Options


A)English


B)Tamil


C)Tamil


D) None


Answer


A)English


Other Details


Literacy Rate75.48


Gender Ratio


987


Area Sq KM


21081


Total Population


1091014


Male Population


552339


Female Population


538675


Percentage of Country's population


0.09

Friday, 13 February 2015

Official Language of Andhra Pradesh is

Official Language of Andhra Pradesh is Options


A)Telugu


B)Malayalam


C)Telugu


D) None


Answer


A)Telugu


Other Details


Literacy Rate67.66


Gender Ratio


1038


Area Sq KM


160205


Total Population


84665533


Male Population


42509881


Female Population


42155652


Percentage of Country's population


7

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Official Language of Arunachal Pradesh is

Official Language of Arunachal Pradesh is Options

A)English

B)Bengali

C)Bengali

D) None

Answer

A)English

Other Details

Literacy Rate66.95

Gender Ratio

878

Area Sq KM

83743

Total Population

1382611

Male Population

720232

Female Population

662379

Percentage of Country's population

0.11

Official Language of Sikkim is

Official Language of Sikkim is Options

A)Nepali

B)Malayalam

C)Telugu

D) None

Answer

A)Nepali

Other Details

Literacy Rate82.2

Gender Ratio

889

Area Sq KM

130058

Total Population

607688

Male Population

321661

Female Population

286027

Percentage of Country's population

0.05

Monday, 9 February 2015

Official Language of Haryana is

Official Language of Haryana is Options


A)Hindi


B)Malayalam


C)Gujarati


D) None


Answer


A)Hindi


Other Details


Literacy Rate76.64


Gender Ratio


968


Area Sq KM


44212


Total Population


6856509


Male Population


3473892


Female Population


3382617


Percentage of Country's population


0.57

Sunday, 8 February 2015

Official Language of Chhatisgarh is

Official Language of Chhatisgarh is Options

A)Hindi

B)Malayalam

C)Telugu

D) None

Answer

A)Hindi

Other Details

Literacy Rate71.04

Gender Ratio

916

Area Sq KM

135191

Total Population

25540196

Male Population

12827915

Female Population

12712281

Percentage of Country's population

2.11

Official Language of Madhya Pradesh is

Official Language of Madhya Pradesh is Options

A)Hindi

B)Marathi

C)Konkani

D) None

Answer

A)Hindi

Other Details

Literacy Rate70.63

Gender Ratio

946

Area Sq KM

307713

Total Population

112372972

Male Population

58361397

Female Population

54011575

Percentage of Country's population

9.29

Friday, 6 February 2015

first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature was

first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature was


Options


A) Selma Lagerl

first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay was

first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay was

Options

A) Muriel Box

B) Shirley Dinsdale

C) Karen Arthur

D) None

Answer

A) Muriel Box

other Details

Year 1946

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing was

first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing was


Options


A) Kathryn Bigelow


B) Kathryn Bigelow


C) Muriel Box


D) None


Answer


A) Kathryn Bigelow


other Details


Year 2009

first woman to win an Obie Award was

first woman to win an Obie Award was


Options


A) Alice Childress


B) Alice Childress


C) Kathryn Bigelow


D) None


Answer


A) Alice Childress


other Details


Year 1956

first woman to win an Emmy Award for directing was

first woman to win an Emmy Award for directing was


Options


A) Karen Arthur


B) Marie Curie


C) Betty Miller


D) None


Answer


A) Karen Arthur


other Details


Year 1985

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

first woman to win a Grammy award for best rock gospel album was

first woman to win a Grammy award for best rock gospel album was


Options


A) Ashley Cleveland


B) Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner


C) Ashley Cleveland


D) None


Answer


A) Ashley Cleveland


other Details


Year 1996

First female space tourist was

First female space tourist was


Options


A) Anousheh Ansari


B) Valentina Tereshkova


C) Sara Teasdale


D) None


Answer


A)Anousheh Ansari


other Details


Year 2006`

Winner of the first women's hot air balloon world championship was

Winner of the first women's hot air balloon world championship was

Options

A) Nicola Scaife, from Australia

B) Lilian Bland

C) Judith Weir

D) None

Answer

A)Nicola Scaife, from Australia

other Details

Year 2014

First woman commissioned as a military pilot was

First woman commissioned as a military pilot was

Options

A) Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya

B) Laura Bassi

C) Sophie Blanchard

D) None

Answer

A)Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya

other Details

Year 1914

Monday, 2 February 2015

Official Language of Nagaland is

Official Language of Nagaland is Options


A)English


B)Malayalam


C)Telugu


D) None


Answer


A)English


Other Details


Literacy Rate80.11


Gender Ratio


975


Area Sq KM


155707


Total Population


16753235


Male Population


8976410


Female Population


7776825


Percentage of Country's population


1.38

2015 Australian Open Mixed Doubles won by

2015 Australian Open  Mixed Doubles  won by







A)Andrea Hlaváčková and Alexander Peya 



B)Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor



C)Sania Mirza   and  Bruno Soares 



D)Martina Hingis and Leander Paes


Answer:D)Martina Hingis and Leander Paes


Other Details: 

Runner up

 Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor 

australian open 2015 mens sigles won by

australian open 2015 mens sigles won by

A)Novak Djokovic. 



B)Stan Wawrinka



C)Andy Murray 



D)Roger Federer


Answer:A)Novak Djokovic. 


Other Details: 

runner up

A)Novak Djokovic.

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Official Language of Tamil Nadu is

Official Language of Tamil Nadu is Options


A)Tamil


B)Malayalam


C)Telugu


D) None


Answer


A)Tamil


Other Details


Literacy Rate80.33


Gender Ratio


995


Area Sq KM


114840


Total Population


72138958


Male Population


36158871


Female Population


35980087


Percentage of Country's population


5.96