1. India's First Woman Railway Driver - Surekha Shankar Yadav2. India's First Woman Tabla Maestro - Dr. Aban Mistry3. India's First Recognized Billionth Citizen - Astha4. India's First Woman Airbus Pilot - Durba Banerjee5. First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha - V. S. Rama Devi6. First Indian Woman To Win Magsasay Award - Kiran Bedi7. First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets - Diana Eduljee8. First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force - Nita Ghose9. First Indian Woman To Complete Her MBBS - Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 188810. First Woman Cheif Engineer - P. K. Tresia Nanguli11. First Indian Woman At Antarctica - Meher Moos In 197612. First Woman Foriegn Minister - Lakshmi N. Menon13. First Woman Commercial Pilot - Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways14. First Woman Sahitya Award Winner - Amrita Pritam15. First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress - Dr. Ashima Chatterjee16. First Woman To Win WTA Tennis Tournament - Sania Mirza17. First Chief Justice Of Mumbai High Court - Justice Sujaata B Manohar18. First Indian Woman Advocate - Regina Guha19. First Indian Woman Barrister - Cornotia Sorabji20. First Woman Surgeon - Dr. Prema Mukherjee21. First Woman To Get Arjun Award - N. Lumsden (1961)22. First Woman Chairman Of Bank - Tarzani Vakil23. First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission - Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak24. First Indian Woman To Receive Asiad Gold Medal - Kamalji Sandhu25. First Woman Speaker Of State Assembly - Mrs. Shano Devi26. First Actress In The Indian Cinema - Devika Rani27. First Woman Finger Prints Expert In India - Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal28. First Woman Doordarshan News Reader - Pratima Puri29. First Indian Woman To Reach In Olympic Games - Sini Abrahim30. First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award - Dr. Amrita Patel31. First Indian Woman IAS Officer - Anna George32. First Woman President Of Student's Union - Anju Sachdeva of Delhi University33. First Woman Chairperson Of Rajya Sabha - Violet Alva In 1962BOOKS AND AUTHORS------------------------------------[1] Playing It My Way Sachin Tendulkar[2] Half Girlfriend- Chetan Bhagat[3] Iqbal: The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician- Zafar Anjum[4] The Narrow Road to the Deep North-Richard Flanagan[5] Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna - GautamChintamani[6] Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar-Dilip D?Souza[7] Untold Story of the Indian Public Sector Dr. U.D. Choubey[8] Empire to Independence- Jai Krishan Kaushik[9] One Life is Not Enough- Natwar Singh[10] The Lives of Others- Neel Mukherji[11] The Vijay Mallya Story- K.Giriprakash[12] The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh- Sanjaya Baru[13] Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths - PCParakh[14] Hard Choices- Hillary Rodham Clinton[15] The Candidate - Anirudh Bhattacharya.[16] Arctic Summer- Damon Galgut[17] A Stamp is Born - C. R. Pakrashi[18] Anticipating India - The best of national interest- Shekhar Gupta[19] A Man and a Motorcycle, How Hamid Karzai Came to Power-Bette Dam[20] Syntheism Creating God in The Internet Age- Alexander Bard---------------------------------------------------------Durand Line: Indian and Afganisthan. In 1983 it was drawn by Sir Mortimer Durand. India recognizes the durand line but Afganisthan does not.Hindenburg Line: German and Poland. It was drawn in 1917 during World War I.Mahinot Line: A 320 km line.. Between France and Germany before World War II.McMahon Line: India and China. It was drawn in 1962 by Sir Henry McMahon.Radcliffe Line: Between India and Pakistan by Sir Cyril Radcliffe.Siegfried Line: It is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.17th Parallel: Between North and South Vietnam.24th Parallel: It is the line with Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan.38th Parallel: It is the parallel of latitude with separates North and South Korea.49th Parallel: The boundary between US and CanadaMannerheim Line: It is the line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. drawn up by General Mannerheim. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------National High Ways - For WBCS ExaminationsNo 1 Delhi to Amritsar (via Ambala and Jaulandhar)No 2 Delhi to Kolkata (via Mathura and Varanasi)No 3 Agra to Mumbai (via Gwalior and Nasik)No 4 Thane to Chennai (via Pune, Belgaum, Hubli, Bangaluru and Ranipet)No 5 Behargoda and Chennai (via Cuttack, Vishakhapatnam and Ranipet)No 6 Dhuria and Kolkata (via Nagpur, Raipur, Sambalpur)No 7 Varanasi and Kanyakumari (via nag[ur, Bangaluru, Maduri)No 8 Delhi and Mumbai (via Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Vadodara)No 9 Pune and Vijayawada (via Solapur and Hyderbad)No 10 Delhi and Farika proceeding to Indo-Pak border -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Indian State and its folk dances1 Andhra Pradesh- Kuchipudi, Ghantamardala, Ottam Thedal,Mohiniattam, Kolattam 2 Assam Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel gopal, Tabal chongli, Canoe, Jhumura habjanai, Ali ali ligang 3 Arunachal Pradesh - Bardo chham 4 Bihar-Jata-jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Samachakwa, Bidesia 5 Chhatisgarh-Panthi, Raut Nacha 6 Gujarat-Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani juriun, Bhaval, Padhar 7 Haryana -Jhumar, Phag, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor 8 Himachal Pradesh - Kinnauri Nati, Namgen, Jhora, Jhali, Chhari, Dhaman Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi 9 Jammu & Kashmir- Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, Kud Dandi Nach, Damali 10 Jharkhand -Karma 11 Karnataka -Yakshagan, Huttari, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi, Bayalata 12 Kerala- Kathakali, Ottam Thulal, Mohiniattam, Kaikottikali 13 Lakshadweep- Lava 14 Madhya Pradesh -Tertali, Charkula, Jawara, Matki dance, Phulpatti dance, Grida dance, Maanch, Gaur maria dance 15 Mizoram -Cheraw dance16 Manipur-Thangta,Dholcholom17 Maharashtra -Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada, Pavri18 Odisha -Odissi, Savari, Ghumara, Paika, Munari, Chhau, Gotipua, Sambalpuri 19 Puducherry- Garadi 20 Punjab -Bhangra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman, Malwai, Jhumar, Karthi, Kikli, Sammi, Dandass, Ludi, Jindua21 Rajasthan -Ghumar, Chakri, Gangaur, Jhulan, Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Kalbelia 22 Sikkim -Singhi chham 23 Tamil Nadu -Bharatnatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi, Karagattam, Theru koothu, Bommal attam, Puliyaattam, Oyilattam 24 Tripura- Hojagiri 25 Uttar Pradesh Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chhapeli, Jaita26 Uttarakhand -Garhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappelikolattam27 West Bangal-Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Kirtan |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||