Wednesday, August 15, 2012
OLYMPIC QUIZ
OLYMPIC QUIZ
1. At the 1908 London Olympics, much of the focus during the marathon event fell on Dorando Pietri, the Italian runner who entered the stadium first. However, he took a wrong turn, collapsed, was helped up by doctors, fell three more times, before being half-carried across the finish line by race officials. However, all this help got him disqualified. He did receive a special silver cup from Queen Alexandra of Denmark. Who was declared the winner after Pietri was disqualified?
Johnny Hayes (USA)
2. The Olympic Creed - "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." This was adopted by Baron de Coubertin after hearing it from a sermon by the Bishop of Philadelphia. In what year was the creed first used?
1912 Stockholm
3.Which young gymnast from the U.S.S.R. won the hearts of many for her alistic style in the 1972 Munich Olympics?
Olga Korbut
3. In the first Olympic Winter Games, who won a Silver Medal in the 5000m speed skating event and a Gold Medal in the 10,000m speed skating event?
Julius Skutnabb (Finland)
4. On February 12, 2010, luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died after crashing, flying over a wall, and hitting his head on a metal support beam on the Whistler Sliding Center in Vancouver, Canada. Which country was he competing for?
Georgia
5. In 1980 Lake Placid Games, the USA men's ice hockey team beat the USSR 4-3 in the round-robin tournament. What was this game nicknamed?
Miracle on Ice
6. In the 1908 London Olympics, Jay Gould of the USA won the first (and to date only) Olympic Gold medal awarded for "Jeu de Paume". By what name is this sport better known in English-speaking countries?
Real Tennis
7. In the 1908 London Olympic Games, the finalists in this event were two 8-man teams of British policemen, from London (who took Gold) and Liverpool (Silver). A third team of British police took the Bronze medal by default, when their Swedish opponents didn't bother to turn up for the match. What now discontinued sport was this?
Tug-of-War
8. The Olympic Rope Climb was competed for on five occasions between 1896 and 1932, competitors being timed on the speed with which they ascended a free-hanging rope. But in the 1896 Athens Games, why did only two competitors reach the top of the 14-metre rope?
The rope was too long for most competitors
9. In the 1900 Paris Olympics, why did Frederick Lane of Australia have to climb over a pole and a row of boats, and swim under another row of boats. In which event he won the gold medal?
"Obstacle Race - Swimming" event
10. Not all discontinued sports appeared only in the earliest Olympic Games. This individual event was featured in three Games in 1984 (Los Angeles), 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Barcelona), during which period the USA, Canada and Japan were the only countries to win medals.
Solo Synchronised Swimming
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Friday, August 12, 2011
PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS AND OTHER HEADS OF THE NATION
Presidents of India
Name Tenure
Dr Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) 26 January 1950-13 May 1962
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 13 May 1962-13 May 1967
Dr Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) 13 May 1967-3 May 1969
Varahagiri Venkatagiri(V V Giri) (1884-1980) (Acting)3 May 1969-20 July 1969
Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905-1992) (Acting)20 July 1969-24 August 1969
Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980)24 August 1969-24 August 1974
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977)24 August 1974-11 February 1977
B.D. Jatti (1913-2002) (Acting)11 February 1977-25 July 1977
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) 25 July 1977-25 July 1982
Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) 25 July 1982-25 July 1987
R. Venkataraman (B-1910) 25 July 1987-25 July 1992
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) 25 July 1992-25 July 1997
K.R. Narayanan (1920-2005) 25 July 1997-25 July 2002
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Birth-1931) 25 July 2002-25 July 2007
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil (B - 1934) 25 July 2007 - Continuing
Vice-Presidents of India
Name Tenure
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 1952-1962
Dr Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) 1962-1967
Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980)1967-1969
Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896-1982)1969-1974
B.D. Jatti (1913-2002)1974-1979
Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905-1992)1979-1984
R. Venkataraman (B-1910)1984-1987
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999)1987-1992
K.R. Narayanan (1920-1925)1992-1997
Krishan Kant (1927-2002)1997-2002
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat(1923- 2010)2002-2007
Mohammad Hamid Ansari (B - 1937) 11 August 2007 - Continuing
Prime Ministers of India
Name Tenure
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)15 August 1947-27 May 1964
Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) (Acting)27 May 1964-9 June 1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966)09 June 1964-11 January 1966
Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) (Acting)11 January 1966-24 January 1966
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)24 January1966-24 March 1977
Morarji Desai (1896-1995)24 March 1977-28 July 1979
Charan Singh (1902-1987)28 July 1979-14 January 1980
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)14 January 1980-31 October 1984
Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991)31 October 1984-1 December 1989
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931-2008)02 December 1989-10 November 1990
Chandra Shekhar (b-1927)10 November 1990-21 June 1991
P.V. Narasimha Rao (1921-2004)21 June 1991-16 May 1996
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926)16 May 1996-01 June 1996
H.D. Deve Gowda (B-1933)01 June 1996-21 April 1997
I.K. Gujral (b-1933)21 April 1997-18 March 1998
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (B-1926)19 March 1998 -13October 1999
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (B-1926)13 October 1999 - 22 May 2004
Dr. Manmohan Singh(B-1932) 22 May 2004 – continuing
Chief Justices of India
Name
Tenure
Harilal J. Kania
26 January 1950 - 6 November 1951
M. Patanjali Sastri
7 November 1951 - 3 January 1954
Mehar Chand Mahajan
4 January 1954 - 22 December 1954
B.K. Mukherjea
23 December 1954 - 31 January 1956
S.R. Das
01 February 1956 - 30 September 1959
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
1 October 1959 - 31 January 1964
P.B. Gajendragadkar
1 February 1964 - 15 March 1966
A.K. Sarkar
16 March 1966 - 29 June 1966
K. Subba Rao
30 June 1966 - 11 April 1967
K.N. Wanchoo
12 April 1967 - 24 February 1968
M. Hidayatullah
25 February 1968 - 16 December 1970
I.C. Shah
17 December 1970 - 21 January 1971
S.M. Sikri
22 January 1971 - 25 April 1973
A.N. Ray
26 April 1973 - 27 January 1977
M.H. Beg
28 January 1977 - 21 February 1978
Y.V. Chandrachud
22 February 1978 - 11 July 1985
P.N. Bhagwati
12 July 1985 - 20 December 1986
R.S. Pathak
21 December 1986 - 18 June 1989
E.S. Venkataramaiah
19 June 1989 - 17 December 1989
S. Mukherjee
18 December 1989 - 25 September 1990
Ranganath Mishra
26 September 1990 - 24 November 1991
K.N. Singh
25 November 1991 - 12 December 1991
M.H. Kania
13 December 1991 - 17 November 1992
I.M. Sharma
18 November 1992 - 11 February 1993
M.N. Venkatachalaiah
12 February 1993 - 24 October 1994
A.M. Ahmadi
25 October 1994 - 24 March 1997
J.S. Verma
25 March 1997 - 17 January 1998
M.M. Punchhi
18 January 1998 - 9 October 1998
A.S. Anand
10 October 1998 - 31 October 2001
S.P. Bharucha
01 November 2001 - 5 May 2002
B.N. Kirpal
6 May 2002 - 7 November 2002
G.B. Pattanaiak
8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002
V.N. Khare
19 December 2002 - 1 May 2004
S. Rajendra Babu
02 May 2004 - 31 May 2004
R.C. Lahoti
01 June 2004 - 31 October 2005
Y.K. Sabharwal
01 November 2005 - 14 January 2007
K.G.Balakrishnan
14 January 2007 - 12 May 2010
S.H.Kapadia
12 May 2010 – continuing-----
Chief Election Commissioners of India
Name
Tenure
Sukumar Sen
21 March 1950-19 December 1958
K.V.K. Sundaram
20 December 1958-30 September 1967
S.P. Sen Verma
01 October 1967-30 September 1972
Dr Nagendra Singh
01 October 1972-6 February 1973
T. Swaminathan
07 February 1973-17 June 1977
S.L. Shakdhar
18 June 1977-17 June 1982
R.K. Trivedi
18 June 1982-31 December 1985
R.V.S. Peri Sastri
01 January 1986-25 November 1990
Smt V.S. Rama Devi
26 November 1990-11 December 1990
T.N. Seshan
12 December 1990-11 December 1996
M.S. Gill
12 December 1996-13 June 2001
J.M. Lyngdoh
14 June 2001 - 7 February 2004
T.S. Krishna Murthy
08 February 2004 - 15 May 2005
B.B. Tandon
16 May 2005 - 29 June 2006
N. Gopalaswamy
30 June 2006 - 20 April 2009
Navin Chawla
21 April 2009 - 29 July 2010
S.Y. Qureshi
30 July - Continuing
Chiefs of Army Staff
Name
Tenure
General Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji
01 April 1955-14 May 1955
General S.M. Srinagesh
15 May 1955-7 May 1957
General K.S. Thimayya
08 May 1957-7 May 1961
General R.N. Thapar
08 May 1961-19 November 1962
General J.N. Choudhuri
20 November 1962-7 June 1966
General P.P. Kumaramangalam
08 June 1966-7 June 1969
General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
08 June 1969-31 December 1972
Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
01 January 1973-14 January 1973
General G.G. Bewoor
15 January 1973-31 May 1975
General T.N. Raina
01 June 1975-31 May 1978
General O.P. Malhotra
01 June 1978-31 May 1981
General K.V. Krishna Rao
01 June 1981-31 July 1983
General A.S. Vaidya
01 August 1983-31 January 1986
General K. Sunderji
01 February 1986-30 April 1988
General V.N. Sharma
01 May 1988-30 June 1990
General S.F. Rodrigues
01 July 1990-30 June 1993
General B.C. Joshi
01 July 1993-18 November 1994
General S. Roychowdhury
22 November 1994-30 September 1997
General V.P. Malik
01 October 1997-30 September 2000
General S. Padmanabhan
30 September 2000-31 December 2002
General J.J. Singh
01 February 2005 - 30 September 2007
General Deepak Kapoor
30 September 2007-30 March 2010
General V.K. Singh
31 March 2010 - Continuing
Chiefs of Naval Staff
Name
Tenure
Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall
15 August 1947-14 August 1948
Admiral Sir Edward Parry
15 August 1948-13 October 1951
Admiral Sir Mark Pizey
14 October 1951-21 July 1955
Vice Admiral Sir Stephen Carlill
22 July 1955-21 April 1958
Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
22 April 1958-4 June 1962
Vice Admiral B.S. Soman
05 June 1962-3 March 1966
Admiral A.K. Chatterjee
04 March 1966-27 February 1970
Admiral S.M. Nanda
28 February 1970-28 February 1973
Admiral S.N. Kohli
01 March 1973-28 February 1976
Admiral J.L. Cursetji
01 March 1976-28 February 1979
Admiral R.L. Pereira
01 March 1979-28 February 1982
Admiral O.S. Dawson
01 March 1982-30 November 1984
Admiral R.H. Tahiliani
01 December 1984-30 November 1987
Admiral J.G. Nadkarni
01 December 1987-30 November 1990
Admiral Ramdas
01 December 1990-30 September 1993
Admiral V.S. Shekhawat
01 October 1993-30 September 1996
Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat
01 October 1996-30 December 1998
Admiral Sushil Kumar
31 December 1998 - 29 December 2001
Admiral Madhvendra Singh
29 December 2001 - 31 July 2004
Admiral Arun Prakash
01 August 2004 - 30 October 2006
Admiral Sureesh Mehta
30 October 2006 - 31 August 2009
Admiral Nirmal Verma
31 August 2009- Continuing
Chiefs of Air Staff
Name
Tenure
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
15 August 1947-21 February 1950
Air Marshal Sir Ronald Chapman
22 February 1950-9 December 1951
Air Marshal Sir Gerald Gibbs
10 December 1951-31 March 1954
Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
01 April 1954-8 November 1960
Air Marshal A.M. Engineer
01 December 1960-31 July 1964
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh
01 August 1964-15 July 1969
Air Chief Marshal P.C. Lal
16 July 1969-15 January 1973
Air Chief Marshal O.P. Mehra
16 January 1973-31 January 1976
Air Chief Marshal H. Moolgavkar
01 February 1976-31 August 1978
Air Chief Marshal I.H. Latif
01 September 1978-31 August 1981
Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh
01 September 1981-4 September 1984
Air Chief Marshal L.M. Katre
05 September 1984-1 July 1985
Air Chief Marshal D.A. La Fontaine
03 July 1985-31 July 1988
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Mehra
01 August 1988-31 July 1991
Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri
01 August 1991-31 July 1993
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Kaul
01 August 1993-31 December 1995
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen
01 January 1996-31 December 1998
Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis
01 January 1999-31 December 2001
Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamys
31 December 2001-31 December 2004
Air Chief Marshal S. P. Tyagi
31 December 2004-31 March 2007
Air Chief Marshal M.F. Major
31 March 2007-31 March 2009
Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik
31 March 2009 - Continuing
Chairmen of Union Public Service Commission
Name
Tenure
Sir Ross Barker
1926-1932
Sir David Petrie
August 1932-1936
Sir Eyre
1937-1942
Sir F.W. Robertson
1942-1947
Sh. H.K. Kripalani
1 April 1947-13 January 1949
Sh. R.N. Banerjee
14 January 1949-9 May 1955
Sh. N. Govindarajan
10 May 1955-9 December 1955
Sh. V.S. Hejmadi
10 December 1955-9 December 1961
Sh. B.N. Jha
11 December 1961-22 February 1967
Sh. K.R. Damle
18 April 1967-2 March 1971
Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar
11 May 1971-1 February 1973
Dr. A.R. Kidwai
5 February 1973-4 February 1979
Dr. M.L. Shahare
16 February 1979-16 February 1985
Sh. H.K.L. Capoor
18 February 1985-5 March 1990
Sh. J.P. Gupta
05 March 1990-2 June 1992
Smt. R.M. Bathew (Kharbuli)
23 September 1992-23 August 1996
Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal
23 August 1996-30 September 1996
Sh. J.M. Qureshi
30 September 1996-11 December 1998
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath
11 December 1998-25 June 2002
Sh. P.C. Hota
25 June 2002-8 September 2003
Sh. Mata Prasad
08 September 2003-04 January 2005
Dr. S.R. Hashim
04 January 2005-01 April 2006
Sh. Gurbachan Jagat
01 April 2006-30 June 2007
Prof. D.P. Agrawal
Incumbent
Name Tenure
Dr Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) 26 January 1950-13 May 1962
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 13 May 1962-13 May 1967
Dr Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) 13 May 1967-3 May 1969
Varahagiri Venkatagiri(V V Giri) (1884-1980) (Acting)3 May 1969-20 July 1969
Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905-1992) (Acting)20 July 1969-24 August 1969
Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980)24 August 1969-24 August 1974
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977)24 August 1974-11 February 1977
B.D. Jatti (1913-2002) (Acting)11 February 1977-25 July 1977
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) 25 July 1977-25 July 1982
Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) 25 July 1982-25 July 1987
R. Venkataraman (B-1910) 25 July 1987-25 July 1992
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) 25 July 1992-25 July 1997
K.R. Narayanan (1920-2005) 25 July 1997-25 July 2002
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Birth-1931) 25 July 2002-25 July 2007
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil (B - 1934) 25 July 2007 - Continuing
Vice-Presidents of India
Name Tenure
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 1952-1962
Dr Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) 1962-1967
Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980)1967-1969
Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896-1982)1969-1974
B.D. Jatti (1913-2002)1974-1979
Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905-1992)1979-1984
R. Venkataraman (B-1910)1984-1987
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999)1987-1992
K.R. Narayanan (1920-1925)1992-1997
Krishan Kant (1927-2002)1997-2002
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat(1923- 2010)2002-2007
Mohammad Hamid Ansari (B - 1937) 11 August 2007 - Continuing
Prime Ministers of India
Name Tenure
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)15 August 1947-27 May 1964
Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) (Acting)27 May 1964-9 June 1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966)09 June 1964-11 January 1966
Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) (Acting)11 January 1966-24 January 1966
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)24 January1966-24 March 1977
Morarji Desai (1896-1995)24 March 1977-28 July 1979
Charan Singh (1902-1987)28 July 1979-14 January 1980
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)14 January 1980-31 October 1984
Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991)31 October 1984-1 December 1989
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931-2008)02 December 1989-10 November 1990
Chandra Shekhar (b-1927)10 November 1990-21 June 1991
P.V. Narasimha Rao (1921-2004)21 June 1991-16 May 1996
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926)16 May 1996-01 June 1996
H.D. Deve Gowda (B-1933)01 June 1996-21 April 1997
I.K. Gujral (b-1933)21 April 1997-18 March 1998
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (B-1926)19 March 1998 -13October 1999
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (B-1926)13 October 1999 - 22 May 2004
Dr. Manmohan Singh(B-1932) 22 May 2004 – continuing
Chief Justices of India
Name
Tenure
Harilal J. Kania
26 January 1950 - 6 November 1951
M. Patanjali Sastri
7 November 1951 - 3 January 1954
Mehar Chand Mahajan
4 January 1954 - 22 December 1954
B.K. Mukherjea
23 December 1954 - 31 January 1956
S.R. Das
01 February 1956 - 30 September 1959
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
1 October 1959 - 31 January 1964
P.B. Gajendragadkar
1 February 1964 - 15 March 1966
A.K. Sarkar
16 March 1966 - 29 June 1966
K. Subba Rao
30 June 1966 - 11 April 1967
K.N. Wanchoo
12 April 1967 - 24 February 1968
M. Hidayatullah
25 February 1968 - 16 December 1970
I.C. Shah
17 December 1970 - 21 January 1971
S.M. Sikri
22 January 1971 - 25 April 1973
A.N. Ray
26 April 1973 - 27 January 1977
M.H. Beg
28 January 1977 - 21 February 1978
Y.V. Chandrachud
22 February 1978 - 11 July 1985
P.N. Bhagwati
12 July 1985 - 20 December 1986
R.S. Pathak
21 December 1986 - 18 June 1989
E.S. Venkataramaiah
19 June 1989 - 17 December 1989
S. Mukherjee
18 December 1989 - 25 September 1990
Ranganath Mishra
26 September 1990 - 24 November 1991
K.N. Singh
25 November 1991 - 12 December 1991
M.H. Kania
13 December 1991 - 17 November 1992
I.M. Sharma
18 November 1992 - 11 February 1993
M.N. Venkatachalaiah
12 February 1993 - 24 October 1994
A.M. Ahmadi
25 October 1994 - 24 March 1997
J.S. Verma
25 March 1997 - 17 January 1998
M.M. Punchhi
18 January 1998 - 9 October 1998
A.S. Anand
10 October 1998 - 31 October 2001
S.P. Bharucha
01 November 2001 - 5 May 2002
B.N. Kirpal
6 May 2002 - 7 November 2002
G.B. Pattanaiak
8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002
V.N. Khare
19 December 2002 - 1 May 2004
S. Rajendra Babu
02 May 2004 - 31 May 2004
R.C. Lahoti
01 June 2004 - 31 October 2005
Y.K. Sabharwal
01 November 2005 - 14 January 2007
K.G.Balakrishnan
14 January 2007 - 12 May 2010
S.H.Kapadia
12 May 2010 – continuing-----
Chief Election Commissioners of India
Name
Tenure
Sukumar Sen
21 March 1950-19 December 1958
K.V.K. Sundaram
20 December 1958-30 September 1967
S.P. Sen Verma
01 October 1967-30 September 1972
Dr Nagendra Singh
01 October 1972-6 February 1973
T. Swaminathan
07 February 1973-17 June 1977
S.L. Shakdhar
18 June 1977-17 June 1982
R.K. Trivedi
18 June 1982-31 December 1985
R.V.S. Peri Sastri
01 January 1986-25 November 1990
Smt V.S. Rama Devi
26 November 1990-11 December 1990
T.N. Seshan
12 December 1990-11 December 1996
M.S. Gill
12 December 1996-13 June 2001
J.M. Lyngdoh
14 June 2001 - 7 February 2004
T.S. Krishna Murthy
08 February 2004 - 15 May 2005
B.B. Tandon
16 May 2005 - 29 June 2006
N. Gopalaswamy
30 June 2006 - 20 April 2009
Navin Chawla
21 April 2009 - 29 July 2010
S.Y. Qureshi
30 July - Continuing
Chiefs of Army Staff
Name
Tenure
General Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji
01 April 1955-14 May 1955
General S.M. Srinagesh
15 May 1955-7 May 1957
General K.S. Thimayya
08 May 1957-7 May 1961
General R.N. Thapar
08 May 1961-19 November 1962
General J.N. Choudhuri
20 November 1962-7 June 1966
General P.P. Kumaramangalam
08 June 1966-7 June 1969
General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
08 June 1969-31 December 1972
Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
01 January 1973-14 January 1973
General G.G. Bewoor
15 January 1973-31 May 1975
General T.N. Raina
01 June 1975-31 May 1978
General O.P. Malhotra
01 June 1978-31 May 1981
General K.V. Krishna Rao
01 June 1981-31 July 1983
General A.S. Vaidya
01 August 1983-31 January 1986
General K. Sunderji
01 February 1986-30 April 1988
General V.N. Sharma
01 May 1988-30 June 1990
General S.F. Rodrigues
01 July 1990-30 June 1993
General B.C. Joshi
01 July 1993-18 November 1994
General S. Roychowdhury
22 November 1994-30 September 1997
General V.P. Malik
01 October 1997-30 September 2000
General S. Padmanabhan
30 September 2000-31 December 2002
General J.J. Singh
01 February 2005 - 30 September 2007
General Deepak Kapoor
30 September 2007-30 March 2010
General V.K. Singh
31 March 2010 - Continuing
Chiefs of Naval Staff
Name
Tenure
Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall
15 August 1947-14 August 1948
Admiral Sir Edward Parry
15 August 1948-13 October 1951
Admiral Sir Mark Pizey
14 October 1951-21 July 1955
Vice Admiral Sir Stephen Carlill
22 July 1955-21 April 1958
Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
22 April 1958-4 June 1962
Vice Admiral B.S. Soman
05 June 1962-3 March 1966
Admiral A.K. Chatterjee
04 March 1966-27 February 1970
Admiral S.M. Nanda
28 February 1970-28 February 1973
Admiral S.N. Kohli
01 March 1973-28 February 1976
Admiral J.L. Cursetji
01 March 1976-28 February 1979
Admiral R.L. Pereira
01 March 1979-28 February 1982
Admiral O.S. Dawson
01 March 1982-30 November 1984
Admiral R.H. Tahiliani
01 December 1984-30 November 1987
Admiral J.G. Nadkarni
01 December 1987-30 November 1990
Admiral Ramdas
01 December 1990-30 September 1993
Admiral V.S. Shekhawat
01 October 1993-30 September 1996
Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat
01 October 1996-30 December 1998
Admiral Sushil Kumar
31 December 1998 - 29 December 2001
Admiral Madhvendra Singh
29 December 2001 - 31 July 2004
Admiral Arun Prakash
01 August 2004 - 30 October 2006
Admiral Sureesh Mehta
30 October 2006 - 31 August 2009
Admiral Nirmal Verma
31 August 2009- Continuing
Chiefs of Air Staff
Name
Tenure
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
15 August 1947-21 February 1950
Air Marshal Sir Ronald Chapman
22 February 1950-9 December 1951
Air Marshal Sir Gerald Gibbs
10 December 1951-31 March 1954
Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
01 April 1954-8 November 1960
Air Marshal A.M. Engineer
01 December 1960-31 July 1964
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh
01 August 1964-15 July 1969
Air Chief Marshal P.C. Lal
16 July 1969-15 January 1973
Air Chief Marshal O.P. Mehra
16 January 1973-31 January 1976
Air Chief Marshal H. Moolgavkar
01 February 1976-31 August 1978
Air Chief Marshal I.H. Latif
01 September 1978-31 August 1981
Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh
01 September 1981-4 September 1984
Air Chief Marshal L.M. Katre
05 September 1984-1 July 1985
Air Chief Marshal D.A. La Fontaine
03 July 1985-31 July 1988
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Mehra
01 August 1988-31 July 1991
Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri
01 August 1991-31 July 1993
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Kaul
01 August 1993-31 December 1995
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen
01 January 1996-31 December 1998
Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis
01 January 1999-31 December 2001
Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamys
31 December 2001-31 December 2004
Air Chief Marshal S. P. Tyagi
31 December 2004-31 March 2007
Air Chief Marshal M.F. Major
31 March 2007-31 March 2009
Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik
31 March 2009 - Continuing
Chairmen of Union Public Service Commission
Name
Tenure
Sir Ross Barker
1926-1932
Sir David Petrie
August 1932-1936
Sir Eyre
1937-1942
Sir F.W. Robertson
1942-1947
Sh. H.K. Kripalani
1 April 1947-13 January 1949
Sh. R.N. Banerjee
14 January 1949-9 May 1955
Sh. N. Govindarajan
10 May 1955-9 December 1955
Sh. V.S. Hejmadi
10 December 1955-9 December 1961
Sh. B.N. Jha
11 December 1961-22 February 1967
Sh. K.R. Damle
18 April 1967-2 March 1971
Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar
11 May 1971-1 February 1973
Dr. A.R. Kidwai
5 February 1973-4 February 1979
Dr. M.L. Shahare
16 February 1979-16 February 1985
Sh. H.K.L. Capoor
18 February 1985-5 March 1990
Sh. J.P. Gupta
05 March 1990-2 June 1992
Smt. R.M. Bathew (Kharbuli)
23 September 1992-23 August 1996
Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal
23 August 1996-30 September 1996
Sh. J.M. Qureshi
30 September 1996-11 December 1998
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath
11 December 1998-25 June 2002
Sh. P.C. Hota
25 June 2002-8 September 2003
Sh. Mata Prasad
08 September 2003-04 January 2005
Dr. S.R. Hashim
04 January 2005-01 April 2006
Sh. Gurbachan Jagat
01 April 2006-30 June 2007
Prof. D.P. Agrawal
Incumbent
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
QUIZ FOR TODAY
Hai friends , After a short break I am once again trying to post some wonderful quiz questions in this blog…………………………………. Happy quizzing…………………
1. Whose members get “promoted to glory” on their death?
Salvation Army
2. Who was the leader of wolves in Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book?
Akala
3. The density of what is measured on the Rngelmann Scale?
Smoke
4. What is the hundredth digit in Pi?
9
5. Saba-Al-Kheer in Arabic. What in English?
Good Morning
6. Which world famous word was first mentioned in a poem “ Praecepta de medicine” by a physician Quintus Severus Sammonicus in the 2nd century AD. The origin of the word is not known. Name it?
Abracadabra
7. Name the word which may have been, first used by Gottfried Liebniz and the word originated from the name of the Persian mathematician Al-khowarizmi- Which word?
Algorithm
With love and regards
Yours jithesh maniyat
1. Whose members get “promoted to glory” on their death?
Salvation Army
2. Who was the leader of wolves in Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book?
Akala
3. The density of what is measured on the Rngelmann Scale?
Smoke
4. What is the hundredth digit in Pi?
9
5. Saba-Al-Kheer in Arabic. What in English?
Good Morning
6. Which world famous word was first mentioned in a poem “ Praecepta de medicine” by a physician Quintus Severus Sammonicus in the 2nd century AD. The origin of the word is not known. Name it?
Abracadabra
7. Name the word which may have been, first used by Gottfried Liebniz and the word originated from the name of the Persian mathematician Al-khowarizmi- Which word?
Algorithm
With love and regards
Yours jithesh maniyat
Sunday, December 5, 2010
BELEIVE IT OR NOT
1. 1.The word "diamond" comes from the Greek word "adamas," which means "unconquerable.".
2. Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically his name means "apple sauce" in Japanese.
3.The average person can live about a month without eating any food, but can only live about a weekwithout water
4. In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage. If the girl caught it,that would mean she accepts.
5. Oral-B is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B, which stands for the word better.
With loving quizzing moments
3. 3.
MIXED BAG
1. 1. In which language do all nouns end in 'o', all adjectives in 'a', all adverbs in 'e' and all infinitives in 'i'? In Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator' the signboards in the Jewish quarter of Tomania, were in the same language. Which is the language?
Esperanto
2. 2. He was christened 'Eldrick' and has been described by newsweek as one eighth native American, one eighth African American, one quarter Chinese, one quarter White and one quarter Thai. Who is he?
Tiger Woods , world famous golfer
3. 3.Brushes with history is the auto biography of which famous business man?
Krishna Kumar Birla
4. 4.When asked about his religious views, he said, “Thank God I’m an atheist.” In 1930, he sparked riots among French right-wingers, because of the anticlerical content in his film, L’Âge d'Or. He depicted poverty among the Spanish peasantry in Land Without Bread, then made several films in Mexico, including El Bruto, The Young One, and Los Olvidados. Awarded the Golden Palm in 1961 for Viridiana, FTP name this Spanish surrealist filmmaker who collaborated with Salvador Dali on Un Chien Andalou.
Luis Buñuel
5. 5.After a distinguished military career, he became President of the U.S.A. in 1952. What was his name?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
With loving quizzing moments
Sunday, November 28, 2010
IMPORANT DAYS
IMPORTANT DAYS
A YEAR CONTAINS 365 DAYS AND EACH AND EVERY DAY HAS ITS OWN IMPORTANCE. PLEASE SEE THE LIST ATTACHED BELOW. IT IS A COMPILATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. IF ANY DISCREPANCY IS NOTICING PLEASE MAIL ME @
JANUARY
JANUARY 1- NEW YEAR DAY
JANUARY 9-PRAVASI BHARATHEEYA DAY(NRI DAY)
JANUARY 10- WORLD LAUGHTER DAY
JANUARY 12- NATIONAL YOUTH DAY
JANUARY 15 -ARMY DAY
JANUARY 21- MANIPUR,MEGHALAYA,TRIPURA DAY
JANUARY 23- DESH PREM DIVAS
JANUARY 25- HIMACHAL PRADESH DAY
JANUARY 26 -REPUBLIC DAY , CUSTOMS DAY
JANUARY 30 -MARTYRS' DAY ,
WORLD LEPROSY ERADICATION DAY
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 14-VALENTINE’S DAY
2ND SUNDAY- MARRIAGE DAY
FEBRUARY 19- PANCHAYATHI RAJ DAY
FEBRUARY 24- CENTRAL EXCISE DAY
FEBRUARY 28 -NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY
MARCH
MARCH 8 -INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY
MARCH 13-NO SMOKING DAY
MARCH 15 -WORLD DISABLED DAY AND WORLD CONSUMER
RIGHTS DAY
MARCH 21 -WORLD FORESTRY DAY AND INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
MARCH 22 -WORLD DAY FOR WATER
MARCH 23 -WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY
MARCH 24 -WORLD TB DAY APRIL 5- NATIONAL MARITIME DAY
MARCH 27- STAGE ARTISTS DAY
APRIL
APRIL 1- FOOLS DAY
APRIL 5- NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR
MINE AWARENESS
APRIL 7- WORLD HEALTH DAY
APRIL 17- WORLD HAEMOPHILIA DAY
APRIL 18 -WORLD HERITAGE DAY
APRIL 22 -EARTH DAY
APRIL 23 -WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY
APRIL 24- WORLD LAB ANIMALS DAY
APRIL 25-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL DAY
MAY
MAY 1- GUJARATH,MAHARASHTRA DAY,INTERNATIONAL
LABOUR DAY
MAY 3- INTERNATIONAL SUN DAY,
WOLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY,WORLD ASTHMA DAY
MAY 4-COAL MINERS DAY
MAY 5-ATHLETICS DAY
MAY 8- RED CROSS DAY
MAY 9- WORLD THALASSEMIA DAY
MAY 11- NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY
MAY 12-INTER NATIONAL NURSES DAY,
WORLD HYPER TENSION DAY
MAY 13- INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DAY
NATIONAL SOLIDARITY DAY
MAY 15-INTERNATIOANL DAY OF FAMILIES
MAY 16- SIKKIM DAY
MAY 17- WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY
MAY 20- WORLD METROLOGY DAY
MAY 21-NATIONAL ANTI TERRORISM DAY
MAY 22- INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
MAY 28-OFFICIAL LANGUAGE DAY
MAY 30-GOA DAY
MAY 31-WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY
JUNE
JUNE 1 - INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
JUNE 3 - WORLD NATURIST DAY
JUNE 4 - INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR INNOCENT CHILDREN VICTIMS OF AGGRESSION
JUNE 5 - WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
JUNE 16 - FATHER'S DAY
JUNE 21 - HUGGING DAY,WORLD MUSIC DAY
JUNE 23 - INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC DAY
JUNE 26 - INTERNATIONAL ANTI - DRUGS DAY ,INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING
JUNE 27 - WORLD DIABETES DAY
3RD SUNDAY IN JUNE) -- FATHER'S DAY
JULY 1-DOCTOR'S DAY, INTERNATIONAL JOKES DAY
JULY2 - WORLD SPORTS JOURNALISTS DAY
JULY 4 - FREE 4TH OF JULY
JULY 6 - WORLD ZONNOSIS DAY
JULY 7 - INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CO-OPERATIVES
JULY 11 - WORLD POPULATION DAY
THIRD SUNDAY - NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY
JULY 21 – CHANDRA DINAM( INDIA)
JULY 26 - KARGIL VIJAY DIVAS
AUGUST
AUGUST 3 - LIBERATION DAY
AUGUST 5 - FRIENDSHIP DAY
AUGUST 6 - HIROSHIMA DAY
AUGUST 9 – QUIT INDIA DAY
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD'SINDIGENOUS
PEOPLE
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE
STRUGLEOF WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA
NAGASAKI DAY
AUGUST 10 - DENGUE PREVENTION DAY
AUGUST 12 - INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY
LIBRARIANS DAY
AUGUST 13 - LEFT HANDER'S DAY
AUGUST 15 - INDIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
WEST BENGAL DAY
AUGUST 19 - WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY
AUGUST 20 - WORLD MOSQUITO DAY
AUGUST 24 - KOLKATA'S BIRTH DAY
SANSKRIT DAY
AUGUST 26 - WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY
AUGUST 29 - NATIONAL SPORTS DAY
TELUGU LANGUAGE DAY
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 04 - MINORITY WELFARE DAY
SEPTEMBER 05 - TEACHERS DAY
SEPTEMBER 8 - WORLD LITERACY DAY
SEPTEMBER 10 - HARYANA STATEHOOD DAY
PUNJAB STATEHOOD DAY
SEPTEMBER 14 - HINDI DAY
SEPTEMBER 15 - ENGINEERS DAY
SEPTEMBER 16 - INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE PRESERVATION OF THE OZONE LAYER
SEPTEMBER 18 - INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
SEPTEMBER 21 - BIOSPHERE DAY
WORLD ALZHEIMER'S DAY
SEPTEMBER 22- ROSE DAY(WELFARE OF CANCER PATIENTS)
SEPTEMBER 24 - GIRL CHILD DAY
WORLD HEART DAY
SEPTEMBER 26 - CSIR FOUNDATION DAY ,DAY OF THE DEAF
SEPTEMBER 27 - WORLD TOURISM DAY
SEPTEMBER 28 - GUNNERS DAY
OCTOBER
OCTOBER 1 - INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DAY
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR OLDER PERSONS
NATIONAL VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION DAY
FIRST MONDAY - WORLD HABITAT DAY
OCTOBER 2 - GANDHI JAYANTHI, AHIMSA DINAM
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION DAY
PRISONER'S DAY
WORLD OSTONY DAY
OCTOBER 3 - WORLD ANIMAL DAY
OCTOBER 8 - AIR FORCE DAY
RAPID ACTION FORCE RAISING DAY
OCTOBER 9- WORLD POSTAL DAY
OCTOBER 10 -NATIONAL POSTAL DAY
2ND WEDNES DAY - WORLD DISASTER REDUCTION DAY
OCTOBER 12 - WORLD SIGHT DAY
OCTOBER 13 - WORLD ARTHRITIS DAY
OCTOBER 14 - WORLD STANDARDS DAY
OCTOBER 15 - WORLD WHITE CANE DAY
OCTOBER 16 - WORLD ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS DAY
WORLD FOOD DAY
OCTOBER 17 - INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY
OCTOBER 21 - GLOBAL IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS DAY
POLICE COMMEMORATION DAY
OCTOBER 24 - DISARMAMENT WEEK(24-30)
UNITED NATIONS DAY
OCTOBER 27 - INFANTRY DAY
OCTOBER 30 - WORLD THRIFT DAY
OCTOBER 31 - HALLOWEEN DAY, NATIONAL INTEGRATION DAY
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 1 - ANDHRA PRADESH FORMATION DAY
HARYANA, KARNATAKA, KERALA, MADHYA
PRADESH, PUNJAB STATES FORMATION DAY
NOVEMBER 9 - LEGAL SERVICES DAY, UTTARANCHAL STATE
FORMATION DAY
NOVEMBER 10 - FOREST MARTYRS DAY
NOVEMBER 11 - ARMISTICE DAY
EDUCATION DAY
NOVEMBER 12 - NATIONAL BROADCASTING DAY
NOVEMBER 14 - CHILDREN'S DAY
WORLD DIABETES DAY
NOVEMBER 15 - JHARKHAND STATE FORMATION DAY , THANKS
GIVING DAY
NOVEMBER 16 - INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE,NATIONAL PRESS DAY
NOVEMBER 17 - NATIONAL DAY FOR THE DEAF
NOVEMBER 18 - TERRITORIAL ARMY DAY
NOVEMBER 19 - NATIONAL INTEGRATION DAY
NOVEMBER 20 - AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY
NOVEMBER 21 - WORLD FISHERIES DAY
WORLD HELLO DAY
WORLD TELEVISION DAY
NOVEMBER 25 - INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
NOVEMBER 26 - NATIONAL LAW DAY
NOVEMBER 29- INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 1 - WORLD AIDS DAY, BORDER SECURITY FORCE
(BSF) RAISING DAY,NAGALAND DAY
DECEMBER 2 -INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY (UNO)
DECEMBER 3 - INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS
WORLD CONSERVATION DAY
DECEMBER 4 - CHEMICAL DISASTER PREVENTION DAY
NAVY DAY
DECEMBER 5 - INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY
DECEMBER 6 - ARMED FORCES DAY
CIVIL DEFENCE DAY
DECEMBER 7 - INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION DAY
DECEMBER 8 -HOME GUARDS RAISING DAY, SUBMARINE DAY
DECEMBER 9 - NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY
DECEMBER 10 - HUMAN RIGHTS DAY,INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS DAY OF BROADCASTING
DECEMBER 11 - UNICEF DAY
DECEMBER 12 - ASSAM RIFLES RAISING DAY
DECEMBER 14 - NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION DAY
DECEMBER 16 - VIJAY DIVAS
DECEMBER 17 - PENSIONER'S DAY
DECCEMBER18 - INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY
MINORITIES RIGHTS DAY
DECEMBER 22 - MATHEMATICS DAY
DECEMBER 23 - KISAN DAY
DECEMBER 24 - NATIONAL CONSUMER DAY
DECEMBER 25 - X-MAS DAY
DECEMBER 26 - BOXING DAY
DECEMBER 28 - CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE ANNIVERSARY
WITH LOVE AND REGARDS YOURS jitheshmaniyat@gmail.com
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
MIXED BAG QUESTIONS
1.Which American state is nicknamed The Diamond State? Delaware2. Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810? Stethoscope3. If you suffer from cynanthropy what do you think you are?
Dog
4. What is the commonest symbol on flags of the world?
Star
5. The First Cyber Forensic and Digital Analysis Centre in India has started functioning in which city?
Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala)6. Name of the book in which the first history of Clinton scandal has been written and the same book also alleges that Clinton had an affair with Susan mcdougal of Whitewater infamy “The Death of American Virtue”7. Which scientist who has a unit of relative speed named after him, ironically scorned the theory of relativity and Rejected the existence of atoms as a 'mental artifice' who? Ernest Mach8. With Marshal mccluhan, there two catch phrases associated which became popular. Which ones?
Global village and The Medium is the message 9. To become US President one has to be naturally born citizen of America. Obviously the condition was waived for the first few Presidents. Who was the first Chief Executive to fulfill this condition?
Martin Van Buren 10.During the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, this company had a very controversial slogan. "You don't win silver, you lose gold". Which company?
Nike
11. Mangal Pande of the 34th Native Infantry Regiment was sentenced and hanged on April 8, 1857. The rest of the infantry was disarmed and disbanded. Who was the only other person to be executed in this regiment?
Iswari Prasad, the head guard. 12. The name of this language means "of the coast" in Arabic. Today it is the mother tongue of about six million people, most of them living near the Indian Ocean, but it is also spoken by about forty million others as the commonest language of a continent, with many borrowings from Hindi. What?
Swahili (or Kiswahili) 13 Which is the only product or process to be named after the US Patent Office?
Patent Leather.
14. "You have deliberately tasted two whole worms and now you can leave Oxford on the town drain". Name the Warden of New College Oxford who said this?
Reverend W.A. Spooner, after whom Spoonerisms are named
15. Which fictional character takes part of his name from the19th Century mascot of Princess Pat's Canadian regiment and part from that of a swan encountered by the writer and his family while on holiday?
Winnie the Pooh
HAPPY QUIZZING
JITHESHMANIYAT
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