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GK Questions On List of Firsts in India

The document provides a list of 15 multiple choice questions about various "firsts" in Indian history. It tests knowledge on topics such as: who was the first president of India (Dr. Rajendra Prasad), the first prime minister (Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru), the first Indian in space (Rakesh Sharma), and more "firsts" including the first home minister (Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel), the first chief justice (Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania), and the first Indian to win an Academy Award (Bhanu Athaiya). The document includes the questions and answers about these important milestones in India

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GK Questions On List of Firsts in India

The document provides a list of 15 multiple choice questions about various "firsts" in Indian history. It tests knowledge on topics such as: who was the first president of India (Dr. Rajendra Prasad), the first prime minister (Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru), the first Indian in space (Rakesh Sharma), and more "firsts" including the first home minister (Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel), the first chief justice (Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania), and the first Indian to win an Academy Award (Bhanu Athaiya). The document includes the questions and answers about these important milestones in India

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GK Questions On List Of Firsts In India

Answer the following questions on List of First Indians:

1. Who was the first President of India?

a) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru


b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) B.R. Ambedkar
d) Zakir Husain

2. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

a) Indira Gandhi
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru

3. Who was the first Indian to travel to space?

a) Rakesh Sharma
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Ravish Malhotra
d) Sunita Williams

4. Who was the first Indian pilot?

a) Sardar Baldev Singh


b) J.R.D. Tata
c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
d) R.K. Shanmukham Chetty

5. Who was the first Home Minister of India?

a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel


b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) Sardar Baldev Singh
d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
6. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

a) Indira Gandhi
b) J.R.D. Tata
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Subhash Chandra Bose

7. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss World contest?

a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Diana Hayden
c) Reita Faria
d) Aishwariya Rai

8. Who was the first Chief Justice of India of the apex court, Supreme Court?

a) Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania


b) Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das
c) Justice K. Subba Rao
d) Justice Y.V. Chandrachud

9. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna?

a) Pratibha Patil
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Mother Teresa
d) Lata Mangeshkar

10. Name the Indian who won the Miss Universe crown for the first time.

a) Lara Dutta
b) Sushmita Sen
c) Manushi Chillar
d) Reita Faria

11. Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

a) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar


b) Hukam Singh
c) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
d) Shivraj Patil
12. Who was the first woman Chief Minister in India?

a) Mamata Banerjee
b) Sushma Swaraj
c) Sucheta Kripalani
d) J. Jayalalithaa

13. Who was the first Railway Minister of India post-independence?

a) Swaran Singh
b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) Gulzarilal Nanda
d) John Mathai

14. Name the first Indian who won the Grammy Award.

a) Zakir Hussain
b) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
d) Ricky Kej

15. Who was the first Indian to win an Academy (Oscar) Award?

a) Bhanu Athaiya
b) A.R. Rahman
c) Gulzar
d) Resul Pookutty
Answers:

1. b) Dr. Rajendra 2. d) Pandit 3. a) Rakesh Sharma 4. b) J.R.D. 5. a) Sardar


Prasad Jawahar Lal Tata Vallabh Bhai
Nehru Patel

6. c) Rabindranath 7. c) Reita Faria 8. a) Justice Harilal 9. b) Indira 10. b) Sushmita


Tagore Jekisundas Kania Gandhi Sen

11. a) Ganesh 12. c) Sucheta 13. d) John Mathai 14. c) Pandit 15. a) Bhanu
Vasudev Mavalankar Kripalani Ravi Shankar Athaiya

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