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1. Who was the first education minister of independent India

A) B. R. Ambedkar

B) Rajendra Prasad

C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

D) C. Rajagopalachari

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

2. Who was the first woman President of India

A) Indira Gandhi

B) Meira Kumar

C) Pratibha Patil

D) Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: A

3. Who was the first Indian in space

A) Kalpana Chawla

B) Ravish Malhotra

C) Sunita Williams

D) Rakesh Sharma

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

4. Who was the first President of India

A) S. Radhakrishnan

B) Rajendra Prasad

C) Zakir Husain

D) V. V. Giri

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

5. Who was the first Indian to receive the Jnanpith Award

A) G. Sankara Kurup

B) Mahadevi Verma

C) Amrita Pritam

D) Kuvempu

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

6. Who was the first Vice President of India

A) Zakir Husain

B) V. V. Giri

C) S. Radhakrishnan

D) G. S. Pathak

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

7. Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of independent India

A) Sam Manekshaw

B) Rajendrasinhji

C) Kodandera Thimayya

D) K. M. Cariappa

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

8. Who was the first Indian woman to become Miss Universe

A) Lara Dutta

B) Reita Faria

C) Sushmita Sen

D) Aishwarya Rai

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

9. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state

A) Sarojini Naidu

B) Sucheta Kripalani

C) Indira Gandhi

D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

10. Who was the first Indian woman to become Miss World

A) Sushmita Sen

B) Aishwarya Rai

C) Diana Hayden

D) Reita Faria

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

11. Who was the first Home Minister of India

A) Jawaharlal Nehru

B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

C) B. R. Ambedkar

D) Rajendra Prasad

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

12. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India

A) C. Rajagopalachari

B) Lord Mountbatten

C) Rajendra Prasad

D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: B

13. Who was the first Indian woman to become a judge of a High Court

A) M. Fathima Beevi

B) Anna Chandy

C) Leila Seth

D) Ruma Pal

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: C

14. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics

A) Karnam Malleswari

B) P. V. Sindhu

C) Mary Kom

D) Saina Nehwal

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

15. Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest twice

A) Bachendri Pal

B) Arunima Sinha

C) Premlata Agarwal

D) Santosh Yadav

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: A

16. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India

A) Sarojini Naidu

B) Indira Gandhi

C) Sucheta Kripalani

D) Pratibha Patil

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

17. Who was the first Chief Justice of India

A) M. Patanjali Sastri

B) H. J. Kania

C) Mehr Chand Mahajan

D) B. K. Mukherjea

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

18. Who was the first Indian woman IPS officer

A) Anna Rajam Malhotra

B) Kiran Bedi

C) Aruna Roy

D) Vimla Mehra

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

19. Who was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award

A) Vinoba Bhave

B) Mother Teresa

C) Jayaprakash Narayan

D) Satyajit Ray

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

20. Who was the first Prime Minister of India

A) Sardar Patel

B) Morarji Desai

C) Lal Bahadur Shastri

D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

21. Who was the first Indian woman in space

A) Sunita Williams

B) Tessy Thomas

C) Kalpana Chawla

D) Bachendri Pal

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

22. Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar award

A) Satyajit Ray

B) A. R. Rahman

C) Resul Pookutty

D) Bhanu Athaiya

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

23. Who was the first Indian woman to cross the English Channel

A) Arati Saha

B) Bula Choudhury

C) Shikha Tandon

D) Nisha Millet

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

24. Who was the first Indian to swim across the English Channel

A) Virdhawal Khade

B) Bula Choudhury

C) Mihir Sen

D) Arati Saha

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

25. Who was the first woman IAS officer of India

A) Sarla Grewal

B) Anna Rajam Malhotra

C) Kiran Bedi

D) Aruna Roy

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

26. Who was the first Field Marshal of India

A) K. M. Cariappa

B) Sam Manekshaw

C) Bipin Rawat

D) Kodandera Subayya Thimayya

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

27. Who was the first Indian woman to become an IPS officer

A) Anna Rajam Malhotra

B) Aruna Bahuguna

C) Kiran Bedi

D) Vimla Mehra

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

28. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize

A) C. V. Raman

B) Mother Teresa

C) Har Gobind Khorana

D) Rabindranath Tagore

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

29. Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest

A) Santosh Yadav

B) Arunima Sinha

C) Premlata Agarwal

D) Bachendri Pal

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

30. Who was the first Indian to reach Antarctica

A) Ranveer Singh Suri

B) Ajit Bajaj

C) Dr. Syed Zahoor Qasim

D) Mihir Sen

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

31. Who was the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Prize

A) Mother Teresa

B) Indira Gandhi

C) Arundhati Roy

D) Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

32. Who was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India

A) Leila Seth

B) Ruma Pal

C) M. Fathima Beevi

D) Indu Malhotra

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

33. Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal

A) Karnam Malleswari

B) P. T. Usha

C) Saina Nehwal

D) Mary Kom

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

34. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel

A) Bula Choudhury

B) Arati Saha

C) Nisha Millet

D) Shikha Tandon

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

35. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize

A) Kiran Desai

B) Arundhati Roy

C) Anita Desai

D) Jhumpa Lahiri

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

36. Who was the first Indian to win the Bharat Ratna

A) S. Radhakrishnan

B) All of these

C) C. V. Raman

D) C. Rajagopalachari

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

37. Who was the first Indian to become Chief Election Commissioner of India

A) Sukumar Sen

B) T. N. Seshan

C) S. P. Sen Verma

D) Kalyan Sundaram

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

38. Who was the first Indian to get an Olympic individual gold medal

A) Leander Paes

B) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

C) Neeraj Chopra

D) Abhinav Bindra

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

39. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state

A) Sucheta Kripalani

B) Indira Gandhi

C) Sarojini Naidu

D) Nandini Satpathy

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

40. Who was the first Indian woman to become a governor of a state

A) Indira Gandhi

B) Sarojini Naidu

C) Sucheta Kripalani

D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

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