1. Who was the first President of India
A) S. Radhakrishnan
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Zakir Husain
D) V. V. Giri
2. Who was the first Prime Minister of India
A) Sardar Patel
B) Morarji Desai
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Who was the first Vice President of India
A) Zakir Husain
B) V. V. Giri
C) S. Radhakrishnan
D) G. S. Pathak
4. Who was the first Home Minister of India
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) B. R. Ambedkar
D) Rajendra Prasad
5. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
6. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Sucheta Kripalani
D) Pratibha Patil
7. Who was the first woman President of India
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Meira Kumar
C) Pratibha Patil
D) Sarojini Naidu
8. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Sucheta Kripalani
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
9. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state
A) Sucheta Kripalani
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Nandini Satpathy
10. 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
11. Who was the first Chief Justice of India
A) M. Patanjali Sastri
B) H. J. Kania
C) Mehr Chand Mahajan
D) B. K. Mukherjea
12. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize
A) C. V. Raman
B) Mother Teresa
C) Har Gobind Khorana
D) Rabindranath Tagore
13. Who was the first Indian to win the Bharat Ratna
A) S. Radhakrishnan
B) All of these
C) C. V. Raman
D) C. Rajagopalachari
14. Who was the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Prize
A) Mother Teresa
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Sarojini Naidu
15. Who was the first Indian in space
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Ravish Malhotra
C) Sunita Williams
D) Rakesh Sharma
16. Who was the first Indian woman in space
A) Sunita Williams
B) Tessy Thomas
C) Kalpana Chawla
D) Bachendri Pal
17. Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest
A) Santosh Yadav
B) Arunima Sinha
C) Premlata Agarwal
D) Bachendri Pal
18. Who was the first Indian to swim across the English Channel
A) Virdhawal Khade
B) Bula Choudhury
C) Mihir Sen
D) Arati Saha
19. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel
A) Bula Choudhury
B) Arati Saha
C) Nisha Millet
D) Shikha Tandon
20. 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
21. Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal
A) Karnam Malleswari
B) P. T. Usha
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Mary Kom
22. Who was the first Field Marshal of India
A) K. M. Cariappa
B) Sam Manekshaw
C) Bipin Rawat
D) Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
23. Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of independent India
A) Sam Manekshaw
B) Rajendrasinhji
C) Kodandera Thimayya
D) K. M. Cariappa
24. Who was the first Indian woman to become an IPS officer
A) Anna Rajam Malhotra
B) Aruna Bahuguna
C) Kiran Bedi
D) Vimla Mehra
25. Who was the first woman IAS officer of India
A) Sarla Grewal
B) Anna Rajam Malhotra
C) Kiran Bedi
D) Aruna Roy
26. Who was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award
A) Vinoba Bhave
B) Mother Teresa
C) Jayaprakash Narayan
D) Satyajit Ray
27. Who was the first Indian woman to become Miss World
A) Sushmita Sen
B) Aishwarya Rai
C) Diana Hayden
D) Reita Faria
28. Who was the first Indian woman to become Miss Universe
A) Lara Dutta
B) Reita Faria
C) Sushmita Sen
D) Aishwarya Rai
29. Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar award
A) Satyajit Ray
B) A. R. Rahman
C) Resul Pookutty
D) Bhanu Athaiya
30. Who was the first education minister of independent India
A) B. R. Ambedkar
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D) C. Rajagopalachari
31. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize
A) Kiran Desai
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Anita Desai
D) Jhumpa Lahiri
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. Who was the first Indian to reach Antarctica
A) Ranveer Singh Suri
B) Ajit Bajaj
C) Dr. Syed Zahoor Qasim
D) Mihir Sen
36. Who was the first Indian woman to cross the English Channel
A) Arati Saha
B) Bula Choudhury
C) Shikha Tandon
D) Nisha Millet
37. Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest twice
A) Bachendri Pal
B) Arunima Sinha
C) Premlata Agarwal
D) Santosh Yadav
38. Who was the first Indian woman IPS officer
A) Anna Rajam Malhotra
B) Kiran Bedi
C) Aruna Roy
D) Vimla Mehra
39. Who was the first Indian to receive the Jnanpith Award
A) G. Sankara Kurup
B) Mahadevi Verma
C) Amrita Pritam
D) Kuvempu
40. 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