First in India and World

✅ First in India and World

Q1. Who was the first woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, and when was it awarded?
A) Indira Gandhi, 1972
B) Mother Teresa, 1980
C) M. S. Subbulakshmi, 1998
D) Aruna Asaf Ali, 1991
✅ Answer: B) Mother Teresa, 1980
Explanation: Mother Teresa was the first woman recipient of India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980.


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Q2. Who was the first President of independent India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) S. Radhakrishnan
D) B.R. Ambedkar
✅ Answer: B) Rajendra Prasad

Q3. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Pratibha Patil
D) Sushma Swaraj
✅ Answer: B) Indira Gandhi

Q4. Who was the first Indian to go into space?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Sunita Williams
C) Rakesh Sharma
D) Vikram Sarabhai
✅ Answer: C) Rakesh Sharma

Q5. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
A) C.V. Raman
B) Mother Teresa
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Amartya Sen
✅ Answer: C) Rabindranath Tagore

Q6. Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
A) Karnam Malleswari
B) P.T. Usha
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Mary Kom
✅ Answer: A) Karnam Malleswari

Q7. Who was the first woman President of India?
A) Pratibha Patil
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Meira Kumar
✅ Answer: A) Pratibha Patil

Q8. Who was the first Indian to win the Bharat Ratna?
A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) C. Rajagopalachari
✅ Answer: D) C. Rajagopalachari

Q9. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Sucheta Kriplani
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
✅ Answer: A) Sarojini Naidu

Q10. Who was the first woman IPS officer in India?
A) Kiran Bedi
B) Rani Gaidinliu
C) Isha Basant Joshi
D) Aruna Asaf Ali
✅ Answer: A) Kiran Bedi

Q11. Who was the first Indian cricketer to score a double century in ODIs?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Rohit Sharma
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) MS Dhoni
✅ Answer: C) Sachin Tendulkar

Q12. Who was the first Indian woman in space?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Sunita Williams
C) Rakesh Sharma
D) Tessy Thomas
✅ Answer: A) Kalpana Chawla

Q13. Who was the first Indian to win Miss World title?
A) Aishwarya Rai
B) Reita Faria
C) Sushmita Sen
D) Lara Dutta
✅ Answer: B) Reita Faria

Q14. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Sucheta Kriplani
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Jayalalithaa
✅ Answer: B) Sucheta Kriplani

Q15. Who was the first Indian to climb Mount Everest?
A) Bachendri Pal
B) Tenzing Norgay
C) Narendra Dhar Jayal
D) Avtar Singh Cheema
✅ Answer: D) Avtar Singh Cheema

Q16. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
A) Bachendri Pal
B) Junko Tabei
C) Santosh Yadav
D) Premlata Agarwal
✅ Answer: A) Bachendri Pal

Q17. Who was the first Indian Nobel Laureate in Physics?
A) Homi Bhabha
B) C.V. Raman
C) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
D) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
✅ Answer: B) C.V. Raman

Q18. Who was the first Vice President of India?
A) Zakir Hussain
B) B.D. Jatti
C) S. Radhakrishnan
D) V.V. Giri
✅ Answer: C) S. Radhakrishnan

Q19. Who was the first Indian woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Kiran Bedi
C) Mother Teresa
D) Medha Patkar
✅ Answer: C) Mother Teresa

Q20. Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
A) Leander Paes
B) Abhinav Bindra
C) Rajyavardhan Rathore
D) Neeraj Chopra
✅ Answer: B) Abhinav Bindra


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