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