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First in India

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First President of India

a)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

b)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishna

c)

Zakir Hussain

d)

V V Giri

2.

First Vice President of India

a)

V V Giri

b)

Dr. Sarvepalli RadhaKrishnan

c)

Zakir Hussain

d)

Gopal Swarup Pathak

3.

First Prime Minister of India

a)

Gandhi

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Rajiv Gandhi

4.

The First Deputy Prime Minister of India

a)

Chaudhary Charan Singh

b)

Babu Jagjivan Ram

c)

Morarji Ranchodji Desai

d)

Sardar Vallabhbhai

5.

First Law Minister of India

a)

Kailash Nath Katju

b)

Charu Chandra Biswas

c)

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

d)

Ashoke Kumar Sen

6.

First Indian to get Param Vir Chakra

a)

Jadunath Singh

b)

Somnath Sharma

c)

Rama Raghoba Rane

d)

Piru Singh

7.

First Speaker of Lok Sabha

a)

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

b)

M A Ayyangar

c)

Hukam Singh

d)

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

8.

First Indian Air Chief

a)

Pratap Chandra Lal

b)

Arjan Singh

c)

A Merwan

d)

Subroto Mukerjee

9.

First Commander in Chief of Independent India

a)

Maharaj Shri Rajendra Sinhji Jadeja

b)

Satyawant Mallanna Srinagesh

c)

Kodandera Subayya Thimayya

d)

Kodandera Madappa Cariappa

10.

Who was the first Indian to travel to space?

a)

Rakesh Sharma

b)

Kalpana Chawla

c)

Ravish Malhotra

d)

Sunita Williams

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

a)

Priyanka Chopra

b)

Diana Hayden

c)

Reita Faria

d)

Aishwariya Rai

14.

Who was the first woman prime minister of India

a)

Pratibha Patil

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Mother Teresa

d)

Lata Mangeshkar

15.

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

16.

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

a)

Bhanu Athaiya

b)

A.R. Rahman

c)

Gulzar

d)

Satyajit Ray

17.

First Indian Satellite

a)

Aryabhatta

b)

Chandrayaan

c)

Mangalyaan

d)

PSLV

18.

India's First Sound Film

a)

Kisan Kanya

b)

Raja Harishchandra

c)

The Jazz Singer

d)

Alam Ara

19.

First Indian Nobel Economics Prize Winner

a)

Amartya Sen

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Abhijeet Banerjee

d)

Dr. C.V. Raman

20.

First Indian Woman to Visit Space

a)

Rakesh Sharma

b)

Bachendri Paal

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Kalpana Chawla

21.

First Woman IPS Officer

a)

Pratibha Patil

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Sonia Gandhi

d)

Kiran Bedi

22.

India's First Dam

a)

Hirakud Dam, Odisha

b)

Bhakra - Nangal Dam, Himachal Pradesh - Punjab

c)

Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat

d)

Kallanai Dam, Tamil Nadu

23.

First Indian Nobel Physics Prize Winner

a)

Dr. Hargobind Khurana

b)

Dr. C. V. Raman

c)

Amartya Sen

d)

Abhijeet Banerjee

24.

First Indian Woman to Climb Mount Everest

a)

Kalpana Chawla

b)

Sania Mirza

c)

Bachendri Paal

d)

P. V. Sindhu

25.

First Indian Woman Chief Minister of a State

a)

Sucheta Kripalani

b)

Nandini Satpathy

c)

Shashikala Kakodkar

d)

Jayalalitha

26.

First Indian Naval Chief

a)

Admiral

Sir Charles Thomas Mark

b)

Vice-Admiral

Sir Stephen Hope Carlill

c)

Vice-Admiral

Ram Dass Katari

d)

Vice-Admiral

Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

27.

First Indian Chief of Defence staff

a)

General

Bipin Rawat

b)

General

Manoj Mukund Naravane

c)

Lieutenant General

Sarath Chand

d)

Lieutenant General

Devraj Anbu

28.

First British Governor-General of Independent India

a)

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

b)

The Viscount Mountbatten

c)

The Viscount Wavell

d)

The Lord Irwin

29.

First Indian to win a Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Games

a)

Milkha Singh

b)

Amrit Pal

c)

Makhan Singh

d)

Ajmer Singh

30.

First Indian to win the Grand Master Title in Chess

a)

Pentala Harikrishna

b)

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi

c)

Koneru Humpy

d)

Viswanathan Anand

31.

First Indian Hockey Player to be awarded the Padma Bhushan

a)

Balbir Singh

b)

Dhyan Chand

c)

Mohammad Shahid

d)

Dhanraj Pillay

32.

First Indian elected to the British Parliament

a)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

c)

Subhash Chandra Bose

d)

Gandhiji

33.

First Indian Scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

c)

CV Raman

d)

Har Gobind Khurana

34.

First Indian Test Captain

a)

C. K. Nayudu

b)

Maharajkumar

c)

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi

d)

Lala Amarnath

35.

First Indian ICS officer

a)

Surendranath Banerjee

b)

Behari Lal Gupta

c)

Romesh Dutt

d)

Satyendranath Tagore

36.

First Chief Justice of Indian Supreme Court

a)

Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania

b)

Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri

c)

Madhukar Harilal Kania

d)

N V Ramana

37.

First Defence Minister of India

a)

DR. KAILASH NATH KATJU

b)

PANDIT JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU

c)

SHRI BALDEV SINGH

d)

SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE

38.

First Chief Election Commissioner of Independent India

a)

Sukumar Sen

b)

Kalyan Sundaram

c)

S. P. Sen Verma

d)

Nagendra Singh

39.

First Woman President of India

a)

Jaya Lalitha

b)

Kumudben Joshi

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Pratibha Patil

40.

First Woman Musician to be awarded Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna

a)

M. S. Subbulakshmi

b)

Lata Mangeshkar

c)

Annapurna Devi

d)

Usha Uthup