This Static GK quiz on First in India: Men and Women puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
12 questions with answers and explanations
Who was the first President of independent India?
He had presided over the Constituent Assembly that framed the Constitution and became the first President when the Constitution came into force in 1950.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to be awarded a Nobel Prize?
He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali and was the first Asian of any nationality to win a Nobel Prize, which is a second fact worth carrying.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to travel into space?
The Indian Air Force pilot flew aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 in 1984 under a joint programme and spent about a week on the Salyut 7 space station, becoming the first Indian citizen in space.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India?
The correct answer is B, Justice M. Fathima Beevi, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1989, about four decades after the court began work, and later served as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
Who was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime gallantry award?
He was decorated after his death for the action at Badgam in which his company held back the advance on the Srinagar airfield in November 1947, and his is the first name on the roll of the Param Vir Chakra.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to be selected for the Indian Civil Service?
The correct answer is A, Satyendranath Tagore, the elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, who qualified in 1863 and became the first Indian member of the Indian Civil Service at a time when the examination was held only in England.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian woman to preside over a session of the Indian National Congress?
She later became the first woman Governor of an Indian state, of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →India's first individual gold medal at the Olympic Games was won by which sportsperson?
India had won gold before that only in team hockey, so this was the first individual gold in the country's Olympic history.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Field Marshal of the Indian Army?
The correct answer is B, Sam Manekshaw, who led the Indian Army as Chief of the Army Staff during the war of 1971 and was the first officer raised to the five-star rank of Field Marshal.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
The correct answer is B, Bachendri Pal, who stood on the summit in 1984 as a member of an Indian expedition and became the first Indian woman to climb the world's highest peak.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
The correct answer is A, Sukumar Sen, an officer of the Indian Civil Service who was appointed the first Chief Election Commissioner and conducted the first general elections to the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies, an exercise held on a scale never attempted before anywhere.
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