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First in India MCQs

Practice First in India MCQs with answers and detailed explanations covering the first President, Prime Minister, Governor-General, Chief Justice, women achievers, astronauts, Nobel Prize winners, military officers, sports personalities and other notable firsts in Indian history frequently asked in SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Defence, Teaching and other competitive examinations.

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Question #1
Who was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize?
A. C.V. Raman
B. Mother Teresa
C. Amartya Sen
D. Rabindranath Tagore
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize; he won it in the field of Literature in 1913.
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Question #2
Who was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
A. Arunima Sinha
B. Santosh Yadav
C. Bachendri Pal
D. Junko Tabei
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Junko Tabei of Japan was the first woman in the world to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975.
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Question #3
Who was the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
A. Santosh Yadav
B. Arunima Sinha
C. Prema Dorjee
D. Bachendri Pal
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1984.
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Question #4
Who was the first Indian cosmonaut to travel into space?
A. Sunita Williams
B. Rakesh Sharma
C. Kalpana Chawla
D. Ravish Malhotra
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel into space in 1984 as part of a joint Soviet-Indian space flight.
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Question #5
Who was the first Indian woman to be appointed as a Judge in the Supreme Court of India?
A. Justice Ruma Pal
B. Justice M. Fathima Beevi
C. Justice Ranjana Desai
D. Justice Gyan Sudha Misra
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Justice M. Fathima Beevi was the first woman judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India in 1989.
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Question #6
Who was the first Indian to win the Miss World title?
A. Sushmita Sen
B. Aishwarya Rai
C. Rita Faria
D. Diana Hayden
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Rita Faria was the first Indian to win the Miss World title in 1966.
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Question #7
Who was the first person to receive the Bharat Ratna award?
A. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B. All of the above
C. C.V. Raman
D. C. Rajagopalachari
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
The Bharat Ratna was first awarded in 1954 to C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and C.V. Raman.
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Question #8
Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A. Pratibha Patil
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Sucheta Kriplani
D. Indira Gandhi
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Indira Gandhi served as the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India.
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Question #9
Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?
A. Mayawati
B. Sucheta Kriplani
C. Jayalalithaa
D. Sarojini Naidu
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Sucheta Kriplani became the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state, serving Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967.
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Question #10
Who was the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India?
A. General Dalbir Singh
B. General Bipin Rawat
C. General M.M. Naravane
D. General V.K. Singh
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
General Bipin Rawat was appointed as the first Chief of Defence Staff of India in January 2020.
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Question #11
Who was the first woman President of India?
A. Pratibha Patil
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Droupadi Murmu
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Pratibha Patil served as the first female President of India from 2007 to 2012.
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Question #12
Who was the first Indian to win an individual Gold Medal at the Olympic Games?
A. Sushil Kumar
B. Abhinav Bindra
C. Leander Paes
D. Neeraj Chopra
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Abhinav Bindra won the first individual gold medal for India in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Question #13
Who was the first Indian woman to win a Booker Prize?
A. Anita Nair
B. Kiran Desai
C. Jhumpa Lahiri
D. Arundhati Roy
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Arundhati Roy became the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize for her novel 'The God of Small Things' in 1997.
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Question #14
Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
A. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
B. Homi J. Bhabha
C. S.N. Bose
D. C.V. Raman
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light, known as the Raman Effect.
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Question #15
Who was the first Indian to go to space?
A. Ravish Malhotra
B. Sunita Williams
C. Kalpana Chawla
D. Rakesh Sharma
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian citizen to fly in space in 1984.
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Question #16
Who was the first Indian woman to be appointed as the President of the UN General Assembly?
A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C. Indira Gandhi
D. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman to be elected as the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953.
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Question #17
Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal in badminton?
A. Saina Nehwal
B. Pullela Gopichand
C. P.V. Sindhu
D. Prakash Padukone
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton.
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Question #18
Who was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award?
A. Jayaprakash Narayan
B. Verghese Kurien
C. Mother Teresa
D. Vinoba Bhave
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1958 for Community Leadership.
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Question #19
Who was the first Indian woman to become a pilot in the Indian Air Force?
A. Mohana Singh
B. Avani Chaturvedi
C. Harita Kaur Deol
D. Bhawana Kanth
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Harita Kaur Deol was the first Indian woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force in 1994.
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Question #20
Who was the first Indian to score a triple century in Test cricket?
A. Sunil Gavaskar
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. Virender Sehwag
D. Rahul Dravid
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Virender Sehwag became the first Indian to score a triple century in Test cricket against Pakistan in 2004.
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