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Question #41

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Who was the first Indian woman to win the Pulitzer Prize?

A. Sanghamitra Kalita

B. Jhumpa Lahiri

C. Siddhartha Mukherjee

D. Geeta Anand

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Jhumpa Lahiri was the first Indian-origin woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 for 'Interpreter of Maladies'.

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Question #42

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Who was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit China?

A. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

B. Rajiv Gandhi

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Indira Gandhi

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Rajiv Gandhi was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit China in 1988.

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Question #43

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Who was the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo?

A. Mohana Singh

B. Bhawana Kanth

C. Avani Chaturvedi

D. Gunjan Saxena

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Avani Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo in 2018.

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Question #44

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Who was the first person to receive the Param Vir Chakra?

A. Subedar Major Piru Singh

B. Lance Naik Albert Ekka

C. Major Somnath Sharma

D. Captain Vikram Batra

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Major Somnath Sharma was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration.

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Question #45

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Who was the first Indian woman to be appointed as the CEO of a global company?

A. Naina Lal Kidwai

B. Shikha Sharma

C. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

D. Indra Nooyi

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Indra Nooyi was appointed as the CEO of PepsiCo in 2006, one of the first Indian women to lead a major global corporation.

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Question #46

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Who was the first Indian to reach the South Pole?

A. Giriraj Sirohi

B. Dr. S.Z. Qasim

C. Lt. Ram Charan

D. Col. J.K. Bajaj

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Colonel J.K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the South Pole in 1989.

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Question #47

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Who was the first Indian to win an individual Gold Medal at the Paralympic Games?

A. Devendra Jhajharia

B. Deepa Malik

C. Avani Lekhara

D. Mariyappan Thangavelu

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Devendra Jhajharia won the first gold medal for India at the 2004 Athens Paralympics in the javelin throw.

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Question #48

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Who was the first Indian to be a Judge at the International Court of Justice?

A. R.S. Pathak

B. Dalveer Bhandari

C. B.N. Rau

D. Nagendra Singh

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau was the first Indian judge at the International Court of Justice (1952–1953).

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Question #49

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Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss Earth title?

A. Nicole Faria

B. Hasleen Kaur

C. Prachi Mishra

D. Dia Mirza

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Nicole Faria became the first Indian to win the Miss Earth title in 2010.

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Question #50

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Who was the first Indian scientist to receive a Nobel Prize?

A. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

B. Har Gobind Khorana

C. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

D. C.V. Raman

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
C.V. Raman was the first Indian scientist to win a Nobel Prize (Physics, 1930).

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Question #51

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Who was the first Indian woman to be elected to the Lok Sabha?

A. Radhabai Subbarayan

B. Sarojini Naidu

C. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

D. Sucheta Kriplani

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Radhabai Subbarayan was the first woman to be elected to the central legislature of India (which later became the Lok Sabha) in 1938.

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Question #52

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Who was the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title?

A. Rohan Bopanna

B. Leander Paes

C. Mahesh Bhupathi

D. Sania Mirza

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Mahesh Bhupathi became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title (French Open mixed doubles) in 1997.

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Question #53

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Who was the first Indian to become the President of the UN General Assembly?

A. None of the above

B. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

C. Natwar Singh

D. V.K. Krishna Menon

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Vijayalakshmi Pandit served as the President of the UN General Assembly in 1953.

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Question #54

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Who was the first Indian woman to be appointed as the Chief of Staff in a major military branch?

A. No woman has achieved this rank

B. Punita Arora

C. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay

D. Harita Kaur Deol

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
As of 2026, no woman has yet been appointed as the Chief of Army, Navy, or Air Staff.

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Question #55

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Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine?

A. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

B. Amartya Sen

C. Har Gobind Khorana

D. Ronald Ross

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Har Gobind Khorana, an Indian-American biochemist, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1968 for his interpretation of the genetic code.

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Question #56

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Who was the first Indian woman to win the 'Woman of the Year' award from World Athletics?

A. Anju Bobby George

B. P.T. Usha

C. Dutee Chand

D. Hima Das

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Anju Bobby George was the first Indian to receive the 'Woman of the Year' award from World Athletics in 2021.

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Question #57

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Who was the first Indian to win the 'Man Booker International Prize'?

A. Amitav Ghosh

B. Geetanjali Shree

C. Salman Rushdie

D. Arundhati Roy

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Geetanjali Shree won the International Booker Prize in 2022 for her novel 'Tomb of Sand' (Ret Samadhi).

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Question #58

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Who was the first Indian woman to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?

A. Indira Gandhi

B. Annie Besant

C. Nellie Sengupta

D. Sarojini Naidu

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman president of the Congress (1925). Annie Besant was the first woman president (1917).

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Question #59

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Who was the first Indian to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

A. Tenzing Norgay

B. Edmund Hillary

C. Santosh Yadav

D. Bachendri Pal

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Tenzing Norgay was the first Indian (along with Edmund Hillary) to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.

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Question #60

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Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games?

A. Karnam Malleswari

B. Anju Bobby George

C. Mary Kom

D. P.T. Usha

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
P.T. Usha won a silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1982 Asian Games, and she and other female athletes paved the way, but Amee Ghia won the first Commonwealth medal (Badminton, 1978).

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