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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 #41
Who was the first Indian woman to win the Pulitzer Prize?
A. Geeta Anand
B. Jhumpa Lahiri
C. Siddhartha Mukherjee
D. Sanghamitra Kalita
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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
Who was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit China?
A. Rajiv Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Rajiv Gandhi was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit China in 1988.
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Question #43
Who was the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo?
A. Avani Chaturvedi
B. Gunjan Saxena
C. Mohana Singh
D. Bhawana Kanth
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Avani Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo in 2018.
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Question #44
Who was the first person to receive the Param Vir Chakra?
A. Captain Vikram Batra
B. Lance Naik Albert Ekka
C. Major Somnath Sharma
D. Subedar Major Piru Singh
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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
Who was the first Indian woman to be appointed as the CEO of a global company?
A. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
B. Shikha Sharma
C. Naina Lal Kidwai
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
Who was the first Indian to reach the South Pole?
A. Dr. S.Z. Qasim
B. Giriraj Sirohi
C. Col. J.K. Bajaj
D. Lt. Ram Charan
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Colonel J.K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the South Pole in 1989.
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Question #47
Who was the first Indian to win an individual Gold Medal at the Paralympic Games?
A. Deepa Malik
B. Devendra Jhajharia
C. Mariyappan Thangavelu
D. Avani Lekhara
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Correct Answer: Option B

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
Who was the first Indian to be a Judge at the International Court of Justice?
A. Nagendra Singh
B. B.N. Rau
C. R.S. Pathak
D. Dalveer Bhandari
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau was the first Indian judge at the International Court of Justice (1952–1953).
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Question #49
Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss Earth title?
A. Hasleen Kaur
B. Prachi Mishra
C. Dia Mirza
D. Nicole Faria
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Nicole Faria became the first Indian to win the Miss Earth title in 2010.
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Question #50
Who was the first Indian scientist to receive a Nobel Prize?
A. C.V. Raman
B. Har Gobind Khorana
C. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
D. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
C.V. Raman was the first Indian scientist to win a Nobel Prize (Physics, 1930).
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Question #51
Who was the first Indian woman to be elected to the Lok Sabha?
A. Radhabai Subbarayan
B. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
C. Sucheta Kriplani
D. Sarojini Naidu
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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
Who was the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title?
A. Sania Mirza
B. Rohan Bopanna
C. Leander Paes
D. Mahesh Bhupathi
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Correct Answer: Option D

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
Who was the first Indian to become the President of the UN General Assembly?
A. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
B. Natwar Singh
C. V.K. Krishna Menon
D. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Vijayalakshmi Pandit served as the President of the UN General Assembly in 1953.
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Question #54
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. Harita Kaur Deol
D. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
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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
Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine?
A. Har Gobind Khorana
B. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
C. Ronald Ross
D. Amartya Sen
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Correct Answer: Option A

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
Who was the first Indian woman to win the 'Woman of the Year' award from World Athletics?
A. P.T. Usha
B. Anju Bobby George
C. Hima Das
D. Dutee Chand
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Correct Answer: Option B

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
Who was the first Indian to win the 'Man Booker International Prize'?
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Geetanjali Shree
D. Salman Rushdie
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Geetanjali Shree won the International Booker Prize in 2022 for her novel 'Tomb of Sand' (Ret Samadhi).
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Question #58
Who was the first Indian woman to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?
A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Nellie Sengupta
D. Annie Besant
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Correct Answer: Option A

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
Who was the first Indian to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
A. Edmund Hillary
B. Bachendri Pal
C. Santosh Yadav
D. Tenzing Norgay
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Correct Answer: Option D

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
Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games?
A. Mary Kom
B. Anju Bobby George
C. P.T. Usha
D. Karnam Malleswari
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Correct Answer: Option C

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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