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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 #101
Who was the first Indian woman to be appointed as a 'Supreme Court Judge'?
A. Indu Malhotra
B. Ruma Pal
C. Fathima Beevi
D. Gyan Sudha Misra
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Justice M. Fathima Beevi was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1989.
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Question #102
Who was the first Indian woman to be a 'Chess Grandmaster'?
A. Tania Sachdev
B. S. Vijayalakshmi
C. Koneru Humpy
D. Harika Dronavalli
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Koneru Humpy became the youngest woman ever to achieve the Grandmaster title at that time in 2002.
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Question #103
Who was the first Indian to receive 'Bharat Ratna'?
A. All of them
B. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C. C. Rajagopalachari
D. C.V. Raman
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
All three received it together in 1954.
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Question #104
Who was the first Indian Prime Minister?
A. Lal Bahadur Shastri
B. Gulzarilal Nanda
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964).
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Question #105
Who was the first Indian woman to win the 'Miss International' title?
A. Dia Mirza
B. Lara Dutta
C. Priyanka Chopra
D. Zeenat Aman
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Zeenat Aman was the first Indian to win the Miss International title in 1970.
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Question #106
Who was the first Indian to be appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India?
A. Raghuram Rajan
B. J.J. Anjaria
C. Manmohan Singh
D. Arvind Subramanian
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
J.J. Anjaria was the first Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, appointed in 1956.
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Question #107
Who was the first Indian woman to reach the final of the Wimbledon Junior Singles?
A. Mahesh Bhupathi
B. Leander Paes
C. Sania Mirza
D. Rohan Bopanna
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Sania Mirza became the first Indian girl to reach the final of a Junior Grand Slam in 2003.
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Question #108
Who was the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships?
A. Yogeshwar Dutt
B. Sushil Kumar
C. Amit Panghal
D. Bajrang Punia
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Sushil Kumar was the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships in 2010.
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Question #109
Who was the first Indian to be appointed as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
A. S. Radhakrishnan
B. Zakir Hussain
C. G.S. Pathak
D. V.V. Giri
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha; S. Radhakrishnan was the first Vice-President.
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Question #110
Who was the first Indian to receive the 'Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding'?
A. U Thant
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Yehudi Menuhin
D. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
U Thant, the former UN Secretary-General, was the first recipient of the award in 1965.
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Question #111
Who was the first Indian woman to win the 'WTA' title in doubles?
A. Sania Mirza
B. Leander Paes
C. Mahesh Bhupathi
D. Rohan Bopanna
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Sania Mirza was the first Indian woman to win a WTA title, specifically in doubles at Hyderabad in 2004.
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Question #112
Who was the first Indian to win the 'Oscar' for Best Original Song?
A. Gulzar
B. Resul Pookutty
C. A.R. Rahman
D. Bhanu Athaiya
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
A.R. Rahman won the Oscar for Best Original Song ('Jai Ho') for the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' in 2009.
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Question #113
Who was the first Indian to climb the 'Seven Peaks'?
A. Bachendri Pal
B. Malli Mastan Babu
C. Santosh Yadav
D. Premlata Agrawal
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Mall Mastan Babu was the first Indian to scale the Seven Summits.
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Question #114
Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
A. Indira Gandhi
B. Morarji Desai
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Lal Bahadur Shastri
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India, serving from 1947 to 1964.
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Question #115
Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India after independence?
A. S. Radhakrishnan
B. Lord Mountbatten
C. C. Rajagopalachari
D. Rajendra Prasad
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
C. Rajagopalachari was the first and only Indian Governor-General of India, serving from 1948 to 1950.
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Question #116
Who was the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Prize?
A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Amrita Pritam
C. Mother Teresa
D. Indira Gandhi
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Mother Teresa was the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
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Question #117
Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Amrita Pritam
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
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Question #118
Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine?
A. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
B. C.V. Raman
C. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
D. Hargobind Khorana
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Hargobind Khorana was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1968 for his work on genetic code.
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Question #119
Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
A. K.D. Jadhav
B. P.T. Usha
C. Milkha Singh
D. Abhinav Bindra
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Abhinav Bindra won the first individual Olympic gold medal for India in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Question #120
Who was the first Indian to win a medal at the Olympics (individual)?
A. K.D. Jadhav
B. Norman Pritchard
C. Abhinav Bindra
D. Milkha Singh
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Norman Pritchard was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal, winning two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympics.
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