QUESTION: Who was the first President of the Indian Republic?
ANSWER: Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)
QUESTION: Who was the first Vice President of India?
ANSWER: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1952-1962)
QUESTION: Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
ANSWER: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
QUESTION: Who was the first Woman Prime Minister of India?
ANSWER: Indira Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984)
QUESTION: Who was the first Woman President of India?
ANSWER: Pratibha Patil (2007-2012)
QUESTION: Who was the first Governor-General of India after
independence?
ANSWER: Lord Mountbatten (1947-1948)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India
after independence?
ANSWER: C. Rajagopalachari (1948-1950)
QUESTION: Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner?
ANSWER: Sukumar Sen
QUESTION: Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
ANSWER: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
QUESTION: Who was the first Home Minister of India?
ANSWER: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
QUESTION: Who was the first Education Minister of India?
ANSWER: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
QUESTION: Who was the first Finance Minister of India?
ANSWER: R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to go to space?
ANSWER: Rakesh Sharma (1984)
QUESTION: What was the first Nuclear Reactor in India?
ANSWER: Apsara (1956)
QUESTION: What was the first Satellite launched by India?
ANSWER: Aryabhata (1975)
QUESTION: What was the first Indian made satellite launch
vehicle?
ANSWER: SLV-3
QUESTION: What was the first Indian Supercomputer?
ANSWER: PARAM 8000
QUESTION: What was the first Hydroelectric Power Plant in India?
ANSWER: Sidrapong, Darjeeling (1897)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic
gold medal?
ANSWER: Abhinav Bindra (2008, Shooting)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic medal?
ANSWER: K. D. Jadhav (1952, Wrestling)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount
Everest?
ANSWER: Bachendri Pal (1984)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to cross the English Channel?
ANSWER: Mihir Sen (1958)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title in
tennis?
ANSWER: Leander Paes (1999, Mixed Doubles)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to win the All England Open
Badminton Championships?
ANSWER: Prakash Padukone (1980)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
ANSWER: Rabindranath Tagore (1913, Literature)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar?
ANSWER: Bhanu Athaiya (1983, Costume Design)
QUESTION: What was the first Indian film?
ANSWER: Raja Harishchandra (1913, silent film)
QUESTION: What was the first Indian talkie film?
ANSWER: Alam Ara (1931)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian woman to become a
Supreme Court judge?
ANSWER: M. Fathima Beevi
QUESTION: What was the first University in India?
ANSWER: Nalanda University (ancient)
QUESTION: Where was the first printing press in India
established?
ANSWER: Goa (1556)
QUESTION: What was the first Newspaper in India?
ANSWER: The Bengal Gazette (1780)
QUESTION: Who was the first Chief of Army Staff?
ANSWER: General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
QUESTION: Who was the first Chief of Naval Staff?
ANSWER: Vice Admiral Ronald Arthur Sandison
QUESTION: Who was the first Chief of Air Staff?
ANSWER: Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the
Indian Armed Forces?
ANSWER: General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
QUESTION: Who was the first Defence Minister of India?
ANSWER: Sardar Baldev Singh
QUESTION: Where was the first Post Office in India established?
ANSWER: Kolkata (1727)
QUESTION: What was the first Stock Exchange in India?
ANSWER: Bombay Stock Exchange (1875)
QUESTION: Who were the first Indians to receive Bharat Ratna?
ANSWER: C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. V.
Raman (1954)
QUESTION: What were the first Indian Airlines?
ANSWER: Tata Airlines (later Air India)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to win the Miss World title?
ANSWER: Reita Faria (1966)
QUESTION: Who was the first Indian to win the Miss Universe title?
ANSWER: Sushmita Sen (1994)