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Firsts in India — Static GK Questions & Practice

Practise 14 Firsts in India questions from Static GK for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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Practice questions on Firsts in India — with answers

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1. Who was the First woman Prime Minister of India?

  1. AKiran Bedi
  2. BLord Mountbatten
  3. CIndira Gandhi
  4. DH.J. Kania
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Answer: C

Indira Gandhi was the First woman Prime Minister of India.

2. Who was the First woman President of India?

  1. AC. Rajagopalachari
  2. BKiran Bedi
  3. CSucheta Kriplani
  4. DPratibha Patil
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Answer: D

Pratibha Patil was the First woman President of India.

3. Who was the First Indian Governor-General of India?

  1. ALord Mountbatten
  2. BC. Rajagopalachari
  3. CSucheta Kriplani
  4. DRakesh Sharma
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Answer: B

C. Rajagopalachari was the First Indian Governor-General of India.

4. Who was the First Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

  1. ARabindranath Tagore
  2. BSucheta Kriplani
  3. CKiran Bedi
  4. DTenzing Norgay (with Edmund Hillary)
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Answer: A

Rabindranath Tagore was the First Indian to win a Nobel Prize.

5. Who was the First Indian woman to go to space?

  1. ASukumar Sen
  2. BMeira Kumar
  3. CKalpana Chawla
  4. DTenzing Norgay (with Edmund Hillary)
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Answer: C

Kalpana Chawla was the First Indian woman to go to space.

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