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GK – First in India & World – Set 11
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- The test contains 10 questions.
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- You have to finish the test in 5 minutes.
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 10 questions to be solved in 5 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- In which year did Reita Faria win Miss World?
- A. 1956
- B. 1963
- C. 1973
- D. 1966
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Answer: D. 1966
Reita Faria won Miss World in 1966.
- Who was the first Indian woman to go to space?
- A. Cornelia Sorabji
- B. Kalpana Chawla
- C. Sakshi Malik
- D. Meira Kumar
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Answer: B. Kalpana Chawla
Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman to go to space.
- Who was the first Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of India?
- A. General Bipin Rawat
- B. Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa
- C. General Manoj Mukund Naravane
- D. General V. K. Singh
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Answer: A. General Bipin Rawat
General Bipin Rawat became India's first CDS in January 2020.
- Who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army?
- A. Jawaharlal Nehru
- B. General K. M. Cariappa
- C. Droupadi Murmu
- D. Satyendra Prasanno Sinha
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Answer: B. General K. M. Cariappa
General K. M. Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.
- Who was the first President of the Republic of India?
- A. Satyendra Prasanno Sinha
- B. Rabindranath Tagore
- C. Har Gobind Khorana
- D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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Answer: D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India.
- Who was the first man to go into space (1961)?
- A. Yuri Gagarin
- B. Wilhelm Röntgen
- C. Neil Armstrong
- D. Vasco da Gama
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Answer: A. Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was the first man to go into space (1961).
- Which brothers made the first powered aeroplane flight in 1903?
- A. Yuri Gagarin
- B. Wright Brothers
- C. Trygve Lie
- D. Vasco da Gama
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Answer: B. Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers made the first powered aeroplane flight in 1903.
- Who was the first Indian judge of the International Court of Justice?
- A. Nagendra Singh
- B. Morarji Desai
- C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- D. William Bentinck
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Answer: A. Nagendra Singh
Nagendra Singh was the first Indian judge of the International Court of Justice.
- Who was the first woman to become Chief Election Commissioner of India?
- A. Reita Faria
- B. Karnam Malleshwari
- C. V. S. Ramadevi
- D. Santosh Yadav
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Answer: C. V. S. Ramadevi
V. S. Ramadevi was the first woman to become Chief Election Commissioner of India.
- Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
- A. Warren Hastings
- B. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- C. B. R. Ambedkar
- D. W. C. Bonnerjee
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Answer: A. Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of Bengal.