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GK – First in India & World – Set 15
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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.
- Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
- A. Jawaharlal Nehru
- B. Rabindranath Tagore
- C. K. R. Narayanan
- D. Satyendranath Tagore
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Answer: B. Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize.
- Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar?
- A. Bhanu Athaiya
- B. Droupadi Murmu
- C. W. C. Bonnerjee
- D. Kapil Dev
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Answer: A. Bhanu Athaiya
Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian to win an Oscar.
- Who scored the first Test century for India?
- A. Vijay Hazare
- B. Vinoo Mankad
- C. Lala Amarnath
- D. C. K. Nayudu
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Answer: C. Lala Amarnath
Lala Amarnath scored it against England in 1933.
- Who was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics (1901)?
- A. Wilhelm Röntgen
- B. Edmund Hillary
- C. Robert Peary
- D. Trygve Lie
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Answer: A. Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Röntgen was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics (1901).
- Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
- A. Puneeta Arora
- B. Indira Gandhi
- C. Kalpana Chawla
- D. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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Answer: B. Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi was the first woman Prime Minister of India.
- Who was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games?
- A. Kalpana Chawla
- B. Annie Besant
- C. Kamaljit Sandhu
- D. Pratibha Patil
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Answer: C. Kamaljit Sandhu
Kamaljit Sandhu was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.
- Who was the first woman Director General of Police (DGP) in India?
- A. Cornelia Sorabji
- B. Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
- C. Sucheta Kripalani
- D. Pratibha Patil
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Answer: B. Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya was the first woman Director General of Police (DGP) in India.
- Who was the first woman President of the UN General Assembly?
- A. M. Fathima Beevi
- B. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- C. Sarojini Naidu
- D. Kiran Bedi
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Answer: B. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman President of the UN General Assembly.
- Who was the first Law Minister of independent India?
- A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- B. K. R. Narayanan
- C. Viswanathan Anand
- D. B. R. Ambedkar
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Answer: D. B. R. Ambedkar
B. R. Ambedkar was the first Law Minister of independent India.
- Who was the first Education Minister of independent India?
- A. Bhanu Athaiya
- B. Rakesh Sharma
- C. Jawaharlal Nehru
- D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Answer: D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first Education Minister of independent India.