GK Quiz - 24 (List of First in India)

GK Quiz: List of First in India

1➤ The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize?

=> Mother Teresa

2➤ The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award?

=> Ashpurna Devi

3➤ The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna?

=> Mrs. Indira Gandhi

4➤ The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra?

=> Nirja Bhanot

5➤ The first woman to cross English Channel?

=> Aarti Saha

6➤ The first woman to climb Mount Everest?

=> Bachhendri Pal

7➤ The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice?

=> Santosh Yadav

8➤ The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly?

=> Shanno Devi

9➤ The first woman Prime Minister?

=> Mrs Indira Gandhi

10➤ The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly?

=> Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

11➤ The first woman President of Indian National Congress?

=> Mrs Annie Besant

12➤ The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force?

=> Harita Kaur Dayal

13➤ The first woman Olympic medal Winner?

=> Karnam Malleswari, 2000

14➤ The first woman Minister in a Government?

=> Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

15➤ The first woman Lieutenant General?

=> Puneeta Arora

16➤ The first woman Lawyer?

=> Cornelia Sorabjee

17➤ The first woman Judge?

=> Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)

18➤ The first woman judge in Supreme Court?

=> Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

19➤ The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India?

=> ? Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi

20➤ The first woman IPS officer?

=> Mrs. Kiran Bedi

21➤ The first woman Honours Graduate?

=> Kamini Roy, 1886

22➤ The first woman Graduates?

=> Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883

23➤ The first woman Governor of a state in free India?

=> Mrs Sarojini Naidu

24➤ The first woman Director General of Police?

=> Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

25➤ The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State?

=> Mrs Sucheta Kripalani

26➤ The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court?

=> Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)

27➤ The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines?

=> Sushma Chawla

28➤ The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission?

=> Roze Millian Bethew

29➤ The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner?

=> Kamlijit Sandhu

30➤ The first woman Ambassador?

=> Miss C.B. Muthamma

31➤ The first woman Airline Pilot?

=> Durba Banerjee

32➤ The first woman Air Vice Marshal?

=> P. Bandopadhyaya

33➤ The first Vice-President of India?

=> Dr. Radhakrishnan

34➤ The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

=> Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

35➤ The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term?

=> Morarji Desai

36➤ The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament?

=> Charan Singh

37➤ The first Prime Minister of free India?

=> Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

38➤ The first President of Indian Republic?

=> Dr. Rajendra Prasad

39➤ The first President of Indian National Congress?

=> W.C. Banerjee

40➤ The first President of India who died while in office?

=> Dr. Zakhir Hussain

41➤ The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet?

=> Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

42➤ The first person to receive Stalin Prize?

=> Saifuddin Kitchlu

43➤ The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics?

=> Amartya Sen

44➤ The first person to receive Magsaysay Award?

=> Acharya Vinoba Bhave

45➤ The first Person to receive Jnanpith award?

=> Sri Shankar Kurup

46➤ The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen?

=> Sherpa Anga Dorjee

47➤ The first person to get Param Vir Chakra?

=> Major Somnath Sharma

48➤ The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine?

=> Hargovind Khurana

49➤ The first Muslim President of Indian Republic?

=> Dr. Zakhir Hussain

50➤ The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?

=> Badruddin Tayyabji

51➤ The first Muslim President of India?

=> Dr. Zakir Hussain

52➤ The first man who introduced printing press in India?

=> James Hicky

53➤ The first lady to become Miss World?

=> Rita Faria

54➤ The first Judge of International Court of Justice?

=> Dr. Nagendra Singh

55➤ The first Indian to win Nobel Prize?

=> Rabindranath Tagore

56➤ The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award?

=> Dr. Radhakrishnan

57➤ The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?

=> Satyendra Nath Tagore

58➤ The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics?

=> C.V.Raman

59➤ The first Indian to cross English Channel?

=> Mihir Sen

60➤ The first Indian Pilot?

=> J.R.D. Tata (1929)

61➤ The first Indian Naval Chief?

=> Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari

62➤ The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council?

=> S.P.Sinha

63➤ The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India?

=> General Cariappa

64➤ The first Indian Air Chief Marshal?

=> S. Mukherjee

65➤ The first Home Minister of India?

=> Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

66➤ The first Governor-General of free India?

=> Lord Mountbatten

67➤ The first Field Marshal of India?

=> S.H.F. Manekshaw

68➤ The first Education Minister?

=> Abdul Kalam Azad

69➤ The first Chief of Army Staff?

=> Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

70➤ The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court?

=> Justice Hirala J. Kania

71➤ The first Chief Election Commissioner?

=> Sukumar Sen

72➤ The first British Viceroy of India?

=> Lord Canning

73➤ The first British Governor-General of India?

=> Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)

74➤ The first British Governor-General of Bengal?

=> ? Lord Warren Hastings(1774-1885)

75➤ The first and the last Indian to be Governor-General of free India?

=> C. Rajgopalachari

76➤ The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India?

=> Razia Sultan

77➤ India’s First University?

=> Nalanda University

78➤ India’s First Open University?

=> Dr B.R Ambedkar Open University

79➤ India’s first man in Space?

=> Rakesh Sharma

80➤ India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record maximum number of votes?

=> P.V.Narasimha Rao

81➤ First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal?

=> P. V. Sindhu in Badminton

82➤ First Woman to Win a Medal in Wrestling?

=> Sakshi Malik won Bronze in the 2016 Summer Olympics

83➤ First woman in the Indian Army awarded the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ prize?

=> Divya Ajith Kumar

84➤ First Wax statue of a Living Indian?

=> Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939

85➤ First Viceroy of India?

=> Lord Canning

86➤ First Vice-President of India?

=> Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

87➤ First to pass the examination of the Indian Medical Service (IMS)?

=> Surjo Kumar Chakroborty

88➤ First temple constructed from a single rock?

=> Kailasa temple at Ellora

89➤ First successfully indigenous launch vehicle?

=> SLV-3

90➤ First Speaker of Lok Sabha?

=> G. V. Mavlankar

91➤ First satellite?

=> Aryabhatta

92➤ First satellite earth station for domestic communications?

=> Secunderabad

93➤ First Prime Minister of India?

=> Jawaharlal Nehru

94➤ First President of Indian National Congress?

=> Womesh Chandra Bannerjee

95➤ First President of India?

=> Dr. Rajendra Prasad

96➤ First Post Office Opened in India?

=> Kolkata(1727)

97➤ First person to win the international bronze medal in skiing?

=> Aanchal Thakur

98➤ First Param Vir Chakra Winner?

=> Major Somnath Sharma

99➤ First Olympics Team Medal?

=> Gold in Field Hockey (1928, Summer Olympics)

100➤ First Nuclear Reactor?

=> Apsara (Maharashtra)

101➤ First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?

=> Badruddin Tayyabji

102➤ First mosque in India?

=> Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala

103➤ First Man in Space?

=> Rakesh Sharma

104➤ First Judge in International Court of Justice?

=> Dr. Nagender Singh

105➤ First Individual Gold Medal won by?

=> Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

106➤ First Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian gold medal?

=> Navjot Kaur

107➤ First Indian woman to win a medal at Asian Games?

=> Santhi Soundarajan

108➤ First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft without co-pilot?

=> IAF Officer Avani Chaturvedi

109➤ First Indian woman badminton player to win an Asian Games medal?

=> Saina Nehwal

110➤ First Indian to reach Antarctica?

=> Lt. Ram Charan

111➤ First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics?

=> C.V Raman

112➤ First Indian to be appointed as the deputy director-general of programmes (DDP) of the World Health Organization (WHO)?

=> Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

113➤ First Indian temple with many interconnected structures?

=> Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu

114➤ First hydroelectric plant?

=> Sidrapong (Darjeeling)

115➤ First Home Minister of India?

=> Sardar Vallabhai Patel

116➤ First Governor-General of India?

=> Lord William Bentinck

117➤ First genetically modified food product in India?

=> Bt. Eggplant Hybrid [Banned]

118➤ First Field Marshal?

=> Sam Manekshaw

119➤ First female to represent India at the Summer Olympics?

=> Nora Polley, 1924 Summer Olympics

120➤ First female Jawan in the Army?

=> Shanti Tigga

121➤ First Defence Minister of India?

=> Baldev Singh Chokkar

122➤ First dam in India?

=> Kallanai Dam

123➤ First cosmonaut?

=> Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma

124➤ First Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force?

=> Subroto Mukherjee

125➤ First Commander-in-Chief of Free India?

=> Kodandera Madappa Cariappa

126➤ First church in India?

=> St. Thomas Church, Palayoor

127➤ First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India?

=> Fa-Hien/Faxian

128➤ First Chief Justice of India?

=> H.J Kania

129➤ First Chief Election Commissioner of India?

=> Sukumar Sen

130➤ First Chairperson of Lokpal of India?

=> Pinaki Chandra Ghose

131➤ First British to Visit India?

=> Thomas Roe