FIRST IN THE WORLD & INDIA

Question 1

First American President to visit India

Answer 1

Dwight David Eisenhower

Question 2

First British Prime Minister to visit India

Answer 2

Harold Macmillan

Question 3

First Chairman of Central Government of peoples republic of China

Answer 3

Mao Tse-Tung

Question 4

First Chinese pilgrim to visit India

Answer 4

Fahien

Question 5

First European invader of India

Answer 5

Alexander

Question 6

First European to visit China

Answer 6

Marco Polo

Question 7

First man to reach the South Pole

Answer 7

Amundson

Question 8

First man to climb Mount Everest

Answer 8

Tenzing Norgay (of India)
Edmund Hillary (of New Zealand)

Question 9

First Governor-General of Pakistan

Answer 9

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Question 10

First man to reach North Pole by over land journey

Answer 10

Robert Peary

Question 11

First Man Cosmonaut in Space

Answer 11

Yuri Gagarin (of USSR)

Question 12

First Man to Set foot on Moon

Answer 12

Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin Aldrin (USA)

Question 13

First person to sail around the world

Answer 13

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 14

First President of Chinese Republic

Answer 14

San Yat-Sen

Question 15

First President of USA

Answer 15

George Washington

Question 16

First Prime Minister of Great Britain

Answer 16

Walpole

Question 17

First Russian Prime Minister to visit India

Answer 17

Nikolai A Bulgarin

Question 18

First Women Cosmonaut in space

Answer 18

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (USSR)

Question 19

First Women to climb Mount Everest

Answer 19

Mrs Junko Tabei (Japan)

Question 20

First Women president of a country

Answer 20

Maria Estela Peron (Argentina)

Question 21

First Lamb created using DNA from adult sheep

Answer 21

Dolly

Question 22

Worlds first radio telescope satellite was launched into space by

Answer 22

Japan

Question 23

First Asian to head the International Cricket Council

Answer 23

Jagmohan Dalmiya

Question 24

First country to loose right of aid from IMF

Answer 24

Kenya

Question 25

First UN Deputy Secretory General

Answer 25

Louise Frechette

Question 26

First Asian to head the Prestigious Trinity College of Cambridge University

Answer 26

Amartya Sen

Question 27

First Goodwill games were held at

Answer 27

Moscow

Question 28

First Heart Bypass Operation by Robot was carried out in

Answer 28

Germany

Question 29

First South Asian to receive the World Statesman Award

Answer 29

K R Narayanan

Question 30

First Physically Disabled Person to climb Mount Everest

Answer 30

Tom Whittakar

Question 31

First Bowler to claim hatrick in successive tests

Answer 31

Wasim Akram

Question 32

First Rocket to be launched through sea platform

Answer 32

Zenith

Question 33

First Ethnic Indian Prime minister of Fiji

Answer 33

Mahendra Choudhuary

Question 34

Worlds first cloned Human Baby

Answer 34

Eve

Question 35

First British Governor-General of India

Answer 35

Warren Hastings

Question 36

First Governor-General of Independent India

Answer 36

Lord Mountbatten

Question 37

First Chief Justice of India

Answer 37

Hiralal J Kania

Question 38

First Indian Commander-in-Chief of free India

Answer 38

General K M Cariappa

Question 39

First Chief of Air Staff India

Answer 39

Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst

Question 40

1st Indian Air Chief

Answer 40

Air Marshal S Mukherjee

Question 41

First Chief of Army Staff of India

Answer 41

General M Rajendra Singh

Question 42

First Chief of Naval Staff of India

Answer 42

Vice-Admiral R D Katari

Question 43

First Cosmonaut of India

Answer 43

Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma

Question 44

First Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India

Answer 44

Babar

Question 45

First Field Marshal

Answer 45

SPFJ Manekshaw

Question 46

First Governor-General of Indian union

Answer 46

C Rajagopalachari

Question 47

First Indian to get an Oscar

Answer 47

Bhanu Athaiya

Question 48

First Indian to reach South Pole

Answer 48

Col I K Bajaj

Question 49

First Indian ICS officer

Answer 49

Satyendra Nath Tagore

Question 50

First Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council

Answer 50

Sir S P Sinha

Question 51

First Indian Man to swim across English Channel

Answer 51

Mihir Sen

Question 52

First Indian Women to swim across the English Channel

Answer 52

Miss Arti Saha

Question 53

First Indian to swim across strait of Gibraltar

Answer 53

Arti Pradhan

Question 54

First Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen

Answer 54

Phu Dorjee

Question 55

First Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi

Answer 55

Razia Sultana

Question 56

First Magsaysay Award Winner

Answer 56

Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1958)

Question 57

First President of the Indian National Congress

Answer 57

WC Banerjee

Question 58

First President of India to die in office

Answer 58

Dr Zakir Hussain

Question 59

First Prime Minister to lose an election

Answer 59

Indira Gandhi

Question 60

First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office

Answer 60

Morarji Desai

Question 61

First Deputy Prime Minister of India

Answer 61

Vallabhbhai Patel

Question 62

First Talkie Film

Answer 62

Alam Ara (1931)

Question 63

First Test-tube Baby of India

Answer 63

Indira (Baby Harsha)

Question 64

First Viceroy of India

Answer 64

Lord Canning

Question 65

First Women Central Minister of India

Answer 65

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Question 66

First Women Chief Minister of Indian state

Answer 66

Mrs Sucheta Kripalani

Question 67

First Women Governor of India

Answer 67

Mrs Sarojini Naidu

Question 68

First Women Minister of India

Answer 68

Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit of UP

Question 69

First Indian Women to climb the Mt Everest

Answer 69

Bachendri Pal

Question 70

First Women Prime Minister of India

Answer 70

Mrs Indira Gandhi

Question 71

First Women Speaker of a state Assembly (India)

Answer 71

Mrs Shanno Devi

Question 72

First Women Airline Pilot

Answer 72

Durga Banerjee

Question 73

First Women to win an Asiad Gold

Answer 73

Kamaljit Sandhu

Question 74

First Women Judge of the Supreme Court of India

Answer 74

Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi

Question 75

First Indian in the British Parliament

Answer 75

Dadabhai Naoroji

Question 76

First Indian to win Miss Universe Title

Answer 76

Ms Sushmita Sen

Question 77

First Indian Women Congress President

Answer 77

Sarojini Naidu (1925)

Question 78

First Indian Women President of UN

Answer 78

Vijayalakshi Pandit (1953)

Question 79

First Indian Women to win the Nobel Prize

Answer 79

Mother Teresa (1979)

Question 80

First Indian Woman to become ‘Miss World’

Answer 80

Reita Faria

Question 81

First Speaker, Lok Sabha

Answer 81

G V Mavalankar (1952-57)

Question 82

First Chairman, Rajya Sabha

Answer 82

S V Krishnamurthy (1952)

Question 83

First Indian to pass ICS

Answer 83

Surendra Nath Banerji (1862)

Question 84

First Indian Pilot

Answer 84

JRD Tata (1929)

Question 85

First Indian to reach Antarctica

Answer 85

Lt Ram Charan (1960)

Question 86

First Indian Judge to face impeachment proceedings in Lok Sabha

Answer 86

Justice V Ramaswami (1993)

Question 87

First Newspaper (India)

Answer 87

Bengal Gazette (1781)

Question 88

First Vernacular Daily (India)

Answer 88

Samachar Darpan (1818)

Question 89

First Post Office opened at (in India)

Answer 89

Kolkata (1727)

Question 90

First Telegraph Line installed (India)

Answer 90

Between Diamond Harbour and Kolkata (1851)

Question 91

First Train steamed off from (in India)

Answer 91

Mumbai to Thane (1853)

Question 92

First Electric Train (in India)

Answer 92

Mumbai VT to Kurla (1925)

Question 93

First Silent Movie (in India)

Answer 93

Raja Harish Chandra made by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)

Question 94

First coloured Cinemascope Film (India)

Answer 94

Pyar Ki Pyas (1962)

Question 95

First Women Prime Minister of a Country

Answer 95

Mrs Sirimavo Bandarnaike (of Sri Lanka)

Question 96

First Nobel Prize Winner (Indian)

Answer 96

Rabindra Nath Tagore

Question 97

First Women President of Indian National Congress

Answer 97

Annie Besant