indian quiz Flashcards
Who was the first President of India?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Who is known as the ‘Father of the Nation’ in India?
Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
Indira Gandhi
Who is called the ‘Missile Man of India’?
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Who is the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913)
Who is known as the ‘Iron Man of India’?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna?
Indira Gandhi
Who is the first Indian to win an Oscar?
Bhanu Athaiya (for costume design, 1982)
Who is the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
Arundhati Roy (for ‘The God of Small Things,’ 1997)
Who was the first Indian to go to space?
Rakesh Sharma
Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Cinema’?
Dadasaheb Phalke
Who founded the Indian National Army (INA)?
Subhas Chandra Bose
Who is the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
Abhinav Bindra (2008, Shooting)
Who is known as the ‘Nightingale of India’?
Sarojini Naidu
Who was the first Chief Justice of India?
Harilal Jekisundas Kania
Who wrote the famous Indian novel ‘The Guide’?
R.K. Narayan
Who is the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)?
Allan Octavian Hume
Who was the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Meira Kumar
Who is the first Indian cricketer to score a double century in a One Day International?
Sourav Ganguly
Who was the first Indian to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title?
Mahesh Bhupathi
Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Space Program’?
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
Which Indian company developed the first indigenous mobile phone?
Micromax
What was the name of India’s first satellite?
Aryabhata
Which Indian company is known for creating the world’s cheapest tablet?
Aakash (by DataWind)
Which Indian scientist invented the first ‘jute processing machine’?
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
In which year did India launch its first Mars mission, Mangalyaan?
2013
Who is the founder of Infosys?
Narayana Murthy
Who invented the first automated teller machine (ATM) in India?
Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar
What is the name of India’s first nuclear test?
Smiling Buddha (1974)
Which Indian scientist developed the technology for the first indigenously developed computer?
Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
Who is the founder of the Indian IT industry and founder of Wipro?
Azim Premji
Which Indian organization is responsible for the launch of Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar probe?
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Which Indian city is known as the ‘Silicon Valley of India’?
Bengaluru
Who invented the Indian ‘railway’ train?
George Stephenson (although he was British, the first train in India was a British invention)
Who is credited with developing India’s first supercomputer?
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar
Which company is the first Indian IT company to be listed on NASDAQ?
Infosys
Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Nuclear Science’?
Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
Who invented the first successful heart bypass surgery in India?
Dr. P. K. Sethi
Which Indian company is known for making the world’s largest single-location solar power plant?
Adani Power
What is the name of the Indian satellite navigation system launched by ISRO?
NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation)