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1
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first governor of bengal

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lord clive 1757-60

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last governor of bengal

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warren hastings 1772-74

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first governor general of bengal

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warren hastings 1774-85

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4
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first governor general of india

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lord william bentinck 1833-35

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5
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last governor general and first viceroy of india

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lord canning 1856-62

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6
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first president of indian national congress

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w c banerjee

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7
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first governor general of independent india

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c rajgopalachari 21.06.1948-25.01.1950

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8
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first indian to pass ics

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surendranath banerjee

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9
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first indian ics officer

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satyandranath tagore

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10
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first governor general of india after independence

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lord louis mountbatten 15 aug. 1947 to 20 june 1948

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11
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1st indian cosmonaut to go to space

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sqn. ldr. rakesh sharma

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12
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first temporary president of constituent assembly

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dr. sachchida nanda singha

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13
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first commander in chief of free india

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general k m carippa

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14
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first indian noble laurate

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rabindranath tagore

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15
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first indian judge of the international court of justice

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dr nagendra singh

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16
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first indian to get bharat ratna award

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dr. s radhakrishnan

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17
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first field marshall

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general sfg manekshaw

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18
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president of constituent assembly

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dr rajendra prasad

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19
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first indian to swim across the english channel

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mihir sen

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20
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first indian to win jnanpeeth award

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g. shankar kurup

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21
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first muslim president of indian republic

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dr zakir hussain

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22
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first indian to win palk strait ocean swimming contest

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baidyanath nath

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23
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first speaker of lok sabha

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g v mavlankar

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24
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first person to make printing press popular in india

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james hicky

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25
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first education minister of independent india

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maulana abul kalam azad

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26
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first president of indian republic

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dr rajendra prasad

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27
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first prime minister of independent india

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pt. jawaharlal nehru

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28
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first home minister of independent india

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sardar vallabh bhai patel

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29
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first vice president of independent india

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dr s radhakrishnan

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30
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first chief of air staff

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air marshall sir thomas elmhirst

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31
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first indian air chief of india

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air marshal subroto mukherjee

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32
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first chief of army staff

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general maharaja sri rajendra singh ji jadeja

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33
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first chief of naval staff of india

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vice admiral r d katari

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34
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first large scale atomic reactor of india

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apsara

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35
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first person to get param vir chakra

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major somnath sharma

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36
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first nuclear submarine of india

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ins chakra

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37
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first indian scientist to get nobel prize

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c v raman physics

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38
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first indian submarine

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ins kalvari

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39
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first scientist of indian origin to get nobel prize in the field of medical science

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dr hargobind khorana

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40
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first aircraft carrier indian ship

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ins vikrant

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41
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first chinese pilgrim to visit india

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fa- hien

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42
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first medium range missile

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agni

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43
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first e business news paper of india

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financial express

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44
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first scientist of indian origin to win noble rpize in physics

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subramanyam chandrasekhar

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45
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first indian missile

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prithvi

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46
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first indian to win stalin award

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saifuddin kitchlew

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47
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india first nuclear centre

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tarapur

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48
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first indian to win magsaysay award

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acharya vinoba bhave 1958

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49
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india first open university

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dr b r ambedkar open university or telengana open university

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50
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india first minister to resign from union cabinet

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shyama prasad mukherjee 1950

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51
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first british to visit mughal court- court of jahangir

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william hawkins - 1609

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52
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first asian games organised

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new delhi 1951

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53
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india first election commissioner

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sukumar sen

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54
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first muslim president of indian national congress

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badruddin tayab ji

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55
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first chief justice of india

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justice hiralal j kania

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56
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first person to submit the proposal of indian independence in a congress session

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maulana hasrat mohani

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57
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india first organised university

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nalanda university

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58
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first indian to climb mount everest without oxygen cylinder

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sherpa phu dorji

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59
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first foreign recipent of bharat ratna

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khan abdul ghaffar khan

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60
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first indian recipent of nobel prize in economics

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dr amartya sen

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61
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first army institute of i nformation technology founded

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hyderabad

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62
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first tes tube baby of india

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harsha chawda

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63
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first indian pilot

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j r d tata 1929

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64
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first in dian to win antartica

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lt ram charan 1960

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65
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first post office opened in india

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kolkata

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66
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first deputy prime minister of india

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sardar vallabh bhai patel

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67
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first indian prime minister to resign form office

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moraji desai

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68
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first indian prime minister to lose an election

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indira gandhi

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69
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first indian prime minister to die in office

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dr zakir hussain

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70
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first man to climb mt everest twice

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nawang gombu sherpa

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71
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first inidan to reach south pole

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col j k bajaj

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72
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first indian recipent of oscar award

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bhanu athaiya

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73
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first americam president to visit india

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dwight david eisenhower

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74
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first british prime miniser to visit india

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harold mcmillian

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75
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first indian author to get anderson award

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ruskin bond

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76
Q

first indian to win world billiards trophy

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wilson jones

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77
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first indian space tourist

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santhosh george kulangara

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78
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india first woman presdent

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smt pratibha patel

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79
Q

india first woman prime minister

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indira gandhi

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80
Q

india first woman governor

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sarojini naidu

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81
Q

india first woman ruler on delhi throne

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razia sultan

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82
Q

india first woman ips officer

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kiran bedi

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83
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first woman chief minister of state

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sucheta kriplani

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84
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first wi=oman union minister first union health minister

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rajkumari amrita kaur

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85
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first woman president of inc

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annie besant

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86
Q

first woman judge of the supreme court

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mera sahib fatima bibi

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87
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first woman to get ashoka chakra

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nirja bhanot

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88
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first indian woamn ambassador to united nation

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vijayalakshmi pandit

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89
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first indian woman to swim across english channel

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arati saha gupta

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90
Q

first indian woman to get the nobel prize

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mother teresa

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91
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first indian woman to climb mount everest

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bachendri pal

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92
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first indian wome=an to win miss world

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miss reita faria

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93
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first woman to climb mount everest twice

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santosh yadav

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94
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first indian women to become miss universe

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sushmita sem

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95
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first indian woman to get bharat ratna

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smt. indira gandhi

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96
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first indian woman to get jnanpith award

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ashapurna devi

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97
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first india woman to win wta title

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sania mirza

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98
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first india woman pilot of indian airlines

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durba banerjee

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99
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first indian woman to fly an aircraft

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sarla thakral

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100
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first indian woman to win a gold in asian games

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kamaljeet sadhu

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101
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first india woman president of in congress

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sarojini naidu

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102
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first indian woman to win the booker prize

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arundhati roy

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103
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first woman musician to win bharat ratna

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ms subbulakshmi

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104
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first indian woman to go into space

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kalpana chawla

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105
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first men to climb mount everest

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sherpa tenzing norgay sir edmund hillary 29 may 1953

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106
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first man to reach north pole

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robert edwin peary

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107
Q

first man to reach south pole

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roald amundsen

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108
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first religion of the world

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sanatan dharma

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109
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first country to print books

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china

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110
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first country to issue paper currency

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china

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111
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first country to start civil service competition

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china

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112
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first president of united states of america

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george washington

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113
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first prime minister of great britain

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robert walpole

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114
Q

first secretary general of united nation

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trygve lie

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115
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first country to make education compulsory

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prussia germany

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116
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first country to win the world cup football

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uruguay

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117
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first country to make a constitution

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united states of america

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118
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pakistan first governor general

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mohammad ali jinnah

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119
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first summit of nam organised in

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belgrade former yugoslavia

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120
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first europr=ean to visit china

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maffeo polo

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121
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first man to fly an aeroplane

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wright brothers wilbur and orville right

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122
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first person to sail around the world

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ferdinand magellan

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123
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first country to send human to moon

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usa

124
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first country to launch satellite to space

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russia former ussr

125
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first country to host the modern olympic games

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greece

126
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first president of the republic of china

A

dr sun yat sen

127
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first city to be attacked by atom bomb

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heroshima japan

128
Q

first radio telescope satellite launched into space

A

japan

129
Q

first russian soviet prime mnister to visit india

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v i bulganin

130
Q

first university of the wol=rld

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takshila taxila university

131
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first man to set foot on the moon

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neil armstorng

132
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first man to go into space

A

major yuri alekseyevich gagarin

133
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first space shuttle launched

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columbia april 12 1981

134
Q

first space ship landed on mars

A

viking 1 july 20 1976

135
Q

first woman prime minister of england

A

margaret thatcher

136
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first woman prime minister of muslim country

A

benazir bhutto pakistan

137
Q

first won=man prime miniser of a country

A

srimavo bhandarnaike sri lanka

138
Q

first woman cosmonaut in space

A

valentina tereshkova ussr

139
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first woman to climb mt everest

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junko tabei japan

140
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first deaf and dumb to cross the strait of gibralter

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taranath shenoy india

141
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first woman president of un general assembly

A

smt vijayalakshmi pandit

142
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first europaen invader of indian soil

A

alexander the great

143
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first woman to reach the north pole

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ann bancroft

144
Q

first woman to reach antartica

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caroline mikkelsen

145
Q

first women to be the working member of antartic expidition

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jackie ronne

146
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first man to draw map of the earth

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anaximander 610 to 542 cb

147
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first man to compile encyclopedia

A

aspheosis athens

148
Q

oldest man to climb mount everest

A

yuichiro miura japan 2013

149
Q

first asian to win wimbledon trophy

A

arthur ashe usa

150
Q

first man to win nobel prize for litrature

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sully prudhomme france

151
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first man to win nobel prize for peace

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jean h dunant switzerland frederic passy france

152
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first man to win nobel prize for physics

A

wc rontgen germany

153
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first man to win nobel prze for chemisry

A

j h vant hoff howland

154
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first man to win nobel prize for medicine

A

emil adolf von behrig germany

155
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first man to win nobel prize for economics

A

rangar frisch norway and jan tinbergen howlland

156
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first woman president of the country

A

marma estela i m cortas de peron argentina

157
Q

first space tourist male

A

dennis tito usa

158
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first space tourist female

A

mrs anousheh ansari irani american

159
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space tourist

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1st dennis tito 2001, 2nd mark shuttleworth 2002, 3rd gregory olsen 2003, 4th mrs anoushah ansari 2004, 5th charles simonyi 2006, 6th richards gariatte 2008, 7th guy laliberte 2009

160
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longest bridge in india

A

bhupen hazarikadhola sadiya bridge 9150m

161
Q

largest animal fair in india

A

sonepur bihar

162
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largest auditorium

A

sri shanmukhanand hall mumbai

163
Q

largest lake in india

A

wular lake jand k

164
Q

highest dam in india

A

tehri dam on bhagirathi river uttarakhand

165
Q

largest desert in india

A

thar rajasthan

166
Q

largest cave temple

A

kailash temple ellora maharashtra

167
Q

largest mosque

A

jama masjid new delhi

168
Q

highest peak in india

A

godwin austen/ k2 8611 m

169
Q

longest tunnel in india

A

chenani nashri patnitop tunnel nh 44 j and k

170
Q

largest delta in india

A

sunderbans west bengal

171
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the state with maximum forest area

A

madhya pradesh

172
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longest corridor of india

A

corridor of ramnathswamy temple at rameswaram tamil nadu

173
Q

highest waterfall in india

A

jog fall or garsoppa karnataka

174
Q

longest road in india

A

nh 44 srinagar kanyakumari 3745 km

175
Q

highest gateway

A

buland darwaza fatehpur sikri up

176
Q

longest river in india

A

the ganga

177
Q

largest museum in india

A

indian museum kolkata

178
Q

largest dome in india

A

golgumbaz bijapur karnataka

179
Q

the tallest statue in india

A

veer abhay anjaneya hanuman swami vijaywada

180
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largest public sector bank of india

A

state bank of india

181
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biggest cantilever bridge in india

A

howrah bridge rabindra setu kolkata

182
Q

longest canal

A

indira gandhi canal or rajasthan canal rajasthan

183
Q

longest railway platform in india

A

gorakpur up 1366033 m

184
Q

longest railway tunnel

A

pir panjal railway tunnel j and k 11.215 km

185
Q

biggest stadium in india

A

buddha international circuit new delhi

186
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most populous city in india

A

mumbai maharashtra

187
Q

largest sea bridge in india

A

bandra worli sea link bridge/ rajiv gandhi sea link mumbai

188
Q

longest passenger train in india

A

vivek express

189
Q

longest passenger train route in india

A

dibrugarh to kanyakumari

190
Q

oldest church in india

A

st thomas syro malabar catholic church at palayu trissur kerala

191
Q

longest national highway in india

A

nh 44 srinagar to kanyakumari

192
Q

state with longest coastline in india

A

gujarat

193
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highest lake in india

A

tso lhamo/ cholamu lake sikkim

194
Q

largest saline water lake in india

A

chilka lake odisha

195
Q

largest fresh water lake in india

A

kolleru lake andhra pradesh

196
Q

longest natural cave in india

A

krem liat prah meghalaya

197
Q

longest river in south india

A

godavari

198
Q

longest dam in india

A

hirakud dam odisha

199
Q

highest gallantry award in india

A

param vir chakra

200
Q

highest award in india

A

bharat ratna

201
Q

largest gurudwara in india

A

harmandir saheb golden temple amritsar

202
Q

biggest church in india

A

calvary temle hyderabad telengana

203
Q

tallest tv tower in india

A

rameshwaram tv tower tamil nadu 323 m

204
Q

south indian state with longest coastline

A

andhra pradesh

205
Q

longest sea beach in india

A

marina beach chennai

206
Q

highest road in india

A

leh manali highway khardung la in leh manali sector

207
Q

largest artificial lake in india

A

dhebar jaisamand lake udaipur rajasthan

208
Q

deepest river valley in india

A

bhagirathi and alaknanda

209
Q

largest river withiout delta

A

narmada and tapti

210
Q

highest battlefield and longest glacier

A

siachen glacier

211
Q

biggest river island

A

majuli brahmaputra river assam

212
Q

largest planetarium in india

A

m p birla planetarium kolkata

213
Q

highest airport in india

A

leh airport ladakh

214
Q

tallest animal on land in the world

A

giraffe

215
Q

biggest bell in the world

A

tsar bell moscow

216
Q

fastest bird in the world

A

peregrine falcon 322km/hr

217
Q

largest bird in the world

A

ostritch

218
Q

smallest bird in the world

A

bee humming bird

219
Q

longest railway bridge in the world

A

dan yang kunshan grand bridge beijing china

220
Q

tallest building in the world

A

burj khalifa dubai uae

221
Q

tallest residential building in the world

A

432 park avenue new york usa

222
Q

biggest cinema hall in thw world

A

roxy new york

223
Q

highest city in the world

A

wen zhuan tibet china 16732 ft

224
Q

largest city in the world in terms of population

A

tokyo 3,71,26,000 est population as per 2011

225
Q

biggest city in area in the world

A

mount isa queenslandaustralia 43310 sq. km

226
Q

largest continent in world

A

asia

227
Q

smallest continent in world

A

australia

228
Q

largest country in population in world

A

china

229
Q

largest country in area in world

A

russia

230
Q

largest coral formation in the world

A

the great barrier reef australia

231
Q

largest dam in world

A

the three georges dam china

232
Q

longest day in world

A

june 21 in north hemisphere

233
Q

shortest day in world

A

december 22 in north hemisphere

234
Q

largest delta in world

A

sundarbans deltA india 800 square miles

235
Q

largest desert in world

A

sahara africa 8400000 sq. km

236
Q

largest diamond in world

A

the cullinan over 1 1/2 lb

237
Q

longest epic in wrold

A

mahabharata

238
Q

largest island in world

A

greenland renamed kalaatdlit nunaat

239
Q

largest artificial lake world

A

lake volta ghana

240
Q

deepest lake

A

baikal siberia depth 5314 feet 1637m

241
Q

highest lake

A

titicaca bolivia 12645ft bove the sealevel

242
Q

largest fresh water lake

A

lake superior usa

243
Q

largest salt water lake w

A

caspian sea 371000sq. km

244
Q

largest mosque w

A

masjid al haram mecca saudi arabia 356800 sq m

245
Q

biggest library

A

national kiev library moscow, library of the congress washington

246
Q

highest mountain peak w

A

everest nepal 29035 ft 8850m

247
Q

highest mountain range

A

himalayas

248
Q

longest mountain range

A

andes south america 700 km in lingth

249
Q

biggest museum

A

louvre paris

250
Q

tallest free standing minaret

A

qutub minar delhi 238 ft

251
Q

tallest mineret

A

great hassan mosque casablanca morocco

252
Q

deepest and biggest ocean

A

pacific ocean

253
Q

largest palace

A

imperial palace gugong beijing china

254
Q

largest park

A

north east greenland national park greenland

255
Q

largest peninsula

A

arabia 3250000sq km

256
Q

coldest place or region

A

vostok antartica temperature -93.2 degree celcius

257
Q

driest place

A

atacama desert south america

258
Q

largest planet

A

jupiter

259
Q

brightest and hottest planet also nearest to earth

A

venus

260
Q

farthest planet from the sun

A

neptune

261
Q

nearest planet to the sun

A

mercury

262
Q

smallest planet

A

mercury

263
Q

highest plateau

A

pamir tibet

264
Q

longest platform railway

A

gorakhpur up india 1366.33 m

265
Q

largest platform railway

A

grand central terminal new york usa

266
Q

largest port

A

port of shanghai china

267
Q

busiest port

A

port of shanghai china

268
Q

longest railway

A

trans siberian railway 3772 miles long

269
Q

longest river

A

nile 6690 km amazom 6570 km

270
Q

longest river dam

A

hirakud dam odisha india 15.8 miles

271
Q

largest sea bird

A

albatross

272
Q

larges sea inland

A

caspian sea143200 sq miles

273
Q

brightest star

A

sirius a also called dog star

274
Q

tallest statue

A

spring temple buddha china 502 feet high

275
Q

world tallest statue under construction of sardar vallabhai patel in sadhubet near sardar sarovar dam gujarat

A

statue of unity

276
Q

tallest bronze statue

A

bronze statue of lord buddha tokyo japan

277
Q

tallest tower

A

burj khalifa dubai

278
Q

longest and deepest rail tunnel

A

gotthard tunell switzerland 57 km

279
Q

longest and largest canel tunnel

A

le rove tunnel soth of france

280
Q

longest tunnel road

A

laerdal norway

281
Q

highest volcano

A

ojos del salado andes argentina chile 6885 m

282
Q

largest volcane

A

mauna loa hawaii

283
Q

longets wall

A

great wall of china 1500 miles

284
Q

highest waer fall

A

salto angel falls venezuella

285
Q

longest strait

A

strait of malacca

286
Q

broadest strait

A

davis strait greenland and baffin island canada

287
Q

narrowest strait

A

chaliks 45 yards between greek mainland the island of euboea in aegean sea

288
Q

largest gulf

A

gulf of mexico shoreline 2100 miles

289
Q

largest archipelago

A

malay archipelago indonesia

290
Q

tallest active geyser

A

steamboat geyser yellowstone national park usa 300 ft

291
Q

largest river basin

A

amazon basin 2720000sq miles

292
Q

world raniest spot

A

mawsynram india 11873 mm

293
Q

lightest gas

A

hydrogen

294
Q

lightest metal

A

lithium

295
Q

highest melting point

A

tungsten 3422 degree celcius

296
Q

hardest substance synthetic

A

wurtzite boron nitride

297
Q

hardest substance comes from meteorite

A

lonsdaleite

298
Q

hardest natural substance found on earth

A

diamond

299
Q

largest diamond producing mine

A

orapa botswana

300
Q

longest animal

A

blue whale recorded length 106 feet weight 195 tonnes

301
Q

longest life span of animal

A

190 to 200 years giant tortoise

302
Q

largest land animal

A

african bush elephant

303
Q

fastest animal

A

cheetah leopard 70 mph

304
Q

largest jump animal

A

kangaroo

305
Q

longest wing spread bird

A

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