GK QUIZ: 10 First in India 2

General Knowledge Quiz No :4

First in India  : QUIZ NO 2

• Who was the first Indian to travel to space ?

ANS: Rakesh Sharma

•  Who was the first Indian women to travel to space ?

ANS: Kalpana Chawla 

• Who was the first Indian to win individual Olympic Medal?

ANS: K D  Jhadav

• Who was the first Indian to win individual Olympic gold medal  ?

ANS:Abhinav Bindra

• Who was the first indian to win the Booker Prize?

ANS: Arundhati Roy

• Who was the first Indian to win Magsaysay award?

ANS: Vinoba Bhave 

• Which was the first Indian film?

ANS: Raja Harischandra

Which was the first Indian talkie film?

ANS: Alam Ara

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GK QUIZ 9 : First in India 1

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ : 9
First in  India 1

• Who was the first railway minister of independent India?

ANS: John Mathai

• Who presented the first budget of independent india?

ANS: R K Shanmugham Chetty 

•    Who is the  first Indian climb mount Everest ?

ANS:Avtar Singh Cheema

• Who is the first Indian women to climb Mount Everest ?

ANS: Bachendri Pal

• Who is the first Indian to swim across the English channel?

ANS: Mihir Sen

• Who is the first Indian women to swim across the English channel?

ANS: Arati Saha

• Who is the first women prime minister of India?

ANS: Indira Gandhi

• Who is the first women chief minister of India?

ANS: Sucheta Kripalini

• Who was the first Indian to win the nobel  prize?

ANS: Rabindranath Tagore

• Who became the first Indian  to win Oscar Awards?

ANS: Bhanu Athaiya 

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GK QUIZ 12: INDIAN RAILWAYS

General Knowledge Quiz: 2
Topic : Indian Railways

( answers  at end of post)


1.In which year was Indian Railways founded?

a.1948
b.1857
c.1853
c.1933

2.Indian Railways is the world's _________largest commercial or utility employer, by number of employees?

a.Ninth
b.First
c.Eleventh
d.Fourth

3.Who presented the first railway budget of independent India?

a. Shanmugham Chetty
b.John Mathai
c,Jawahar Lal Nehru
d. Sardar Vallabhai Patel 

4. India's first Metro rail service started from 

a. Kolkata
b.Bangalore
c. Kochi
d. Delhi 

5.India's first train was between 

a.Kolkata-Bombay
b.Kolkata-Delhi
c.Kolkata- Thane
d.Bombay-Thane

ANSWERS:

1. c
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. d

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GK QUIZ :13 Delhi Sultanate

General Knowledge Quiz:1
Topic : Delhi Sultanate

( answers  at end of post)

1.Who was the first sultan of Delhi?

a.Muhammed Ghori
b.Ibrahim Lodi
c.Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d.Balban


2.Muhammed Bin Tuglaq  shifted the his capital from Delhi to

a.Hydrabad
b. Daulatabad
c.Agra
d.Karachi.


3.Who was the last Delhi Sultan ?

a.Muhammed Bin Tuglaq  
b. Bahlul Khan Lod
c. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
d. Ibrahim Lodi

4.Which Dynasty succeeded the Delhi Sultanate ?
a.Mughals
b. Marathas
c. Jin Dynasty
d.Tang Dynasty

5.Which language was the official language of the sultanate?

a.Persian
b.Urdu
c.Hindi
d. Mungol


ANSWERS:

1. c  
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. a

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GK QUIZ 11 :First in India 3

General Knowledge Quiz: 11
Topic: First in India , part 3

• Who was  the first Indian to  reach South Pole?

J K Bajaj

• Which was the first 3D film in India ?

My Dear Kuttichathan

• Who was the first Home minister of India?

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

• Which was the first Satelite of India?

Aryabhata

• Who was the first Chess Grandmaster from India?

Vishwanathan Anand

• Where was the first Post Office opened in India?

Kolkata

• Who was the first Indian women IAS officer?

Kiran Bedi

• First Indian cricketer to score a test match century ?

Lala Amarnath

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