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Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?

  • (A) Arunima Sinha
  • (B) Bachendri Pal
  • (C) Kalpana Chawla
  • (D) Sunita Williams

Answer: Bachendri Pal

Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 23, 1984.

Who is the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?

  • (A) Swami Vivekananda
  • (B) Raja Rammohan Roy
  • (C) Dayananda Saraswati
  • (D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy

Raja Rammohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828, promoting social reforms and advocating for womens rights and the abolition of Sati.

Who was the first woman to lead an Indian political party?

  • (A) Indira Gandhi
  • (B) Sarojini Naidu
  • (C) Sucheta Kriplani
  • (D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi became the first woman to lead a major political party in India, becoming the Prime Minister in 1966.

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Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal?

  • (A) Abhinav Bindra
  • (B) Milkha Singh
  • (C) P. T. Usha
  • (D) Leander Paes

Answer: Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra won India?s first individual Olympic gold medal in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Who is the founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?

  • (A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • (B) L. K. Advani
  • (C) Balasaheb Thackeray
  • (D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Answer: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee is credited with founding the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1951, a major political party in India.

Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?

  • (A) Rabindranath Tagore
  • (B) Sarojini Naidu
  • (C) R. K. Narayan
  • (D) Mulk Raj Anand

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore became the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali.

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Who is considered the first woman social reformer of India?

  • (A) Begum Roquiah Sakhawat Hossain
  • (B) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
  • (C) Sarojini Naidu
  • (D) Pandita Ramabai

Answer: Begum Roquiah Sakhawat Hossain

Begum Roquiah Sakhawat Hossain is considered one of the earliest women social reformers, known for her contributions to womens education and social justice.

Who is known as the Mahatma of modern India?

  • (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • (B) Mahatma Gandhi
  • (C) Subhas Chandra Bose
  • (D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Mahatma for his philosophy of nonviolence and his role in Indias freedom movement.

Who was the first Indian woman to fly solo across the English Channel?

  • (A) Sarojini Naidu
  • (B) Kamala Das
  • (C) Kalpana Chawla
  • (D) Durga Banerjee

Answer: Durga Banerjee

Durga Banerjee became the first Indian woman to fly solo across the English Channel in 1956.

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Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?

  • (A) Amartya Sen
  • (B) Manmohan Singh
  • (C) Raghuram Rajan
  • (D) C. Rangarajan

Answer: Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his work on welfare economics and social justice.

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