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Who was the first woman to serve as a Governor of an Indian state?

  • (A) Sarojini Naidu
  • (B) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  • (C) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
  • (D) Pratibha Patil

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu became the first woman to serve as a Governor when she was appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh in 1947.

Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest?

  • (A) Tenzing Norgay
  • (B) Edmund Hillary
  • (C) Bachendri Pal
  • (D) Arunima Sinha

Answer: Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary, alongside Tenzing Norgay, became the first to successfully summit Mount Everest in 1953.

Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?

  • (A) Sucheta Kriplani
  • (B) Sarojini Naidu
  • (C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  • (D) M. S. Swaminathan

Answer: Sucheta Kriplani

Sucheta Kriplani became the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state (Uttar Pradesh) in 1963.

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Who is called the Grand Old Man of India?

  • (A) Lala Lajpat Rai
  • (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • (C) Dadabhai Naoroji
  • (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

Dadabhai Naoroji, a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress and a key figure in Indias freedom movement, was called the Grand Old Man of India.

Who was the first Indian to go to the Moon?

  • (A) Rakesh Sharma
  • (B) Kalpana Chawla
  • (C) Vikram Sarabhai
  • (D) Har Gobind Khorana

Answer: Rakesh Sharma

Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to travel to space and though he did not go to the Moon, he was involved in India?s space exploration.

Who is the Iron Man of India?

  • (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  • (C) Subhas Chandra Bose
  • (D) Bhagat Singh

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Indias first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, is called the Iron Man for his role in integrating India post-independence.

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

  • (A) C. V. Raman
  • (B) Homi J. Bhabha
  • (C) Satyendra Nath Bose
  • (D) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Answer: C. V. Raman

C. V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on light scattering, which became known as the Raman Effect.

Who founded the Indian National Congress?

  • (A) Subhas Chandra Bose
  • (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
  • (C) A.O. Hume
  • (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: A.O. Hume

Allan Octavian Hume, a British civil servant, founded the Indian National Congress in 1885 to foster unity among Indians and address political issues.

Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic Gold?

  • (A) Milkha Singh
  • (B) P. T. Usha
  • (C) Abhinav Bindra
  • (D) Balbir Singh Sr.

Answer: Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal in 2008 in shooting.

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Who is known as the Nightingale of India?

  • (A) Lata Mangeshkar
  • (B) Sarojini Naidu
  • (C) Mirabai
  • (D) Rani Durgavati

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu is known as the Nightingale of India due to her beautiful poetry that inspired many during the Indian independence movement.

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