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Who is known as the Father of the Indian Space Program?

  • (A) Vikram Sarabhai
  • (B) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • (C) Satish Dhawan
  • (D) Homi J. Bhabha

Answer: Vikram Sarabhai

Vikram Sarabhai is known as the father of the Indian space program for his pivotal role in establishing ISRO.

Who was the first woman to lead a national political party in India?

  • (A) Indira Gandhi
  • (B) Sarojini Naidu
  • (C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  • (D) Mamata Banerjee

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi was the first woman to lead a national political party in India, becoming the President of the Indian National Congress.

Who was the first Indian woman to serve as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

  • (A) Meira Kumar
  • (B) Sarojini Naidu
  • (C) Sumitra Mahajan
  • (D) Sucheta Kriplani

Answer: Meira Kumar

Meira Kumar was the first woman to serve as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indias Parliament, from 2009 to 2014.

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Who was the first Indian to win the Fields Medal in Mathematics?

  • (A) Manjul Bhargava
  • (B) Harsha Vardhan
  • (C) S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
  • (D) C. R. Rao

Answer: Manjul Bhargava

Manjul Bhargava won the Fields Medal in 2014 for his contributions to number theory.

Who was the first woman astronaut from India?

  • (A) Kalpana Chawla
  • (B) Sunita Williams
  • (C) Rakesh Sharma
  • (D) Vandana Sharma

Answer: Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman astronaut, flying on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997.

Who is the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title?

  • (A) Reita Faria
  • (B) Priyanka Chopra
  • (C) Aishwarya Rai
  • (D) Sushmita Sen

Answer: Reita Faria

Reita Faria was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title in 1966, marking a milestone in Indian beauty pageant history.

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Who was the first female astronaut to go to space?

  • (A) Sally Ride
  • (B) Valentina Tereshkova
  • (C) Kalpana Chawla
  • (D) Sunita Williams

Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman astronaut to go to space in 1963 aboard the Vostok 6 mission.

Who was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games?

  • (A) Karnam Malleswari
  • (B) P.T. Usha
  • (C) Mary Kom
  • (D) Sushmita Singh

Answer: Karnam Malleswari

Karnam Malleswari won a gold medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Peace?

  • (A) Mahatma Gandhi
  • (B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  • (C) Mother Teresa
  • (D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the poor and sick in Calcutta (now Kolkata).

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Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest from India?

  • (A) Tenzing Norgay
  • (B) Santosh Yadav
  • (C) Arunima Sinha
  • (D) Harish Kapadia

Answer: Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, representing India and Nepal.

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