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

  • (A) P.T. Usha
  • (B) Saina Nehwal
  • (C) Mary Kom
  • (D) Karnam Malleswari

Answer: Karnam Malleswari

Karnam Malleswari won an Olympic bronze medal in weightlifting in 2000, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual event.

Who was the first woman to win the Booker Prize for Fiction?

  • (A) Arundhati Roy
  • (B) Kiran Desai
  • (C) Kamala Das
  • (D) Anita Desai

Answer: Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy became the first woman Indian author to win the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel The God of Small Things.

Who was the first Indian to get a doctorate from Oxford University?

  • (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • (B) C.R. Das
  • (C) Lala Lajpat Rai
  • (D) M.K. Gandhi

Answer: C.R. Das

C.R. Das was the first Indian to receive a doctorate from Oxford University.

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Who was the first Indian to receive the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Fiction?

  • (A) Vikram Seth
  • (B) Arundhati Roy
  • (C) Kiran Desai
  • (D) Ruskin Bond

Answer: Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Fiction in 2006 for her novel The Inheritance of Loss.

Who was the first Indian to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen?

  • (A) Arjun Vajpai
  • (B) Tenzing Norgay
  • (C) Babu Chiri Sherpa
  • (D) Krishan Kumar

Answer: Arjun Vajpai

Arjun Vajpai became the first Indian to reach the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen in 2011.

Who was the first Indian woman to be elected President of the Indian National Congress?

  • (A) Sarojini Naidu
  • (B) Indira Gandhi
  • (C) Annie Besant
  • (D) Sucheta Kriplani

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman to be elected President of the Indian National Congress in 1925.

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

  • (A) P.T. Usha
  • (B) Saina Nehwal
  • (C) Kamaljeet Sandhu
  • (D) M.C. Mary Kom

Answer: Kamaljeet Sandhu

Kamaljeet Sandhu won the gold medal in the 4x400 meters relay at the Commonwealth Games in 1970, making her the first Indian woman to win a gold.

Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?

  • (A) P.T. Usha
  • (B) Saina Nehwal
  • (C) Mary Kom
  • (D) Karnam Malleswari

Answer: Karnam Malleswari

Karnam Malleswari won the bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

Who was the first Indian to serve as the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India?

  • (A) Homi J. Bhabha
  • (B) Vikram Sarabhai
  • (C) K. S. Krishnan
  • (D) Rajeshwari Choudhury

Answer: Homi J. Bhabha

Homi J. Bhabha was the first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and played a pivotal role in Indias nuclear program.

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Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British House of Commons?

  • (A) Dadabhai Naoroji
  • (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
  • (C) Subhas Chandra Bose
  • (D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Indian to be elected to the British House of Commons in 1892.

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