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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who was the first Indian to make a movie |
| A. | H. S. Bhatwadekar |
| B. | Ardeshir Irani |
| C. | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke |
| D. | V. Shantaram |
| Answer» B. Ardeshir Irani | |
| 2. |
Who was the first Indian to make a movie? |
| A. | S.S. Vasan |
| B. | Ardeshir Irani |
| C. | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke |
| D. | V. Shantaram |
| Answer» D. V. Shantaram | |
| 3. |
Who was the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council? |
| A. | Satyendra Prasad Sinha |
| B. | Tej Bahadur Sapru |
| C. | PS Siwaswami Iyer |
| D. | Syed Ali Iman |
| Answer» B. Tej Bahadur Sapru | |
| 4. |
Who was the first Indian to go to space? |
| A. | Sunita Williams |
| B. | Rakesh Sharma |
| C. | Ravish Malhotra |
| D. | Kalpana Chawla |
| Answer» C. Ravish Malhotra | |
| 5. |
Who was the first Indian to go into the space? |
| A. | Rakesh Sharma |
| B. | Kalpana Chawla |
| C. | Ravish Malhotra |
| D. | Sunita Williams |
| Answer» B. Kalpana Chawla | |
| 6. |
Who was the first Indian selected as a member of the British Parliament? |
| A. | R. C. Dutt |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | Rammohan Roy |
| D. | Meghnad Desai |
| Answer» C. Rammohan Roy | |
| 7. |
Who was the first Indian to get the Oscar for lifetime achievements in the field of cinema? |
| A. | Anil Kapoor |
| B. | Bhanu Athaiya |
| C. | Satyajit Ray |
| D. | Bimal Roy |
| Answer» D. Bimal Roy | |
| 8. |
Who was the first Indian to cross the English Channel? |
| A. | Mihir Sen |
| B. | Sachin Nag |
| C. | Virdhawal Khade |
| D. | Sufyun Shaikh |
| Answer» B. Sachin Nag | |
| 9. |
Who was the first Indian Pilot? |
| A. | Ardeshir Godrej |
| B. | JRD Tata |
| C. | Ghanshyam Das Birla |
| D. | Dada Bhai Naoroji |
| Answer» C. Ghanshyam Das Birla | |
| 10. |
Who was the first Indian to become a British Member of Parliament during the British rule in India? |
| A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| B. | C Rajagopalachari |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | Acharya J B Kriplani |
| Answer» D. Acharya J B Kriplani | |
| 11. |
Who was the first Indian to become a Nobel Laureate? |
| A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | C. V. Raman |
| D. | Mother Teresa |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 12. |
Who was the first Indian to be selected in the Indian Civil Services (ICS)? |
| A. | Dadabhai Naorojee |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Ravindra Nath Tagore |
| D. | Satyendra Nath Tagore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Who was the first Indian to be elected as the President of the United Nations? |
| A. | Sarojini Naidu |
| B. | Indira Gandhi |
| C. | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| D. | Annie Besant |
| Answer» D. Annie Besant | |
| 14. |
Who was the first Indian sprinter to win a gold medal at the U-20 World Championships in a 400m event? |
| A. | Hima Das |
| B. | PT Usha |
| C. | Tintu Luka |
| D. | Seema Singh |
| Answer» B. PT Usha | |
| 15. |
Who was the first Indian President to visit Nepal in the last 18 years? |
| A. | Pratibha Patil |
| B. | Pranab Mukherjee |
| C. | Ram Nath Kovind |
| D. | APJ Abdul Kalam |
| Answer» C. Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 16. |
Who was the first Indian Professor at the Oxford University ? |
| A. | Sir C.V. Raman |
| B. | Dr. Hargovind Khurana |
| C. | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
| D. | Gita Gopinath |
| Answer» D. Gita Gopinath | |
| 17. |
Who was the first Indian lady scientist who worked with organic chemistry and medicinal plant? |
| A. | Asima Chatterjee |
| B. | Arati Saha |
| C. | Aruna Asaf Ali |
| D. | Anusuya Sarabhai |
| Answer» B. Arati Saha | |
| 18. |
Who was the first Indian male athlete to reach the final of an Olympic athletic event? |
| A. | Michael Kindo |
| B. | Milkha Singh |
| C. | Surjit Singh |
| D. | Ajit Pal Singh |
| Answer» C. Surjit Singh | |
| 19. |
Who was the first human to travel to space? |
| A. | Neil Armstrong |
| B. | Rakesh Sharma |
| C. | Kalpana Chawla |
| D. | Yuri Gagarin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Who was the first Indian footballer to receive the Arjuna Award? |
| A. | P.K. Bannerjee |
| B. | Tulsidas Balaram |
| C. | Sailen Manna |
| D. | Jarnail Singh |
| Answer» B. Tulsidas Balaram | |
| 21. |
Who was the first Home Minister of India? |
| A. | Pandit Nehru |
| B. | Swam Singh |
| C. | Sardar Patel |
| D. | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Answer» D. Lal Bahadur Shastri | |
| 22. |
Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army? |
| A. | Gen. K.M. Cariappa |
| B. | Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari |
| C. | Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari | |
| 23. |
Who was the first Indian Captain to win the One Day International Cricket World Cup? |
| A. | Sunil Gavaskar |
| B. | Mohinder Amarnath |
| C. | Kapil Dev |
| D. | M.S. Dhoni |
| Answer» D. M.S. Dhoni | |
| 24. |
Who was the first Indian bodybuilder to win the Mr. Universe title? |
| A. | Moloy Roy |
| B. | Monotosh Roy |
| C. | Prem Chand |
| D. | Manohar Aich |
| Answer» C. Prem Chand | |
| 25. |
Who was the first Indian Badminton player to win the men’s singles title at the all England Championship in 1980? |
| A. | Prakash Padukone |
| B. | Pullela Gopichand |
| C. | Syed Modi |
| D. | Chetan Anand |
| Answer» B. Pullela Gopichand | |
| 26. |
Who was the first Gupta ruler? |
| A. | Samudragupta |
| B. | Chandragupta II |
| C. | Chandragupta I |
| D. | Kumaragupta |
| Answer» D. Kumaragupta | |
| 27. |
Who was the first Indian appointed to the Viceroy's Executive Council? |
| A. | M. K. Gandhi |
| B. | Satyendra prasad sinha |
| C. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| D. | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» C. Jawahar Lal Nehru | |
| 28. |
Who was the first head of the civil services after India's independence? |
| A. | Sikander Bakht |
| B. | Govind Narayan |
| C. | NR Pillai |
| D. | VR Krishna Iyer |
| Answer» D. VR Krishna Iyer | |
| 29. |
Who was the first Home Minister of Independent India? |
| A. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| B. | Govind Vallabh Pant |
| C. | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| D. | Chaudhary CharanSingh |
| Answer» B. Govind Vallabh Pant | |
| 30. |
Who was the first Gupta ruler to attain the title of Maharajadhiraja? |
| A. | Chandragupta I |
| B. | Sumdragupta |
| C. | Kumaragupta |
| D. | Skandagupta |
| Answer» B. Sumdragupta | |
| 31. |
Who was the first Governor of Haryana ? |
| A. | Shri Ganpatrao Devji Tapase |
| B. | Shri B N Chakraborty |
| C. | Shri Dharma Vira |
| D. | Shri Hari Anand Barari |
| Answer» D. Shri Hari Anand Barari | |
| 32. |
Who was the first Gupta ruler to adopt the title of Maharajadhiraja? |
| A. | Chandragupta I |
| B. | Chandragupta II |
| C. | Samudragupta |
| D. | Srigupt |
| Answer» B. Chandragupta II | |
| 33. |
Who was the first governor of Uttar Pradesh? |
| A. | Lord Cornwallis |
| B. | Robert Clive |
| C. | Sarojini Naidu |
| D. | Lord William Bentick |
| Answer» D. Lord William Bentick | |
| 34. |
Who was the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India? |
| A. | Sir James Braid Taylor |
| B. | KR Puri |
| C. | HVR Iyengar |
| D. | Sir Osborne A Smith |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Who was the first governor general of free India? |
| A. | Lord William Bentinck |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Lord Mount Batten |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» D. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 36. |
Who was the first Governor of Madhya Pradesh? |
| A. | BD Sharma |
| B. | Dr. Sitaramayya |
| C. | GP Singh |
| D. | NN Wanchu |
| Answer» C. GP Singh | |
| 37. |
Who was the first Governor of Jharkhand? |
| A. | Rama Jois |
| B. | Syed Sibte Razi |
| C. | Ved Marwah |
| D. | Prabhat Kumar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Who was the first Governor-General under the British rule in India? |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | John Adam |
| C. | George Barlow |
| D. | Charles Cornwallis |
| Answer» B. John Adam | |
| 39. |
Who was the First Governor General of Pakistan? |
| A. | Lord Mountbatten |
| B. | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| C. | Syed Amir Ali |
| D. | Mohammed Sheikh Abdullah |
| Answer» C. Syed Amir Ali | |
| 40. |
Who was the first Governor-General of India? |
| A. | Lord William Bentinck |
| B. | Lord William Dalhousie |
| C. | Lord William Cornwallis |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Lord William Dalhousie | |
| 41. |
Who was the first Governor-General of independent India? |
| A. | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari |
| B. | Clement Attlee |
| C. | Lord Wavell |
| D. | Lord Mountbatten |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Who was the first External Affairs minister of India after independence? |
| A. | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Dr. B R Ambedkar |
| C. | Sardar Baldev Singh |
| D. | John Matthai |
| Answer» B. Dr. B R Ambedkar | |
| 43. |
Who was the First Governor General of Bengal at the time of company's rule? |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Warren Hastings |
| D. | William Bentinck |
| Answer» B. Lord Canning | |
| 44. |
Who was the first General Secretary of the United Nations? |
| A. | Kurt Waldheim |
| B. | Dag Hammarskjold |
| C. | U Thant |
| D. | Trygve Lie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Who was the first foreign coach appointed to the India cricket team? |
| A. | Duncan Fletcher |
| B. | John Wright |
| C. | Greg Chappell |
| D. | Gary Kirsten |
| Answer» C. Greg Chappell | |
| 46. |
Who was the first finance minister of Independent India? |
| A. | Sardar Patel |
| B. | Shanmukham Chetty |
| C. | Morarji Desai |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» C. Morarji Desai | |
| 47. |
Who was the first female Governor of Madhya Pradesh? |
| A. | Sarla Grewal |
| B. | Sheila Kaul |
| C. | Sarojini Naidu |
| D. | Sharda Mukherjee |
| Answer» B. Sheila Kaul | |
| 48. |
Who was the first female chief justice of a state high court in India? |
| A. | Syeda Tahira |
| B. | Leila Seth |
| C. | Fatima Bibi |
| D. | Ruma Pal |
| Answer» C. Fatima Bibi | |
| 49. |
Who was the first female CEO of Lloyd’s of London? |
| A. | Deanna M. Mulligan |
| B. | Beth E. Mooney |
| C. | Anna Manning |
| D. | Inga Beale |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Who was the first education minister of independent India? |
| A. | Chakravarty Rajgopalachari |
| B. | Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| Answer» E. | |