First in India
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| 1. Who has become the first Indian to score a-triple century in Tests —Virender Sehwag |
| 2. Which war was ended by the Treaty of Madras —First Mysore war |
| 3. Where was first Madarasa set up by the British in India —Calcutta |
| 4. What is the first large research reactor of India that uses U-233 as fuel —KAMINI |
| 5. Who is considered as the first national ruler of India —Chandragupta Maurya |
| 6. Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna —Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| 7. Who was the first and the last woman ruler of Delhi —Razia Sultan |
| 8. Who was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920 —Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 9. Journalist's day was celebrated for the first time all over the country on which date —Oct 1, 1984 |
| 10. Who set up the Atmiya Sabha in Kolkata in the first half of the nineteenth century —Ram Mohan Roy |
| 11. The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming —Buljl Chaudhary |
| 12. By whom was Artificial gene synthesis first done in laboratory —Hargovind Khurana |
| 13. Which Act formally introduced the principles of elections for the first time —Indian Councils Act, 1909 |
| 14. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest —Bachhendri Pal |
| 15. What is the first month of the 'Saka era' —Chaitra |
| 16. Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award —Mother Teresa |
| 17. Which was the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest —Bachendri Pal |
| 18. Which is the scientist who explained about blood circulation for the first time —William Harvey |
| 19. Who is the world's first woman cosmonaut —Valentina Tereshkova |
| 20. In which was Indian Constitution amended for the first time —1951 |
| 21. When was the Constituent Assembly for undivided India first met —9th December, 1946 |
| 22. Who was the first Indian woman who owns the gold medal in Asian Games —Kamaljit Sandhu |
| 23. 'Holding a Bandh' was declared illegal for the first time in India by which High Courts —Kerala High Court |
| 24. The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of which king —Rudradaman |
| 25. Who produced the first film in India 'Raja Harishchandra' in 1913 —Dada Saheb Phalke |
| 26. Who among the issued the coin rupee for the first time —Shershah Suri |
| 27. In what commodity the English first conducted trade from India —Indigo |
| 28. By whom was the calculation of electronegativities first done —Pauling |
| 29. What was the first major inscription in classical —Sanskrit of Rudradaman |
| 30. When was the first 'International Non-Smoking Day' observed all over the world —04.07.1988 |
| 31. Which was the first dynasty of the Vijayanagar kingdom —Sangama |
| 32. The first Commonwealth Games were held in the year 1930 at which place —Hamilton (Canada) |
| 33. Which Scientist first explained about circulatory system —William Harvey |
| 34. Which is the first Indian woman to reach Olympic finals in individual track events —P.T. Usha |
| 35. The Ninth Schedule was added by which Amendment —First |
| 36. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections —1967 |
| 37. Which is the first National Park established in India —Corbett National Park |
| 38. In which year did India first take part in the Olympic Games —1920 |
| 39. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court —Leila Seth |
| 40. Who was the first woman minister of a state —Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| 41. In which reign was the first Buddhist Council held —Ajatashatru |
| 42. Which was the first India satellite to go into orbit —Aryabhatta |
| 43. By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made —Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 44. By whom was word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people —Thakkar Bappa |
| 45. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400 m run —Kamaljit Sandhu |
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| 46. From-which date shall the tenure of every Panchayat be for
five years —From the date of its first meeting |
| 47. What was the first venture of Gandhiji in all- India
politics —Rowlatt Satyagraha |
| 48. Which is the first multipurpose river valley project of
independent India —Damodar Valley Corporation |
| 49. Who was the first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of
India —Shri V. T. Krishnamachari |
| 50. Who was the first Defence Minister of India —N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |
| 51. Which was the first woman film star nominated/elected to the
Rajya Sabha —Nargis Dutt |
| 52. Which was the first fort constructed by the British in India
—Fort Sf. George |
| 53. Which first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in
India —Sucheta Kripalani |
| 54. Who was the President of the First Buddhist Council held at
Rajagriha —Mahakassapa |
| 55. Who were the first to establish trade contacts with the
Roman empire —Tamils |
| 56. The first law of thermodynamics is concerned with the
conservation of which thing —Energy |
| 57. By whom was the first Muslim invasion of India lead —Mohammad-bin-Qasim |
| 58. What was Sachin Tendulkar's average when he made his first
thousand runs in ODls —35.83 |
| 59. Which was the medieval ruler who was the first to establish
a ministry of agriculture —Mohammad-bin- Tughlaq |
| 60. Who was the leader to have the unique distinction of firing
the first shot in the rebellion of 1857 —Mangal
Pande |
| 61. Which Act gave representation to Indians for the first time
in the Legislature —Government of India Act, 1935 |
| 62. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in
India —Mohammad Iqbal |
| 63. Who was the first foreigner to invade India —Darius I |
| 64. Where was the first iron and steel industry of India
established —Jemshedpur |
| 65. In which year did the first modem Olympic Games take place —1896 |
| 66. During whose reign did the Mongols first invade India —lltutmish |
| 67. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS —Surendranath Banerjee |
| 68. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal —Warren Hastings |
| 69. Who were the first Europeans to reach India for trade —Portuguese |
| 70. Which decade is celebrated as First International Decade of
the World's Indigenous People —1994-2004 |
| 71. Which decade is celebrated as First United Nations Decade
for the Eradication of Poverty —1997-2006 |
| 72. Which was the first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the
English Channel —Arati Saha |
| 73. Who firstly predicated the existence of electromagnetic
waves —Maxwell |
| 74. The massive hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctica was
first discovered in which year —1985 |
| 75. Who is the first Air Chief to receive the honour of
"Marshal" —Arjun Singh |
| 76. By whom was first successful vaccine against virul disease
of small pox discovered —Edward Jenner |
| 77. In which year was Vande Mataram first sung at the session of
the Indian National Congress —1896 |
| 78. Which State was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the
Doctrine of Lapse —Satara |
| 79. Which was the first to legalize euthanasia —Netherlands |
| 80. In India, in which was the service tax first
introduced —1994 |
| 81. Which ruler at first assumed the title of 'Hazrat-i-Ala' and
afterwards 'Sultan' —Sher Shah Suri |
| 82. In which of the years was the first Railway line between
Bombay and Thane laid —1853 |
| 83. When the first metal tool came into being why was it used
for —Clearing jungles |
| 84. Which was the first State to become bifurcated after
independence —Madras |
| 85. By whom was the first attempt to initiate economic planning
in India made —By M. Visvesvaraya |
| 86. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National
Congress —Badruddin Tyyabji |
| 87. Who was the first Englishman to preside over a Congress
session —George Yule |
| 88. In which year, some more commercial banks in addition to the
first lot of 141 were nationalised in India —1980 |
| 89. Which first movement was launched against the British in
India —Swadeshi Movement |
| 90. By whom was the first republic of the world established in
Vaishali —Lichhavi |
| 91. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award —Ashapurna Devi |
| 92. Who among the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay award —Vinoba Bhave |
| 93. Who was the first leader of the Opposition in the Rajya
Sabha —Kamlapati Tripathi |
| 94. Who was the first 'Indian to swim across English Channel —Mihir Sen |
| 95. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English
Channel —Arati Saha |
| 96. In which State was the Panchayatl Raj first introduced —Rajasthan |
| 97. Who laid the foundation of the first independent Turkish
kingdom in India —Outubuddin Aibak |
| 98. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagwad Gita
into English —Charles Wilkins |
| 99. Who first divided his empire into Iqtas during the process
of civil administration —Iltutmish |
| 100. Which country ranks first in producing teak —Thailand |
| 101. Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held —New Delhi |
| 102. Who is the first person to set foot on Moon —Neil Armstrong |
| 103. Which was the first talkie film of India —Alam Ara |
| 104. Which was the first English ship that came to India —Red Dragon |
| 105. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India —Bengal Gazette |
| 106. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India —Champaran |
| 17. By which ruler was the practice of military governorship first introduced in India —Greeks |
| 18. Who was the first person to cross the Alps with army —Hannibal |
| 19. The first railway line in India was opened in which year —1853 |
| 110. Which metal was first discovered by man —Copper |
| 111. From when was the Zero Base Budgeting in India first experimented —April, 1987 |
| 112. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress —Sarojini Naidu |
| 113. During India's Freedom Struggle, which led to the first 'All India Hartal' —Protest against Rowlatt Act |
| 114. Which Rajputa king defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time —Prithviraj III |
| 115. Where were first Olympic Games held —776 B.C. |
| 116. In which year was the first no confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha after independence —1963 |
| 117. In which country was Buddhism first propogated outside India —Srilanka |
| 118. Who was the first Indian to be honoured with a lifetime achievement Oscar Award —Satyajit Roy |
| 119. By whom was Gene first isolated —Hargobind Khurana |
| 120. Which was the first woman to climb Mount Everest —Junko Tabei |
| 121. By whom was the Bhakti Movement first organised —Ramananda |
| 122. Which first Europeans came to India —Portuguese |
| 123. When did man first land on moon —1969 |
| 124. Which was the first woman Governor of a State in free India —Mrs. Sarojini Neidu |
| 125. Who was the first General-Secretary of the Indian National Congress —Dadabhai Neoroii |
| 126. Which is the first geostationary telecommunication satellite of India —APPLE |
| 127. Which first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment in 1882 —Vijiaraghavachari |
| 128. What is the duration of proclamation of Financial Emergency —At the first instance two months |
| 129. Which was the first metal used by man —Copper |
| 130. In which Aryans first settled —Punjab |
| 131. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in which year —1951 |
| 132. Who was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha —Malgaonkar |
| 133. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title —Wilson Jones |
| 134. Who was the first asian to have received the Nobel Prize —R.N. Tagore |
| 135. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda' —Balban |
| 136. By whom was Swaraj as a national demand first 'made —Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 137. During the Mughal period which trader first came to India —English |
| 138. Which God lost his importance as the first deity during the Later Vedic period —Varuna |
| 139. Which was the first scholar, who read Ashokan edicts —James Princep |
| 140. Which was the first National Security Advisor of India —Brajesh Mishra |
| 141. What is the first compound which is fixed during photosynthesis —Glucose |
| 142. In India, which first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 —Oudh Commercial Bank |
| 143. By whom was first women's university in India was founded —Dhondo Keshave Karve |
| 144. Who was the member of the Rajya Sabha when first appointed as the Prime Minister of India —Indira Gandhi |
| 145. Which is the first company-managed major port in India —Ennore |
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