General Knowledge

Important questions for Independent India's first Governor General
1. Bengal's first British Governor General
- Warren Hastings
2. First Governor General of Independent India
- Lord Mount Beton
3. First Commander in Chief of Independent India
- Roy Butcher
4. First Prime Minister
- Jawahar Lal Nehru
5. First President
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
6. Field Marshal
- S.H.F.J. Maneksha
7. India's first Indian Governor General
- C. Rajagopalachari
8. First Indian ICS Officer
- Satyendra Nath Tagore
9. First Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council
- s. P. Sinha
10. First Indian to float the English Channel
- Mihir Sen
11. The first Indian woman to cross the English Channel
- Miss Aarti Saha
12. First to climb Mount Everest
- Tenzing Norge
13. The first man to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen
- Foo Dorjee
14. Men climbing Mount Everest twice
- Nwong Gombo
15. Nobel Prize awarded to first Indian
- Rabindranath tagore
16. First President of the Indian National Congress
- W. C. Banerjee (Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee)
17. First Indian Test Tube Baby
- Durga (Kanupriya Agarwal)
18. The first Indian test tube baby's biographer scientist
- Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay
19. First Commander in Chief of Independent India
- General Sir Roy Butcher
20. First Commander in Chief of Independent India
- General. M. Kariaappa, 1949
21. First Indian Astronaut
- Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, 1984
22. The first Indian to reach the South Pole
- Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
23. First Indian woman to climb Everest
- Bachendri Pal on 23rd May 1984 (World's fifth woman)
24. The first Indian woman to reach the South Pole
- Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu
25. The first Indian to go to the North Pole
- Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar
26. The first Indian film made in India (silent film)
- Raja Harishchandra, in 1913
27. Producing the first Indian film (silent film) made in India
- Dada Saheb Phalke
28. First Indian color film
- Kishan Kanhaiya (1937)
29. CinemaScope Film
- Flowers of paper (1959)
30. Oscar award winner of Life Time Achievement
- Satyajit Ray (1992)
31. Best Costume Design Oscar Winners
- Bhanu Athaiya (1982)
32. India's first Viceroy
- Lord Kenning
33. First woman Minister of the Central Government of India
- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
34. India's first female chief minister
- Mrs Sucheto Krrpalani
35. First woman governor
- Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
36. First woman president
- Mrs Pratima Patil
37. First woman president of Indian National Congress
- Dr. Annie Bissent
38. First woman Prime Minister
- Mrs. Indira Gandhi
39. First woman president of any assembly
- Mrs. Shanno Devi
40. First Muslim President
- Dr. Zakir Hussain
41. First Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Yes. V. Mavalankar
42. First woman judge of Supreme Court
- Mira Sahib Fatima Biwi
43. First woman Chief Justice of the High Court of a State
- Mrs. Leela Seth
44. The first Indian woman to go into space (American citizen)
- Dr. Kalpana Chawla
45. First weight lifter to win a bronze medal in Olympics
- Karnam Malleshwari Devi (Sydney, 2000)
46. ​​First World Champion Indian in Chess
- Viswanathan Anand
47. India's first paperless newspaper
- The News Today (Starting January 3, 2001)
48. India's first merchant navy female officer
- Sonali Banerjee
49. First Lok Sabha Speaker from Dalit class
- G. M. C. Balayogi
50. First Indian cricketer to score double century
- Mithali Raj (against England in August 2002)
51. India's first woman Air Vice Marshal
- P. Bandopadhyay
52. First Indian appointed as United Nations Civil Police Advisor
- Kiran Bedi
53. First Indian Judge to be appointed in International Court
- Dr. Nagendra Singh
54. First Indian woman to be the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India
- of. J. Oriya (June 10, 2003)
55. First Indian woman to win a medal in World Athletics Championship
- Anju Bobby George (August 2003)
56. First woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Meera Kumar
57. First lady IPS officer
- Kiran Bedi
58. India's first Chief Justice
- Hiralal J. Cania
59. First World Girl (Miss World)
- Good. Rita Fariya