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First in India Quiz - 13
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Q1. India’s first minister to resign from Union Cabinet was
A.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
B.
Sukumar Sen
C.
Hasrat Mohani
D.
Narasimha Rao
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A
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee resigned in 1950 over Delhi Pact.
Q2. Who was the last Governor General and First Viceroy of India?
A.
C. Rajagopalachari
B.
Lord Dalhousie
C.
Lord Canning
D.
William Bentinck
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Correct Answer:
C
Lord Canning was last GG and first Viceroy (1858).
Q3. Who was the first Governor General of India (after Independence and last British Governor General of India)?
A.
Lord Wellesley
B.
Lord William Bentinck
C.
Lord Linlithgow
D.
Lord Louis Mountbatten
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Correct Answer:
D
Lord Mountbatten was last British GG (1947-1948).
Q4. Which among the following was the first temporary President of the Constituent Assembly?
A.
Sachchidanand Sinha
B.
Rajendra Prasad
C.
J.B. Kripalani
D.
B.R. Ambedkar
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A
Sachchidanand Sinha was first temporary President of Constituent Assembly.
Q5. Who among the following was the first Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award?
A.
Rajendra Prasad
B.
Mother Teresa
C.
Abul Kalam Azad
D.
S. Radhakrishnan
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A
Dr. Rajendra Prasad got Bharat Ratna in 1962 (first).
Q6. Who was the first Jnanpith Award winner?
A.
Umashankar Joshi
B.
G. Shankar Kurup
C.
Amrita Pritam
D.
Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer:
B
G. Shankar Kurup won first Jnanpith in 1965 for Malayalam.
Q7. Which among the following launched the first printed newspaper in India?
A.
Robert Knight
B.
Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla
C.
James Hickey
D.
None of the above
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Correct Answer:
C
James Hickey launched Bengal Gazette (1780) - first newspaper.
Q8. Who was the first scientist of Indian origin to get Nobel Prize in Medical Science?
A.
C.V. Raman
B.
Har Gobind Khorana
C.
Ronald Ross
D.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
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Correct Answer:
B
Har Gobind Khorana won Nobel in Medicine (1968).
Q9. Who was the first scientist of Indian origin to win Nobel Prize in Physics?
A.
C.V. Raman
B.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
C.
Har Gobind Khorana
D.
Amartya Sen
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Correct Answer:
A
C.V. Raman won Nobel in Physics (1930).
Q10. Which among the following was the earliest attested pilgrim to India?
A.
Fa-Hien
B.
Huien Tsang
C.
Ibn Battuta
D.
Alberuni
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Correct Answer:
A
Fa-Hien (Faxian) came to India in 5th century CE (earliest).
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