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Question 1: Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
A) Vijay Kumar
B) Abhinav Bindra
C) Milkha Singh
D) Neeraj Chopra
Explanation: Abhinav Bindra won the first individual Olympic gold medal for India in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Question 2: Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?
A) P.T. Usha
B) Saina Nehwal
C) Karnam Malleswari
D) Mary Kom
Explanation: Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.
Question 3: Who was the first Indian to climb Mount Everest?
A) Tenzing Norgay
B) Sherpa Ang Rita
C) Bachendri Pal
D) Arjun Vajpai
Explanation: Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest in 1984.
Question 4: Who was the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title in tennis?
A) Leander Paes
B) Vijay Amritraj
C) Mahesh Bhupathi
D) Sania Mirza
Explanation: Leander Paes won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1996, becoming the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title.
Question 5: Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe solo from India?
A) Rajesh Sharma
B) Commander Dilip Donde
C) Captain Vikram Singh
D) Samir Suhail
Explanation: Commander Dilip Donde became the first Indian to sail solo around the world in 2010.
Question 6: Who was the first Indian to win a Formula 1 race?
A) Narain Karthikeyan
B) Karun Chandhok
C) Raghunathan V
D) Mahindra Vijay
Explanation: Narain Karthikeyan is the first Indian to race in Formula 1, though no Indian driver has yet won an F1 race.
Question 7: Who was the first Indian astronaut to go to space?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Rakesh Sharma
C) Sunita Williams
D) Gennady Padalka
Explanation: Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian astronaut to travel to space in 1984 aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11.
Question 8: Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Vikram Seth
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Kiran Desai
Explanation: Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize for her novel "The God of Small Things" in 1997.
Question 9: Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Games?
A) P.T. Usha
B) Karnam Malleswari
C) Mary Kom
D) Sania Mirza
Explanation: Karnam Malleswari was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Games in 1994.
Question 10: Who was the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships?
A) Milkha Singh
B) Neeraj Chopra
C) P.T. Usha
D) Sushil Kumar
Explanation: Neeraj Chopra won India's first gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in 2022.
Question 11: Who was the first Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Indira Gandhi
Explanation: C. Rajagopalachari was the first to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1954.
Question 12: Who was the first Indian cricketer to score a triple century in Test matches?
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Karun Nair
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Rahul Dravid
Explanation: Karun Nair became the first Indian cricketer to score a triple century in Test matches against England in 2016.
Question 13: Who was the first Indian to swim across the English Channel?
A) Mihir Sen
B) Sandeep Sejwal
C) Khashaba Jadhav
D) Saurabh Sanghvi
Explanation: Mihir Sen became the first Indian to swim across the English Channel in 1958.
Question 14: Who was the first Indian to win a Wimbledon singles title?
A) Leander Paes
B) Mahesh Bhupathi
C) Vijay Amritraj
D) Ramanathan Krishnan
Explanation: Vijay Amritraj was the first Indian to win a match at Wimbledon in singles, though he never won a title. Mahesh Bhupathi won in doubles.
Question 15: Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in Olympic boxing?
A) Mary Kom
B) Sarita Devi
C) Vijender Singh
D) Nikhat Zareen
Explanation: Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing (Bronze) in 2012.
Question 16: Who was the first Indian to reach the South Pole?
A) Satyendra Nath Bose
B) Colonel Jagdish Chandra
C) Rakesh Sharma
D) Arvind Joshi
Explanation: Colonel Jagdish Chandra became the first Indian to reach the South Pole in 1997.
Question 17: Who was the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics?
A) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
B) P.T. Usha
C) Sushmita Sen
D) Medha Pandit
Explanation: Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics in 1980.
Question 18: Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in the Winter Olympics?
A) Shiva Keshavan
B) Sanjeev Kumar
C) Ramanathan Krishnan
D) Jaspal Rana
Explanation: Shiva Keshavan won India's first individual medal in the Winter Olympics, a bronze in luge.
Question 19: Who was the first Indian to swim across the Palk Straits?
A) Sandeep Sejwal
B) Babu Nair
C) Sunil Yadav
D) Vikas Yadav
Explanation: Babu Nair became the first Indian to swim across the Palk Straits in 1958.
Question 20: Who was the first Indian cricketer to take 400 wickets in Test matches?
A) Anil Kumble
B) Kapil Dev
C) Zaheer Khan
D) Harbhajan Singh
Explanation: Anil Kumble became the first Indian cricketer to take 400 wickets in Test cricket in 2004.
Question 11: Who was the first Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Indira Gandhi
Explanation: C. Rajagopalachari was the first to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1954.
Question 12: Who was the first Indian cricketer to score a triple century in Test matches?
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Karun Nair
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Rahul Dravid
Explanation: Karun Nair became the first Indian cricketer to score a triple century in Test matches against England in 2016.
Question 13: Who was the first Indian to swim across the English Channel?
A) Mihir Sen
B) Sandeep Sejwal
C) Khashaba Jadhav
D) Saurabh Sanghvi
Explanation: Mihir Sen became the first Indian to swim across the English Channel in 1958.
Question 14: Who was the first Indian to win a Wimbledon singles title?
A) Leander Paes
B) Mahesh Bhupathi
C) Vijay Amritraj
D) Ramanathan Krishnan
Explanation: Vijay Amritraj was the first Indian to win a match at Wimbledon in singles, though he never won a title. Mahesh Bhupathi won in doubles.
Question 15: Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in Olympic boxing?
A) Mary Kom
B) Sarita Devi
C) Vijender Singh
D) Nikhat Zareen
Explanation: Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing (Bronze) in 2012.
Question 16: Who was the first Indian to reach the South Pole?
A) Satyendra Nath Bose
B) Colonel Jagdish Chandra
C) Rakesh Sharma
D) Arvind Joshi
Explanation: Colonel Jagdish Chandra became the first Indian to reach the South Pole in 1997.
Question 17: Who was the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics?
A) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
B) P.T. Usha
C) Sushmita Sen
D) Medha Pandit
Explanation: Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics in 1980.
Question 18: Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in the Winter Olympics?
A) Shiva Keshavan
B) Sanjeev Kumar
C) Ramanathan Krishnan
D) Jaspal Rana
Explanation: Shiva Keshavan won India's first individual medal in the Winter Olympics, a bronze in luge.
Question 19: Who was the first Indian to swim across the Palk Straits?
A) Sandeep Sejwal
B) Babu Nair
C) Sunil Yadav
D) Vikas Yadav
Explanation: Babu Nair became the first Indian to swim across the Palk Straits in 1958.
Question 20: Who was the first Indian cricketer to take 400 wickets in Test matches?
A) Anil Kumble
B) Kapil Dev
C) Zaheer Khan
D) Harbhajan Singh
Explanation: Anil Kumble became the first Indian cricketer to take 400 wickets in Test cricket in 2004.
Question 21: Who was the first Indian to win a gold medal in the Asian Games?
A) Milkha Singh
B) Khashaba Jadhav
C) P.T. Usha
D) Dhanraj Bhagat
Explanation: Khashaba Jadhav won India's first-ever gold medal in the 1952 Asian Games in Wrestling.
Question 22: Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton?
A) P.V. Sindhu
B) Saina Nehwal
C) Prakash Padukone
D) K. Srikanth
Explanation: P.V. Sindhu became the first Indian to win an Olympic silver medal in badminton in 2016.
Question 23: Who was the first Indian to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
A) Tenzing Norgay
B) Jagat Singh
C) Arunima Sinha
D) Santosh Yadav
Explanation: Tenzing Norgay, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
Question 24: Who was the first Indian to win a Formula 1 race?
A) Narain Karthikeyan
B) Karun Chandhok
C) Ajit Singh
D) Raghunathan S
Explanation: Narain Karthikeyan was the first Indian to race in Formula 1, though Karun Chandhok did not win a race either. Ajit Singh never participated in F1.
Question 25: Who was the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tennis title?
A) Leander Paes
B) Vijay Amritraj
C) Mahesh Bhupathi
D) Rohan Bopanna
Explanation: Leander Paes was the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title, achieving victory in the 1999 Wimbledon men's doubles.
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