1. ______ was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India ?

Sukumar Sen

T N Seshan

Sunil Arora

M S Gill

Answer: Sukumar Sen

Explanation:

Sukumar Sen (1898–1963) was an Indian civil servant and the first Chief Election Commissioner of India, who served from 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958.


2. Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award ?

G. Sankara Kurup

Mahadevi Verma

Amitav Ghosh

Krishna Sobti

Answer: G. Sankara Kurup

Explanation:

Akkitham is the sixth writer to bag the Jnanpith Award for Malayalam literature. In 1965, famous Malayalam writer G Sankara Kurup became the first winner of the Jnanpith Award.


3. Name the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest ?

Arunima Sinha

Poorna Malavath

Anshu Jamsenpa

Premlata Agarwal

Answer: Arunima Sinha

Explanation:

India's Arunima Sinha is the world's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013. She is also the first female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica.


4. Which of the following is the largest delta in the world ?

Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta

Amazon Delta

Indus River Delta

Danube Delta

Answer: Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta

Explanation:

Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta is the largest delta in the world.


5. Who was India’s first Chief of Defence Staff ?

General Bipin Rawat

General Arjan Singh

General Vijay Kumar Singh

General Manoj Mukund Naravane

Answer: General Bipin Rawat

Explanation:

General Bipin Rawat was India’s first Chief of Defence Staff.


6. Who is the only Indian to have won the United Nations Award in the field of human rights ?

Verghese Kurien

Ela Bhatt

Kanshi Ram

Baba Amte

Answer: Baba Amte

Explanation:

Baba Amte is the only Indian to have won the United Nations Award in the field of human rights in 1988.


7. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state ?

Indira Gandhi

Sucheta Kriplani

Sarojini Naidu

Mamta Banerjee

Answer: Sucheta Kriplani

Explanation:

Sucheta Kripalani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first woman Chief Minister who served in Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967.


8. _____ Bank has become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication ?

Axis Bank

Canara Bank

Bandhan Bank

Yes Bank

Answer: Axis Bank

Explanation:

Axis Bank has become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication feature for Aadhaar-based transactions through its micro ATM tablets.


9. The First Health Minister of Independent India was ?

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Answer: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Explanation:

Amrit Kaur was the first health minister of independent India. She was also the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet rank.


10. Who among the following was appointed as India’s first Lokpal ?

Justice A K Sikri

Justice N V Ramana

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose

Justice S A Bobde

Answer: Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose

Explanation:

Pinaki Chandra Ghose (born 28 May 1952) is the first Lokpal of India appointed on 19 March 2019. He is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. At the time of appointment,