1. Name the first Indian carrier to join the International Air Transport Association (IATA) ?

Indigo

Spice jet

Go Air

Jet Airways

Answer: Spicejet

Explanation:

Indian low-cost airline SpiceJet has joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA).SpiceJet is the first Indian budget carrier to join the IATA, which has over 290 airlines as members. International Air Transport Association : International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade association for the world’s airlines and represents some 290 airlines which contribute to about 82% of total air traffic.


2. Who was the first female chief justice of a state high court in India ?

Syeda Tahira

Leila Seth

Ruma Pal

Fatima Bibi

Answer: Leila Seth

Explanation:

Leila Seth (20 October 1930 – 5 May 2017) was the first woman judge in Delhi High Court and later she became the first woman to become Chief Justice in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh


3. Who among the following who was the first indian origin recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer ?

Geeta Anand

Gobind Bihari Lal

Siddhartha Mukharjee

Jhumpa Lahiri

Answer: Govind Bihari Lal

Explanation:

Govind Bihari Lal the first indian origin recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer. Gobind Behari Lal was born in Delhi in 1889 was a journalist and independence activist. He coined the term “Science Writer” and served as a science editor for The San Francisco Examiner. He later went on to work for other newspapers and took interviews of noble personalities like Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi and so on.


4. Who became the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship of Independent India ?

Ramesh Krishnan

Vijay Amritraj

Leander Peas

Ramanathan Krishnan

Answer: Ramanathan Krishnan

Explanation:

Ramanathan Krishnan became the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship of Independent India. In 1954, he became the first Asian player to win the boys' singles title at Wimbledon.


5. ____ is India’s oldest research reactor ?

Kamini

Circus

Dhruva

Apsara

Answer: Apsara

Explanation:

Apsara is the oldest of India's research reactors. The reactor was designed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) and built with assistance from the United Kingdom (which also provided the initial fuel supply consisting of 80 percent enriched uranium). Apsara first went critical on 4 August 1956.


6. India’s first 3D planetarium is located in_______ ?

Bengaluru

Mangalore

Hyderabad

Kochi

Answer: Mangalore

Explanation:

Swami Vivekananda Planetarium at Pilikula in Mangalore is the first 3D planetarium in India. It is also the first planetarium in the country with 8K digital and opto-mechanical (hybrid) projection systems.


7. India's first mission on moon Chandrayaan-1 was started from ____________ ?

Srisailam

Srikalahasti

Srikakulam

Sriharikota

Answer: Sriharikota

Explanation:

Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to the Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon.


8. India's oldest operating refinery is at_____ ?

Jamnagar

Paradip

Panipat

Digboi

Answer: Digboi

Explanation:

The small town of Digboi in the remote north eastern corner of the country is the birthplace of the Oil Industry in India. Digboi Refinery, commissioned on 11th December 1901, is India's oldest operating refinery and one of the oldest operating refineries in the world.


9. ___ has become the youngest man in the world to have scaled seven highest peaks and volcanic summits across continents ?

Raj Singh Dharmashaktu

Satyarup Siddhanta

Mohan Singh

Santosh Yadav

Answer: Satyarup Siddhanta

Explanation:

Satyarup Siddhanta has become the youngest man in the world to have scaled seven highest peaks and volcanic summits across continents. Satyarup summited Mt. Sidley at 6:28 IST, at a temperature of minus 40-degree Celsius according to the in Reach Satellite Communicator he was carrying.Satyarup achieved the feat at the age of 35 years 262 days while Australia's Daniel Bull did it aged 36 years 157 days.


10. Who has become India’s first woman IPS officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition ?

Malavath Purna

Chhanda Gayen

Aparna Kumar

Kalpana Dash

Answer: Aparna Kumar

Explanation:

Aparna Kumar has become the first woman IPS DIG and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition. She has already scaled the top six mountain peaks of the six continents of the globe.