1. Asia's largest wholesale spice market is located in ____ ?

Kolkata

Bengaluru

Ahmedabad

Delhi

Answer: Delhi

Explanation:

Khari Baoli is a street in Delhi, India known for its wholesale grocery and Asia’s largest wholesale spice market selling all kinds of species, nuts, herbs and food products like rice and tea.


2. n which state of India does the sunrise first appear ?

Arunachal Pradesh

Odisha

Meghalaya

West Bengal

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

Explanation:

Dong village in Arunachal Pradesh, which is known as the easternmost village in India, witnesses the earliest sunrise in the country.


3. The first Education Minister of Independent India was _____ ?

Pranab Mukherjee

Indira Gandhi

Abul Kalam Azad

Triguna Sen

Answer: Abul Kalam Azad

Explanation:

National Education Day (11 November) is an annual observance in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education Minister of independent India.


4. Which of the following parks is India's first ' Mixed World Heritage Site' on UNESCO’s World Heritage list ?

Gir National Park

Kanha National Park

Nagarhole National Park

Khangchendzonga National Park

Answer: Khangchendzonga National Park

Explanation:

Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim is India's first 'Mixed World Heritage Site' on UNESCO’s World Heritage list


5. What is the name of the first research station in Antarctica built by the Government of India ?

Vaishali

Maitri

Bharati

Dakshin Gangotri

Answer: Dakshin Gangotri

Explanation:

Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Programme. It is currently being used as a supply base and transit camp.


6. The first Backward Classes Commission of India was headed by ______ ?

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Kaka Kalelkar

Lokmanya Tilak

Nanaji Deshmukh

Answer: Kaka Kalelkar

Explanation:

The first Backward Classes Commission of India was set up by a Presidential Order in 1953 under the chairmanship of Kaka Kalelkar.


7. Where was the first Earth Summit held ?

New York

Johannesburg

Rio de Janeiro

Stockholm

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Explanation:

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), byname Earth Summit, conference held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to reconcile worldwide economic development with the protection of the environment.


8. Who among the following calculated the value of ‘pi’ first ?

Budhayana

Aryabhatta

Bhaskaracharya

Sridharacharya

Answer: Budhayana

Explanation:

Ancient Indian mathematician Baudhayana is perhaps the first person to calculate the value of ‘pi’. In his text Baudhayana Shulba Sutra, he mentions that the perimeter of the pit is thrice its diameter, so the approximate value of ? is 3.


9. Who is the first Indian woman to successfully climb Mount Makalu ?

Kami Rita Sherpa

Gauri Sawant

Bhavna Kanth

Priyanka Mohite

Answer: Priyanka Mohite

Explanation:

Priyanka Mohite, the 26-year-old Satara based mountaineer, has become the first Indian woman to successfully scale Mount Makalu — the fifth-highest mountain in the world at 8,481 metres. Earlier, in May 2018, Priyanka managed to scale Mount Lhotse, which is the fourth highest mountain in the world.


10. Name the woman of Indian Origin who was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo in the year 2006 ?

Indra Nooyi

Chanda Kochhar

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Kalpana Morparia

Answer: Indra Nooyi

Explanation:

Indra Nooyi was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Pepsico in 2006.