General Knowledge MCQs – Commonly Asked Questions for Exams – Must Know Topics and Concepts Part 12
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26. Who among the following is the world՚s first woman cosmonaut?
(a) Bachendri Pal
(b) Junko Tabei
(c) Valentina Tereshkova
(d) Sally Ride
Ans: (c)
27. The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India is
(a) Dr PKK Ayyangar
(b) Dr R Valia than
(c) Dr Venugopal
(d) Dr R Kesavan Nair
Ans: (c)
28. Who among the following was the first Defense Minister of India?
(a) KM Cariappa
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) N Gopala swami Ayyangar
(d) Maulana Azad
Ans: (c)
29. Who among the following was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court?
(a) Geeta Mukherjee
(b) Leila Seth
(c) Sujata Manohar
(d) Rani Jethmalani
Ans: (b)
30. The first Field Marshal of India was
(a) A Vaidya
(b) KM Cariappa
(c) Sunder ji
(d) SHFJ Manekshaw
Ans: (d)
31. The first English newspaper in India was started by
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) JA Hickey
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: (b)
32. Who was the largest serving Chief Minister in India?
(a) Bhajan Lal
(b) Chimanbhai Patel
(c) Jyoti Basu
(d) Hitesh war Saikia
Ans: (c)
33. Who among the following was the first Chief of the Air staff?
(a) Sir Ronald Lvelaw Chapman
(b) H Moolgavkar
(c) Sir Thomas Elmhirst
(d) Sir Gerald Gibbs
Ans: (c)
34. The first President of USA to visit India was
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) John F Kennedy
(c) DW Eisenhower
(d) George Washington
Ans: (c)
35. Who among the following was the first woman minister of a state?
(a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(d) Indira Gandhi
Ans: (c)
Awards, Honors and Prizes
1. The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year
(a) 1965
(b) 1963
(c) 1961
(d) 1975
Ans: (c)
2. Arjuna Award is given for
(a) Bravery on battlefield
(b) Outstanding performance in sports
(c) Exceptional service in emergency
(d) Exceptional service of slum dwellers
Ans: (b)
3. The Kalinga Prize is given by which of the following
(a) UNESCO
(b) Government of India
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru Peace Foundation
(d) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Ans: (a)
4. Kalinga Award is given for
(a) Art
(b) Science
(c) Literature
(d) Sports
Ans: (b)