History Quiz : - First in India ( Male )

1.    First Governor of Bengal – Lord Clive ( 1757 – 60)

2.    Last Governor of Bengal – Lord Hastings ( 1772 – 74)

3.    First Governor Genral of Bengal – Lord Hastings ( 1774 – 75)

4.    First British Governor Gerneral of India – Lord Bentinck ( 1833 - 35)

5.    First British Viceroy of India – Lord Canning ( 1856 – 62)

6.    First President of Indian Rebublic – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

7.    First Prime Minister of free India – Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

8.    First Indian to win Nobel Prize – Rabindranath Tagore

9.    First Muslim President of Indian National Congress –Baduddin Tyabji

10.  First Muslim President of India – Dr. Zakir Hussain

11.  First Governor General of free India – Lord Mountbatten

12.  First and last Indian Governor General of India – C. Rajgopalachari

13.  First man who introduced printing press in India – James Hicky

14.  First Indian to join the I.C.S – Satyendra Nath Tagore

15.  India’s first Cosmonaut – Rakesh Sharma

16.  First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term – Morarji Desai

17.  First Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council – S. P. Sinha

18.  First President of India who died while in office – Dr. Zakir Hussain

19.  First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament – Charan Singh

20.  First Field Marshal of India – Field Marshal S.H.F. J. Maneckshaw

21.  First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics – C.V. Raman

22.  First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award – Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

23.  First Indian to cross English Channel – Mihir Sen

24.  First Person to receive Jananpith award – G. Shanker Kurup

25.  First Speaker of the Lok Sabha – G V Mavalankar

26.  First Vice – President of India – Dr. S. Radhakrsihnan

27.  First Home Minister Of India – Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel

28.  First Person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen – Sherpa Ang Dorjee

29.  First person to reach the South Pole – Col J K Bajaj

30.  First Person to get Param Vir Chakra – Major Somnath Sharma

31.  First Chief Election Commissioner – Sukumar Sen

32.  First Person to receive Magsaysay Award – Vinoba Bhave

33.  First Indian Origin person to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine – Hargobind Khurana

34.  First Person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics – Amartya Sen

35.  First Chief Justice of Supreme Court – Justice H. J. Kania

36.  First Indian to win back to back medals in Olympics – Sushil Kumar ( 2008, 2012)

37.  First Man to climb Mount Everest Twice – Nwang Gombu

38.  First Man to Climb Mt. Everest 19 times – Apa Sherpa

39.  First Indian Chess Grandmaster – Vishwanathan Anand ( 1988)

40.  First Indian Pilot – J.R. D. Tata ( 1929)