1. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
2. Name the first man to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen.
3. Name the first Indian who got an Oscar.
4. Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?
5. Who was the first woman to become the Lt. General of the Indian Army?
6. Name the first woman Chief Minister of India.
7. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?
8. Which famous Indian actor was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994?
9. Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan?
10. Name the youngest grandmaster in India.
11. Who was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games?
12. Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?
13. Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them?
14. Who was the famous Indian musician in charge of the opening music at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996?
15. Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science?
16. Name the first President of India.
17. Who was the first woman Governor of India?
18. Name the living Indian legend who has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung in almost 20 languages for over 1,825 films and working with 165 composers.
19. Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field medals?
20. Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?
Answers to India quiz:
1. Arati Saha
2. Phu Dorji
3. Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982)
4. Major Som Nath Sharma
5. Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora
6. Sucheta Kriplani
7. Satyendranath Tagore
8. Dilip Kumar
9. MS Subbulakshmi
10. Parimarjan Negi
11. Norman G Pritchard
12. Rabindranath tagore (1913)
13. Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)
14. Ustad Zakir Hussain
15. Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
16. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
17. Sarojini Naidu
18. Lata Mangeshkar
19. P.T.Usha
20. Satyajit Ray
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