1. Who introduced Gurumukhi Script?
A. Guru Angad
2. Who organized ‘Bratachari’ Movement?
A. Gurusaday Datta
3. Who was the first editor of ‘Yugantar’?
A. Barindra Ghosh
4. Who was the founder of Muslim League of India?
A. Nawab Salim Ullah
5. Who founded Gadar Party in America?
A. Hardayal
6. Who used the word ‘Swarajya’ First?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
7. Who were associated with Lahore Conspiracy Case?
A. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev
8. What is the name of the Indian origin Management Guru awarded as greatest Management Thinker alive in the world by Thinkers 50?
A. CK Prahalad
9. Who founded National Mela?
A. Naba Gopal Mitra
10. Who was the court Poet of Samudra Gupta?
A. Harishena
11. Who was the founder of Swadesh Bandhav samiti?
A. Aswini Kumar Datta
12. Who is famous as Father of Modern India?
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
13. Who was the first Indian to become the President of World Squash Federation?
A. N Ramchandran
14. Who founded PURA?
A. PURA is providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas, and was founded by Honorable Former President APJ Abdul Kalam
15. Who wrote the book-“The Man of Killed Gandhi”?
A. Manohar Malgaonkar
16. Whose Biography is “My Country My Life”?
A. LK Advani
17 Who was the first India Scholar who treated Mathematics as a different subject
A. Aryabhatta
18. Who defeated Harshvardhan on the bank of Narmada?
A. Pulakesin II
19. Author of "God of Small Things"
A. Arundathi Roy
20 Who was Dadaji Kondadeva?
A. Shivaji’s Guardian Tutor
21. Who was the founder of the autonomous Kingdom of Awadh?
A. Saadat Khan
22. “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India” – Whose utterance is this?
A. Bankim Chandra Chattarjee
23. Who was called the saint of Dakshineshwar?
A. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
24. Who was the first Buddhist nun?
A. Gautami.
25. Who is the author of BUDDHA CHARITA?
A. Ashvagosha.
26. Who is the founder of the Satavahana Dynasty?
A. Simukha
27. Who was the first Indian scholar who treated Mathematics as a distinct subject?
A. Aryabhatta
28. Who was the court physician of Kanishka?
A. Charaka
29. Name the founder of the Chalukyas of Badami?
A. KirtiVarman-II
30. Who was the most famous Saka ruler in India?
A. Rudradaman-I
31. Who credited BinduSara with conquering the land between the two seas?
A. Taranath
32. Which pala ruler founded the famous Vikramasila University for the Buddhists?
A. Dharmapala
33. Which Prathihara ruler had the famous poet , Rajasekhara, at his court?
A. Mahipala
34. Who wrote KATHASARITSAGARA?
A. Somadeva
35. Which saint was greatly influenced by Tantricism?
A. Vrajayana
36. Who founded the Lingayat Movement?
A. BasvaRaja
37. Who was the Rajaguru or the great royal teacher of KrishnadevaRaya?
A. Vyasaraja
38. Who were the earliest Vaishnava Bhakti saints from the South?
A. Alvars
39. Who founded the Varkari sect in Maharashtra?
A. Tukaram.
40. The first Indian to win the World Champion title in Chess
A. Viswanathan Anand
41. Who was the First Indian woman civil engineer?
A. Lalitha from Madras in 1937
42. Who is known as Father of Kissan Movement
A. Pro. N.G. Renga
43. Who was the first Indian to go to jail in performance of his duty as a Journalist
A. Surendranath Banerjee
44. The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India was
A. Dr. Venugopal
45. Who was the first Indian pilot?
A. J.R.D Tata
46. The first woman graduate of the Calcutta University addressed the AICC session in 1890. Who was she?
A. Kadambini Ganguly
47. Bhoodan movement is associated with
A. Vinoba Bhave
48. Ramakrishna Mission is associated with
A. Swami Vivekananda
49. Arya Samaj is associated with
A. Dayanand Swaraswati
50. Brahma Samaj is associated with
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
51. Dev Samaj is associated with
A. Siva Narayan Agnihothri
52. Prarthana Samaj is associated with
A. Keasab Chandra Sen
53. Sudhi Movement is associated with
A. Swami Shradhanand
54. Chinmaya Mission is associated with
A. Swami Chinmayananda
55. Servants of India Society is associated with
A. Gopalakrishna Gokhale
56. Peoples Education Society is associated with
A. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
57. Father of civil Aviation in India
A. J.R.D. Tata
58. The first woman I.P.S Officer of India
A. Kiran Bedi
59. Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India
A. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
60. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
A. Arati Saha
61. Name the first man to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen.
A. Phu Dorji
62. Name the first Indian who got an Oscar.
A. Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982)
63. Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?
A. Major Som Nath Sharma
64. Who was the first woman to become the Lt. General of the Indian Army?
A. Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora
65. Name the first woman Chief Minister of India.
A. Sucheta Kriplani
66. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?
A. Satyendranath Tagore
67. Which famous Indian actor was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994?
A. Dilip Kumar
68. Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan?
A. MS Subbulakshmi
69. Name the youngest grandmaster in India.
A. Parimarjan Negi
70. Who was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games?
A. Norman G Pritchard
71. Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?
A. Rabindranath tagore (1913)
72. Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them?
A. Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)
73. Who was the famous Indian musician in charge of the opening music at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996?
A. Ustad Zakir Hussain
74. Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science?
A. Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
75. Name the first President of India.
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
76. Who was the first woman Governor of India?
A. Sarojini Naidu
77. 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 ms and working with 165 composers.
A. Lata Mangeshkar
78. Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field medals?
A. P.T.Usha
79. Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?
A. Satyajit Ray
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