General Knowledge (GK) Quiz: Question and Answers on Who's Who of Indians

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General Knowledge (GK) Quiz:  Who's Who of Indians

1. Who among the following became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

A. Tenzing Norgay

B. Sunita Williams

C. Bachendri Pal

D. None of the above

Ans: C

2. Who was the first Indian to lead a successful expedition that climbed Mount Everest?

A. Arjun Kumar Thapa

B. Avtar Singh Cheema

C. Tenzing Norgay

D. Bachendri Pal

Ans: B

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3. Who among the following the youngest Indian female to climb Mount Everest?

A. Malavath Purna

B. Dicky Dolma

C. Sonam Gyatso

D. Bachendri Pal

Ans: A

4. Who among the following women to became the first woman to fly to space?

A. Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova

B. Sunita Williams

C. Bachendri Pal

D. None of the above

Ans: A

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5. Who among the following became the first woman to be conferred a Doctorate of Science by an Indian University?

A. Asima Chatterjee

B. Nagris Dutta

C. Fatima Yunus

D. Mother Teresa

Ans: A

6. Who was the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize?

A. Mother Teresa

B. Indira Gandhi

C. Margret Thatcher

D. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

Ans: A

7. Who among the following conferred Bharat Ratna Award?

A. Kalpana Chawla

B. Indira Gandhi

C. Kiran Bedi

D. M. Fathima Beevi

Ans: B

8. Which of the following personality to became the first woman IAS officer of India?

A. Durgesh Nandani

B. Harita Kaur Deol

C. Anna Malhotra

D. Kiran Bedi

Ans: C

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9. Who became the first female judge of Supreme Court of India?

A. Kamala Sohonie

B. Michèle Audin

C. Sophie Bryant

D. M. Fathima Beevi

Ans: D

10. Who among the following was the first woman to appointed as the United Nations Civil Police adviser?

A. Durgesh Nandani

B. Harita Kaur Deol

C. Anna Malhotra

D. Kiran Bedi

Ans: D

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