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Class 9–10 General Knowledge: Famous firsts practice questions

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All famous firsts questions with answers

1. Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal (shooting, 2008)?

   1. A. Edmund Hillary
   2. B. Valentina Tereshkova
   3. C. Mother Teresa
   4. D. Abhinav Bindra ✓

   Answer: Abhinav Bindra. The answer is Abhinav Bindra.

2. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize (Literature, 1913)?

   1. A. Rabindranath Tagore ✓
   2. B. Valentina Tereshkova
   3. C. Kalpana Chawla
   4. D. Mother Teresa

   Answer: Rabindranath Tagore. The answer is Rabindranath Tagore.

3. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the poor?

   1. A. Rabindranath Tagore
   2. B. Edmund Hillary
   3. C. Viswanathan Anand
   4. D. Mother Teresa ✓

   Answer: Mother Teresa. The answer is Mother Teresa.

4. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for work on the scattering of light?

   1. A. Viswanathan Anand
   2. B. Mother Teresa
   3. C. C. V. Raman ✓
   4. D. Edmund Hillary

   Answer: C. V. Raman. The answer is C. V. Raman.

5. Who was the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay (1953)?

   1. A. C. V. Raman
   2. B. Edmund Hillary ✓
   3. C. Abhinav Bindra
   4. D. Mother Teresa

   Answer: Edmund Hillary. The answer is Edmund Hillary.

6. Who was the first Indian woman to go into space?

   1. A. Edmund Hillary
   2. B. Viswanathan Anand
   3. C. Rabindranath Tagore
   4. D. Kalpana Chawla ✓

   Answer: Kalpana Chawla. The answer is Kalpana Chawla.

7. Who became the first Indian grandmaster in chess?

   1. A. Viswanathan Anand ✓
   2. B. Kalpana Chawla
   3. C. Abhinav Bindra
   4. D. Valentina Tereshkova

   Answer: Viswanathan Anand. The answer is Viswanathan Anand.

8. Who was the first woman to go into space?

   1. A. C. V. Raman
   2. B. Mother Teresa
   3. C. Valentina Tereshkova ✓
   4. D. Edmund Hillary

   Answer: Valentina Tereshkova. The answer is Valentina Tereshkova.

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