Test: First in Males India - UPSC MCQ

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first male President of India. He served as the President from 1950 to 1962.

The correct answer is 'Sunil Gavaskar'. Sunil Gavaskar was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in international test cricket. He achieved the milestone against Pakistan in 1987. Sunil Gavaskar scored 10,122 runs in 125 Tests for India.

 Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian male astronaut to travel into space. He went on a space mission in 1984.

Abhinav Bindra was the first Indian male to win an individual Olympic gold medal. He won the gold in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The correct answer is Kidambi Srikanth.

• Kidambi Srikanth clinched a silver medal in the World Badminton Championships, Spain on 19 December 2021.
• He has become the first male shuttler to win silver at BWF Championships.
• He was defeated by Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the final.
• The silver medal has also placed Srikanth alongside P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, who had finished runner-up in the past.
• Loh has become the first man from his country to win the World Championships title.
• In the 2021 World Championship, India won two medals including Srikanth's Silver with Lakshya Sen taking Bronze as well.

The correct answer is V.S. Naipaul.

• He is the first person of Indian origin to win the ‘Booker Prize. Hence, Option 3 is correct.
• He was awarded the Booker prize in 1971 for In a Free State.
• V.S. Naipaul, in full Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, (born August 17, 1932, Trinidad—died August 11, 2018, London, England), Trinidadian writer of Indian descent known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries. For these revelations of what the Swedish Academy called “suppressed histories,” Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.

Murlikant Petkar was the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Paralympics, in the 1972 Heidelberg Games.

Phu Dorji was the first Indian male to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. He accomplished this feat in 1984.

C. V. Raman was the first Indian male to win a Nobel Prize in Physics. He received the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light.

Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan became the first Indian male to win the prestigious Abel Prize in Mathematics.

• The Abel Prize is one of the highest honours in the field of mathematics, often compared to the Nobel Prize.
• Varadhan was recognised for his contributions to probability theory, a branch of mathematics that deals with random processes.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian male to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. He received this honor in 1913 for his collection of poems, "Gitanjali."

Viswanathan Anand was the first Indian male to win the World Chess Championship. He won the title in 2000.

Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian male to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award. He received this award in 1958 for his social work and land reform movements.

Ramanathan Krishnan became the first Indian male to win the Wimbledon singles title. He achieved this feat in 1954

The Correct Answer is D

The first posthumous recipient of the Bharat Ratna award was former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, who was a social activist.

The first Indian male to win an individual gold medal at the Asian Games was Sachin Nag  He won the gold medal in swimming (100m freestyle) at the 1951 Asian Games held in New Delhi, making him the first Indian male to achieve this feat.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A

writer G. Sankara Kurup

The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute), published in 1950.

Satyendra Nath Tagore became the first Indian I.C.S. officer in 1864. His entry into the Indian Civil Services marked a significant step for Indians in the colonial administration, paving the way for more Indians to join the prestigious service.

Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha was elected as the first temporary President of the Constituent Assembly on December 9, 1946. He held this position until Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the Assembly.

General K.M. Cariappa was the first Commander-in-Chief of Free India. He took over the position from the last British Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Roy Bucher, on January 15, 1949.