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GK Questions with Answers for Competitive Exams [Updated 2025]

GK Questions with Answers for Competitive Exams [Updated 2025]

📘 Section 1: Indian Polity & Constitution (GK Questions with Answers)
  1. Who is regarded as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
    👉 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  2. On which date did the Indian Constitution come into force?
    👉 26 January 1950
  3. As of 2025, how many schedules exist in the Indian Constitution?
    👉 12 Schedules
  4. As of 2025, what is the total number of Articles in the Indian Constitution?
    👉 470+ Articles
  5. Which Article of the Constitution guarantees equality before law?
    👉 Article 14
  6. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for the abolition of untouchability?
    👉 Article 17
  7. Which Article deals with the Right to Constitutional Remedies?
    👉 Article 32
  8. Which Article guarantees freedom of speech and expression?
    👉 Article 19(1)(a)
  9. Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits the conferment of titles (except military and academic)?

👉 Article 18

  1. Who is regarded as the “Architect of the Indian Constitution”?
    👉 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

  1. Which part of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights?
    👉 Part III
  2. Which part of the Constitution deals with Directive Principles of State Policy?
    👉 Part IV
  3. Which part of the Indian Constitution is concerned with Fundamental Duties?
    👉 Part IVA
  4. Fundamental Duties were added by which Amendment?
    👉 42nd Amendment (1976)
  5. How many Fundamental Duties are there?
    👉 11
  6. Right to Education is included under which Article?
    👉 Article 21A
  7. Which Constitutional Amendment reduced the voting age from 21 years to 18 years?
    👉 61st Amendment (1988)
  8. Which Amendment of the Indian Constitution is commonly known as the “Mini Constitution”?

👉 42nd Amendment (1976)

  1. Which Article provides for the impeachment of the President?
    👉 Article 61
  2. Which Article mentions the office of Vice President of India?
    👉 Article 63

  1. Who was the first President of India?
    👉 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  2. Who became the first Vice President of India?

👉 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

  1. Who was the first woman President of India?
    👉 Pratibha Patil
  2. Who was the first woman to serve as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

👉 Meira Kumar

  1. Who is serving as the Vice President of India in 2025?
    👉 Jagdeep Dhankhar
  2. The maximum strength of Lok Sabha is?
    👉 552
  3. The maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is?
    👉 250
  4. What is the current strength of Rajya Sabha (2025)?
    👉 245
  5. How many nominated members are there in Rajya Sabha?
    👉 12
  6. Who presides over the Rajya Sabha?
    👉 Vice President of India

  1. Who presides over the Lok Sabha?
    👉 Speaker
  2. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?
    👉 Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh)
  3. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?
    👉 Sucheta Kripalani (Uttar Pradesh)
  4. Which Article deals with Emergency provisions?
    👉 Articles 352 to 360
  5. Which Article provides for President’s Rule in a state?
    👉 Article 356
  6. Financial Emergency is mentioned in which Article?
    👉 Article 360
  7. Who has the power to dissolve the Lok Sabha?
    👉 President of India
  8. Who became the first Prime Minister of India?

👉 Jawaharlal Nehru

  1. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
    👉 Indira Gandhi
  2. How many times has National Emergency been enforced in India?

👉 3 times (1962, 1971, 1975)


  1. Which is the highest law-making body in India?
    👉 Parliament of India

From which country was the concept of Judicial Review adopted in the Indian Constitution?

👉 United States of America

  1. The concept of Directive Principles is borrowed from which country?
    👉 Ireland
  2. The concept of Fundamental Rights is borrowed from which country?
    👉 USA
  3. The concept of Parliamentary System is borrowed from which country?
    👉 United Kingdom
  4. Who served as the Chairman of the Constitution’s Drafting Committee?
    👉 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  5. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
    👉 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  6. Who was the temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
    👉 Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
  7. Which committee suggested Fundamental Duties?
    👉 Swaran Singh Committee
  8. Which Article in the Indian Constitution provides for the Uniform Civil Code?

👉 Article 44

📘 Section 2: Indian History & Freedom Struggle (GK Questions with Answers)
  1. Who is known as the founder of the Maurya Empire?
    👉 Chandragupta Maurya
  2. Who was the chief advisor of Chandragupta Maurya?
    👉 Chanakya (Kautilya)
  3. Who was the most famous ruler of the Maurya dynasty?
    👉 Ashoka the Great

4.Which battle led to the foundation of the Maurya dynasty’s rule?
👉 Battle of Kalinga (261 BCE, during Ashoka’s reign)

5 .Who is regarded as the last monarch of the Maurya dynasty?

👉 Brihadratha

  1. Which dynasty succeeded the Mauryas in India?
    👉 Shunga Dynasty
  2. Who is called the “Napoleon of India”?
    👉 Samudragupta (Gupta dynasty)
  3. Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?
    👉 Sri Gupta
  4. Which era in Indian history is popularly described as the “Golden Age of India”?
    👉 Gupta Period
  5. Who was the earliest Indian ruler to introduce gold coins?
    👉 Indo-Greek rulers (Menander), but Gupta rulers issued extensively

  1. Who is considered the final ruler of the Gupta dynasty?

👉 Vishnugupta

  1. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?
    👉 Babur
  2. When was the Battle of Panipat I fought?
    👉 1526 (Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi)
  3. Who was the son of Babur?
    👉 Humayun
  4. Who was the greatest ruler of the Mughal dynasty?
    👉 Akbar the Great
  5. Who abolished the Jizya tax?
    👉 Akbar
  6. Who reimposed the Jizya tax?
    👉 Aurangzeb
  7. Who built the Taj Mahal?
    👉 Shah Jahan
  8. Who is known as the last Mughal emperor of India?
    👉 Bahadur Shah II (Bahadur Shah Zafar)
  9. Who overthrew Humayun and took control of Delhi in 1540?

👉 Sher Shah Suri


  1. Who introduced the Rupiya currency system in India?
    👉 Sher Shah Suri
  2. Who was the first European to reach India by sea?
    👉 Vasco da Gama (1498, Calicut)
  3. In which year was the Battle of Plassey fought?
    👉 1757 (British East India Company vs. Siraj-ud-Daulah)
  4. In which year did the Battle of Buxar take place?
    👉 1764
  5. Who was the first Governor-General of India?
    👉 Warren Hastings
  6. Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
    👉 Lord Cornwallis
  7. Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
    👉 Lord Dalhousie
  8. Who was the first Viceroy of India?
    👉 Lord Canning
  9. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance?
    👉 Lord Wellesley
  10. Who was the last Governor-General of India?
    👉 C. Rajagopalachari

  1. When did the Revolt of 1857 take place?
    👉 1857
  2. Who is known as the “Heroine of 1857”?
    👉 Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
  3. Who was the last Mughal Emperor during the Revolt of 1857?
    👉 Bahadur Shah II
  4. Who is popularly known as the “Mother of the Indian Revolution”?

👉 Madame Bhikaji Cama

  1. Who raised the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?
    👉 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)?
    👉 A. O. Hume (1885)
  3. Who was the first President of INC?
    👉 Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
  4. Who was the first Indian woman President of INC?
    👉 Annie Besant (1917)
  5. Who was the first Indian to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress?

👉 Dadabhai Naoroji

  1. Who is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
    👉 Dadabhai Naoroji

  1. Who is the author of the renowned book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?

👉 Dadabhai Naoroji

  1. Who was known as the “Frontier Gandhi”?
    👉 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  2. Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”?
    👉 Mahatma Gandhi (Quit India Movement, 1942)
  3. Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
    👉 Bhagat Singh
  4. Who gave the slogan “Jai Hind”?
    👉 Subhas Chandra Bose
  5. Who founded the Azad Hind Fauj (INA)?
    👉 Subhas Chandra Bose
  6. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj?
    👉 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  7. Who founded Arya Samaj?
    👉 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
  8. Who started the Aligarh Movement?
    👉 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
  9. When did India gain independence?
    👉 15 August 1947
📘 Section 3: Geography (India & World) –GK Questions with Answers

1.What is the total land area of India?

👉 3.287 million sq. km

  1. Which is the largest state of India by area?
    👉 Rajasthan
  2. Which is the smallest state of India by area?
    👉 Goa
  3. Which is the most populous state of India (2025)?
    👉 Uttar Pradesh
  4. Which is the least populous state of India?
    👉 Sikkim
  5. Which is the longest river in India?
    👉 Ganga River
  6. Which river holds the distinction of being the longest in South India?
    👉 Godavari River
  7. Which river holds the distinction of being the longest in the world?
    👉 Nile River
  8. Which river is commonly called the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
    👉 Kosi River
  9. Which river is often referred to as the “Sorrow of Bengal”?

👉 Damodar River


  1. Which river is called the “Dakshin Ganga”?
    👉 Godavari River
  2. Which is recognized as the largest delta in the world?

👉 Sundarbans Delta

  1. Which is the largest river island in the world?
    👉 Majuli (Assam, India)
  2. Which is the highest peak in India?
    👉 Kangchenjunga (8,586 m)
  3. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
    👉 Mount Everest (8,849 m)
  4. Which is the southernmost point of India?
    👉 Indira Point, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
  5. Which is the northernmost point of India?
    👉 Indira Col, Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh region)
  6. Which is the largest plateau in India?
    👉 Deccan Plateau
  7. Which is the largest desert in India?
    👉 Thar Desert (Rajasthan)
  8. Which is the largest desert in the world?
    👉 Sahara Desert

  1. Which is the largest lake in India?
    👉 Vembanad Lake (Kerala)
  2. Which is the biggest freshwater lake in India?

👉 Wular Lake (Jammu & Kashmir)

  1. Which is the largest saltwater lake in India?
    👉 Chilika Lake (Odisha)
  2. Which is the largest artificial lake in India?
    👉 Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam, Uttar Pradesh)
  3. Which is the deepest ocean in the world?
    👉 Pacific Ocean
  4. Which is the largest ocean in the world?
    👉 Pacific Ocean
  5. Which is the smallest ocean in the world?
    👉 Arctic Ocean
  6. Which is the longest mountain range in the world?
    👉 Andes Mountains
  7. Which is the largest island in the world?
    👉 Greenland
  8. Which is the biggest continent in the world?
    👉 Asia

  1. Which is the smallest continent in the world?
    👉 Australia
  2. Which nation is popularly known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?

👉 Japan

  1. Which nation is popularly called the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?

👉 Norway

  1. Which country is popularly referred to as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes”?
    👉 Finland
  2. Which country is famously known as the “Land of White Elephants”?
    👉 Thailand
  3. Which nation is popularly known as the “Land of the Maple Leaf”?

👉 Canada

  1. Which river flows through Paris?
    👉 Seine River
  2. Which river flows through London?
    👉 Thames River
  3. Which river flows through Rome?
    👉 Tiber River
  4. Which river flows through Cairo?
    👉 Nile River

  1. Which canal links the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea?

👉 Suez Canal

  1. Which canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?
    👉 Panama Canal
  2. Which strait separates India and Sri Lanka?
    👉 Palk Strait
  3. Which strait separates Europe and Africa?
    👉 Strait of Gibraltar
  4. Which strait separates Asia and North America?
    👉 Bering Strait
  5. Which city is popularly known as the “Gateway of India”?
    👉 Mumbai
  6. Which city is widely known as the “Manchester of India”?

👉 Ahmedabad

  1. Which city is known as the “Pink City”?
    👉 Jaipur
  2. Which city is known as the “City of Joy”?
    👉 Kolkata
  3. Which city is popularly called the “Silicon Valley of India”?

👉 Bengaluru

📘 Section 4: Economy & Banking (GK Questions with Answers)
  1. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Economic Planning”?
    👉 M. Visvesvaraya
  2. Who is popularly recognized as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”?
    👉 M. S. Swaminathan
  3. In which year was the Planning Commission of India set up?

👉 1950

  1. Who replaced the Planning Commission?
    👉 NITI Aayog (2015)
  2. Who is serving as the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog in 2025?
    👉 Suman Bery
  3. Who is serving as the CEO of NITI Aayog in 2025?

👉 B. V. R. Subrahmanyam

  1. When was the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) established?
    👉 1 April 1935
  2. Where is the headquarters of RBI?
    👉 Mumbai
  3. Who was the first Governor of RBI?
    👉 Sir Osborne Smith
  4. Who holds the position of Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 2025?

👉 Shaktikanta Das


  1. What is the currency of India?
    👉 Indian Rupee (INR)
  2. Which institution issues currency notes in India?
    👉 Reserve Bank of India (except ₹1 note, issued by Ministry of Finance)
  3. What does CRR stand for in banking?
    👉 Cash Reserve Ratio
  4. What does SLR stand for in banking?
    👉 Statutory Liquidity Ratio
  5. What is Repo Rate?
    👉 The rate at which RBI lends money to commercial banks
  6. What is Reverse Repo Rate?
    👉 The rate at which RBI takes funds from commercial banks
  7. What is Bank Rate?
    👉 The rate at which RBI extends long-term credit to commercial banks
  8. What is Inflation?

👉 Rise in the overall prices of goods and services

  1. What is Deflation?
    👉 Decline in the overall price level of goods and services
  2. What is Fiscal Deficit?
    👉 The difference between total expenditure and total revenue (excluding borrowings)

  1. Who presents the Union Budget in India?
    👉 Finance Minister
  2. When is the Union Budget presented every year?
    👉 1 February
  3. Who was the first Finance Minister of India?
    👉 R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
  4. Who holds the office of Finance Minister of India in 2025?
    👉 Nirmala Sitharaman
  5. Who was the first woman to serve as the Finance Minister of India?

👉 Indira Gandhi (also Finance Minister, 1969)

  1. In which year was the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implemented in India?
    👉 1 July 2017
  2. What is the highest GST slab rate in India?
    👉 28%
  3. Which is the largest stock exchange in India?
    👉 Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
  4. Which is the oldest stock exchange in Asia?
    👉 Bombay Stock Exchange (1875)
  5. Which is the largest stock exchange in the world?
    👉 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

  1. Where is the headquarters of World Bank?
    👉 Washington, D.C., USA
  2. Where is the headquarters of IMF?
    👉 Washington, D.C., USA
  3. Where is the headquarters of WTO?
    👉 Geneva, Switzerland
  4. The headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is situated in which city?
    👉 Manila, Philippines
  5. Where is the headquarters of BRICS Bank (NDB)?
    👉 Shanghai, China
  6. In which city is the headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) located?

👉 Beijing, China

  1. Who is called the “Father of Economics”?
    👉 Adam Smith
  2. Which book was written by Adam Smith?
    👉 The Wealth of Nations
  3. What is India’s position in terms of GDP (Nominal) in 2025?
    👉 5th largest
  4. What is India’s rank in GDP (PPP) in 2025?
    👉 3rd largest

  1. What is the currency of Japan?
    👉 Yen
  2. What is the currency of China?
    👉 Yuan (Renminbi)
  3. What is the currency of Russia?
    👉 Ruble
  4. What is the currency of the UK?
    👉 Pound Sterling
  5. What is the currency of the USA?
    👉 US Dollar
  6. What is the currency of Germany?
    👉 Euro
  7. What is the full form of FDI?
    👉 Foreign Direct Investment
  8. What is the full form of GDP?
    👉 Gross Domestic Product
  9. What is the full form of PPP?
    👉 Purchasing Power Parity
  10. What is the full form of NPA in banking?
    👉 Non-Performing Asset
📘 Section 5: Science & Technology (GK Questions with Answers)
  1. Who is widely acknowledged as the “Father of Modern Science”?

👉 Galileo Galilei

  1. Who is popularly recognized as the “Father of Genetics”?

👉 Gregor Mendel

  1. Who discovered the law of gravitation?
    👉 Sir Isaac Newton
  2. Who proposed the Theory of Evolution?
    👉 Charles Darwin
  3. Who developed the Theory of Relativity?
    👉 Albert Einstein
  4. Who invented the telephone?
    👉 Alexander Graham Bell
  5. Who invented the light bulb?
    👉 Thomas Alva Edison
  6. Who invented the radio?
    👉 Guglielmo Marconi
  7. Who discovered X-rays?
    👉 Wilhelm Roentgen
  8. Who discovered penicillin?
    👉 Alexander Fleming

  1. Who discovered insulin?
    👉 Frederick Banting and Charles Best
  2. Who discovered the circulation of blood?
    👉 William Harvey
  3. Who discovered the electron?
    👉 J. J. Thomson
  4. Who discovered the neutron?
    👉 James Chadwick
  5. Who discovered the proton?
    👉 Ernest Rutherford
  6. Who developed the first vaccine (for smallpox)?
    👉 Edward Jenner
  7. Who invented the steam engine?
    👉 James Watt
  8. Who invented dynamite?
    👉 Alfred Nobel
  9. Who invented the airplane?
    👉 Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright)
  10. Who invented the computer?
    👉 Charles Babbage
  11. Who is popularly remembered as the “Father of the Indian Space Program”?
    👉Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
  12. Who is popularly remembered as the “Missile Man of India”?
    👉 Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. What was the first Indian satellite?
    👉 Aryabhata (1975)
  14. What was the name of India’s first lunar mission?
    👉 Chandrayaan-1 (2008)
  15. Which was India’s first mission to Mars?
    👉 Mangalyaan (MOM – 2013)
  16. Which was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon?
    👉 Luna 2 (Soviet Union, 1959)
  17. What was the name of the first human space mission?
    👉 Vostok 1 (Yuri Gagarin, 1961)
  18. Who was the first man to step on the Moon?
    👉 Neil Armstrong (1969)
  19. Who was the first Indian astronaut?
    👉 Rakesh Sharma (1984)
  20. Who was the first woman astronaut?
    👉 Valentina Tereshkova (1963)

  1. Who was the first Indian-origin woman in space?
    👉 Kalpana Chawla
  2. Who became the second woman of Indian origin to travel to space?

👉 Sunita Williams

  1. What is the speed of light?
    👉 3 × 10⁸ m/s
  2. What is the SI unit of force?
    👉 Newton (N)
  3. What is the SI unit of energy?
    👉 Joule (J)
  4. What is the SI unit of power?
    👉 Watt (W)
  5. What is the SI unit of pressure?
    👉 Pascal (Pa)
  6. What is the SI unit of temperature?
    👉 Kelvin (K)
  7. What SI unit is designated for measuring electric current?

👉 Ampere (A)

  1. What is the SI unit of luminous intensity?
    👉 Candela (cd)

  1. Which planet is called the “Red Planet”?
    👉 Mars
  2. Which planet is called the “Blue Planet”?
    👉 Earth
  3. Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
    👉 Jupiter
  4. Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
    👉 Mercury
  5. Which planet is called the “Morning Star” or “Evening Star”?
    👉 Venus
  6. Which planet is popularly known as the “Ringed Planet”?
    👉 Saturn
  7. Which planet is called the “Ice Giant”?
    👉 Neptune
  8. Which planet has the fastest rotation?
    👉 Jupiter
  9. Which planet has the slowest rotation?
    👉 Venus
  10. Which rocket is nicknamed “Baahubali”?
    👉 GSLV Mk-III (LVM-3)
📘 Section 6: Sports (GK Questions with Answers)
  1. Who is called the “God of Cricket”?
    👉 Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Who is widely recognized as the “Wall of Indian Cricket”?

👉 Rahul Dravid

  1. Who is called “Captain Cool”?
    👉 M. S. Dhoni
  2. Who is called “King Kohli”?
    👉 Virat Kohli

5 .Which team won the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023?

👉 Australia (defeated India in the final)

  1. Which team clinched the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 title?
    👉 Australia
  2. Who won the Orange Cap in IPL 2023?
    👉 Shubman Gill
  3. Who won the Purple Cap in IPL 2023?
    👉 Mohammed Shami
  4. Who won the IPL 2023 Trophy?
    👉 Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

  1. Who is the first Indian to score a double century in ODIs?
    👉 Sachin Tendulkar (2010)
  2. Who was the first Indian woman to clinch an Olympic medal?

👉 Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifting, 2000)

  1. Who was the first Indian sportsperson to clinch an Olympic medal in the Games?

👉 K. D. Jadhav (Wrestling, 1952)

  1. Who won the first individual Olympic gold medal for India?
    👉 Abhinav Bindra (Shooting, 2008)
  2. Who won India’s first athletics gold medal at the Olympics?
    👉 Neeraj Chopra (Javelin, Tokyo 2021)
  3. Who became the first Indian woman to achieve two Olympic medals?
    👉 P. V. Sindhu (Badminton – Silver 2016, Bronze 2020)
  4. Who is called the “Payyoli Express”?
    👉 P. T. Usha
  5. Who is the first Indian woman Grandmaster in Chess?
    👉 Koneru Humpy
  6. Who is India’s youngest Chess Grandmaster (2025)?
    👉 R. Praggnanandhaa

  1. Who is the first Indian to win the World Chess Championship?
    👉 Viswanathan Anand
  2. Who became the first Indian woman to win the FIDE Women’s World Cup in 2025?
    👉 Divya Deshmukh
  3. Who won the FIFA World Cup 2022?
    👉 Argentina (defeated France)
  4. Who led the Argentina side as captain during the FIFA World Cup 2022?

👉 Lionel Messi

  1. Where will the FIFA World Cup 2026 be hosted?
    👉 USA, Canada & Mexico
  2. Who won the Ballon d’Or 2023?
    👉 Lionel Messi
  3. Who won the UEFA Champions League 2023?
    👉 Manchester City
  4. Who clinched the Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Singles championship?
    👉 Carlos Alcaraz
  5. Who won the Wimbledon 2023 Women’s Singles title?
    👉 Markéta Vondroušová
  6. Who is the first Indian tennis player to win a Grand Slam title?
    👉 Mahesh Bhupathi

  1. Who is the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title?
    👉 Sania Mirza
  2. Who is the first Indian Formula 1 driver?
    👉 Narain Karthikeyan
  3. Who is the first Indian female boxer to win an Olympic medal?
    👉 Mary Kom
  4. Who is the only woman boxer to win six World Championship titles?

👉 Mary Kom

  1. Who is the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal?
    👉 Sakshi Malik (2016)
  2. Who became the first Indian male wrestler to secure an Olympic silver medal?

👉 Sushil Kumar

  1. Who is the first Indian hockey player to win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
    👉 Dhanraj Pillay
  2. Who is popularly known as the “Wizard of Hockey”?

👉 Dhyan Chand

  1. When did India win its first Olympic gold medal in Hockey?
    👉 1928 (Amsterdam Olympics)
  2. Who is currently captaining the Indian Men’s Hockey Team in 2025?

👉 Harmanpreet Singh


  1. Who is the current captain of Indian Women’s Hockey Team (2025)?
    👉 Savita Punia
  2. Who is the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympics?
    👉 Dipa Karmakar
  3. Who was the first Indian player to clinch a Badminton World Championship title?
    👉 P. V. Sindhu (2019)
  4. Who is the first Indian to win an All England Badminton Championship?
    👉 Prakash Padukone (1980)
  5. Who is the first Indian woman to win All England Badminton Championship?
    👉 Saina Nehwal (2015)
  6. Who is the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal?
    👉 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004, Silver)
  7. Who is the youngest Indian Olympic gold medalist?
    👉 Neeraj Chopra (Tokyo 2021, age 23)
  8. Who is the youngest Indian to win a Commonwealth Games gold?
    👉 Anish Bhanwala (Shooting, 2018)
  9. Which city hosted the Asian Games 2023?
    👉 Hangzhou, China
  10. Which city will host the Asian Games 2030?
    👉 Doha, Qatar
📘 Section 7: Awards & Literature (GK Questions with Answers)
  1. Who became the first Indian to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna award?
    👉 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954)
  2. Who became the first woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna?
    👉 Indira Gandhi (1971)
  3. Who was the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?
    👉 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)
  4. Who became the first musician honoured with the Bharat Ratna?
    👉 M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998)
  5. Who is the youngest recipient of the Bharat Ratna?
    👉 Sachin Tendulkar (2014)
  6. Who was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2019 along with Pranab Mukherjee?
    👉 Bhupen Hazarika and Nanaji Deshmukh
  7. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?
    👉 Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913)
  8. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
    👉 C. V. Raman (1930)
  9. Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

👉 Mother Teresa (1979)

  1. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?
    👉 Amartya Sen (1998)
  2. Who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023?

👉 Jon Fosse (Norway)

  1. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023?
    👉 Narges Mohammadi (Iran)
  2. Who became the first Indian author to be awarded the Booker Prize?

👉 Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things, 1997)

  1. Who is the first Indian to win the International Booker Prize?
    👉 Geetanjali Shree (Tomb of Sand, 2022)
  2. Who won the Booker Prize 2023?
    👉 Paul Lynch (Prophet Song)
  3. Who was the first Indian to receive the Pulitzer Prize?

👉 Gobind Behari Lal (1937)

  1. Who earned the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2023?
    👉 Barbara Kingsolver (Demon Copperhead) and Hernan Diaz (Trust)
  2. Who won the Pulitzer Prize 2023 in Journalism (Public Service)?
    👉 Associated Press for coverage of Ukraine War

  1. Who was the first Indian to receive the Jnanpith Award?
    👉 G. Sankara Kurup (1965, Malayalam)
  2. Who won the Jnanpith Award 2023?
    👉 Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Sanskrit) and Gulzar (Urdu)
  3. Who became the first Indian writer to be honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award?

👉 R. R. Diwakar (1955)

  1. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 for Hindi?
    👉 Manohar Untwal (Ghar Wapsi)
  2. Who was the first Indian to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award?
    👉 Vinoba Bhave (1958)
  3. Who was the first woman to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award?
    👉 Mother Teresa (1962)
  4. Who won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023 from India?
    👉 Ravi Kannan (Oncologist)
  5. Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar Award?
    👉 Bhanu Athaiya (Costume Design, Gandhi, 1983)
  6. Who was the first Indian film to win an Oscar?
    👉 Gandhi (1983 – Best Picture, Richard Attenborough)

  1. Which Indian documentary film bagged the Oscar in 2023?

👉 The Elephant Whisperers (Best Documentary Short)

32 .Which Indian song received the Oscar award in 2023?

👉 Naatu Naatu from RRR (Best Original Song)

  1. Who was the first Indian actor nominated for Oscar?
    👉 Deepika Padukone (presented, not nominated) → No Indian actor has been nominated yet
  2. Who clinched the Golden Globe in 2023 for Best Original Song?

👉 Naatu Naatu (RRR)

  1. Who became the first Indian to receive a Grammy Award?

👉 Pandit Ravi Shankar (1967)

  1. Who won the Grammy Award 2023 (Best Global Music Album)?
    👉 Burna Boy (Love, Damini)
  2. Which Indian won Grammy 2023 for Best Global Music Performance?
    👉 Ricky Kej (Divine Tides) with Stewart Copeland
  3. Who became the first Indian woman to receive a Grammy Award?

👉 Tanvi Shah (2010, Jai Ho!)

  1. Who was the first Indian to win the Miss World title?
    👉 Reita Faria (1966)
  2. Who was the first Indian to win the Miss Universe title?
    👉 Sushmita Sen (1994)

  1. Who became the second Indian to be crowned Miss Universe?

👉 Lara Dutta (2000)

  1. Who won Miss Universe 2021 from India?
    👉 Harnaaz Sandhu
  2. Who was the first Indian to win Miss Earth title?
    👉 Nicole Faria (2010)
  3. Who was the first Indian to win Miss International?
    👉 Lara Dutta (1997, later crowned Miss Universe 2000)
  4. Who won Miss World 2017 from India?
    👉 Manushi Chhillar
  5. Who won Miss World 2023?
    👉 Krystyna Pyszkova (Czech Republic)
  6. Who is regarded as the first Indian author to write in English?

👉 R. K. Narayan

  1. Who wrote the National Anthem of India?
    👉 Rabindranath Tagore (Jana Gana Mana)
  2. Who wrote the National Song of India?
    👉 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Vande Mataram)
  3. Who wrote the Indian national pledge?
    👉 Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao

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