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📘 Section 1: Indian Polity & Constitution (GK Questions with Answers)
- Who is regarded as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
👉 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar - On which date did the Indian Constitution come into force?
👉 26 January 1950 - As of 2025, how many schedules exist in the Indian Constitution?
👉 12 Schedules - As of 2025, what is the total number of Articles in the Indian Constitution?
👉 470+ Articles - Which Article of the Constitution guarantees equality before law?
👉 Article 14 - Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for the abolition of untouchability?
👉 Article 17 - Which Article deals with the Right to Constitutional Remedies?
👉 Article 32 - Which Article guarantees freedom of speech and expression?
👉 Article 19(1)(a) - Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits the conferment of titles (except military and academic)?
👉 Article 18
- Who is regarded as the “Architect of the Indian Constitution”?
👉 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Which part of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights?
👉 Part III - Which part of the Constitution deals with Directive Principles of State Policy?
👉 Part IV - Which part of the Indian Constitution is concerned with Fundamental Duties?
👉 Part IVA - Fundamental Duties were added by which Amendment?
👉 42nd Amendment (1976) - How many Fundamental Duties are there?
👉 11 - Right to Education is included under which Article?
👉 Article 21A - Which Constitutional Amendment reduced the voting age from 21 years to 18 years?
👉 61st Amendment (1988) - Which Amendment of the Indian Constitution is commonly known as the “Mini Constitution”?
👉 42nd Amendment (1976)
- Which Article provides for the impeachment of the President?
👉 Article 61 - Which Article mentions the office of Vice President of India?
👉 Article 63
- Who was the first President of India?
👉 Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Who became the first Vice President of India?
👉 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- Who was the first woman President of India?
👉 Pratibha Patil - Who was the first woman to serve as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
👉 Meira Kumar
- Who is serving as the Vice President of India in 2025?
👉 Jagdeep Dhankhar - The maximum strength of Lok Sabha is?
👉 552 - The maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is?
👉 250 - What is the current strength of Rajya Sabha (2025)?
👉 245 - How many nominated members are there in Rajya Sabha?
👉 12 - Who presides over the Rajya Sabha?
👉 Vice President of India
- Who presides over the Lok Sabha?
👉 Speaker - Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?
👉 Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh) - Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?
👉 Sucheta Kripalani (Uttar Pradesh) - Which Article deals with Emergency provisions?
👉 Articles 352 to 360 - Which Article provides for President’s Rule in a state?
👉 Article 356 - Financial Emergency is mentioned in which Article?
👉 Article 360 - Who has the power to dissolve the Lok Sabha?
👉 President of India - Who became the first Prime Minister of India?
👉 Jawaharlal Nehru
- Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
👉 Indira Gandhi - How many times has National Emergency been enforced in India?
👉 3 times (1962, 1971, 1975)
- 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
- The concept of Directive Principles is borrowed from which country?
👉 Ireland - The concept of Fundamental Rights is borrowed from which country?
👉 USA - The concept of Parliamentary System is borrowed from which country?
👉 United Kingdom - Who served as the Chairman of the Constitution’s Drafting Committee?
👉 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar - Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
👉 Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Who was the temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
👉 Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha - Which committee suggested Fundamental Duties?
👉 Swaran Singh Committee - Which Article in the Indian Constitution provides for the Uniform Civil Code?
👉 Article 44
📘 Section 2: Indian History & Freedom Struggle (GK Questions with Answers)
- Who is known as the founder of the Maurya Empire?
👉 Chandragupta Maurya - Who was the chief advisor of Chandragupta Maurya?
👉 Chanakya (Kautilya) - 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
- Which dynasty succeeded the Mauryas in India?
👉 Shunga Dynasty - Who is called the “Napoleon of India”?
👉 Samudragupta (Gupta dynasty) - Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?
👉 Sri Gupta - Which era in Indian history is popularly described as the “Golden Age of India”?
👉 Gupta Period - Who was the earliest Indian ruler to introduce gold coins?
👉 Indo-Greek rulers (Menander), but Gupta rulers issued extensively
- Who is considered the final ruler of the Gupta dynasty?
👉 Vishnugupta
- Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?
👉 Babur - When was the Battle of Panipat I fought?
👉 1526 (Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi) - Who was the son of Babur?
👉 Humayun - Who was the greatest ruler of the Mughal dynasty?
👉 Akbar the Great - Who abolished the Jizya tax?
👉 Akbar - Who reimposed the Jizya tax?
👉 Aurangzeb - Who built the Taj Mahal?
👉 Shah Jahan - Who is known as the last Mughal emperor of India?
👉 Bahadur Shah II (Bahadur Shah Zafar) - Who overthrew Humayun and took control of Delhi in 1540?
👉 Sher Shah Suri
- Who introduced the Rupiya currency system in India?
👉 Sher Shah Suri - Who was the first European to reach India by sea?
👉 Vasco da Gama (1498, Calicut) - In which year was the Battle of Plassey fought?
👉 1757 (British East India Company vs. Siraj-ud-Daulah) - In which year did the Battle of Buxar take place?
👉 1764 - Who was the first Governor-General of India?
👉 Warren Hastings - Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
👉 Lord Cornwallis - Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
👉 Lord Dalhousie - Who was the first Viceroy of India?
👉 Lord Canning - Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance?
👉 Lord Wellesley - Who was the last Governor-General of India?
👉 C. Rajagopalachari
- When did the Revolt of 1857 take place?
👉 1857 - Who is known as the “Heroine of 1857”?
👉 Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi - Who was the last Mughal Emperor during the Revolt of 1857?
👉 Bahadur Shah II - Who is popularly known as the “Mother of the Indian Revolution”?
👉 Madame Bhikaji Cama
- Who raised the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?
👉 Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)?
👉 A. O. Hume (1885) - Who was the first President of INC?
👉 Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee - Who was the first Indian woman President of INC?
👉 Annie Besant (1917) - Who was the first Indian to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress?
👉 Dadabhai Naoroji
- Who is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
👉 Dadabhai Naoroji
- Who is the author of the renowned book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?
👉 Dadabhai Naoroji
- Who was known as the “Frontier Gandhi”?
👉 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan - Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”?
👉 Mahatma Gandhi (Quit India Movement, 1942) - Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
👉 Bhagat Singh - Who gave the slogan “Jai Hind”?
👉 Subhas Chandra Bose - Who founded the Azad Hind Fauj (INA)?
👉 Subhas Chandra Bose - Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj?
👉 Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Who founded Arya Samaj?
👉 Swami Dayananda Saraswati - Who started the Aligarh Movement?
👉 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan - 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
- Which is the largest state of India by area?
👉 Rajasthan - Which is the smallest state of India by area?
👉 Goa - Which is the most populous state of India (2025)?
👉 Uttar Pradesh - Which is the least populous state of India?
👉 Sikkim - Which is the longest river in India?
👉 Ganga River - Which river holds the distinction of being the longest in South India?
👉 Godavari River - Which river holds the distinction of being the longest in the world?
👉 Nile River - Which river is commonly called the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
👉 Kosi River - Which river is often referred to as the “Sorrow of Bengal”?
👉 Damodar River
- Which river is called the “Dakshin Ganga”?
👉 Godavari River - Which is recognized as the largest delta in the world?
👉 Sundarbans Delta
- Which is the largest river island in the world?
👉 Majuli (Assam, India) - Which is the highest peak in India?
👉 Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) - Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
👉 Mount Everest (8,849 m) - Which is the southernmost point of India?
👉 Indira Point, Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Which is the northernmost point of India?
👉 Indira Col, Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh region) - Which is the largest plateau in India?
👉 Deccan Plateau - Which is the largest desert in India?
👉 Thar Desert (Rajasthan) - Which is the largest desert in the world?
👉 Sahara Desert
- Which is the largest lake in India?
👉 Vembanad Lake (Kerala) - Which is the biggest freshwater lake in India?
👉 Wular Lake (Jammu & Kashmir)
- Which is the largest saltwater lake in India?
👉 Chilika Lake (Odisha) - Which is the largest artificial lake in India?
👉 Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam, Uttar Pradesh) - Which is the deepest ocean in the world?
👉 Pacific Ocean - Which is the largest ocean in the world?
👉 Pacific Ocean - Which is the smallest ocean in the world?
👉 Arctic Ocean - Which is the longest mountain range in the world?
👉 Andes Mountains - Which is the largest island in the world?
👉 Greenland - Which is the biggest continent in the world?
👉 Asia
- Which is the smallest continent in the world?
👉 Australia - Which nation is popularly known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?
👉 Japan
- Which nation is popularly called the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?
👉 Norway
- Which country is popularly referred to as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes”?
👉 Finland - Which country is famously known as the “Land of White Elephants”?
👉 Thailand - Which nation is popularly known as the “Land of the Maple Leaf”?
👉 Canada
- Which river flows through Paris?
👉 Seine River - Which river flows through London?
👉 Thames River - Which river flows through Rome?
👉 Tiber River - Which river flows through Cairo?
👉 Nile River
- Which canal links the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea?
👉 Suez Canal
- Which canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?
👉 Panama Canal - Which strait separates India and Sri Lanka?
👉 Palk Strait - Which strait separates Europe and Africa?
👉 Strait of Gibraltar - Which strait separates Asia and North America?
👉 Bering Strait - Which city is popularly known as the “Gateway of India”?
👉 Mumbai - Which city is widely known as the “Manchester of India”?
👉 Ahmedabad
- Which city is known as the “Pink City”?
👉 Jaipur - Which city is known as the “City of Joy”?
👉 Kolkata - Which city is popularly called the “Silicon Valley of India”?
👉 Bengaluru
📘 Section 4: Economy & Banking (GK Questions with Answers)
- Who is known as the “Father of Indian Economic Planning”?
👉 M. Visvesvaraya - Who is popularly recognized as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”?
👉 M. S. Swaminathan - In which year was the Planning Commission of India set up?
👉 1950
- Who replaced the Planning Commission?
👉 NITI Aayog (2015) - Who is serving as the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog in 2025?
👉 Suman Bery - Who is serving as the CEO of NITI Aayog in 2025?
👉 B. V. R. Subrahmanyam
- When was the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) established?
👉 1 April 1935 - Where is the headquarters of RBI?
👉 Mumbai - Who was the first Governor of RBI?
👉 Sir Osborne Smith - Who holds the position of Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 2025?
👉 Shaktikanta Das
- What is the currency of India?
👉 Indian Rupee (INR) - Which institution issues currency notes in India?
👉 Reserve Bank of India (except ₹1 note, issued by Ministry of Finance) - What does CRR stand for in banking?
👉 Cash Reserve Ratio - What does SLR stand for in banking?
👉 Statutory Liquidity Ratio - What is Repo Rate?
👉 The rate at which RBI lends money to commercial banks - What is Reverse Repo Rate?
👉 The rate at which RBI takes funds from commercial banks - What is Bank Rate?
👉 The rate at which RBI extends long-term credit to commercial banks - What is Inflation?
👉 Rise in the overall prices of goods and services
- What is Deflation?
👉 Decline in the overall price level of goods and services - What is Fiscal Deficit?
👉 The difference between total expenditure and total revenue (excluding borrowings)
- Who presents the Union Budget in India?
👉 Finance Minister - When is the Union Budget presented every year?
👉 1 February - Who was the first Finance Minister of India?
👉 R. K. Shanmukham Chetty - Who holds the office of Finance Minister of India in 2025?
👉 Nirmala Sitharaman - Who was the first woman to serve as the Finance Minister of India?
👉 Indira Gandhi (also Finance Minister, 1969)
- In which year was the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implemented in India?
👉 1 July 2017 - What is the highest GST slab rate in India?
👉 28% - Which is the largest stock exchange in India?
👉 Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) - Which is the oldest stock exchange in Asia?
👉 Bombay Stock Exchange (1875) - Which is the largest stock exchange in the world?
👉 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
- Where is the headquarters of World Bank?
👉 Washington, D.C., USA - Where is the headquarters of IMF?
👉 Washington, D.C., USA - Where is the headquarters of WTO?
👉 Geneva, Switzerland - The headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is situated in which city?
👉 Manila, Philippines - Where is the headquarters of BRICS Bank (NDB)?
👉 Shanghai, China - In which city is the headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) located?
👉 Beijing, China
- Who is called the “Father of Economics”?
👉 Adam Smith - Which book was written by Adam Smith?
👉 The Wealth of Nations - What is India’s position in terms of GDP (Nominal) in 2025?
👉 5th largest - What is India’s rank in GDP (PPP) in 2025?
👉 3rd largest
- What is the currency of Japan?
👉 Yen - What is the currency of China?
👉 Yuan (Renminbi) - What is the currency of Russia?
👉 Ruble - What is the currency of the UK?
👉 Pound Sterling - What is the currency of the USA?
👉 US Dollar - What is the currency of Germany?
👉 Euro - What is the full form of FDI?
👉 Foreign Direct Investment - What is the full form of GDP?
👉 Gross Domestic Product - What is the full form of PPP?
👉 Purchasing Power Parity - What is the full form of NPA in banking?
👉 Non-Performing Asset
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📘 Section 5: Science & Technology (GK Questions with Answers)
- Who is widely acknowledged as the “Father of Modern Science”?
👉 Galileo Galilei
- Who is popularly recognized as the “Father of Genetics”?
👉 Gregor Mendel
- Who discovered the law of gravitation?
👉 Sir Isaac Newton - Who proposed the Theory of Evolution?
👉 Charles Darwin - Who developed the Theory of Relativity?
👉 Albert Einstein - Who invented the telephone?
👉 Alexander Graham Bell - Who invented the light bulb?
👉 Thomas Alva Edison - Who invented the radio?
👉 Guglielmo Marconi - Who discovered X-rays?
👉 Wilhelm Roentgen - Who discovered penicillin?
👉 Alexander Fleming
- Who discovered insulin?
👉 Frederick Banting and Charles Best - Who discovered the circulation of blood?
👉 William Harvey - Who discovered the electron?
👉 J. J. Thomson - Who discovered the neutron?
👉 James Chadwick - Who discovered the proton?
👉 Ernest Rutherford - Who developed the first vaccine (for smallpox)?
👉 Edward Jenner - Who invented the steam engine?
👉 James Watt - Who invented dynamite?
👉 Alfred Nobel - Who invented the airplane?
👉 Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) - Who invented the computer?
👉 Charles Babbage - Who is popularly remembered as the “Father of the Indian Space Program”?
👉Dr. Vikram Sarabhai - Who is popularly remembered as the “Missile Man of India”?
👉 Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - What was the first Indian satellite?
👉 Aryabhata (1975) - What was the name of India’s first lunar mission?
👉 Chandrayaan-1 (2008) - Which was India’s first mission to Mars?
👉 Mangalyaan (MOM – 2013) - Which was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon?
👉 Luna 2 (Soviet Union, 1959) - What was the name of the first human space mission?
👉 Vostok 1 (Yuri Gagarin, 1961) - Who was the first man to step on the Moon?
👉 Neil Armstrong (1969) - Who was the first Indian astronaut?
👉 Rakesh Sharma (1984) - Who was the first woman astronaut?
👉 Valentina Tereshkova (1963)
- Who was the first Indian-origin woman in space?
👉 Kalpana Chawla - Who became the second woman of Indian origin to travel to space?
👉 Sunita Williams
- What is the speed of light?
👉 3 × 10⁸ m/s - What is the SI unit of force?
👉 Newton (N) - What is the SI unit of energy?
👉 Joule (J) - What is the SI unit of power?
👉 Watt (W) - What is the SI unit of pressure?
👉 Pascal (Pa) - What is the SI unit of temperature?
👉 Kelvin (K) - What SI unit is designated for measuring electric current?
👉 Ampere (A)
- What is the SI unit of luminous intensity?
👉 Candela (cd)
- Which planet is called the “Red Planet”?
👉 Mars - Which planet is called the “Blue Planet”?
👉 Earth - Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
👉 Jupiter - Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
👉 Mercury - Which planet is called the “Morning Star” or “Evening Star”?
👉 Venus - Which planet is popularly known as the “Ringed Planet”?
👉 Saturn - Which planet is called the “Ice Giant”?
👉 Neptune - Which planet has the fastest rotation?
👉 Jupiter - Which planet has the slowest rotation?
👉 Venus - Which rocket is nicknamed “Baahubali”?
👉 GSLV Mk-III (LVM-3)
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📘 Section 6: Sports (GK Questions with Answers)
- Who is called the “God of Cricket”?
👉 Sachin Tendulkar - Who is widely recognized as the “Wall of Indian Cricket”?
👉 Rahul Dravid
- Who is called “Captain Cool”?
👉 M. S. Dhoni - 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)
- Which team clinched the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 title?
👉 Australia - Who won the Orange Cap in IPL 2023?
👉 Shubman Gill - Who won the Purple Cap in IPL 2023?
👉 Mohammed Shami - Who won the IPL 2023 Trophy?
👉 Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Who is the first Indian to score a double century in ODIs?
👉 Sachin Tendulkar (2010) - Who was the first Indian woman to clinch an Olympic medal?
👉 Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifting, 2000)
- Who was the first Indian sportsperson to clinch an Olympic medal in the Games?
👉 K. D. Jadhav (Wrestling, 1952)
- Who won the first individual Olympic gold medal for India?
👉 Abhinav Bindra (Shooting, 2008) - Who won India’s first athletics gold medal at the Olympics?
👉 Neeraj Chopra (Javelin, Tokyo 2021) - Who became the first Indian woman to achieve two Olympic medals?
👉 P. V. Sindhu (Badminton – Silver 2016, Bronze 2020) - Who is called the “Payyoli Express”?
👉 P. T. Usha - Who is the first Indian woman Grandmaster in Chess?
👉 Koneru Humpy - Who is India’s youngest Chess Grandmaster (2025)?
👉 R. Praggnanandhaa
- Who is the first Indian to win the World Chess Championship?
👉 Viswanathan Anand - Who became the first Indian woman to win the FIDE Women’s World Cup in 2025?
👉 Divya Deshmukh - Who won the FIFA World Cup 2022?
👉 Argentina (defeated France) - Who led the Argentina side as captain during the FIFA World Cup 2022?
👉 Lionel Messi
- Where will the FIFA World Cup 2026 be hosted?
👉 USA, Canada & Mexico - Who won the Ballon d’Or 2023?
👉 Lionel Messi - Who won the UEFA Champions League 2023?
👉 Manchester City - Who clinched the Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Singles championship?
👉 Carlos Alcaraz - Who won the Wimbledon 2023 Women’s Singles title?
👉 Markéta Vondroušová - Who is the first Indian tennis player to win a Grand Slam title?
👉 Mahesh Bhupathi
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title?
👉 Sania Mirza - Who is the first Indian Formula 1 driver?
👉 Narain Karthikeyan - Who is the first Indian female boxer to win an Olympic medal?
👉 Mary Kom - Who is the only woman boxer to win six World Championship titles?
👉 Mary Kom
- Who is the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal?
👉 Sakshi Malik (2016) - Who became the first Indian male wrestler to secure an Olympic silver medal?
👉 Sushil Kumar
- Who is the first Indian hockey player to win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
👉 Dhanraj Pillay - Who is popularly known as the “Wizard of Hockey”?
👉 Dhyan Chand
- When did India win its first Olympic gold medal in Hockey?
👉 1928 (Amsterdam Olympics) - Who is currently captaining the Indian Men’s Hockey Team in 2025?
👉 Harmanpreet Singh
- Who is the current captain of Indian Women’s Hockey Team (2025)?
👉 Savita Punia - Who is the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympics?
👉 Dipa Karmakar - Who was the first Indian player to clinch a Badminton World Championship title?
👉 P. V. Sindhu (2019) - Who is the first Indian to win an All England Badminton Championship?
👉 Prakash Padukone (1980) - Who is the first Indian woman to win All England Badminton Championship?
👉 Saina Nehwal (2015) - Who is the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal?
👉 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004, Silver) - Who is the youngest Indian Olympic gold medalist?
👉 Neeraj Chopra (Tokyo 2021, age 23) - Who is the youngest Indian to win a Commonwealth Games gold?
👉 Anish Bhanwala (Shooting, 2018) - Which city hosted the Asian Games 2023?
👉 Hangzhou, China - Which city will host the Asian Games 2030?
👉 Doha, Qatar
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📘 Section 7: Awards & Literature (GK Questions with Answers)
- Who became the first Indian to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna award?
👉 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954) - Who became the first woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna?
👉 Indira Gandhi (1971) - Who was the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?
👉 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) - Who became the first musician honoured with the Bharat Ratna?
👉 M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998) - Who is the youngest recipient of the Bharat Ratna?
👉 Sachin Tendulkar (2014) - Who was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2019 along with Pranab Mukherjee?
👉 Bhupen Hazarika and Nanaji Deshmukh - Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?
👉 Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913) - Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
👉 C. V. Raman (1930) - Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
👉 Mother Teresa (1979)
- Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?
👉 Amartya Sen (1998) - Who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023?
👉 Jon Fosse (Norway)
- Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023?
👉 Narges Mohammadi (Iran) - Who became the first Indian author to be awarded the Booker Prize?
👉 Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things, 1997)
- Who is the first Indian to win the International Booker Prize?
👉 Geetanjali Shree (Tomb of Sand, 2022) - Who won the Booker Prize 2023?
👉 Paul Lynch (Prophet Song) - Who was the first Indian to receive the Pulitzer Prize?
👉 Gobind Behari Lal (1937)
- Who earned the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2023?
👉 Barbara Kingsolver (Demon Copperhead) and Hernan Diaz (Trust) - Who won the Pulitzer Prize 2023 in Journalism (Public Service)?
👉 Associated Press for coverage of Ukraine War
- Who was the first Indian to receive the Jnanpith Award?
👉 G. Sankara Kurup (1965, Malayalam) - Who won the Jnanpith Award 2023?
👉 Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Sanskrit) and Gulzar (Urdu) - Who became the first Indian writer to be honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award?
👉 R. R. Diwakar (1955)
- Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 for Hindi?
👉 Manohar Untwal (Ghar Wapsi) - Who was the first Indian to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award?
👉 Vinoba Bhave (1958) - Who was the first woman to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award?
👉 Mother Teresa (1962) - Who won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023 from India?
👉 Ravi Kannan (Oncologist) - Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar Award?
👉 Bhanu Athaiya (Costume Design, Gandhi, 1983) - Who was the first Indian film to win an Oscar?
👉 Gandhi (1983 – Best Picture, Richard Attenborough)
- 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)
- Who was the first Indian actor nominated for Oscar?
👉 Deepika Padukone (presented, not nominated) → No Indian actor has been nominated yet - Who clinched the Golden Globe in 2023 for Best Original Song?
👉 Naatu Naatu (RRR)
- Who became the first Indian to receive a Grammy Award?
👉 Pandit Ravi Shankar (1967)
- Who won the Grammy Award 2023 (Best Global Music Album)?
👉 Burna Boy (Love, Damini) - Which Indian won Grammy 2023 for Best Global Music Performance?
👉 Ricky Kej (Divine Tides) with Stewart Copeland - Who became the first Indian woman to receive a Grammy Award?
👉 Tanvi Shah (2010, Jai Ho!)
- Who was the first Indian to win the Miss World title?
👉 Reita Faria (1966) - Who was the first Indian to win the Miss Universe title?
👉 Sushmita Sen (1994)
- Who became the second Indian to be crowned Miss Universe?
👉 Lara Dutta (2000)
- Who won Miss Universe 2021 from India?
👉 Harnaaz Sandhu - Who was the first Indian to win Miss Earth title?
👉 Nicole Faria (2010) - Who was the first Indian to win Miss International?
👉 Lara Dutta (1997, later crowned Miss Universe 2000) - Who won Miss World 2017 from India?
👉 Manushi Chhillar - Who won Miss World 2023?
👉 Krystyna Pyszkova (Czech Republic) - Who is regarded as the first Indian author to write in English?
👉 R. K. Narayan
- Who wrote the National Anthem of India?
👉 Rabindranath Tagore (Jana Gana Mana) - Who wrote the National Song of India?
👉 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Vande Mataram) - Who wrote the Indian national pledge?
👉 Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao