Meet the first men in India across various fields: Sports, Prize, Literature, Politics, Defence, and mor

A lot of people in India have achieved formidable milestones in various fields including sports, science, literature, etc. It is expected from us Indians to know about most of the milestones and persons who achieved them. This is the reason why many questions about First men in India in various fields are asked in examinations like SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, UPSC, Railway, Banking, etc. Go through this post if you are also preparing for any of the above examinations. In this post, we are listing some important questions about 1^st Men in India in different fields.

1^st Person in India in Various Fields – Sports, Prize, Literature, Politics, Defence, etc.

1. Who was the first home minister of India?

Answer: Sardar Vailabh Bhai Patel

2. Who was the First Muslim President Of Indian National Congress?

Answer: Badruddin Tayyabji

3. Who was the First president of India?

Answer:Dr. Rajendra Prasad

4. Who was the first muslim president of India?

Answer: Dr. Zakir Hussain

5. Who was the First Governor General Of Free India?

Answer: Lord Mountbatten

6. Who was the First And The Last Indian To Be Governor General Of Free India?

Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

7. Who was the first Prime Minister Of India Who Did Not Face The Parliament?

Answer: Charan Singh

8. Who was the first Indian person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics?

Answer: Amartya Sen

9. Who was the first person to resign from the central cabinet?

Answer: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

10. Who was the 1st person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine?

Answer: Har Gobind Khorana

11. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Answer: Sukumar Sen

12. Who was the first person to receive Paramveer Chakra?

Answer: Major Somnath Sharma

13. Who was the first education minister?

Answer: AbulKalam Azad

14. What is the name of the 1st speaker of the loksabha?

Answer: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

15. Who was the First Indian To Get Nobel Prize In Physics?

Answer: C.V. Raman

16. Who was the First Field Marshal Of India?

Answer: S.H.F. Manekshaw

17. Who was the first Indian Naval Chief?

Answer: Vice Admiral R. D. Katari

18. Who was the first person in India to receive Nobel Prize in Economics?

Answer: Amartya Sen

19. Who is the first lokpal in India?

Answer: Justice P. C. Ghosh

20. The first batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

21. Who was the first Prime Minister of free India?

Answer: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

22. Who was the 1st Indian Cricketer to score more than 250 runs in an ODI match?

Answer: Rohit Sharma

23. Who was the first person to launch India’s first printed newspaper?

Answer: James Augustus Hicky

24. Who was the first President of India who died while in office?

Answer: Dr. Zakir Hussain

25. Who is the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna?

Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

26. Who was the first Chinese traveller to visit India?

Answer: Fahein

27. Who is the first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Answer: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

28. Who was the first president of Indian National Congress?

Answer: W. C. Banerjee

29. Who was the first Indian to join the I.C.S.?

Answer: Satyendra Nath Tagore

30. Who was the First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term?

Answer: Morarji Desai

31. Who was the first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council?

Answer: S.P. Sinha

32. Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer: Mother Teresa

33. What is the name of the first person to receive Gyanpith award?

Answer: Sri Shankar Kurup

34.What is the name of the first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut?

Answer: Mohd. Azharuddin

35. Who was the First Viceroy of India?

Answer: Lord Canning

36. Who was the first Indian Pilot?

Answer: J.R.D. Tata (1929)

37. Who was the first Indian to cross English Channel?

Answer: Mihir Sen

38. Who was the first Indian to win the Stalin Award?

Answer: Saiffudin Kichlu

39. Who was the first Indian to complete Ironman triathlon?

Answer: Kaustubh Radkar

40. Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?

Answer: Arundhati Roy

41. Who was the First Law Minister of India?

Answer: B.R. Ambedkar

42. Who was the First Indian to win an Oscar?

Answer: Bhanu Athaiya

43. Who was the First Indian male to be ranked world No.1 in World Junior Badminton rankings?

Answer: Aditya Joshi

44. Who was the First Indian male shuttler to win a gold at the Commonwealth Games?

Answer: Parupalli Kashyap

45. Who was the First Indian to win Mr. World Title?

Answer: Rohit Khandelwal

46. Who was the First Sikh President of India?

Answer: Gyani Zail Singh

47. Who was the First Indian Player to hit 200 sixes in One Day International Cricket?

Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

48. Who was the First awardee of Padma Vibhushan?

Answer: Satyendra Nath Bose

49. Who was the First Indian-Origin man to win the Booker Prize?

Answer: Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul

50. Who was the First Indian to reach the south Pole?

Answer: Col. I.K. Bajaj

51. Who was the first CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) of India?

Answer: General Bipin Rawat

52. Who was the first defence minister of India?

Answer: Baldev Singh

53. What was the name of the first Vice-President of India?

Answer: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

54. Who was the first finance minister of India?

Answer: R.K. Shanmukham Chetty

55. Who was the first railway minister of Independent India?

Answer: John Matthai

56. What was the name of the first Indian to climb Mount Everest?

Answer: Lt Col Avatar. S. Cheema

57. Who was the first person to receive the Bharat Ratna Award?

Answer: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

58. Who was the first Indian to win a gold medal in an individual sport in the Olympics?

Answer: Abhinav Bindra

59. What was the name of the first foreign secretary of India?

Answer: K.P.S. Menon

60. Who was the first Indian to win a medal at the Olympics?

Answer: KD Jadhav 

61. Who was the first Dalit president of India?

Answer: K.R. Narayana

62. What is the name of India’s first chess Grandmaster of India?

Answer: Viswanathan Anand

63. Who is the first Indian to get Ashok Chakra?

Answer: Rakesh Sharma 

64. Who was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay Award?

Answer:  Acharya Vinoba Bhave

65. What was the name of the first Athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics games?

Answer: Murlikant Petkar