HISTORY (इतिहास)

1. Who was the first President of the USA? 

Ans:- George Washington

2. Who was the Father of the Nation (India)? 

Ans:- Mahatma Gandhi

3. In which year did World War II end?

Ans:- 1945

4. Who discovered America?

Ans:- Christopher Columbus

5. Who invented the telephone?

Ans:- Alexander Graham Bell

6. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Ans:- Jawaharlal Nehru

7. In which year did India get independence?

Ans:- 1947

8. Who was known as the Iron Man of India?

Ans:- Sardar Patel

9. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

Ans:- Neil Armstrong

10. In which year did World War I begin?

Ans:- 1914

11. Who built the Taj Mahal?

Ans:- Shah Jahan

12. Who was the first Emperor of India?

Ans:- Chandragupta Maurya

13. Who wrote the Ramayana?

Ans:- Valmiki

14. Who wrote the Mahabharata?

Ans:- Ved Vyasa

15. Who was the Queen of England during World War I?

Ans:- King George V (monarch of UK)

16. Who discovered gravity?

Ans:- Isaac Newton

17. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

Ans:- Indira Gandhi

18. Who was the first President of India?

Ans:- Dr. Rajendra Prasad

19. Who founded Microsoft?

Ans:- Bill Gates

20. Who founded Facebook?

Ans:- Mark Zuckerberg

21. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

Ans:- C. Rajagopalachari

22. Who was known as Netaji?

Ans:- Subhas Chandra Bose

23. Who was the first woman to go to space?

Ans:- Valentina Tereshkova

24. Who invented the light bulb?

Ans:- Thomas Edison

25. Who was the first man in space?

Ans:- Yuri Gagarin

26. Who was the first woman President of India?

Ans:- Droupadi Murmu

27. Who was the first man to reach the South Pole?

Ans:- Roald Amundsen

28. Who was the first man to reach the North Pole?

Ans:- Robert Peary

29. Who discovered penicillin?

Ans:- Alexander Fleming

30. Who invented the airplane?

Ans:- Wright Brothers

31. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

Ans:- Rabindranath Tagore

32. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Ans:- Marie Curie

33. Who was the first Indian woman to go to space?

Ans:- Kalpana Chawla

34. Who was the founder of Buddhism?

Ans:- Gautama Buddha

35. Who was the founder of Jainism?

Ans:- Mahavira

36. Who was the first Mughal Emperor?

Ans:- Babur

37. Who was the last Mughal Emperor?

Ans:- Bahadur Shah Zafar

38. Who was the first British Governor-General of India?

Ans:- Lord William Bentinck

39. Who gave the slogan “Jai Hind”?

Ans:- Subhas Chandra Bose

40. Who wrote the Indian Constitution?

Ans:- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Chairman of Drafting Committee)

41. Who was the first Indian woman ruler?

Ans:- Razia Sultana

42. Who was the first Chief Justice of India?

Ans:- H. J. Kania

43. Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic medal?

Ans:- Norman Pritchard

44. Who invented the steam engine?

Ans:- James Watt

45. Who was the first Prime Minister of the UK?

Ans:- Robert Walpole

46. Who discovered sea route to India?

Ans:- Vasco da Gama

47. Who was the first Emperor of Rome?

Ans:- Augustus

48. Who built Red Fort in Delhi?

Ans:- Shah Jahan

49. Who was known as the Nightingale of India?

Ans:- Sarojini Naidu

50. Who was the first President of the United Nations General Assembly?

Ans:- Paul-Henri Spaak

51. Who was the first President of the USA?

Ans:- George Washington

52. Who was the first Vice President of India?

Ans:- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

53. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of the UK?

Ans:- Margaret Thatcher

54. Who was the first black President of South Africa?

Ans:- Nelson Mandela

55. Who was the first black President of the USA?

Ans:- Barack Obama

56. Who was the first woman President of the USA?

Ans:- (None yet as of 2026)

57. Who invented the printing press?

Ans:- Johannes Gutenberg

58. Who discovered the law of motion?

Ans:- Isaac Newton

59. Who was the founder of Sikhism?

Ans:- Guru Nanak

60. Who wrote the Constitution of the USA?

Ans:- James Madison (key contributor)

61. Who was the first Emperor of China?

Ans:- Qin Shi Huang

62. Who was the first man to climb Mount Everest?

Ans:- Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

63. Who was known as the Missile Man of India?

Ans:- Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

64. Who was the first Indian President to receive Bharat Ratna before becoming President?

Ans:- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

65. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?

Ans:- Sarojini Naidu

66. Who was the first Indian to win Miss World?

Ans:- Reita Faria

67. Who was the first Indian woman to win Olympic medal?

Ans:- Karnam Malleswari

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

Ans:- Sukumar Sen

69. Who was the first Secretary-General of the UN?

Ans:- Trygve Lie

70. Who was the first man to orbit Earth?

Ans:- Yuri Gagarin

71. Who invented the radio?

Ans:- Guglielmo Marconi

72. Who invented television?

Ans:- John Logie Baird

73. Who invented the computer?

Ans:- Charles Babbage

74. Who was the first Indian woman IPS officer?

Ans:- Kiran Bedi

75. Who was the first Indian woman Chief Minister?

Ans:- Sucheta Kripalani

76. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Ans:- Benazir Bhutto

77. Who was the first President of independent India?

Ans:- Dr. Rajendra Prasad

78. Who was the first woman President of India?

Ans:- Pratibha Patil

79. Who was the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Ans:- Mother Teresa

80. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?

Ans:- Junko Tabei

81. Who was the first Indian to go to space?

Ans:- Rakesh Sharma

82. Who founded the Maurya Empire?

Ans:- Chandragupta Maurya

83. Who founded the Gupta Empire?

Ans:- Sri Gupta

84. Who was the first Mughal ruler of India?

Ans:- Babur

85. Who abolished Sati system in India?

Ans:- Lord William Bentinck

86. Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?

Ans:- Bhagat Singh

87. Who was the first Chief Minister of independent India?

Ans:- Govind Ballabh Pant (UP)

88. Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

Ans:- G. V. Mavalankar

89. Who was the first Field Marshal of India?

Ans:- Sam Manekshaw

90. Who was the first Indian woman to receive Bharat Ratna?

Ans:- Indira Gandhi

91. Who was the first President of China?

Ans:- Sun Yat-sen

92. Who was the first King of England?

Ans:- Athelstan

93. Who wrote “Discovery of India”?

Ans:- Jawaharlal Nehru

94. Who wrote “Wings of Fire”?

Ans:- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

95. Who was the first Indian to win Oscar?

Ans:- Bhanu Athaiya

96. Who was the first Asian to win Nobel Prize?

Ans:- Rabindranath Tagore

97. Who was the first Indian woman to win Booker Prize?

Ans:- Arundhati Roy

98. Who was the first President of Pakistan?

Ans:- Iskander Mirza

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