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General Knowledge Practice Set 8

 301. Who among the following was the first Woman Cabinet Minister of Independent India? 

(a) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur 

(b) Sarojini Naidu 

(c) Vijaya Raje Scindia 

(d) Sucheta Kriplani 


302. Who was the first lady Governor of and Indian state? 

(a) Sucheta kripalani 

(b) Padmaja Naidu 

(c) Tarkeswari Sinha 

(d) Sarojini Naidu 


303. Who was the first woman judge of Supreme Court of India? 

(a) Leila Seth 

(b) Anna Chandy 

(c) Fatima M . Beevi 

(d) Mary Joseph 


304. Who was the first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra? 

(a) Kiran Bedi 

(b) Neeraj Bhanot 

(c) Kamlesh Kumari 

(d) Archana Ramaasundram 


305. Who was the first Indian woman ambassador at United Nations? 

(a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit 

(b) Sucheta Kriplani 

(c) M.S Subba Lakshmi 

(d) Aarti Saha 


306. Who among the following was the first female from India to receive the Nobel Peace prize? 

(a) Mother Teresa 

(b) Nargis Dutt 

(c) Indira Gandhi 

(d) Sarojini Naidu 


307. ____________ is the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel. 

(a) Shivani Kataria 

(b) Shikha Tandon 

(c) Sania Mirza 

(d) Arati Saha 


308. Name the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest. 

(a) Santosh yadav 

(b) Bachendri Pal 

(c) Rita Faria 

(d) Leela Seth 


309. Who is the first woman to become ‘Miss World’? 

(a) Reita Faria 

(b) Aishwarya Rai 

(c) Sushmita Sen 

(d) Diana Hayden 


310. The first woman to get Bharat Ratna Award is 

(a) Sarojini Naidu 

(b) Mother Teresa 

(c) Indira Gandhi 

(d) Lata Mangeshkar 


311. Who is the first Indian woman to win World Tennis Association (WTA) title? 

(a) Saina Nehwal 

(b) Sania Mirza 

(c) P.V Sindhu 

(d) Jwala Gutta 


312. Who was the first woman pilot of Indian Airlines? 

(a) Avani Chaturvedi 

(b) Durga Banerjee 

(c) Bhawana Kanth 

(d) None of the above 


313. Who was the first Indian to win the Man Booker Prize? 

(a) Dhan Gopal Mukherjee 

(b) Nirad. C. Chaudhar 

(c) Aravind Adiga 

(d) Arundhati Roy 


314. Who was the first woman to receive the Dada Sehab Phalke Award? 

(a) Nargis Dutt 

(b) Uma Devi 

(c) Sulochana 

(d) Devika Rani 


315. Who was the first female doctor of India? 

(a) Anandi Chaturvedi 

(b) Durga Banerjee 

(c) Bhawana Kanth 

(d) None of these 


316.Who is the first woman Air Marshal of India Air Force (IAF)? 

(a) Punita Arora 

(b) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya 

(c) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay 

(d) Harita Kaur Deo


317. Who was the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha? 

(a) Sumitra Mahajan 

(b) Meira Kumar 

(c) Nejma Heptulla 

(d) Pratibha Patil 


318. Who was the first Indian athlete ever to win a Bronze Medal at world championships in Athletics? 

(a) Karnam Malleswari 

(b) Neha Ahuja 

(c) Dutee Chand 

(d) Anju Bobby George 


319. The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal is 

(a) Saina Nehwal 

(b) Mary Kom 

(c) P.V Sindhu 

(d) Nora Polley 


320. Who is the first woman Lieutenant General of India Army? 

(a) Puneeta Arora 

(b) Mamata Banerjee 

(c) Nupur Kulshrestha 

(d) Roze Milian Bethew 


321. Who was the world’s first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest ? 

(a) Bachendri Pal 

(b) Arunima Sinha 

(c) Santosh Yadav 

(d) Premlata Aggarwal 


322. Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi? 

(a) Chand Bibi 

(b) Rani Roopmati 

(c) Manikarnika 

(d) Razia Sultan 


323. Who was the first Indian woman musician to get Bharat Ratna? 

(a) Asha Bhonsle 

(b) Lata Mangeshkar 

(c) Indira Gandhi 

(d) M.S Subbulashmi 


324. Who is the first woman in the world to swim across sea channels of five continents? 

(a) Arati Saha 

(b) Meena Patel 

(c)Poorva Shetye 

(d) Bula Choudhury 


325. Who first woman film star nominated/elected to the Rajya Sabha was__________. 

(a) Nargis Dutt 

(b) Vyjayanthimala 

(c) Hema Malini 

(d) Jayalalitha 


326. The first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at Olympics is__________. 

(a) Sakshi Malik 

(b) Babita Kumari 

(c) Vinesh Phogat 

(d) Geeta Phogat 


327. Who is the first female cricketer is history of score 7,000 ODI runs? 

(a) Harman Preet Kaur 

(b) Smriti Madhana 

(c) Mithali Raj 

(d) Jhulan Goswami 


328. Vaishno Devi Temple is located in which state/UT? 

(a) Himachal Pradesh 

(b) Ladakh 

(c) Jammu & Kashmir 

(d) Uttarakhand 


329. Amarnath Temple is dedicated to 

(a) Lord Shiva 

(b) Lord Ram 

(c) Lord Vishnu 

(d) Lord Krishna 


330. Kedarnath Temple is located near which of the following rivers? 

(a) Mandakini 

(b) Yamuna 

(c) Alaknanda 

(d) Bhagirathi 


331. The Kashi Vishwanath Temple built in 1780 AD is located in which of the following cities? 

(a) Lucknow 

(b) Prayagraj 

(c) Varanasi 

(d) Ayodhya


332. Which among the following temples is known as the Bahai Temple? 

(a) Lotus Temple 

(b) Dilwara Jain Temple 

(c) Golden Temple 

(d) Mahabodhi Temple 


333. The Golden Temple also called Sri Harmandir Sahib or Sri Darbar Sahib was built by 

(a) Guru Amar Das 

(b) Guru Tegh Bhadur 

(c) Guru Nanak Dev 

(d) Guru Arjan Dev 


334. Dilwara Temple is located at 

(a) Konark, Odisha 

(b) Pali , Rajasthan 

(c) Raisen, Madhya Pradesh 

(d) Mount Abu, Rajasthan 


335. Which of the following temples is also known as temple of rats? 

(a) Dilwara Temple 

(b) Konark Temple 

(c) Mahabodhi Temple 

(d) Karni Mata Temple 


336. The total number of Jyotirlinga all over India is 

(a) 5 

(b) 10 

(c) 12 

(d) 14 


337. Shirdi Sai Baba Temple is located in which of the following states? 

(a) Maharashtra 

(b) Karnataka 

(c) Gujarat 

(d) Madhya Pradesh 


338. Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh is dedicated to which of the following religions? 

(a) Buddhism 

(b) Jainism 

(c) Hinduism 

(d) Sikhism 


339. Khajuraho Temple is located in the Chhatarpur district of 

(a) Maharashtra 

(b) Madhya Pradesh 

(c) Gujarat 

(d) Rajasthan 


340. Mahabodhi Temple is located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar where _____________ attained enlightenment ? 

(a) Lord Mahavira 

(b) Swamin Vivekananda 

(c) Parshavnath 

(d) Gautham Buddha 


341. Which temple is called the white Pagoda of India? 

(a) Lingaraja Temple 

(b) Konark Sum Temple 

(c) Jagannath Temple 

(d) Padmanabhaswamy Temple 


342. Konark Temple is located in which state? 

(a) Chhattisgarh 

(b) Odisha 

(c) Madhya Pradesh 

(d) Karnataka 


343. Belur Math is located in which state? 

(a) Odisha 

(b) West Bengal 

(c) Jharkhand 

(d) Madhya Pradesh 


344. Meenakshi Temple is located in 

(a) Madurai, Tamil Nadu 

(b) Hampi, Karnataka 

(c) Thirumala, Andhra Pradesh 

(d) Mumbai , Maharashtra 


345. ___________ temple located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu was built by Raj Raja-1 of _________ dynasty in 1010 AD. 

(a) Konark, Chalukyas 

(b) Meenakshi, Chola 

(c) Gomateswara, Pandya 

(d) Brihadeshwara , Chola


346.Which of the following dance describes the characters of God, Goddess and religious scriptures and have proper 

rules and dress cold. 

(a) Folk dance 

(b) Classical dance 

(c) Regional dance 

(d) Ancient dance 


347. Which type of dance is considered as a part of the tradition of a particular people or area and belongs to a 

community, place or caste? 

(a) Folk dance 

(b) Classical dance 

(c) Regional dance 

(d) Ancient dance 


348. How many Indian classical dances are recognized by the Sangeeta Natak Akademi? 

(a) 5 

(b) 8 

(c) 10 

(d) 6 


349. Which among the following is the oldest of all classical dance forms? 

(a) Bharatanatyam 

(b) Odissi 

(c) Kuchipudi 

(d) Kathakali 


350. In which state did Bharatanatyam originate? 

(a) Odisha 

(b) Gujarat 

(c) Rajasthan 

(d) Tamil Nadu

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