60. Name the first Indian who got an Oscar.
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982)
59. Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science?
Answer: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
58. Who was the first woman Governor of India?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
May 29, 2010:
57. Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan?
Answer: MS Subbulakshmi
56. Name the living Indian legend who has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung in almost 20 languages for over 1,825 ms and working with 165 composers.
Answer: Lata Mangeshkar
55. Name the first man to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen.
Answer: Phu Dorji
54. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
Answer: Arati Saha
May 28, 2010:
53. Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field medals?
Answer: P.T.Usha
52. Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them?
Answer: Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)
51. Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath tagore (1913)
May 27, 2010:
50. Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?
Answer: Satyajit Ray
49. Name the first President of India.
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
48. Name the youngest grandmaster in India.
Answer: Parimarjan Negi
May 26, 2010:
47. Topper of prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010.
Answer: Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone
46. Which are the BRIC countries?
a. Brazil, Russia, India, and China
b. Botswana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Croatia
c. Bangladesh, Romania, Indonesia, and Cambodia
Answer: a – Brazil, Russia, India, and China
May 20, 2010
45. Name the Cyclone that hit Bay of Bengal in May 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamilnadu, AP and Orissa.
Answer: Cyclone Laila
44. Which Indian film-maker will be awarded with Jaeger-LeCoultre honour at venice Film Festival?
Answer: Mani Ratnam
43. Name the CEO of search company Google?
Answer: Eric Schmidt
42. ICICI Bank has announced merger of another Indian Bank with itself in an all swap deal- name the bank and its promoters.
Answer: Bank of Rajasthan / Promoters – Tayal family
41. Name the BBC Radio DJ who has been suspended for floating the rumor that Queen is dead.
Answer: Danny Kelly who has played the national anthem and declared that Queen Elizabeth has just now died
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