1. First Indian to go into space ?

Answer: Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma

2. First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Economics ?

Answer: Dr. Amartya Sen

3. Name of the first woman musician of India to get Bharat Ratna ?

Answer: M.S. Subbulakshmi

4. Who was the frist person to climb Mount Everest ?

Answer:

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary on 29th May, 1953

5. Name of the First Indian Author to get the Anderson Award ?

Answer: Ruskin Bond

6. Name of first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award ?

Answer: G. Shankar Kurup

7. Name of first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna ?

Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan