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

Answer: Ruskin Bond

2. First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ?

Answer: Bhanu Athaiya

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

Answer:

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

4. Name of first Indian Pilot ?

Answer: J.R.D. Tata in 1929

5. Name of first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award ?

Answer: G. Shankar Kurup

6. Name of first Space Tourist of India ?

Answer: Santosh George

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

Answer: Dr. Amartya Sen