1. Name of first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna ?

Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

2. Name of first woman of India to get Jnanpith Award ?

Answer: Ashapurna Devi

3. Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra

Answer: Major Somnath Sharma

4. Name of first woman of India to get Ashok Chakra ?

Answer: Nirja Mishra

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

Answer:

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

6. Name of the first election commissioner of India ?

Answer: Sukumar Sen.

7. Where was the first Post Office opened in India ?

Answer: Kolkata in 1727