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1. Who was the first person in independent India to be hanged to death?
a. Ajmal Kasab
b. Afzal Guru
c. Mangal Pandey
d. Nathuram Godse
2. What is the name of the first woman to lead judgement in a case in the Supreme Court of India?
a. Justice Sahithya
b. Justice Banumathi
c. Justice Seema Shah
d. Justice Pooja Dhawan
3. Which company built India's first dedicated coronavirus hospital?
a. Reliance
b. Birla
c. Tata
d. Apollo
4. Which Indian state became the first state to declare 'access to the Internet' as a basic human right?
a. Maharashtra
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Karnataka
5. Which group in India gave the country its first cancer hospital?
a. Reliance Industries
b. Tata Group
c. Adani Group
d. Essar Group
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Answers
1. Who was the first person in independent India to be hanged to death?
a. Ajmal Kasab
b. Afzal Guru
c. Mangal Pandey
d. Nathuram Godse
Did You Know?
Nathuram Godse was hanged to death for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. In India, the death penalty can be carried out either by hanging or shooting.
Read more about it in this link.
2. What is the name of the first woman to lead judgement in a case in the Supreme Court of India?
a. Justice Sahithya
b. Justice Banumathi
c. Justice Seema Shah
d. Justice Pooja Dhawan
Did You Know?
It was during the midnight hearing of the Supreme Court in the Nirbhaya case when for the first time, a woman judge named Banumathi led the panel.
Read more about it in this link.
3. Which company built India's first dedicated coronavirus hospital?
a. Reliance
b. Birla
c. Tata
d. Apollo
Did You Know?
The HN Reliance Foundation Hospital Mumbai created a facility especially for treating and isolating coronavirus patients in India.
Read more about it in this link.
4. Which Indian state became the first state to declare 'access to the Internet' as a basic human right?
a. Maharashtra
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Karnataka
Did You Know? After a petition was filed by a college student, the high court of Kerala declared that all its citizens have the right to access the Internet under constitutional law.
Read more about it in this link.
5. Which group in India gave the country its first cancer hospital?
a. Reliance Industries
b. Tata Group
c. Adani Group
d. Essar Group
Did You Know? The cancer hospital built in the 1940s in Bombay gave free treatment for people suffering from cancer.
Read more about it in this link.
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