Paper II · Part B — Static GK

Firsts in India

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Core4 mapped NDA questions

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Build exam-ready understanding by connecting the core idea, formulas or facts, worked example and previous NDA questions. Focus on why each rule works, then test it under timed conditions.

Concept

'Firsts' are persons or events that hold the first position in a field — a popular static-GK category. They are best learnt in grouped lists.

Focus on the most commonly asked firsts.

Key Points & Formulas

First President of India: Dr. Rajendra Prasad; First Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru.
First woman Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi; first woman President: Pratibha Patil.
First Indian to win a Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913).
First Field Marshal of India: Sam Manekshaw.

Worked Example

Q. Who was the first President of independent India?

After India became a republic in 1950, a President was elected.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India.

He served two terms.

Common traps

Reading the prompt too quickly and missing a qualifier.
Memorising the result without checking when it applies.
Skipping units, signs, chronology or the final reasonableness check.

NDA shortcuts

State the governing rule before substituting values.
Eliminate impossible options before doing full calculation.

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4 NDA questions

Choose an answer before the solution appears. Option order is mixed automatically.

Question 1

NDA I 2026

Quartzite is metamorphosed from which one of the following rocks?

Question 2

NDA I 2026

Consider the following statements with regard to bead production in Harappan towns:

I. The materials used to make beads included carnelian, quartz and steatite.

II. The beads were cylindrical, barrel-shaped and disc-shaped.

III. Specialized stone drills were used for making holes through the beads.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Question 3

NDA I 2026

Consider the following offices:

I. The Vice President of India

II. The Governors within their respective States

III. The Prime Minister of India

IV. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Which one of the following options represents the correct order of these offices for ceremonial occasions in the Table of Precedence as approved by the President of India?

Question 4

NDA I 2026

Consider the following statements in case of terrestrial planets:

I. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are terrestrial planets having low densities as compared to other planets.

II. They lie between the Sun and the belt of asteroids.

III. Their lower gravity can hold the escaping gases.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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