First Indian Awards and Honours

21. Who was the first Indian to receive the Param Vir Chakra?
a) Major Somnath Sharma
b) Lt. Col. Tarapore
c) Subedar Joginder Singh
d) Captain Vikram Batra

22. Who was the first Indian woman to receive the Param Vir Chakra?
a) None
b) None
c) None
d) None

23. Who was the first Indian to receive the Arjuna Award?
a) Milkha Singh
b) S. Venkataraghavan
c) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
d) K. D. Singh Babu
Answer: a) Milkha Singh[/expander_maker]

24. Who was the first Indian woman to receive the Arjuna Award?
a) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
b) P. T. Usha
c) Kamaljit Sandhu
d) Bachendri Pal

25. Who was the first Indian to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
a) Viswanathan Anand
b) Leander Paes
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Karnam Malleswari