First in India
Question	First country-wide agricultural census
Answer	1970-71
Question	First English Newspaper in India
Answer	Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in Calcutta
Question	First Film Centre
Answer	Nandan Located in Calcutta, it was inaugurated in September 1985
Question	First Film with an all-female cast
Answer	Marathi Film Bindhast, directed by ChandrakantKulkarni
Question	First Five-Year Plan
Answer	Started in 1951
Question	First General Elections
Answer	They were held in 1952
Question	First hydroelectric project in India
Answer	Shivasamudram, across the River Kaveri in 1902
Question	First Indian state to set up a women’s court
Answer	Andhra Pradesh
Question	First international co-production
Answer	NalaDamayanti (1921) made in collaboration with Italy
Question	First Marine National Park
Answer	Jamnagar
Question	First Moonlit Animal House in Asia
Answer	Located in the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad
Question	First Navodaya School
Answer	Navegaon-Khairi in Nagpur
Question	First Postage Stamp
Answer	It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi
Question	First Printing Press
Answer	It was set up in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese
Question	First Railway Line
Answer	It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane
Question	First Rupee in India
Answer	It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542
Question	First ship built in India
Answer	JalaUsha built by Vishakapatnam Shipyard was commissioned in 1948
Question	First silent feature film in India
Answer	Pundalik made in 1912 by NG Chitre and RG Torney It was half British in its make
Question	First solar crematorium
Answer	It is proposed to be set up in Valsad, Gujarat
Question	First Solar Energy Centre
Answer	Gwalpahar, Gurgaon, Haryana
Question	First song-less film
Answer	JBH Wadia'sNaujawan (1937)
Question	First south Indian film to be released in Korea
Answer	Tamil Film Muthu Maharaja (June, 2000)
Question	First Talkie Film
Answer	AlamAra (1931)
Question	First Telefilm
Answer	Satyajit Ray's Sadgati (telecast on Doordarshan in April 1981)
Question	First Telegraph Line
Answer	It was laid between Calcutta and Agra in 1854 This line was 1280 km long It was extended up to Lahore in 1857
Question	First Telephone system
Answer	It was started in 1881 from Calcutta
Question	First Television Reception Centre
Answer	Arvi, located in Maharashtra
Question	First veterinary college
Answer	Opened in Parel in Bombay in 1885 It is still in existence and is the oldest veterinary college in Asia
Question	First Wind farm
Answer	Mandvi, Kutch in Gujarat
Question	Highest Airfield in the world
Answer	Thoise, Ladakh
Question	Highest road in India
Answer	Khardung La Pass
Question	India’s first Antartica expedition
Answer	January 11, 1982
Question	India’s first Satellite
Answer	Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975
Question	India's first colour film
Answer	Prabhat'sSairandhri, which was processed and printed in Germany in 1933
Question	India's first fully indigenous silent feature film
Answer	Raja Harishchandra produced by Dada SahebPhalke on May 3, 1913
Question	India's first indigenously built missile destroyer
Answer	INS 'Delhi' (commissioned on November 15, 1997 at Mumbai)
Question	India's first indigenously built submarine
Answer	INS 'Shakti' (commissioned on February 7, 1992)
Question	India's first indigenously made colour film
Answer	ArdashirIrani’sKisanKanya made in 1937

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