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50 questions covering every section of the note.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Current Affairs · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba, Section Officer · Level: Easy). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
Who was the first President of Nepal?
- A) Bidya Devi Bhandari
- B) Ram Baran Yadav ✔
- C) Ram Chandra Paudel
- D) Parmananda Jha
Why: Dr Ram Baran Yadav was elected the first President in 2065 BS.
Who was the first Vice-President of Nepal?
- A) Nanda Bahadur Pun
- B) Parmananda Jha ✔
- C) Ram Sahaya Yadav
- D) Subas Nembang
Why: Parmananda Jha was the first Vice-President (2065 BS).
Who was the first elected Prime Minister of Nepal?
- A) Matrika Prasad Koirala
- B) B. P. Koirala ✔
- C) Tanka Prasad Acharya
- D) Girija Prasad Koirala
Why: B. P. Koirala became the first elected PM after the 2015 BS election.
Who was the first Rana Prime Minister?
- A) Chandra Shumsher
- B) Jung Bahadur Rana ✔
- C) Ranodip Singh
- D) Bir Shumsher
Why: Jung Bahadur Rana became the first Rana PM after the Kot Parva in 1903 BS.
Who was the first woman President of Nepal?
- A) Sushila Karki
- B) Bidya Devi Bhandari ✔
- C) Onsari Gharti Magar
- D) Sahana Pradhan
Why: Bidya Devi Bhandari became the first woman President in 2072 BS.
Who was the first woman Chief Justice of Nepal?
- A) Sushila Karki ✔
- B) Kalyan Shrestha
- C) Sapana Pradhan Malla
- D) Bidya Devi Bhandari
Why: Sushila Karki became the first woman Chief Justice in 2073 BS.
Who was the first woman Speaker of Nepal?
- A) Onsari Gharti Magar ✔
- B) Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe
- C) Pushpa Bhusal
- D) Sahana Pradhan
Why: Onsari Gharti Magar became the first woman Speaker in 2072 BS.
Who was the first woman minister of Nepal?
- A) Dwarika Devi Thakurani ✔
- B) Sahana Pradhan
- C) Mangala Devi Singh
- D) Shailaja Acharya
Why: Dwarika Devi Thakurani became the first woman minister in 2016 BS.
Which is the first school of Nepal?
- A) Durbar High School ✔
- B) Tri-Chandra School
- C) Budhanilkantha School
- D) St. Xavier's School
Why: Durbar High School, opened by Jung Bahadur Rana in 1910 BS, is the first school.
The first college of Nepal is:
- A) Tri-Chandra College ✔
- B) Patan Campus
- C) Saraswati Campus
- D) Amrit Campus
Why: Tri-Chandra College (1975 BS) is Nepal's first college.
The first university of Nepal is:
- A) Kathmandu University
- B) Tribhuvan University ✔
- C) Purbanchal University
- D) Pokhara University
Why: Tribhuvan University (2016 BS) is Nepal's first university.
The first newspaper of Nepal is:
- A) Kantipur
- B) Gorkhapatra ✔
- C) Himalaya Times
- D) The Rising Nepal
Why: Gorkhapatra (1958 BS) is the first newspaper.
The first hospital of Nepal is:
- A) Bir Hospital ✔
- B) Teaching Hospital
- C) Patan Hospital
- D) Bhaktapur Hospital
Why: Bir Hospital (1947 BS) is Nepal's first modern hospital.
The first hydropower station of Nepal is:
- A) Sundarijal
- B) Pharping ✔
- C) Panauti
- D) Trishuli
Why: Pharping hydropower (1968 BS, 500 kW) is the first hydropower station.
The first commercial bank of Nepal is:
- A) Nabil Bank
- B) Nepal Bank Limited ✔
- C) Rastriya Banijya Bank
- D) Himalayan Bank
Why: Nepal Bank Limited (1994 BS) is the first commercial bank.
Nepal Television started in:
- A) 2028 BS
- B) 2041 BS ✔
- C) 2050 BS
- D) 2063 BS
Why: Nepal Television started in 2041 BS, with regular broadcasts from 2042 BS.
Who is known as Adikavi of Nepal?
- A) Laxmi Prasad Devkota
- B) Bhanubhakta Acharya ✔
- C) Motiram Bhatta
- D) Lekhnath Paudyal
Why: Bhanubhakta Acharya is Adikavi, the first poet of Nepali.
Who is regarded as the first martyr of Nepal?
- A) Lakhan Thapa Magar ✔
- B) Shukraraj Shastri
- C) Dharma Bhakta Mathema
- D) Gangalal Shrestha
Why: Lakhan Thapa Magar, hanged in 1933 BS, is the first martyr.
The first railway in Nepal ran between:
- A) Raxaul and Amlekhganj ✔
- B) Janakpur and Jaynagar
- C) Kathmandu and Hetauda
- D) Biratnagar and Jogbani
Why: The first railway (1984 BS) ran between Raxaul and Amlekhganj.
The first census of Nepal was held in:
- A) 1968 BS ✔
- B) 2009 BS
- C) 2058 BS
- D) 1950 BS
Why: The first census was held in 1968 BS (1911 AD).
The first Chief Justice of Nepal was:
- A) Hari Prasad Pradhan ✔
- B) Sushila Karki
- C) Bishwanath Upadhyaya
- D) Kalyan Shrestha
Why: Hari Prasad Pradhan was the first Chief Justice.
The first Nepali feature film produced in Nepal was:
- A) Aama ✔
- B) Satya Harishchandra
- C) Maitighar
- D) Kusume Rumal
Why: 'Aama' (2021 BS) was the first feature film produced in Nepal.
The first national park of Nepal is:
- A) Chitwan ✔
- B) Sagarmatha
- C) Rara
- D) Langtang
Why: Chitwan National Park (2030 BS) is the first national park.
The first Ramsar site of Nepal is:
- A) Koshi Tappu ✔
- B) Rara
- C) Beeshazar
- D) Gokyo
Why: Koshi Tappu (1987) is Nepal's first Ramsar wetland.
Nepal's first satellite was:
- A) NepaliSat-1 ✔
- B) NepalSat-A
- C) Sagarmatha-1
- D) Himal-1
Why: NepaliSat-1 (2019) was Nepal's first satellite.
The first community FM radio of Nepal is:
- A) Radio Sagarmatha ✔
- B) Radio Nepal
- C) Kantipur FM
- D) Hits FM
Why: Radio Sagarmatha (2054 BS) is the first community FM radio in Nepal and South Asia.
The first constitution of Nepal was the:
- A) Government of Nepal Act 2004 ✔
- B) Interim Act 2007
- C) Constitution 2015
- D) Constitution 2019
Why: The Government of Nepal Act, 2004, issued by Padma Shumsher, was the first written constitution.
The first general election in Nepal was held in:
- A) 2015 BS ✔
- B) 2007 BS
- C) 2048 BS
- D) 2064 BS
Why: The first general election was held in 2015 BS.
Nepal Rastra Bank was established in:
- A) 2013 BS ✔
- B) 1994 BS
- C) 2007 BS
- D) 2042 BS
Why: Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank, was established in 2013 BS.
The first Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank was:
- A) Himalaya Shumsher ✔
- B) Yuba Raj Khatiwada
- C) Bijay Nath Bhattarai
- D) Maha Prasad Adhikari
Why: Himalaya Shumsher was NRB's first Governor.
The first industrial district of Nepal is:
- A) Balaju ✔
- B) Hetauda
- C) Patan
- D) Dharan
Why: Balaju Industrial District is the first industrial district.
The first big modern industry of Nepal was:
- A) Biratnagar Jute Mill ✔
- B) Himal Cement
- C) Janakpur Cigarette
- D) Bansbari Leather
Why: Biratnagar Jute Mill (1993 BS) was the first big modern industry.
The first Nepali to receive the Magsaysay Award was:
- A) Mahesh Chandra Regmi ✔
- B) Sanduk Ruit
- C) Mahabir Pun
- D) Bharat Dutta Koirala
Why: Historian Mahesh Chandra Regmi was the first Nepali Magsaysay Award winner (1977).
The first Nepali woman to climb Everest was:
- A) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa ✔
- B) Lhakpa Sherpa
- C) Junko Tabei
- D) Nimdoma Sherpa
Why: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa was the first Nepali woman to climb Everest, in 1993; she died on the descent.
The first airline of Nepal was:
- A) Royal Nepal Airlines ✔
- B) Buddha Air
- C) Necon Air
- D) Yeti Airlines
Why: Royal Nepal Airlines (now Nepal Airlines) was Nepal's first airline.
The first airport of Nepal was at:
- A) Gauchar (Kathmandu) ✔
- B) Simara
- C) Biratnagar
- D) Pokhara
Why: Nepal's first airport was at Gauchar, Kathmandu, now Tribhuvan International Airport.
The first motorable highway of Nepal is:
- A) Tribhuvan Rajpath ✔
- B) Mahendra Highway
- C) Prithvi Highway
- D) Araniko Highway
Why: Tribhuvan Rajpath (2013 BS) is the first motorable highway.
Nepal's first medical institute under TU was the:
- A) Institute of Medicine (Maharajgunj) ✔
- B) BP Koirala Institute
- C) KUSMS
- D) Patan Academy
Why: The Institute of Medicine at Maharajgunj was TU's first medical institute.
The first Nepali woman to become a minister was:
- A) Dwarika Devi Thakurani ✔
- B) Sahana Pradhan
- C) Shailaja Acharya
- D) Bidya Bhandari
Why: Dwarika Devi Thakurani was the first woman minister.
The first woman Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal was:
- A) Shailaja Acharya ✔
- B) Sujata Koirala
- C) Bidya Bhandari
- D) Sahana Pradhan
Why: Shailaja Acharya became the first woman Deputy Prime Minister in 1998.
The first President of Nepal took office in:
- A) 2065 BS ✔
- B) 2063 BS
- C) 2072 BS
- D) 2048 BS
Why: Ram Baran Yadav took office as the first President in 2065 BS, soon after the republic was declared.
The first PM elected after the 2072 constitution was promulgated was:
- A) KP Sharma Oli ✔
- B) Sushil Koirala
- C) Prachanda
- D) Deuba
Why: K. P. Sharma Oli was elected PM in Asoj 2072 BS, soon after the Constitution was promulgated.
The first Speaker of the House after the 2048 election was:
- A) Daman Nath Dhungana ✔
- B) Subas Nembang
- C) Ram Chandra Paudel
- D) Onsari Gharti
Why: Daman Nath Dhungana was the first Speaker of the House of Representatives after the 2048 BS election.
Nepal's first communist Prime Minister was:
- A) Man Mohan Adhikari ✔
- B) Prachanda
- C) KP Oli
- D) Madhav Nepal
Why: Man Mohan Adhikari of CPN (UML) became the first communist Prime Minister in 2051 BS.
Nepal's first university outside Kathmandu valley was:
- A) Mahendra Sanskrit University ✔
- B) Purbanchal University
- C) Pokhara University
- D) Kathmandu University
Why: Mahendra Sanskrit University, based in Dang, was the first university outside the Kathmandu Valley.
The first private (joint-venture) commercial bank of Nepal is:
- A) Nabil Bank (Nepal Arab Bank) ✔
- B) Nepal Bank Ltd
- C) Rastriya Banijya Bank
- D) NIC Asia
Why: Nabil Bank (then Nepal Arab Bank), set up in 2041 BS, was the first private joint-venture bank.
Nepal's first Olympic medal (demonstration taekwondo bronze, 1988) was won by:
- A) Bidhan Lama ✔
- B) Paras Khadka
- C) Gaurika Singh
- D) Sagar Pun
Why: Bidhan Lama won a bronze medal in taekwondo, then a demonstration sport, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
The first highway built with Chinese help is:
- A) Araniko Highway ✔
- B) Siddhartha Highway
- C) Mahendra Highway
- D) Tribhuvan Rajpath
Why: The Araniko Highway (Kathmandu–Kodari) was the first highway built with Chinese help.
The first person to climb Everest without bottled oxygen was:
- A) Reinhold Messner (with Peter Habeler) ✔
- B) Tenzing
- C) Hillary
- D) Apa Sherpa
Why: Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler first climbed Everest without bottled oxygen in 1978.
The first census of Nepal was conducted during the rule of:
- A) Chandra Shumsher ✔
- B) Jung Bahadur
- C) Juddha
- D) Mohan Shumsher
Why: The first census (1968 BS) was conducted during Rana PM Chandra Shumsher's rule.