First in the World MCQs

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First in the World MCQs

Practice First in the World MCQs with answers and detailed explanations covering the first President, Prime Minister, astronaut, woman achievers, explorers, Nobel Prize winners, inventors, scientists, world records, historical milestones and other notable firsts in world history frequently asked in SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Defence, Teaching and other competitive examinations.

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Question #221
Who was the first person to travel in space?
A. John Glenn
B. Yuri Gagarin
C. Valentina Tereshkova
D. Neil Armstrong
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human to travel in space in 1961 aboard Vostok 1.
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Question #222
Who invented the telephone?
A. Alexander Graham Bell
B. Nikola Tesla
C. Thomas Edison
D. Guglielmo Marconi
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone in 1876.
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Question #223
Who was the first woman in space?
A. Sally Ride
B. Mae Jemison
C. Eileen Collins
D. Valentina Tereshkova
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963 aboard Vostok 6.
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Question #224
Who was the first President of the French Republic?
A. Georges Pompidou
B. Charles de Gaulle
C. Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
D. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III) was the first President of the French Republic.
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Question #225
Who discovered penicillin?
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Robert Koch
D. Joseph Lister
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.
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Question #226
Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?
A. Yuri Gagarin
B. Neil Armstrong
C. Michael Collins
D. Buzz Aldrin
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969 during Apollo 11.
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Question #227
Who won the first Nobel Prize in Physics?
A. Marie Curie
B. Max Planck
C. Albert Einstein
D. Wilhelm Röntgen
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Wilhelm Röntgen won the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for discovering X-rays.
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Question #228
Who was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
A. William Gladstone
B. Robert Walpole
C. Winston Churchill
D. Benjamin Disraeli
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Sir Robert Walpole is widely regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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Question #229
Who invented the light bulb?
A. Nikola Tesla
B. Thomas Edison
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. Guglielmo Marconi
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Thomas Edison developed the practical incandescent light bulb.
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Question #230
Who won the first Nobel Prize in Literature?
A. Sully Prudhomme
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Rudyard Kipling
D. George Bernard Shaw
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Sully Prudhomme received the first Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901.
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Question #231
Who was the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
A. Queen Elizabeth II
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Theresa May
D. Margaret Thatcher
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the UK in 1979.
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Question #232
Who invented the airplane?
A. Leonardo da Vinci
B. Alberto Santos-Dumont
C. Glenn Curtiss
D. Wright Brothers
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered flight in 1903.
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Question #233
Who was the first astronaut to orbit the Earth?
A. John Glenn
B. Yuri Gagarin
C. Valentina Tereshkova
D. Alan Shepard
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Yuri Gagarin completed the first orbit of Earth.
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Question #234
Who discovered America (for Europeans)?
A. Christopher Columbus
B. Ferdinand Magellan
C. Leif Erikson
D. Vasco da Gama
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492.
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Question #235
Who was the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes?
A. Ada Yonath
B. Marie Curie
C. Dorothy Hodgkin
D. Jane Addams
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry.
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Question #236
Who invented the steam engine?
A. James Watt
B. Thomas Newcomen
C. Richard Trevithick
D. George Stephenson
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
James Watt improved the steam engine significantly.
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Question #237
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?
A. Harriet Quimby
B. Amelia Earhart
C. Jacqueline Cochran
D. Bessie Coleman
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Amelia Earhart completed the solo flight in 1932.
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Question #238
Who won the first Nobel Peace Prize?
A. Albert Schweitzer
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
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Question #239
Who was the first human to fly in a hot air balloon?
A. Otto Lilienthal
B. Louis Blériot
C. Wright Brothers
D. Montgolfier Brothers
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The Montgolfier brothers' balloon carried the first humans in 1783.
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Question #240
Who discovered the law of gravity?
A. Albert Einstein
B. Isaac Newton
C. Galileo Galilei
D. Johannes Kepler
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Isaac Newton formulated the law of universal gravitation.
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