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 #241
Who was the first female Prime Minister in the world?
A. Golda Meir
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
D. Margaret Thatcher
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka became the world's first female Prime Minister in 1960.
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Question #242
Who invented the printing press?
A. William Caxton
B. Samuel Morse
C. Johannes Gutenberg
D. Benjamin Franklin
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press.
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Question #243
Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in different fields?
A. Linus Pauling
B. Marie Curie
C. Frederick Sanger
D. John Bardeen
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Marie Curie won in Physics and Chemistry.
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Question #244
Who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a solo flight first?
A. Amelia Earhart
B. Wiley Post
C. Charles Lindbergh
D. John Alcock and Arthur Brown
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Charles Lindbergh flew solo nonstop across the Atlantic in 1927.
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Question #245
Who was the first President of the Russian Federation?
A. Boris Yeltsin
B. Vladimir Putin
C. Dmitry Medvedev
D. Mikhail Gorbachev
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Boris Yeltsin became the first President of Russia in 1991.
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Question #246
Who discovered radioactivity?
A. Marie Curie
B. Henri Becquerel
C. Pierre Curie
D. Ernest Rutherford
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896.
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Question #247
Who was the first woman to fly solo around the world?
A. Harriet Quimby
B. Jerrie Mock
C. Jacqueline Cochran
D. Amelia Earhart
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Jerrie Mock completed the first solo round-the-world flight by a woman in 1964.
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Question #248
Who invented the polio vaccine?
A. Albert Sabin
B. Jonas Salk
C. Edward Jenner
D. Louis Pasteur
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Jonas Salk developed the first successful polio vaccine.
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Question #249
Who was the first explorer to sail around the world?
A. Francis Drake
B. Ferdinand Magellan
C. Christopher Columbus
D. Vasco da Gama
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Magellan's expedition completed the first circumnavigation.
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Question #250
Who won the Nobel Prize in Economics first?
A. Amartya Sen
B. Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen
C. Milton Friedman
D. Paul Samuelson
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen shared the first Nobel in Economics in 1969.
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Question #251
Who was the first person to reach both North and South Poles?
A. Richard Byrd
B. Robert Peary
C. Roald Amundsen
D. Ernest Shackleton
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Roald Amundsen reached both poles.
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Question #252
Who invented the computer mouse?
A. Steve Jobs
B. Alan Turing
C. Douglas Engelbart
D. Bill Gates
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse in the 1960s.
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Question #253
Who was the first female astronaut from the United States?
A. Eileen Collins
B. Sally Ride
C. Shannon Lucid
D. Mae Jemison
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983.
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Question #254
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
A. Rosalind Franklin
B. Gregor Mendel
C. James Watson and Francis Crick
D. Linus Pauling
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Watson and Crick proposed the double helix model.
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Question #255
Who was the first President of the Republic of China?
A. Sun Yat-sen
B. Yuan Shikai
C. Mao Zedong
D. Chiang Kai-shek
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Sun Yat-sen was the provisional first President.
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Question #256
Who invented dynamite?
A. Nikola Tesla
B. Thomas Edison
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. Alfred Nobel
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
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Question #257
Who was the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Pacific?
A. Amelia Earhart
B. Charles Kingsford Smith
C. Wiley Post
D. Charles Lindbergh
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Amelia Earhart was the first woman, but overall firsts vary; Earhart is notable for solo feats.
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Question #258
Who discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection?
A. Gregor Mendel
B. Alfred Russel Wallace
C. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
D. Charles Darwin
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Charles Darwin published 'On the Origin of Species'.
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Question #259
Who was the first black President of South Africa?
A. Cyril Ramaphosa
B. Jacob Zuma
C. Nelson Mandela
D. Thabo Mbeki
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Nelson Mandela became the first black President in 1994.
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Question #260
Who invented the refrigerator?
A. Jacob Perkins
B. Oliver Evans
C. Carl von Linde
D. William Cullen
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Jacob Perkins built the first practical vapor-compression refrigerator.
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