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 #261
Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?
A. Gertrude Ederle
B. Florence Chadwick
C. Alison Streeter
D. Meredith King
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel in 1926.
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Question #262
Who won the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
A. Svante Arrhenius
B. Marie Curie
C. Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
D. Emil Fischer
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Jacobus van 't Hoff won the first Nobel in Chemistry in 1901.
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Question #263
Who was the first European to sail to India?
A. Bartolomeu Dias
B. Ferdinand Magellan
C. Vasco da Gama
D. Christopher Columbus
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Vasco da Gama reached India by sea in 1498.
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Question #264
Who invented the telegraph?
A. Alexander Graham Bell
B. Guglielmo Marconi
C. Samuel Morse
D. Thomas Edison
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Samuel Morse developed the electric telegraph.
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Question #265
Who was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Rudyard Kipling
C. Sully Prudhomme
D. W.B. Yeats
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Sully Prudhomme received it in 1901.
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Question #266
Who discovered the Americas for Spain?
A. Francisco Pizarro
B. Vasco da Gama
C. Hernán Cortés
D. Christopher Columbus
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean in 1492.
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Question #267
Who invented the radio?
A. Thomas Edison
B. Nikola Tesla
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. Guglielmo Marconi
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with developing practical radio.
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Question #268
Who was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
A. U Thant
B. Kurt Waldheim
C. Trygve Lie
D. Dag Hammarskjöld
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Trygve Lie of Norway was the first UN Secretary-General.
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Question #269
Who was the first person to split the atom?
A. Ernest Rutherford
B. J.J. Thomson
C. Niels Bohr
D. Marie Curie
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Ernest Rutherford achieved the first artificial nuclear reaction.
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Question #270
Who invented the World Wide Web?
A. Tim Berners-Lee
B. Robert Kahn
C. Vint Cerf
D. Steve Jobs
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.
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Question #271
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?
A. Claudia Goldin
B. Abhijit Banerjee
C. Elinor Ostrom
D. Esther Duflo
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel in Economics.
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Question #272
Who led the first expedition to the summit of Mount Everest?
A. George Mallory
B. Chris Bonington
C. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
D. Reinhold Messner
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Hillary and Norgay reached the summit first.
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Question #273
Who discovered insulin?
A. Frederick Banting and Charles Best
B. Jonas Salk
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Louis Pasteur
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Banting and Best discovered insulin.
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Question #274
Who was the first female ruler of England?
A. Queen Anne
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. Queen Mary I
D. Queen Victoria
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Mary I (Bloody Mary) was the first queen regnant of England.
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Question #275
Who invented the electric battery?
A. Nikola Tesla
B. Thomas Edison
C. Michael Faraday
D. Alessandro Volta
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile.
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Question #276
Who was the first astronaut to walk in space?
A. Neil Armstrong
B. Alexei Leonov
C. Yuri Gagarin
D. Buzz Aldrin
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk in 1965.
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Question #277
Who discovered the circulation of blood?
A. Hippocrates
B. Galen
C. William Harvey
D. Andreas Vesalius
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
William Harvey described blood circulation.
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Question #278
Who was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A. Margaret Thatcher
B. Benazir Bhutto
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Golda Meir
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Benazir Bhutto was the first female Prime Minister of a Muslim country.
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Question #279
Who invented the microscope?
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Robert Hooke
C. Zacharias Janssen
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Zacharias Janssen is credited with inventing the compound microscope.
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Question #280
Who was the first person to win Olympic gold in both summer and winter?
A. Usain Bolt
B. Michael Phelps
C. Eddie Eagan
D. Simone Biles
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Eddie Eagan won in boxing and bobsleigh.
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