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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 #281
Who discovered oxygen?
A. Joseph Priestley
B. Antoine Lavoisier
C. Carl Wilhelm Scheele
D. All of the above
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Priestley, Scheele, and Lavoisier contributed to its discovery.
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Question #282
Who was the first female Chancellor of Germany?
A. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
B. Margaret Thatcher
C. Angela Merkel
D. Golda Meir
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Angela Merkel served as Chancellor from 2005 to 2021.
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Question #283
Who invented the compass?
A. Portuguese sailors
B. Greeks
C. Vikings
D. Chinese inventors
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The magnetic compass was invented in China.
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Question #284
Who was the first person to reach the summit of K2?
A. Reinhold Messner
B. Fritz Wiessner
C. Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli
D. Edmund Hillary
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Italian climbers Compagnoni and Lacedelli summited K2 first.
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Question #285
Who discovered the neutron?
A. James Chadwick
B. Ernest Rutherford
C. J.J. Thomson
D. Niels Bohr
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932.
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Question #286
Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director?
A. Barbra Streisand
B. Kathryn Bigelow
C. Jane Campion
D. Chloé Zhao
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Kathryn Bigelow won for 'The Hurt Locker' in 2010.
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Question #287
Who invented the bicycle?
A. James Starley
B. Pierre Michaux
C. John Kemp Starley
D. Karl von Drais
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Karl von Drais invented the Laufmaschine (early bicycle).
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Question #288
Who was the first black President of the United States?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Barack Obama
C. George Washington
D. Bill Clinton
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Barack Obama was the first African American President.
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Question #289
Who discovered Pluto?
A. William Herschel
B. Clyde Tombaugh
C. Percival Lowell
D. Urbain Le Verrier
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.
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Question #290
Who was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the US House?
A. Hillary Clinton
B. Nancy Pelosi
C. Madeleine Albright
D. Condoleezza Rice
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Nancy Pelosi was the first female Speaker.
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Question #291
Who invented the sewing machine?
A. Isaac Singer
B. Alexander Graham Bell
C. Elias Howe
D. Thomas Edison
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Elias Howe invented the lockstitch sewing machine.
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Question #292
Who discovered the positron?
A. Paul Dirac
B. Enrico Fermi
C. Richard Feynman
D. Carl Anderson
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Carl Anderson discovered the positron.
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Question #293
Who was the first female President of Ireland?
A. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
B. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
C. Mary Robinson
D. Mary McAleese
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Mary Robinson was elected in 1990.
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Question #294
Who invented the vacuum cleaner?
A. James Dyson
B. Hubert Cecil Booth
C. Thomas Edison
D. Alexander Graham Bell
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Hubert Cecil Booth patented the vacuum cleaner.
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Question #295
Who was the first person to win an Oscar for Best Actor?
A. Emil Jannings
B. Spencer Tracy
C. Clark Gable
D. Charlie Chaplin
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Emil Jannings won the first Best Actor Oscar.
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Question #296
Who discovered Uranus?
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Pierre-Simon Laplace
C. William Herschel
D. Johann Bode
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781.
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Question #297
Who was the first woman to win the Booker Prize?
A. Bernice Rubens
B. Penelope Fitzgerald
C. Anita Brookner
D. Iris Murdoch
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Bernice Rubens won in 1970.
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Question #298
Who invented the dishwasher?
A. Nikola Tesla
B. Thomas Edison
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. Josephine Cochrane
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Josephine Cochrane invented the dishwasher.
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Question #299
Who was the first person to reach the summit of Annapurna?
A. Edmund Hillary
B. Maurice Herzog
C. Chris Bonington
D. Reinhold Messner
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Maurice Herzog led the first ascent of Annapurna in 1950.
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Question #300
Who discovered Neptune?
A. Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams
B. Galileo Galilei
C. Clyde Tombaugh
D. William Herschel
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Neptune was predicted mathematically by Le Verrier and Adams.
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