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 #321
Who invented the microwave oven?
A. Nikola Tesla
B. Robert Oppenheimer
C. Thomas Edison
D. Percy Spencer
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven.
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Question #322
Who was the first to reach the summit of Cho Oyu?
A. Edmund Hillary
B. Reinhold Messner
C. Tenzing Norgay
D. Herbert Tichy
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Herbert Tichy led the first ascent.
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Question #323
Who discovered X-rays?
A. Henri Becquerel
B. Marie Curie
C. Wilhelm Röntgen
D. Pierre Curie
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays.
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Question #324
Who was the first woman to head the World Health Organization?
A. Margaret Chan
B. Gro Harlem Brundtland
C. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
D. Margherita Sarfatti
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Gro Harlem Brundtland was the first woman Director-General.
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Question #325
Who invented the air conditioner?
A. Nikola Tesla
B. Alexander Graham Bell
C. Thomas Edison
D. Willis Carrier
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Willis Carrier invented modern air conditioning.
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Question #326
Who was the first to sail the Northwest Passage?
A. Roald Amundsen
B. Henry Hudson
C. John Franklin
D. James Cook
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Roald Amundsen completed the Northwest Passage.
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Question #327
Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
A. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
B. Pearl Buck
C. Willa Cather
D. Edith Wharton
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Edith Wharton won in 1921.
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Question #328
Who invented the helicopter?
A. Paul Cornu
B. Juan de la Cierva
C. Igor Sikorsky
D. Leonardo da Vinci
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Igor Sikorsky developed the first practical helicopter.
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Question #329
Who was the first to reach the deepest point in the ocean?
A. Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh
B. Victor Vescovo
C. Robert Ballard
D. James Cameron
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
They reached the Mariana Trench in the Trieste.
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Question #330
Who discovered the electron microscope?
A. J.J. Thomson
B. Both
C. Ernst Ruska
D. Max Knoll
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Ruska and Knoll developed the electron microscope.
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Question #331
Who was the first woman to win the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace?
A. Aung San Suu Kyi
B. Wangari Maathai
C. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
D. Gro Harlem Brundtland
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Aung San Suu Kyi received it among other honors.
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Question #332
Who invented the jet engine?
A. Both
B. Wright Brothers
C. Hans von Ohain
D. Frank Whittle
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Whittle and von Ohain independently developed jet engines.
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Question #333
Who was the first to reach the summit of Makalu?
A. Reinhold Messner
B. Tenzing Norgay
C. Edmund Hillary
D. Jean Franco
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Jean Franco led the French expedition.
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Question #334
Who discovered the Higgs boson particle?
A. Both
B. Albert Einstein
C. CERN team
D. Peter Higgs and François Englert
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The discovery was made at CERN, with Higgs and Englert awarded Nobel.
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Question #335
Who was the first woman to command a space mission?
A. Valentina Tereshkova
B. Eileen Collins
C. Mae Jemison
D. Sally Ride
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Eileen Collins commanded STS-93.
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Question #336
Who invented the pacemaker?
A. Wilson Greatbatch
B. Rune Elmqvist
C. John Hopps
D. Paul Zoll
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Wilson Greatbatch invented the implantable pacemaker.
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Question #337
Who was the first to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon?
A. Steve Fossett
B. Félix Baumgartner
C. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones
D. Richard Branson
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Piccard and Jones completed the first nonstop balloon circumnavigation.
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Question #338
Who discovered cosmic rays?
A. Enrico Fermi
B. Both
C. Victor Hess
D. Robert Millikan
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Victor Hess discovered cosmic rays.
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Question #339
Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?
A. Edna St. Vincent Millay
B. Sara Teasdale
C. Marianne Moore
D. Gwendolyn Brooks
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Edna St. Vincent Millay won in 1923.
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Question #340
Who invented the barometer?
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Evangelista Torricelli
C. Robert Boyle
D. Blaise Pascal
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Evangelista Torricelli invented the mercury barometer.
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