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 #361
Who discovered the first pulsar?
A. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
B. Both
C. Carl Sagan
D. Antony Hewish
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Bell Burnell discovered pulsars under Hewish.
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Question #362
Who was the first woman to win the Best Actress Oscar twice?
A. Ingrid Bergman
B. Katharine Hepburn
C. Luise Rainer
D. Bette Davis
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Luise Rainer won consecutively.
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Question #363
Who invented the traffic light?
A. J.P. Knight
B. Lester Wire
C. Garrett Morgan
D. William Potts
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Garrett Morgan invented an improved traffic signal.
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Question #364
Who was the first to reach the summit of Shishapangma?
A. Chinese expedition
B. Hermann Buhl
C. Reinhold Messner
D. Edmund Hillary
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Chinese team in 1964.
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Question #365
Who discovered the first quasar?
A. Maarten Schmidt
B. Allan Sandage
C. Edwin Hubble
D. Jocelyn Bell
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Maarten Schmidt identified the first quasar.
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Question #366
Who was the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Play?
A. Lillian Hellman
B. Wendy Wasserstein
C. Paula Vogel
D. Beth Henley
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Wendy Wasserstein won for 'The Heidi Chronicles'.
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Question #367
Who invented the saxophone?
A. Louis Armstrong
B. Charlie Parker
C. Adolphe Sax
D. John Coltrane
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone.
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Question #368
Who discovered dark energy?
A. Albert Einstein
B. Edwin Hubble
C. Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, Adam Riess
D. Stephen Hawking
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
They discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe.
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Question #369
Who was the first woman to win the Best Director at Cannes?
A. Jane Campion
B. Sofia Coppola
C. Chloé Zhao
D. Kathryn Bigelow
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Jane Campion won the Palme d'Or.
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Question #370
Who invented the typewriter?
A. Nikola Tesla
B. Thomas Edison
C. Christopher Latham Sholes
D. Alexander Graham Bell
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Sholes invented the first practical typewriter.
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Question #371
Who was the first to reach the summit of Masherbrum?
A. Hermann Buhl
B. Reinhold Messner
C. Edmund Hillary
D. George Bell and Willi Unsoeld
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
American expedition in 1960.
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Question #372
Who discovered the first brown dwarf?
A. Michael McElwain
B. Gliese 229B team
C. Teide 1 discovery team
D. Multiple
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Gliese 229B was the first confirmed brown dwarf.
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Question #373
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alone?
A. Ada Yonath
B. Marie Curie
C. Dorothy Hodgkin
D. Frances Arnold
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Frances Arnold won solo in 2018 for directed evolution.
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Question #374
Who invented the cotton gin?
A. James Hargreaves
B. Eli Whitney
C. Samuel Crompton
D. John Kay
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
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Question #375
Who was the first to reach the summit of Gasherbrum II?
A. Reinhold Messner
B. Fritz Moravec
C. Both in expedition
D. Eduard Lendl
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Austrian expedition in 1956.
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Question #376
Who discovered the first extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star?
A. Geoffrey Marcy
B. Debra Fischer
C. Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz
D. Aleksander Wolszczan
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
51 Pegasi b.
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Question #377
Who was the first woman to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar?
A. Diablo Cody
B. Chloé Zhao
C. Emerald Fennell
D. Callie Khouri
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Callie Khouri for 'Thelma & Louise'.
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Question #378
Who invented the lawn mower?
A. Walt Whitman
B. Edwin Budding
C. James Edward Ransome
D. John Burr
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Edwin Budding invented the lawn mower.
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Question #379
Who discovered the first millisecond pulsar?
A. Donald Backer
B. Aleksander Wolszczan
C. Antony Hewish
D. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Donald Backer discovered the first millisecond pulsar.
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Question #380
Who was the first woman to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel?
A. Ursula K. Le Guin
B. Lois McMaster Bujold
C. Joanna Russ
D. Anne McCaffrey
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Ursula K. Le Guin won for 'The Left Hand of Darkness'.
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