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 #81
Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?
A. Charles Lindbergh
B. Amelia Earhart
C. Alcock and Brown
D. Louis Blériot
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
John Alcock and Arthur Brown completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919.
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Question #82
Which country founded the first international organization?
A. United Kingdom
B. Switzerland
C. France
D. United States
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Switzerland is often associated with the foundation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, a major early international organization.
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Question #83
Who was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature twice?
A. Thomas Mann
B. W.B. Yeats
C. George Bernard Shaw
D. None - no one has won it twice
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
No writer has ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature more than once.
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Question #84
Which was the first country to implement an income tax?
A. United Kingdom
B. Germany
C. United States
D. France
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The United Kingdom introduced the first national income tax in 1799 to fund the Napoleonic Wars.
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Question #85
Who was the first person to discover the law of buoyancy?
A. Archimedes
B. Blaise Pascal
C. Isaac Newton
D. Galileo Galilei
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Archimedes of Syracuse is credited with discovering the principle of buoyancy.
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Question #86
Which country had the first modern Olympic Games?
A. Greece
B. France
C. United Kingdom
D. United States
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Greece hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896.
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Question #87
Who was the first woman to be a Head of State?
A. Indira Gandhi
B. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
C. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
D. Golda Meir
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland was the world's first woman to be democratically elected as Head of State in 1980.
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Question #88
Which was the first country to issue credit cards?
A. Germany
B. Canada
C. United Kingdom
D. United States
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The first modern general-purpose credit card, the Diners Club card, was introduced in the United States in 1950.
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Question #89
Who was the first person to map the ocean floor?
A. Sylvia Earle
B. William Beebe
C. Marie Tharp
D. Jacques Cousteau
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Marie Tharp created the first comprehensive scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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Question #90
Which country had the first national postal system for the public?
A. Germany
B. United States
C. United Kingdom
D. France
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
The United Kingdom, with the 1840 reform of the Post Office, established the first reliable public postal system.
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Question #91
Who was the first person to calculate the Earth's circumference?
A. Eratosthenes
B. Pythagoras
C. Ptolemy
D. Aristotle
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference with remarkable accuracy in the 3rd century BCE.
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Question #92
Which country was the first to use a digital computer?
A. Japan
B. United Kingdom
C. United States
D. Germany
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
The ENIAC, completed in the United States in 1945, was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
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Question #93
Who was the first person to fly a jet-powered aircraft?
A. Chuck Yeager
B. Hans von Ohain
C. Erich Warsitz
D. Frank Whittle
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Erich Warsitz flew the first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, in 1939.
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Question #94
Which was the first country to implement a social security system?
A. United Kingdom
B. New Zealand
C. Germany
D. United States
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Germany, under Bismarck, established the first social security/social insurance programs in the 1880s.
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Question #95
Who was the first person to win three Nobel Prizes?
A. None - no one has won three
B. Linus Pauling
C. Marie Curie
D. Frederick Sanger
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
No individual has ever received three Nobel Prizes; the maximum anyone has received is two.
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Question #96
Which country issued the first banknote in Europe?
A. France
B. United Kingdom
C. Sweden
D. Italy
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Sweden's Stockholms Banco issued the first banknotes in Europe in 1661.
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Question #97
Who was the first person to develop a theory of electromagnetism?
A. André-Marie Ampère
B. Hans Christian Ørsted
C. James Clerk Maxwell
D. Michael Faraday
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
James Clerk Maxwell formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation.
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Question #98
Which country had the first national museum?
A. United Kingdom
B. Italy
C. France
D. Greece
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The British Museum, founded in 1753, is considered the first national public museum.
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Question #99
Who was the first person to perform an organ transplant?
A. Joseph Murray
B. Alexis Carrel
C. Thomas Starzl
D. Christiaan Barnard
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Joseph Murray performed the first successful long-term kidney transplant in 1954.
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Question #100
Which was the first country to use the Internet?
A. United States
B. Japan
C. France
D. United Kingdom
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The United States, through the ARPANET project, was the birthplace and first user of the Internet.
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