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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 #161
Which country was the first to create a public library system?
A. France
B. Germany
C. United Kingdom
D. United States
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
The UK's Public Libraries Act of 1850 set this standard.
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Question #162
Who was the first person to develop a systematic theory of chemistry?
A. Robert Boyle
B. Antoine Lavoisier
C. John Dalton
D. Dmitri Mendeleev
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Lavoisier is known as the father of modern chemistry.
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Question #163
Which country was the first to launch an unmanned space mission to the Moon?
A. Japan
B. Soviet Union
C. United States
D. China
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Luna 2 reached the lunar surface in 1959.
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Question #164
Who was the first person to measure the velocity of light?
A. Fizeau
B. Michelson
C. Ole Rømer
D. Galileo
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Rømer was the first to measure the speed of light in 1676.
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Question #165
Which country was the first to provide national-level pension benefits?
A. Germany
B. United States
C. United Kingdom
D. New Zealand
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Germany's social insurance laws (1889) provided old-age pensions.
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Question #166
Who was the first person to discover the law of electrical resistance?
A. Alessandro Volta
B. Georg Ohm
C. André-Marie Ampère
D. Michael Faraday
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Ohm's Law, defined in 1827, is fundamental to electronics.
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Question #167
Which country had the first national postal savings bank?
A. France
B. Japan
C. Germany
D. United Kingdom
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The UK introduced postal savings banks in 1861.
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Question #168
Who was the first person to develop a workable theory of entropy?
A. Ludwig Boltzmann
B. Rudolf Clausius
C. James Clerk Maxwell
D. Lord Kelvin
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Clausius introduced the concept of entropy in 1865.
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Question #169
Which country was the first to have a national television network?
A. Germany
B. United Kingdom
C. United States
D. France
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
BBC Television started the world's first regular service in 1936.
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Question #170
Who was the first person to discover radioactive elements?
A. Henri Becquerel
B. Marie and Pierre Curie
C. Ernest Rutherford
D. Wilhelm Röntgen
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
The Curies isolated polonium and radium in 1898.
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Question #171
Which country was the first to pass laws protecting child labor?
A. France
B. Germany
C. United States
D. United Kingdom
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The Factory Act of 1833 in the UK was an early effort.
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Question #172
Who was the first person to formulate the laws of chemical combining weights?
A. John Dalton
B. Joseph Proust
C. Antoine Lavoisier
D. Dmitri Mendeleev
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Dalton's atomic theory established these laws.
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Question #173
Which country is the first to have successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon?
A. USA
B. Japan
C. Russia
D. China
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
China's Chang'e 4 mission made history in 2019 by landing the first spacecraft on the far side of the Moon.
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Question #174
Who was the first person to reach the Earth's North Pole on foot?
A. Roald Amundsen
B. Robert Peary
C. Matthew Henson
D. Ralph Plaisted
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
In 1968, Ralph Plaisted led the first expedition to reach the North Pole by traveling over the ice on snowmobiles.
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Question #175
Which was the first country to grant women the right to vote in 1893?
A. Finland
B. New Zealand
C. Norway
D. Australia
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
New Zealand became the first self-governing country to grant all adult women the right to vote in national elections.
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Question #176
Who was the first person to cross the English Channel by swimming?
A. Gertrude Ederle
B. Captain Webb
C. Florence Chadwick
D. Matthew Webb
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Captain Matthew Webb became the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids in 1875.
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Question #177
Which country launched the first commercial communications satellite, 'Early Bird'?
A. UK
B. Japan
C. France
D. USA
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Intelsat I, also known as 'Early Bird', was the first commercial communications satellite, launched by the USA in 1965.
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Question #178
Who was the first person to sail solo around the world without stopping?
A. Bernard Moitessier
B. Robin Knox-Johnston
C. Francis Chichester
D. Joshua Slocum
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to complete a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe in 1969.
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Question #179
Which was the first country to host the first modern Olympic Games?
A. France
B. USA
C. UK
D. Greece
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.
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Question #180
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in two different fields?
A. Barbara McClintock
B. Ada Yonath
C. Marie Curie
D. Dorothy Hodgkin
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Marie Curie remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911).
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