General Knowledge

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 1. First human to walk on the Moon

A) Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11(1969)

2. First human to walk in space

A) Alexei Arkhovich Leonov (1965)

3. The first person to sail round the world

A) Magellan

4. The first country to send man to the moon

A) U.S.A.

5. The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space

A) Russia

6. The first country to host the modern Olympics

A) Greece

7. The first Governor General of Pakistan

A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

8. The first country to host NAM summit

A) Belgrade (Yugoslavia)

9. The first woman to climb Mount Everest

A) Junko Taibei

10. The first Foreign Invader to India

A) Alexander the Great

11. The first Chinese Traveler to India

A) Fahein

12. The first U.S. President to resign Presidency

A) Richard Nixon

13. The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice

A) Nawang Gombu

14. The first batsman to score three test centuries in three successive tests on debut

A) Mohd. Azharuddin

15. The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly

A) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

16. The first person to fly aeroplane

A) Wright Brothers

17. The first European to reach China

A) Marco Polo

18. The first European to attack India

A) Alexander, The Great

19. The first woman Prime Minister of a country

A) Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike

20. The first woman President of a country

A) Maria Estela Peron

21. The first woman to Command a Space Mission

A) Colonel Eileen Collins

22. First talkie movie in the world

A) "The Jazz Singer" (1927)

23. The first residents of International Space station

A) Bill Shepherd (USA), Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev (Russia)

24. The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest

A) Erik Weihenmayer (USA, May 25, 2001)

25. The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped

A) Hiroshima (Japan)

26. First woman to fly solo across the English Channel

A) Hariiet Quimby

27. First woman to fly solo around the world

A) Jerrie Fredritz Mock.(1964)

28. First person to conquer the Everest twice

A) Nawang Gombu Sherpa(1965)

29. First people to reach the North Pole

A) Lt Col. Joseph O. Fletcher and Lt. William P. Benedict (1952)

30. The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize

A) Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)

31. China's first man in space

A) Yang Liwei

32. The first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess

A) Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)

33. The first person to reach South Pole

A) Amundsen

34. The first country to commence competitive examination in civil services

A) China

35. The first religion of the world

A) Hinduism

36. The first country to print book

A) China

37. The first woman cosmonaut of the world

A) Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)

38. The first Muslim Women Prime Minister of a country

A) Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)

39. The first woman Prime Minister of England

A) Margaret Thatcher

40. The first country to issue paper currency

A) China

41. The first President of the U.S.A.

A) George Washington

42. The first Prime Minister of Britain

A) Robert Walpole

43. The first Governor General of the United Nations

A) Trigveli (Norway)

44. The first country to prepare a constitution

A) U.S.A.

45. First Asian city to host Olympics

A) Tokyo, Japan (1964)

46. First woman to win a Grand Slam

A) Maureen Catherine (1953)

47. First woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal

A) Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles (1900)

48. First professional woman bullfighter

A) Patricia Mccormick (1952)

49. First person to cross Antarctic Circle

A) James Cook (1773)

50. First Atom Bomb

A) Little Boy

51. First manned space vehicle

A) Vostok 1,USSR (1961)
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