First in world and First in India (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries)| General Knowledge and Current Affairs

If anyone is preparing for competitive exams (SSC, PSC, JKSSB etc;), it is very important to cover GK section. In GK Section, many questions are asked on the topic 'First in World'. Question can also be asked from "First in India (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries)". In this post we are covering very important remarkss regard to First in the World and First in India.

You can also show in the follow figure, it is also mentioned in syllabus published by a recruitment agency.

First in world (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries)| General Knowledge and Current Affairs

1. Who is the first person to reach Mount Everest:Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary
2. Who is the first person to reach the North Pole: Robert Peary
3. Who is the first person to reach the South Pole: Amundsen
4. Which is the first religion of the world: Hinduism
5. The first country to win the football World cup: Uruguay
6. The first European to reach China: Marco Polo
7. The first person to sail around the world: Magellan
8. The first country to send a man to the moon: U.S.A.
9. The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space: Russia
10. The first country to host the modern Olympics: Greece
11. The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped: Hiroshima (Japan)
12. The first person to land on the moon: Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin
13. The first shuttle to go in space: Columbia
14. The first spacecraft to reach on Mars: Viking—I
15. The first woman to climb Mount Everest: Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
16. The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut: Mohd. Azharuddin
17. The first man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice: Nawang Gombu
18. The first man who did drew the map of the earth: Anaximander

First in India (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries)| General Knowledge and Current Affairs

1. The first President of Indian Republic: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. The first Prime Minister of free India:Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
3. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore
4. The first President of Indian National Congress: W. C. Banerjee
5. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress: Badruddin Tayyabji
6. The first Muslim President of India: Dr. Zakir Hussain
7. The first British Governor General of India: Lord William Bentinck
8. The first British Viceroy of India: Lord Canning
9. The first Governor General of free India: Lord Mountbatten
10. The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free: C. Rajgopalachari India
11. The first man who introduced printing press in India: James Hicky
12. The first Indian to join the I.C.S.: Satyendra Nath Tagore
13. India’s first man in space: Rakesh Sharma
14. The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India: General Cariappa
15. The first Chief of the Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
16. The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council: S. P. Sinha
17. The first President of India who died while in office: Dr. Zakir Hussain
18. The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament: Charan Singh
19. The first Field Marshal of India: S. H. F. Manekshaw
20. The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics: C. V. Raman
21. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award: Dr. Radhakrishnan
22. The first Indian to cross English channel: Mihir Sen
23. The first person to receive Jnanpith award: Sri Shankar Kurup
24. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
25. The first Vice-President of India: Dr. Radhakrishnan
26. The first Education Minister: Abul Kalam Azad
27. The first Home Minister of India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
28. The first Indian Air Chief Marshal: S. Mukherjee
29. The first Indian Naval Chief: Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
30. The first judge of International Court of Justice: Dr. Nagendra Singh
31. The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra: Major Somnath Sharma
32. The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen: Sherpa Anga Dorjee
33. The first Chief Election Commissioner: Sukumar Sen
34. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award: Acharya Vinoba Bhave
35. The first Chinese traveller to visit India: Fahein
36. The first person to receive Stalin Prize: Saifuddin Kitchlu
37. The first person to resign from the central cabinet: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
38. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
39. The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics: Amartya Sen
40. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court: Justice Hiralal J. Kania