MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM PAPER IV(GK) FIRST IN WORLD

FIRST IN WORLD

1. Chairman of Peoples Republic of China - Mao-Tse-Tung
2. President of the Chinese Republic – Dr. Sun Yat Sen
3. President of U.S.A – George Washington
4. Chinese Traveller to India – Fahein

5. Foreign Invader to India – Alexander the Great

6. Person to reach South Pole – Amundsen
7. Person to reach North Pole – Robert Pearey
8. Person in Space – Yuri Gagarin
9. Person on Moon – Neil Armstrong
10. Lady to climb Mount Everest – Junko Taibei
11. European to visit China – Marco Polo
12. Place where atom bomb was dropped – Hiroshima
13. Man to walk in Space – Alexei Leonov
14. Woman cosmonaut in Space – Valentina Tereshkova
15. Woman Prime Minister of a country - Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike
16. Woman President of a country - Maria Estela Peron
17. Woman to Command a Space Mission - Colonel Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)
18. The first residents of International Space station - Bill Shepherd (USA),Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev (Russia)
19. The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest - Erik Weihenmayer(USA, May 25, 2001)
20. The first Muslim woman to become the Secretary General of Amnesty International lrine – Zubeida Khan
21. The first space astronaut to go into space seven times till date - Jerry Ross (U.S.A.)
22. The first South African to become the second space tourist - Mark Shuttleworth

23. The first woman Prime Minister of South Korea - Ms. Chang Sang

24. The first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess - Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)
25. The first adventurer flying successfully across the English Channel without aircraft - Felix Baumgartner (July 2003)
26. China’s first man in space - Yang Liwei
27. The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize - Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)
28. The woman with the highest individual Test score making a new world record - Kiran Baloch (Pakistani cricketer, scoring 242 runs playing women’s cricket test against West Indies in Karachi in March, 2004)
29. The first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four times - Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
30. The first woman to cross seven important seas of the world by swimming - Bula Chaudhury (India)
31. The first aircraft pilot to round the entire world non-stop by his 2 engine aircraft in 67 hours - Steve Fossett (March 2005)
32. The first woman to be appointed as a Governor of a province in Afghanistan - Habiba Sorabhi
33. The first woman of the world to swim across five continents – Bula Chaudhury (India) (April 2005)
34. The first woman athlete to touch 5.0 meter mark in pole vault - Ms. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russian, July 2005)

35. The first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistani Supreme Court Justice – Rana Bhagwan Das

First in India
1. British Governor General of Bengal -	Warren Hastings
2. Governor General of Independent India –	Lord Mountbatten
3. Commander-in-chief of Free India General –	Roy Bucher
4. Cosmonaut –	Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
5. Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India –	Babar
6. Field Marshal –	S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
7. Indian Governor General of Indian Union –	C. Rajagopalachari
8. Indian I.C.S. Officer –	Satyendra Nath Tagore
9. Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council –	Sri S.P. Sinha
10. Indian to swim across English Channel –	Mihir Sen
11. Indian woman to swim across-English Channel –	Miss Arati Saha
12. Man to climb Mount Everest –	Tenzing Norgay
13. Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen –	Phu Dorjee
14. Man to climb Mount Everest twice –	Nwang Gombu
15. Nobel Prize winner –	Rabindra Nath Tagore
16. President of Indian National Congress –	W. C. Banerjee
17. President of Indian Republic -	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18. Talkie Film –	Alam Ara (1931)
19. Test Tube Baby (Documented) –	Indira
20. Viceroy of India –	Lord Canning
21. Woman Minister of Indian Union –	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
22. Woman Chief Minister of State –	Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
23. Woman Governor –	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
24. Woman President of Indian National Congress –	Dr. Annie Besant
25. Woman Prime Minister –	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
26. Woman Speaker of a State Assembly –	Mrs. Shanno Devi
27. Prime Minister of India –	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
28. Muslim President of Indian Union –	Dr. Zakir Hussain
29. Speaker of Lok Sabha –	G. V. Mavlankar
30. Woman to climb mount Everest –	Bachhendri Pal
31. Woman Judge in Supreme Court –	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
32. Woman Chief Justice of a High Court –	Smt. Leela Seth
33. Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen) –	Kalpana Chawla
34. The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics -	Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
35. The First Indian World Chess Champion –	Vishwanathan Anand
36. India’s first paperless Newspaper –	The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
37. India’s First woman Merchant Navy Officer –	Sonali Banerjee
38. The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha –	G. M. C. Balyogi
39. The first Vice-President of India to die in harness –	Krishna Kant
40. The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century –	Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing against  England)
41. The first woman Air Vice-Marshal –	P. Bandopadhyaya
42. The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor –	Ms. Kiran Bedi
43. The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident –	Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)
44. The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India-	K.J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)
45. The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament –	Sania Mirza (2003)
46. The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship –	Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
47. The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD –	Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
48. The highest individual test scorer of India –	Virendra Sehwag ( 319 runs against Sauth  africa)
49. The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times-	Rahul Dravid
50. The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S. –	Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)
51. The first Sikh Prime Minister of India –	Dr. Manmohan Singh
52. The first woman Director General of Police of a State –	Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal)
53. The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief –	MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime branch chief of Mumbai police)
54. The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army –	Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune)
55. The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming –	Bula Chaudhury
56. The first woman to become Indian Air Force’s first woman Air Marshal –	Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay
57. The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years –	Dharmendra Yadav (Mainpuri : Samajwadi Party MP)
58. India’s first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title –	Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad)
59. The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon –	Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.)
60. The first wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km. -	Budhia (May 2006)
61. The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro –	(Chennai Metro Police) Letika Saran
62. The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole –	Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006)
63. The first sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship –	Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
64. The first person of Indian origin to win the Miss Great Britain title –	Preeti Desai (2006)
65. The first woman President of the Republic of India –	Pratibha Patil

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