The Firsts

Arthur Ashe 

1. First black man to win singles in Wimbledon.

Ans: Arthur Ashe in 1975 (USA).

2. First space tourist.

Ans: Dennis Tito in 2001 (USA).

3. First American President to visit India.

Ans: Dwight David Eisenhower in 1959.

4.  First successful scuba dive at the North Pole.

Ans: Brett Cormick (UK), Michael Wolff (Austria) and Bob Wass (USA) in 1999.

5. Which country launched first radio telescope satellite into space?

Ans: Japan in 1997.

6. Who was first Indian to win Noble Prize?

Ans: Rabindranath Tagore in 1913.

Marco Polo

7. First European to visit China.

Ans: Marco Polo in 13^th century.

8. First country to send human to moon.

Ans: United States of America in 1969.

Viking I on Mars

9. First Space-ship to land on Mars.

Ans: Viking-I in 1976.

10. First European country to win football world cup.

Ans: Italy in 1934.

11. First country to issue paper currency.

Ans: China in 11^th century.

Chinese paper currency, present days

12.  First cloned human baby.

Ans:  Eve in 2002.

13. First Indian pilot.

Ans: JRD Tata in 1929.

14.  First city to be attacked with atom bomb.

Ans: Hiroshima in 1945.

The First woman in the Space, Valentina Tereshkova

15. First woman cosmonaut in space.

Jacobus Henricus

Ans: Valentina Tereshkova in 1963.

16. First Secretary General of UN.

Ans: Trygve Lie of Norway from 1946 to 1952.

17. First Indian prime minister to resingned before the full term.

Ans: Moraji Desai (24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979).

18. First to win Nobel Prize for Chemestry.

Ans: Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff Jr in 1901.

19. First Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Ans: Robert Walpole (4 April 1721 – 11 February 1742).

20. First woman Prime Minister of a country.

Ans: Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (1960-1965).