General Knowledge : First In World

1.      Who were the first persons to scale Mount Everest?

Ans: Two persons climbed the Mount Everest together for first time. These were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. Tenzing Norgay was from India and Edmund Hillary was from New Zealand.

2.     Who was the first man to reach in space?

      Ans: Yuri Gagarin.

3.     Who was the first president of USA?

     Ans: George Washington.

4.     Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?

      Ans: Junko Tabei

5.     Who performed first heart transplantation?

      Ans: Dr. Christian Bernard

6.     Who was the first person to reach south Pole?

       Ans: Amundsen

7.     Who was the first person to win Nobel Prize twice?

      Ans: Marie Curie

8.    Who was the first US president who was assassinated?

      Ans: Abraham Lincoln 

Other US presidents who were assassinated while in office were

1.      a) James A. Garfield
2.      b) William Mckinley
3.      c) John F. Kennedy

9.     Who was the first Secretary General of United Nations?

       Ans: Trygve Lie. He was from Norway.

10. Who was the first person to swim across English channel?

       Ans: Captain Mathew Web in 1875