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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE                                                                               2019



                                             GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

            FIRST IN THE WORLD

            1. The first person to reach Mount Everest                - Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary

            2. The first person to reach North Pole                   - Robert Peary

            3. The first person to reach South Pole                   - Amundsen

            4. The first religion of the world                        - Hinduism

            5. The first country to print book                        - China

            6. The first country to issue paper currency               - China

            7. The first country to commence competitive examination in civil services  - China

            8. The first President of the U.S.A.                      - George Washington

            9. The first Prime Minister of Britain                    - Robert Walpole

            10. The first Governor General of the United Nations  - Trigveli (Norway)

            11. The first country to win football World cup           - Uruguay

            12. The first country to prepare a constitution           - U.S.A.

            13. The first Governor General of Pakistan                - Mohd. Ali Jinnah

            14. The first country to host NAM summit                  - Belgrade (Yugoslavia)

            15. The first European to attack India                    - Alexander, The Great

            16. The first European to reach China                     - Marco Polo

            17. The first person to fly aeroplane                     - Wright Brothers

            18. The first person to sail round the world              - Magellan

            19. The first country to send man to the moon             - U.S.A.

            20. The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space   - Russia

            21. The first country to host the modern Olympics         - Greece

            22. The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped- Hiroshima (Japan)

            23. The first person to land on the moon                  - Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin
                                                                                                     E. Aldrin
            24. The first shuttle to go in space                      - Columbia




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