Chapter 1 Personalities Quiz

First Achievements in Space Exploration

• Neil Armstrong was the first person to land on the moon, followed by Edwin E.
• Yuri Gagarin was the first man to fly into space.
• Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman cosmonaut of the world.
• Columbia was the first shuttle to go into space.
• Viking-1 was the first spacecraft to reach Mars.
• The US was the first country to send a man to the moon.
• Russia was the first country to launch an artificial satellite into space.

First Achievements in Politics

• Benazir Bhutto was the first woman Prime Minister of a country, leading Pakistan.
• Mrs. S. Bandaranaike was the first woman Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
• Margaret Thatcher was the first woman Prime Minister of England.
• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman President of the UN General Assembly.
• Richard Nixon was the first US President to resign from the presidency.

First Achievements in Mountaineering

• Sherpa Tenzing and Edmund Hillary were the first people to reach Mount Everest.
• Nawang Gombu was the first person to climb Mount Everest twice.
• Junko Tabei was the first woman to climb Mount Everest.

First Achievements in Sports

• Mohd. Azharuddin was the first batsman to score three test centuries in three successive tests on debut.

First Achievements in Geography

• Robert Peary was the first person to reach the North Pole.
• Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole.
• Marco Polo was the first European to reach China.
• Alexander, the Great was the first European to attack India.

First Achievements in History

• China was the first country to print books.
• China was the first country to issue paper currency.
• China was the first country to commence competitive examinations in civil services.
• Uruguay was the first country to win the football World Cup.
• The US was the first country to prepare a constitution.

First Achievements in Other Fields

• George Washington was the first President of the USA.
• Robert Walpole was the first Prime Minister of Britain.
• Trigveli was the first Governor General of the United Nations.
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the first Governor General of Pakistan.
• Belgrade (Yugoslavia) was the first country to host the NAM summit.
• Wright Brothers were the first people to fly an airplane.
• Magellan was the first person to sail around the world.
• Hiroshima (Japan) was the first city to be bombed with an atomic bomb.