General Knowledge for SSC Exams (First In The World And First In India)

General Knowledge for SSC Exams (First In The World And First In India)

First In The World

  • The first person to reach Mount Everest
Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary
  • The first person to reach North Pole
Robert Peary
  • The first person to reach South Pole
Amundsen
  • The first religion of the world
Hinduism
  • The first country to print book
China
  • The first country to print book
China
  • The first country to commence competitive examination
China in civil services
  • The first President of the U.S.A.
George Washington
  • The first Prime Minister of Britain
Robert Walpole
  • The first Governor General of the United Nations
Trigveli (Norway)
  • The first country to win football World cup
Uruguay
  • The first country to prepare a constitution
U.S.A.
  • The first Governor General of Pakistan
Mohd. Ali Jinnah
  • The first country to host NAM summit
Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
  • The first European to attack India
Alexander, The Great
  • The first European to reach China
Marco Polo
  • The first person to fly aeroplane
Wright Brothers
  • The first person to sail round the world
Magellan
  • The first country to send man to the moon
U.S.A.
  • The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space
Russia
  • The first country to host the modern Olympics
Greece
  • The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped
Hiroshima (Japan)
  • The first person to land on the moon
Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin
  • The first shuttle to go in space
Columbia
  • The first spacecraft to reach on Mars
Viking-I
  • The first woman Prime Minister of England
Margaret Thatcher
  • The first muslim Prime Minister of a country
Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
  • The first woman Prime Minister of a country
Mrs. S. Bandamaike (Sri Lanka)
  • The first woman to climb Mount Everest
Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
  • The first woman cosmonaut of the world
Velentina Tereshkova (Russia)
  • The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  • The first man to fly into space
Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
  • The first batsman to score, three test century in three
Mohd. Azharuddin successive tests on debut
  • The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice
Nawang Gombu
  • The first U.S. President to resign Presidency
Richard Nixon

First In India

Male

  • The first President of Indian Republic
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • The first Prime Minister of free India
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  • The first Indian to win Nobel Prize
Rabindranath Tagore
  • The first President of Indian National Congress
W. C. Banerjee
  • The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress
Badruddin Tayyabji
  • The first Muslim President of India
Dr. Zakir Hussain
  • The first British Governor General of India
Lord William Bentinck
  • The first British Viceroy of India
Lord Canning
  • The first Governor General of free India
Lord Mountbatten
  • The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free
C. Rajgopalachari India
  • The first man who introduced printing press in India
James Hicky
  • The first Indian to join the I.C.S.
Satyendra Nath Tagore
  • India’s first man in space
Rakesh Sharma
  • The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without
  • The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India
General Cariappa
  • The first Chief of the Army Staff
Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
  • The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council
S. P. Sinha
  • The first President of India who died while in office
Dr. Zakir Hussain
  • The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the
Charan Singh Parliament
  • The first Field Marshal of India
S. H. F. Manekshaw
  • The first Indian to get Nobel prize in Physics
C. V. Raman
  • The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award
Dr. Radhakrishnan
  • The first Indian to cross English channel
Mihir Sen
  • The first person to receive Jnanpith award
Sri Shankar Kurup
  • The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
  • The first Vice-President of India
Dr. Radhakrishnan
  • The first Education Minister
Abul Kalam Azad
  • The first Home Minister of India
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
  • The first Indian Air Chief Marshal
S. Mukherjee
  • The first Indian Naval Chief
Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
  • The first judge of International Court of Justice
Dr. Nagendra Singh
  • The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra
Major Somnath Sharma
  • The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen
Sherpa Anga Dorjee
  • The first Chief Election Commissioner
Sukumar Sen
  • The first person to receive Magsaysay Award
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
  • The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in
Hargovind Khurana Medicine
  • The first Chinese traveller to visit India
Fahein
  • The first person to receive Stalin Prize
Saifuddin Kitchlu
  • The first person to resign from the central cabinet
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
  • The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics
Amartya Sen
  • The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Justice Hiralal J. Kania

Female

  • The first lady to become “Miss World”
Rita Faria
  • The first woman judge in Supreme Court
Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
  • The first woman Ambassador
Miss C. B. Muthamma
  • The first woman Ambassador
Miss C. B. Muthamma
  • The first woman Governor of a State in free India
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
  • The first woman Prime Minister
Bachhendri Pal
  • The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice
Santosh Yadav
  • The first woman President of the Indian National Congress
Mrs. Annie Besant
  • The first woman chief justice of a High Court
Mrs. Leela Seth
  • The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force
Harita Kaur Dayal
  • The first woman President of the United Nations General
Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit Assembly
  • The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State
Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
  • The first woman chairman of Union Public Service
Roze Millian Bethew Commission
  • The first woman Director General of Police (DGP)
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
  • The first woman Lieutenant General
Puneeta Arora
  • The first woman Air Vice Marshal
P. Bandopadhyaya
  • The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines
Sushma Chawla
  • The first woman I.P.S. Officer
Mrs. Kiran Bedi
  • The first woman to receive Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa
  • The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
  • The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award
Ashapurna Devi

Popular Names Of Eminent Persons (Sobriquets)

  • Nickname
Person
  • Father of the Nation
Mahatma Gandhi
  • Bapu
Mahatma Gandhi
  • Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • Grand Old Man of India
Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Strong (Iron) Man
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Man of Peace
Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Punjab Kesari
Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Bengal Kesari
Ashutosh Mukherjee
  • Sher-e-Kashmir
Sheikh Abdullah
  • Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  • Deshbandhu
Chittaranjan Das
  • Deshbandhu
C.F. Andrews
  • Lokmanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Loknayak
Jayaprakash Narayan
  • Jana Nayak
Karpuri Thakur
  • Rajashree
Purushottam Das Tandon
  • Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore
  • Guruji
M.S. Golvalkar
  • Desh Ratna
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • Mahamana
Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya
  • Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Chacha
Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Rajaji/C.R.
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
  • Sparrow
Major General Rajinder Singh
  • Young Turk
Chandra Shekhar
  • Tau
Chaudhury Devi Lal
  • Sahid-e-Azam
Bhagat Singh
  • Nightinagle of India
Sarojini Naidu
  • Lady with the lamp
Florence Nightingale
  • Swar Kokila
Lata Mangeshkar
  • Udanpari
P.T. Usha
  • Mother
Mother Teresa
  • Vishwa Kavi
Rabindranath Tagore
  • Kaviguru
Rabindranath Tagore
  • Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Tota-e-Hind
Amir Khushro
  • Lal, Bal, Pal
Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Bihar Vibhuti
Dr. Anugrah Narayan Singh
  • Bapuji
Jagjeevan Ram
  • Napoleon of India
Samudra Gupta
  • Shakespeare of India
Mahakavi Kalidas
  • Akbar of Kashmir
Jainul Abdin
  • Father of Gujarat
Ravi Shankar Maharaj
  • Grandfather of Indian Films
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
  • Morning Star of India Renaissance
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • King maker of Indian History
Sayyed Bandhu
  • Anna
C.N. Annadurai
  • G.B.S.
George Bernard Shaw
  • Haryana Hurricane
Kapil Dev
  • Little Master
Sunil Gavaskar
 
  • Magician of Hockey
Dhyanchand
  • Deshpriya
Yatindra Mohan Sengupta
  • Kuvempu
K.V. Puttappa
  • Little Corporal
Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Man of Destiny
Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
  • King Maker
Earl of Warwick
  • Uncle Ho
Ho Chi Minh
  • Bard of Avon
William Shakespeare
  • Father of English Poetry
Geoffery Chaucer
  • Grand Old Man of Britain
Willium E. Gladstone
  • Maiden Queen
Queen Elizabeth I
  • Maid of Orleans
Joan of Arc
  • Man of Blood and Iron
Otto Van Bismark
  • II Duce
Benito Mussolini
  • Desert Fox
Gen. Ervin Rommel
  • Quaid-i-Azam
Md. Ali Jinnah

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