GK Questions with Answer in English - ABOUT FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD

GK Questions with Answer in English  ABOUT FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD

GK means General Knowledge ,is a study about the knowledge of all over the world. Todays generation kids spend their most of the time with Cellphone and Television. They do not know what is happening around the world. In the Sence GK provide them a reliable information or data. Briefly, it is necessary for your kids learning and keep up to date what is happening around the world. GK is very helpful for their bright future. It is my stranger collection about the world GK for kids. I mentioned simple GK questions for your kids based on their age group, religion, cultures. It is very helpful for all religion, all culture and different languages. This simple GK is basically helpful for CBSE, ICSE, CHSE , HINDI MEDIUM, ODIA MEDIUM etc. 

GK QUESTIONS WITH ANSWEAR
GK QUESTIONS WITH ANSWEAR


FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD:

 

The first person to reach Mount Everest- Sherpa Tenzing and 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 a book -China    

 

 

 

 

 The first country to issue paper currency-China

 

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

 

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- Tragedy (Norway) 

 

 

 

The first country to win football World cup- Uruguay 

 

The first country to prepare a constitution-USA                               

 

 

 The first Governor General of Pakistan- Mohd. Ali Jinha

 

The first country to host NAM summit -Belgrade                                        

 

 

 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-Ferdinand Magellan                   

 

 The first country to send man to the moon-USA

 

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 and Buzz Aldrin

 

The first shuttle to go in space- Columbia

 

The first spacecraft to reach on Mars - Viking-1                                            

 

 

 The first woman Prime Minister of England- Margaret Thatcher

 

The first muslim woman Prime Minister of a country - Benazir Bhutto(Pakistan)     

 

 

 

 The first woman Prime Minister of a country- Mrs S.Bandarmaike (Srilanka)

 

The first woman to climb Mount Everest - Mrs Junko Tabei (Japan)  

 

 

 

 

 

The first woman cosmonaut of the world- Valentina Tereskova (Russia)

 

The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly- Vijaya Laxmi Pandit 

 

The first man to fly into space- Yuri Gagarin (Russia)                             

 

 

 The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut - Mohd. Azharuddin

 

The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice - Nawang Gombu        

 

 

 The first U.S. President to resign from 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 Banner-Herald       

 

 

 The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress-Badruddin Tayyabji

 

The first Muslim President of India-Dr Jakir 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 Mountbqtten

 

The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India - C.Rajgopalachari                                  

 

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 completing the full term-Moraji Desai

 

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. Zahir Hussain

 

The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament-Charan Singh

 

The first Field Marshal of India-S.H.F.J. 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 -G.V 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-Sir Benegal Rau                            

 

 

 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 of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine- Hargovind Khurana                           

 

 

The first person to receive Magsaysay Award- Acharya Binoba Bhabe

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 GK QUESTIONS WITH ANSWEAR

FIRST IN INDIA (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 Governor of a State in free India- Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

 

The first woman Prime Minister -Mrs. Indira Gandhi                                   

 

 The first woman to climb Mount Everest-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 Assembly-Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

 

The  first  woman  Chief  Minister of an Indian State-Mrs. Such eta Kriplani

 

The first woman chairman of Union Public service Commission-Roze  Millian  Bethew

 

The first woman Director General of Police (DGP)-Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya 

 

The first woman Lieutenent General-Punita 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 and the last Muslim woman ruler of Delhi-Razia Sultan

 

The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra-Nirja Bhanot

 

The first woman to cross English Channel-Aarti Saha 

 

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                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The first woman M.D. of State Bank of India-Arundhati Bhattacharya

 

The first female fighter pilots in Indian Air Force- Avani  Chaturvedi ,Bhavna  Kanth, Mohana Singh

 

GK QUESTIONS WITH ANSWEAR

RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD


BUDDHISM

 

Founder- Gautam Siddhartha Buddha (563-483 BC) born in Nepal (Lumbini) Founded in -528 BC

 

Followed in -, Tibet, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Japan, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bhutan and Vietnam                                      

Sacred Text-The Tripitaka (Collection of Buddha's teachings) also called Sutras                                           

 Sacred place-Lumbini (Nepal) where Buddha was born, Bodh Gaya (Bihar) where he received Enlightenment and Kushinagar (UP) where he attained 'Nirvana'

 

Place of Worship-(temple) and Vihara (where Monks reside)

Sects- Mahayana and Hinayana

 

 

 

CONFUCIANISM

 

 

 Founder-King Fu Tsu, better known as Confucius (551-479 BC) bom in the State of Lu in China

 

Founded in 500 BC

 

Followed in China, Talwan, South Korea, Nauru and Vietnam                 

 

Sacred Text  -The Analects

 

Sacred place-Peking (Beijing) in China

 

Place of Worship-No Church or temple

 


CHRISTIANITY                                                                       

 

Founder- Jesus Christ (5 BC to 30 AD) bom in Judea, also called Jesus of Nazareth,founded in 2016 years ago,

Followed in all over the world

 

Sacred text- Holy Bible consisting of the Old Testament (before Christ) and the New Testament (during and after Christ)                                                          

 Sacred place- Jerusalem where Christ lived and preached

 

Place of worship-Church

 

Important Sects-Catholics and Protestants

 

 

 

HINDUISM 

 

 

Founder-Of divine origin                   

 Founded in 1500 BC

 

Followed in Concentrated in India and Nepal and also found in Bhutan, Fill, Gyuana. Indonesia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Bali                               

 

Sacred text-The Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana

 

Sacred place-4 Dham

 

Place of worship-Temple

 

 

 

ISLAM

 

Founder Prophet Mohammed (570-632 AD) bom in Mecca (Saudi Arabia)

 

Founded in 622 AD

 

Followed in coast of Africa which includes Tanzania, Southern part of Russia and China,

 

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. Also parts of North Africa

 

Sacred texts-Quran (words of God), Hadis (collection of Prophet's sayings)

 

Sacred place- Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia                                   

Place of worship -Masjid (mosque)

 Important sects- sunnis and shias



JUDAISM 

 

Founder-Moses, born in Egypt

 

Founded in 1300 BC,Followed in World wide; mainly in Israel and United States                                                  

 Sacred text-Hals, found particularly in the five book of the Bible, commentary on Torah known as Talmud and Midrash                                                     

 Sacred place-Jerusalem

 

Place of worship-Synagogue

 

 

 

 

 

SHINTOISM 

 

 

Founder Began with Japanese culture and developed out of tradition and ancestor worship                           

 Founded in Antiquity

 

Followed in Japan

 

Sacred text -No specific text                        

Sacred palce-Central Shrine of ise (central Japan) and the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo

 

SIKHISM 

 

 

Founder -Guru Nanak (1469-1539)

 

Founded in 1500 AD

 

Followed in India

 

Sacred text-Guru Granth Saheb                   

 

Sacred place -The Golden Temple of Amritsar

 

Place of worship-Gurdwara

 

 

TAOISM

 

 

 Founder-Lao-tse, a Chinese philosopher

 

Founded in 6th century BC                 

Followed in China, Taiwan, Nauru, Brunel, Singapore and Vietman

 

Sacred text-Tao-te-Ching 

 

 

 

 

ZOROASTRIANISM( Parsi Religion )

 

 

Founder-Zoroaster, Born in Medea (modern Iran) about 660 BC Around Founded in 500 BC

 

Followed in-Iran and north-west India. The Zoroastrians who fled to India during the eighth century are the ancestors of the present Parsi Community in India

 

Sacred text- Zend Avesta

 

Place of worship-Fire temple

 


 

 

 

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