Facts on the First ones in the World are not just interesting but also are commonly asked in the GK section of exams. Students should know the important ones so that they maximize their chances of scoring in GK. Read our list of First of the world to know all about who tops where.
The list of First in the World:
| Sr.#. | First | Person / Country | Year/ Date |
| 1. | To reach Mount Everest | Edmund Hillary, Sherpa Tenzing | May 29, 1953 |
| 2. | To reach North Pole | Robert Peary | April 6, 1909 |
| 3. | To reach South Pole | Amundsen | December 14, 1911 |
| 4. | Religion of the world | Hinduism | 5500 BCE but certainly by c. 2300 BCE |
| 5. | Country to print book | China | Between 618 and 907 AD |
| 6. | Country to issue paper currency | China | 806 AD |
| 7. | Country to commence competitive examination in civil services | China | Between 7th to 10th century |
| 8. | President of U.S.A | George Washington | April 30, 1789 |
| 9. | Prime Minister of Britain | Robert Walpole | 1721 |
| 10. | Governor-General of the United Nations | Trygve Lie (Norway) | 2 February 1946 |
| 11. | Country to win Football World Cup | Uruguay | July 30, 1930 |
| 12. | Country to prepare Constitution | U.S.A. | June 21, 1788 |
| 13. | Governor-General of Pakistan | Mohd. Ali Jinnah | August 15, 1947 |
| 14. | Country to host NAM summit | Belgrade (Yugoslavia) | September 1-6, 1961 |
| 15. | European to attack India | Alexander The Great | 326 BC |
| 16. | European to reach China | Marco Pole | 1275 |
| 17. | European to fly an aeroplane | Wright Brothers | December 17, 1903 |
| 18. | Person to sail around the world | Magellan | 1519 |
| 19. | Country to send a man to moon | U.S.A. | July 20, 1969 |
| 20. | Country to launch artificial satellite in space | Russia | October 4, 1957 |
| 21. | Country to host the Modern Olympics | Greece | 1896 |
| 22. | City in which atom bomb was dropped | Hiroshima (Japan) | August 6, 1945 |
| 23. | Person to land on the moon | Neil Armstong, followed by Edwin E. Aldrin | 1969 |
| 24. | Shuttle to go to space | Columbia | January 16, 2003 |
| 25. | Spacecraft to reach Mars | Viking-1 | June 19, 1976 |
| 26. | Woman Prime Minister of England | Margaret Thatcher | 4 May 1979 |
| 27. | Muslim Prime Minister of a country | Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan) | 2 December 1988 |
| 28. | Woman to climb Mount Everest | Mrs. Junko-Tabei (Japan) | 16 May, 1975 |
| 29. | Woman cosmonaut of the world | Valentina Tereshkova (Russia) | June 16, 1963 |
| 30. | Women Prime Minister of a country | Mrs. S. Banda Maike (Sri Lanka) | 1960 |
| 31. | Women President of UN General Assembly | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 15 September 1953
(62nd Session) |
| 32. | Man to fly into space | Yuri Gagarin (Russia) | April 12, 1961, |
| 33. | Batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut | Mohd. Azharuddin | 1984–85 series |
| 34. | Man to have climbed Mount Everest twice | Nawang Gombu | 1965 |
| 35. | U.S President to resign Presidency | Richard Nixon | 9 August 1974 |
| 36. | Country to issue stamps | Britain | 6 May 1840 |
| 37. | Climate-neutral country | Maldives | 2020 |
| 38. | Country to introduce internet voting | Estonia | 2001 |
| 39. | Country to ban plastic bag | Bangladesh | 2002 |
| 40. | Country to deploy 4G in Asia | India | 10 April 2012 |
| 41. | Country to ban human cloning | Britain | 2001 |
| 42. | Human to walk in space | Alexei Leonov | 1965 |
| 43. | Atom Bomb | Little Boy (dropped over Hiroshima) | 1945 |
| 44. | Manned space vehicle | Vostok 1, USSR | 1961 |
| 45. | Person to cross Antarctic Circle | James Cook | 1773 |
| 46. | Woman to set foot on North | Ann Bancroft, USA | 1986 |
| 47. | Blind man to scale Mt. Everest | Erik Weihenmayer, USA | May 25, 2001 |
| 48. | Residents of International Space station | Bill Shepherd (USA), Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev (Russia) | 2 November 2000 |
| 49. | Woman to fly solo around the world | Jerrie Fredritz Mock | 1964 |
| 50. | Woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal | Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles | 1900 |
| 51. | Woman to win a Grand Slam | Maureen Catherine | 1953 |
| 52. | Woman to Command a Space Mission Colonel | Eileen Collins (U.S.A.) | July 23, 1999 |
| 53. | Woman President of a country | Maria Estela Peron | 1974 |
| 54. | Satallite in space | Sputnik I | October 4, 1957 |
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