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Class 7–8 General Knowledge: Famous firsts practice questions

Practise famous firsts for Classes 7 and 8. Try the 8-question quiz below and see each answer explained straight away, then read all 8 questions with answers underneath. Free, no sign-up.

All famous firsts questions with answers

1. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the poor?

   1. A. Edmund Hillary
   2. B. Viswanathan Anand
   3. C. Mother Teresa ✓
   4. D. Kalpana Chawla

   Answer: Mother Teresa. The answer is Mother Teresa.

2. Who became the first Indian grandmaster in chess?

   1. A. Kalpana Chawla
   2. B. Valentina Tereshkova
   3. C. Rabindranath Tagore
   4. D. Viswanathan Anand ✓

   Answer: Viswanathan Anand. The answer is Viswanathan Anand.

3. Who was the first Indian woman to go into space?

   1. A. Edmund Hillary
   2. B. Viswanathan Anand
   3. C. Rabindranath Tagore
   4. D. Kalpana Chawla ✓

   Answer: Kalpana Chawla. The answer is Kalpana Chawla.

4. Who was the first woman to go into space?

   1. A. C. V. Raman
   2. B. Mother Teresa
   3. C. Kalpana Chawla
   4. D. Valentina Tereshkova ✓

   Answer: Valentina Tereshkova. The answer is Valentina Tereshkova.

5. Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal (shooting, 2008)?

   1. A. Abhinav Bindra ✓
   2. B. Rabindranath Tagore
   3. C. Valentina Tereshkova
   4. D. Edmund Hillary

   Answer: Abhinav Bindra. The answer is Abhinav Bindra.

6. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for work on the scattering of light?

   1. A. C. V. Raman ✓
   2. B. Rabindranath Tagore
   3. C. Abhinav Bindra
   4. D. Kalpana Chawla

   Answer: C. V. Raman. The answer is C. V. Raman.

7. Who was the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay (1953)?

   1. A. Rabindranath Tagore
   2. B. Edmund Hillary ✓
   3. C. Valentina Tereshkova
   4. D. C. V. Raman

   Answer: Edmund Hillary. The answer is Edmund Hillary.

8. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize (Literature, 1913)?

   1. A. Edmund Hillary
   2. B. Viswanathan Anand
   3. C. Abhinav Bindra
   4. D. Rabindranath Tagore ✓

   Answer: Rabindranath Tagore. The answer is Rabindranath Tagore.

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