world records: important solved mcqs for competitive exams
| Largest bird • Ostrich of North Africa Smallest bird • Male bee hummingbird of Cuba. The first to launch earth satellite or artificial body to moon • USSR The first President of the U.S.A. • George Washington • Sun Yat sen The first Governor-General of Pakistan • Muhammad Ali Jinnah Smallest continent • Australia Largest road tunnel • Yerba Buena Island tunnel, San Francisco, California, USA. Largest cotton producer • China Largest fish catching country • China Fastest flying bird • the peregrine falcon Largest fish • Whale Shark First woman Prime Minister • Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka First woman President • Isabel Peron of Argentina First woman President of the UN General Assembly • Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi of India First UN Secretary • General Mr. Trygve Lie of Norway First man at both poles • Dr. albert P. Crary of the USA First man at the South Pole • Captain Roald Amundsen of Norway First man to conquer Mount Everest • Mr. Edmund Percival Hillary of New Zealand First man on the moon • Niel Arm Strong First Muslim in space • Prince Sultan Salman al-Saud of Saudi Arabia First journalist in space • Japanese Television reporter Tyoehiro Akiyama First woman in space • Junior Lieutenant Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova of the former Soviet Union First man to walk in space Lt. Col Aleksey a. Leonov of the former Soviet Union First animal in space • Laika, the dog (set by the Russians). First artificial satellite • Sputnik I, of the former Soviet Union First man to receive an artificial heart • Dr. Barney B Clark First test-tube baby • Louie Brown First liver transplant recipient • Ichirou Tsuruyama of Japan Deadliest disease • AIDS. Leading nuclear electricity producing country • The USA First nuclear power station producing electricity • USA Most Commonest element in the atmosphere • Nitrogen Most common element in the Universe • Hydrogen (H). • Russia Largest oil consumer • The USA Largest computer company • IBM Largest arms exporter • The USA. Longest war • Thirty Years War Shortest war • The war between the United Kingdom and Zazibar (39.58 minutes). Bloodiest War • Second World War Largest regular armed force • China’s Largest army • The army of China Largest legislative assembly • National People’s Congress of China Largest commercial bank Bank • Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubisihi Limited, Tokyo, Japan Largest oil company • The Exxon USA Largest flower • Rafflesia Arnoldii Fastest growing plant • Bamboo Largest, heaviest and longest mammal and animal • The Blue whale Fastest land animal • The cheetah of hunting leopard Tallest animal • The male Giraffe. First clones animal • Dolly (sheep) Largest development bank • International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (commonly known as World Bank) Longest bone in the human body • The thigh bone or femur Smallest bone in the human body • The stapes or stirrup bone in the middle ear Most abundant mineral in the human body • Calcium Hardest element • Diamond Country with the most newspapers • India Largest fort • The Fort George in UK Oldest museum • The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK. Oldest theatre The theatre of Epidauros, Greece. Largest car producer Japan |
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