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First in the World: BPSC Prelims MCQs

34 practice questions on First in the World. Each one opens to its answer and explanation.

1. 1. Current Affairs 2025–26

   The world's first autonomous maritime shipyard and systems centre is to be set up by Sagar Defence Engineering at:

   1. ANellore district, Andhra Pradesh
   2. BVisakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh
   3. CKochi, Kerala
   4. DKattupalli, Tamil Nadu
   Answer and explanation →

2. 2. Current Affairs 2025–26

   The Asian Kabaddi League, to begin in August 2026, is described as the world's first:

   1. Aprofessional kabaddi league in Europe
   2. Bprofessional beach kabaddi league
   3. Cprofessional women's kabaddi league
   4. Dprofessional mixed-gender kabaddi league
   Answer and explanation →

3. 3. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Maruti Suzuki's in-plant railway siding in Gujarat became the world's first modal-shift transport project registered under:

   1. Athe Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism
   2. Bthe Gold Standard of the WWF
   3. CIndia's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme
   4. DVerra's Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
   Answer and explanation →

4. 4. Current Affairs 2025–26

   The Cycling League of India, described as the world's first franchise-based road cycling league, will be held in November 2026 in:

   1. APune
   2. BAhmedabad
   3. CBengaluru
   4. DNew Delhi
   Answer and explanation →

5. 5. Current Affairs 2025–26

   India became the world's first country to commercially produce which road-building material from farm waste?

   1. APlastic bricks
   2. BBio-cement
   3. CFly-ash tiles
   4. DBio-bitumen
   Answer and explanation →

6. 6. Current Affairs 2025–26

   The world's first steel slag road inside a private port was built at:

   1. AHazira, Gujarat
   2. BParadip, Odisha
   3. CEnnore, Tamil Nadu
   4. DMundra, Gujarat
   Answer and explanation →

7. 7. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "Anokhi Duniya", the world's first park made entirely from ceramic waste, is at:

   1. AMorbi, Gujarat
   2. BKhurja, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
   3. CJaipur, Rajasthan
   4. DFirozabad, Uttar Pradesh
   Answer and explanation →

8. 8. Current Affairs 2025–26

   The world's first solar thermal power plant with two solar towers feeding one turbine began working in:

   1. Athe Mojave Desert, USA
   2. Bthe Atacama Desert, Chile
   3. CGuazhou county, China
   4. DOuarzazate, Morocco
   Answer and explanation →

9. 9. Current Affairs 2025–26

   The world's first high-speed rail tunnel planned by AI, the Yangcun Tunnel, was tested in:

   1. AJapan
   2. BIndia
   3. CChina
   4. DGermany
   Answer and explanation →

10. 10. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Zydus Lifesciences launched the world's first biosimilar of which cancer drug, under the brand Tishtha?

    1. APembrolizumab
    2. BTrastuzumab
    3. CRituximab
    4. DNivolumab
    Answer and explanation →

11. 11. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The world's first genetically modified cotton fully resistant to the pink bollworm was developed by:

    1. ACSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
    2. BICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur
    3. CMahyco
    4. DPunjab Agricultural University
    Answer and explanation →

12. 12. Current Affairs 2025–26

    CSIR-CCMB developed the world's first non-destructive DNA test to find illegal shahtoosh in:

    1. Aleather bags
    2. Bpashmina shawls
    3. Cwoollen carpets
    4. Dsilk sarees
    Answer and explanation →

13. 13. Current Affairs 2025–26

    SATCON 2026, held in New Delhi on 19 January 2026, was the world's first conclave on:

    1. Amillets
    2. Borganic farming
    3. Chalal certification
    4. Dvegetarian certification
    Answer and explanation →

14. 14. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which country became the first to impose a "generational" ban on tobacco, for everyone born on or after 1 January 2007?

    1. ANew Zealand
    2. BMaldives
    3. CBhutan
    4. DUnited Kingdom
    Answer and explanation →

15. 15. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Cristiano Ronaldo became the first footballer to be nominated for the FIFA FIFPRO World XI at the ages of:

    1. A41 and 42, back to back
    2. B37 and 38, back to back
    3. C39 and 40, back to back
    4. D35 and 36, back to back
    Answer and explanation →

16. 16. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which became the first country to be certified by the WHO for "triple elimination" of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B?

    1. AMaldives
    2. BCuba
    3. CSri Lanka
    4. DThailand
    Answer and explanation →

17. 17. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Palau's President held the world's first live underwater interview using:

    1. Aa mask that sends sound through light
    2. Ba waterproof satellite phone
    3. Ca small submarine with a radio link
    4. Dsign language with a team of divers
    Answer and explanation →

18. 18. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Adi Sanskriti", launched on 10 September 2025, is the world's first:

    1. Atribal language AI model
    2. Bdigital tribal university
    3. Ctribal-run cooperative bank
    4. Dmuseum of tribal freedom fighters
    Answer and explanation →

19. 19. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "WOOHOO", which opened in Dubai in September 2025, is described as the world's first fine-dining restaurant run with:

    1. Arobot waiters only
    2. Ba 3-D food printer
    3. Can AI chef named Aiman
    4. Dfood grown on its own roof
    Answer and explanation →

20. 20. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which country was the first to launch a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), praised by the WHO?

    1. AChina
    2. BSouth Korea
    3. CJapan
    4. DIndia
    Answer and explanation →

21. 21. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The world's first human bladder transplant was performed in 2025 in:

    1. Athe USA, at Los Angeles
    2. BIndia, at New Delhi
    3. CJapan, at Kyoto
    4. Dthe United Kingdom, at Oxford
    Answer and explanation →

22. 22. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which country became the first to be recognised by UNESCO for putting ocean literacy in its national curriculum (the "Blue Curriculum")?

    1. AMaldives
    2. BPortugal
    3. CAustralia
    4. DBrazil
    Answer and explanation →

23. 23. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which country became the first to launch a national crypto payment system for tourism, with Binance Pay?

    1. AThailand
    2. BBhutan
    3. CEl Salvador
    4. DUAE
    Answer and explanation →

24. 24. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The International Maritime Organization adopted in April 2025 the world's first global:

    1. Aban on fishing in the high seas
    2. Btax on air travel
    3. Ccarbon charge on the shipping industry
    4. Dban on plastic on ships
    Answer and explanation →

25. 25. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Dr Hua", in the news, is:

    1. Aa WHO chatbot for health advice
    2. Ba Japanese care robot for old people
    3. Ca Chinese robot surgeon in Beijing
    4. Dan AI doctor in a Saudi Arabian clinic
    Answer and explanation →

26. 26. Current Affairs 2025–26

    In April 2025, Blue Origin flew the first all-woman crew to space since:

    1. APeggy Whitson's flight in 2002
    2. BKalpana Chawla's flight in 1997
    3. CValentina Tereshkova's solo flight in 1963
    4. DSally Ride's flight in 1983
    Answer and explanation →

27. 27. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which city is planned to be the world's first city run fully on renewable energy?

    1. AAmaravati, Andhra Pradesh
    2. BCopenhagen, Denmark
    3. CReykjavik, Iceland
    4. DMasdar City, UAE
    Answer and explanation →

28. 28. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Nayanamritham 2.0, launched by Kerala in February 2025, is the world's first government-led AI-assisted screening programme for:

    1. Atuberculosis
    2. Bchronic eye diseases
    3. Cbreast cancer
    4. Doral cancer
    Answer and explanation →

29. 29. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which country became the first to announce laws against AI tools that make child sexual abuse images, with jail of up to five years?

    1. AAustralia
    2. BUnited Kingdom
    3. CUSA
    4. DSouth Korea
    Answer and explanation →

30. 30. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The world's first live sperm race was held in April 2025 at:

    1. ASeoul, South Korea
    2. BTokyo, Japan
    3. CLondon, UK
    4. DLos Angeles, USA
    Answer and explanation →

31. 31. Current Affairs 2025–26

    QNu Labs' Q-Shield, described as the world's first seamless cryptography management platform, was backed by which mission?

    1. AThe Digital India Mission
    2. BThe IndiaAI Mission
    3. CThe National Quantum Mission
    4. DThe India Semiconductor Mission
    Answer and explanation →

32. 32. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Digantara's SCOT satellite was launched in January 2025 on:

    1. ASpaceX's Transporter-12 mission
    2. BISRO's PSLV-C60
    3. CRocket Lab's Electron
    4. DArianespace's Vega
    Answer and explanation →

33. 33. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The founders of Mercor became the world's youngest self-made billionaires at what age?

    1. A23
    2. B22
    3. C19
    4. D25
    Answer and explanation →

34. 34. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The world's first entirely AI-designed genomes were tested in which bacterium?

    1. AE. coli
    2. BBacillus subtilis
    3. CStreptococcus
    4. DSalmonella
    Answer and explanation →