*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

*The first President of the Chinese Republic*

• Sun Yat sen

*The first Governor-General of Pakistan*

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah

*Smallest continent*

• Australia

*Most populous continent*

• Asia

*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).

*Largest natural gas producer*

• Russia

*Largest oil consumer*

• The US

*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

*Longest frontier*

The frontier between Canada and USA

*Largest paper producer*

• The USA.

*Largest crude oil producer*

• Saudi Arabia

*Highest defence budge*

• USA.

*The first country to send man to the moon*

• U.S.A.

*Largest tobacco producer*

• China

*Biggest bicycle producer*

• China

*Technologically the most advance country*

• The USA

*Longest wall*

• The Great Wall of China.

*Least populous continent*

• Australia

*Uninhabited continent*

• Antarctica

*Largest country in the land size*

• Russia

*Smallest country*

• State of Vatican City

*Largest democracy*

• India

*Smallest republic*

• Nauru

*Largest Island*

• Kalaallit Nunaat (formerly Greenland)

*Largest peninsula*

• Arabia,

*Most populous country*

• China

*Least populous country*

• State of Vatican

*Largest Islamic country*

• Kazakhstan

*Smallest Islamic country*

• Maldives

*Most populous Islamic country*

• Indonesia

*Oldest capital city*

• Damascus, capital of Syria

*Highest capital city*

• La Paz in Bolivia

*Deepest ocean*

• The Pacific Ocean

*Smallest ocean*

• The Arctic Ocean

*Largest sea*

• The South China Sea

*Largest gulf*

• The Gulf of Mexico,

*Largest bay*

• The Bay of Bengal

*Highest mountain peak*

• Mount Everest, 8850 m. high.

*Largest active volcano*

• Mauna Loa, Hawaii

*Largest planet*

• Jupiter

*Smallest planet*

• Mercury

*Coldest planet*

• Neptune

*Hottest plant*

• Venus

*Planet nearest to the Earth*

• Venus

*Fastest planet*

• Mercury

*Brightest planet*

• Venus

*Faintest planet*

• Neptune

*Densest planet*

• The Earth

*Least densest planet*

• Saturn

*Newest born country of the world*

• South Sudan

*Latest member of UNO*

• South Sudan

*Longest river*

The River Nile, Egypt.

*Biggest River*

Amazon

*Largest gold producer*

China

*Second largest gold producer*

South Africa

*Largest silver producer*

• Mexico

*Largest coal producer*

• China

*Largest copper producer*

• Chile (South America)

*Largest tin producer*

• Brazil

*Largest natural rubber producer*

• Thailand

*Largest uranium producer*

• Canada

*Largest zinc producer*

• Canada

*Brightest star*

• Sirius A (Dog Star)

*Smallest star*

• The Neutron stars.

*Smallest satellite*

• Deimos

*Planet with most satellites*

• Jupiter

*Largest desert*

• The Sahara

*Largest lake*

• The Caspian Sea 

*Largest freshwater lake*

• Lake Superior, USA – Canada

*Largest freshwater lake (by volume)*

• Lake Baikal

*Deepest lake is*

• Lake Baikal in Central Siberia, Russia

*Largest wool producer*

• Australia

*Largest wheat producer*

• China

*Largest sugarcane producer*

• Brazil

*Largest sugar producer*

• India

*Largest rice producer*

• China

*Largest barley producer*

• Russia

*Largest corn (maize) producer*

• The USA

*Largest wheat exporter*

• The USA

*Largest coffee producer*

• Brazil

*Largest jute producer*

• India

*Country with the shortest coastline*

• Manaco

*Country with the longest coastline*

• Canada

*Longest tunnel*

• The New York City West Delaware water supply tunnel, (169 km, long and diameter 4.1

m).

*Longest under – sea tunnel*

• Seikan Rail tunnel, Japan (length of 53.85 km).

*Longest road tunnel*

• The St. Gothard Road Tunnel in Switzerland (16.32 km).

*Largest natural gas deposit*

• Russia

*Hottest place* al-aziziyah,

• Tripoli, Libya

*Coldest place*

• Vostok in Antarctic

*Rainiest place*

• Cherrapunji India

*Highest airport*

• La Sa (Lhasa) Airport in Tibet, China

*Lowest international airport*

• Schiphol airport in Amsterdam

*Oldest written language*

• Chinese.

*Oldest spoken language*

• Chinese

*Language with most letters*

• Cambodian

*Largest library*

• The United States Library of Congress.