All questions of Superlatives and First In India and World for Class 8 Exam

The Spring Temple Buddha is currently the world’s tallest statue. It stands in the Fodushan Scenic Area in the Zhaocun township of China.
The massive copper Buddha stands atop a 66 foot tall lotus-shaped pedestal which houses a monastery, giving it a total height of 502 feet.

The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Switzerland. With a route length of 57.09 km, it is the longest tunnel in the world.
The main purpose of the Gotthard Base Tunnel is to increase local transport capacity through the Swiss Alpine barrier.

The World's longest rail tunnel is Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland.
It connects northern and southern Europe and also shortens travel time for many rail routes.
It was built in 17 years’ time frame starting in 1992 as a part of AlpTransit project, also known as New Railway Link through the Alps.
 

The first and only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year is steffi Graf. Being  is a German former professional tennis player, she was ranked world No. 1 and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

Kadambini Ganguly was the very first Indian female doctor who practised with a degree in western medicine.
She was born in a Brahmo family and had her school education in Dacca and Calcutta and graduated from the University of Calcutta.
Her lectures made Calcutta Medical College finally open its doors to women and was also the first female speaker at the Indian National Congress.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on an official visit to Israel from 4th to 6th July 2017. 
It was the first ever visit of an incumbent Indian prime minister. He was given the red carpet treatment during his trip to Israel.

The world’s first 3D-printed aircraft ‘Thor’ has been officially launched by Airbus, a European aerospace company, at the International Aerospace Exhibition held in Schoenefeld, Germany. 
The Thor stands for ‘Test of High-tech Objectives in Reality’. In Thor, the only parts that are not printed from a substance called polyamide are the electrical elements. 
It is a windowless drone that weighs just 21 kg and is only 13 feet long. It is lighter, faster and cheaper.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the first woman in the world to become Prime Minister of a country. After her husband assassination in 1959, she won the election in 1960 and became the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. She adopted the policies of non-alignment and democratic socialism.

Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in China as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain. 
Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. Mount Everest is in the Mahalangur Range.
The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and Nepal runs across Everest's summit point.
Reaching 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) above sea level,
 Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth.
 Located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas, the mountain's summit straddles the border separating China and Nepal.
 The mountain's height was first determined in 1856.

Dr. Vijay Bhatkar is one of most acclaimed and internationally acknowledged scientists of India.
He is best known as the architect of India's national initiative in supercomputing, where he led the development of India's first supercomputer Param in 1990.
Currently he is heading the National Supercomputing Mission of developing Exascale Architecture Supercomputing for India.

Denim is a very strong kind of cloth. The word comes from the name of a cloth called serge.
Serge was first made in the French town of Nimes. First called serge de Nimes, the name was soon shortened to denim.

The Badminton World Federation is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognized by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation. It's first President was George Alan Thomas, who was a British badminton, tennis and chess player.

Chanda Kochhar, the chairman of ICICI Bank, became the first Indian woman to be conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship from the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington DC on May 10, 2017.

Asia's first and longest cycle highway was inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh. It is about 207 km long and runs between Etawah and Agra. It was inaugurated in 2016, by the then state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

John Adams was the second President of the United States and also the first Vice President of the United States.
He was a statesman, diplomat, and a leading advocate of American independence from Great Britain.
He was the first U.S. president to reside in the executive mansion that eventually became known as the White House.

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is the president and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. Best known for its Pepsi soft drinks, the international powerhouse that Nooyi oversees is actually one of the world's largest snack-food companies. 
She is one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women as ranked by Forbes magazine. She has gotten several honours, awards and international recognition which also include many honorary degrees and the Padma Bhushan which is the most prestigious award of India.

San Marino is the third-smallest country in Europe. It is a landlocked state completely surrounded by Italy, with a total boundary length of 39 km.

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics, and with her later win, in Chemistry, she became the first person to claim Nobel honours twice. 
Marie Curie is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her huge contribution to the fight against cancer. 

Mike Tyson is an American former professional boxer, who had a successful 20 year career within the sport. 
Despite a few ups and downs along the way. he was the undisputed world heavyweight champion, and still holds the record as the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title at 20 years.
Tyson was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to unify them successively. He is still considered, to this day, one of the best boxers of all time.

The Republic of San Marino is believed to have the oldest Constitution in the World. The Constitution came into effect on 8th October 1600. It comprises of series of six books written in Latin, collectively known as 'Statutes of 1600'. It is completely surrounded by Italy.