Test: Superlatives and First In India and World- 2 - Class 8 MCQ

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. 

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.
 

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.

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.