Let B 1 be a ball in R N centred at the origin and B 0 be a smaller ball compactly contained in B 1 . For p ∈ (1, ∞), using the shape derivative method, we show that the first eigenvalue of the p-Laplacian in annulus B 1 \ B 0 strictly decreases as the inner ball moves towards the boundary of the outer ball. The analogous results for the limit cases as p → 1 and p → ∞ are also discussed. Using our main result, further we prove the nonradiality of the eigenfunctions associated with the points on the first nontrivial curve of the Fučik spectrum of the p-Laplacian on bounded radial domains. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 35J92, 35P30, 35B06, 49R05. Ω |∇u| p dx : u ∈ W 1,p 0 (Ω) \ {0} with u p = 1 .In this article we consider Ω of the formdenotes the open ball of radius r > 0 centred at z ∈ R N . Since the p-Laplacian is invariant under orthogonal transformations, it can be easily seen that λ 1 (B R 1 (x) \ B R 0 (y)) = λ 1 (B R 1 (0) \ B R 0 (se 1 ))