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First in India Women -06
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Q1. Who among the following is the first female advocate in India?
A.
Surekha Yadav
B.
Arundhati Bhattacharya
C.
Cornelia Sorabji
D.
Leila Seth
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Correct Answer:
C
Cornelia Sorabji was first female advocate in India (1924).
Q2. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of Indian Air Force (IAF)?
A.
Punita Arora
B.
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
C.
Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
D.
Harita Kaur Deol
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
C
Padmavathy Bandopadhyay became first woman Air Marshal in 2004.
Q3. Who among the following was the first female High Court Judge in India?
A.
Anna Chandy
B.
Fathima Beevi
C.
Ruma Pal
D.
R. Banumathi
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
A
Anna Chandy became first woman High Court judge in 1937 (Travancore).
Q4. Who was the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha?
A.
Sumitra Mahajan
B.
Meira Kumar
C.
Najma Heptulla
D.
Pratibha Patil
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
B
Meira Kumar was first woman Lok Sabha Speaker (2009-2014).
Q5. Who is the first female Indian Grandmaster in Chess?
A.
S. Vijayalakshmi
B.
Padmini Rout
C.
Humpy Koneru
D.
Kruttika Nadig
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
C
Humpy Koneru became first woman Grandmaster in 2002.
Q6. Who was the first Indian woman to cross the Gobi desert?
A.
Fu Dorji
B.
Surekha Yadav
C.
Santosh Yadav
D.
Sucheta Kadethankar
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
D
Sucheta Kadethankar crossed Gobi desert in 2016.
Q7. Who was the first Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event?
A.
Karnam Malleswari
B.
Kunj Rani
C.
P.T. Usha
D.
Saina Nehwal
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
C
P.T. Usha reached 400m hurdles final in 1984 Olympics.
Q8. Anna Rajam Malhotra who died in 2018 was
A.
First female Indian MLA
B.
First female Indian IPS officer
C.
First female Indian IAS officer
D.
First female Indian chief secretary
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
C
Anna Rajam Malhotra was first woman IAS officer (1951).
Q9. First Indian woman who won Ramon Magsaysay award is
A.
Kiran Bedi
B.
Kamladevi Chattopadhyay
C.
Mother Teresa
D.
M.S. Kamaladevi
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
B
Kamladevi Chattopadhyay won Ramon Magsaysay in 1966.
Q10. Who is the first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of the Supreme Court (SC)?
A.
Sudha Mishra
B.
Meenakshi Arora
C.
Indu Malhotra
D.
Roma Joseph
ANSWER & SOLUTION
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Correct Answer:
C
Indu Malhotra was directly promoted to SC as judge in 2018.
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