First women in India GK Question and Answers for Various Competitive Exams
1. The first
women honors graduate in India.
Ans- Kamini Roy
(1886).
women honors graduate in India.
Ans- Kamini Roy
(1886).
2. First
women’s court in India.
women’s court in India.
Ans- Malda (West
Bengal).
Bengal).
3. The first
women Supreme Court judge.
women Supreme Court judge.
Ans- Justice M.
Fathima Beevi.
Fathima Beevi.
4. High
Court Judge.
Court Judge.
Ans- Anna Chandy.
5. Doctorate
of Science in India.
of Science in India.
Ans- Asima
Chatterjee (1944).
Chatterjee (1944).
6. Woman
President of the United Nations General Assembly.
President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Ans- Vijaya Lakshmi
Pandit (1953).
Pandit (1953).
7. The first
women Physician.
women Physician.
Ans- Kadambini
Ganguly(1886).
Ganguly(1886).
8. The first
women Air Vice Marshal of India.
women Air Vice Marshal of India.
Ans- Padmavathy
Bandopadhyay.
Bandopadhyay.
9. IAS
officer-
officer-
Ans-Isha Basant
Joshi.
Joshi.
10. Asian
Games gold medal winner.
Games gold medal winner.
Ans- Kamlijit
Sandhu.
Sandhu.
11. Climb
Mount Everest.
Mount Everest.
Ans- Bachendri Pal
(1984).
(1984).
12. Who was
the first Indian woman to be the member of Legion of Honour?
the first Indian woman to be the member of Legion of Honour?
Ans- Asha Pande.
13. The
first Tamil woman member of the royal French Legion of Honour.
first Tamil woman member of the royal French Legion of Honour.
Ans- Anjali
Gopalan.
Gopalan.
14. Managing
Director of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.
Director of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.
Ans- Usha Sangwan.
15. First
women Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
women Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
Ans- Meira Kumar.
16. Reach
the final of an Olympic event-
the final of an Olympic event-
Ans- P. T. Usha.
17. Asian
Games gold medal winner.
Games gold medal winner.
Ans- Kamlijit
Sandhu.
Sandhu.
18. Nobel
Prize winner-
Prize winner-
Ans- Mother Teresa
(Calcutta in 1979).
(Calcutta in 1979).
19.
Chairperson of State Bank of India-
Chairperson of State Bank of India-
Ans- Arundhati Bhattacharya.
20. To cross
the English Channel-
the English Channel-
Ans- Aarti Saha.
21.
Magasasay Award-
Magasasay Award-
Ans- Kamladevi
Chattopadhyay.
Chattopadhyay.
22. Fist
women Pilot-
women Pilot-
Ans- Harita Kaur
Deol.
Deol.
23. To win
1st round match in a Grand Slam event-
1st round match in a Grand Slam event-
Ans- Nirupama
Vaidyanathan.
Vaidyanathan.
24.To reach
4th round (highest as of 2008) of a Grand Slam event-
4th round (highest as of 2008) of a Grand Slam event-
Ans- Sania Mirza.
25. Airline
Pilot-
Pilot-
Ans- Durba
Banerjee.
Banerjee.
26.
Court-martialled-
Court-martialled-
Ans- Anjali Gupta
(2005).
(2005).
27. Pilot a
locomotive engine (train driver)-
locomotive engine (train driver)-
Ans- Surekha Yadav.
28. The
first woman went to space-
first woman went to space-
Ans- Kalpana
Chawla.
Chawla.
29. Paris
Brest Paris Cycling Event-
Brest Paris Cycling Event-
Ans- Divya Tate.
30. To Cross
Gobi Desert-
Gobi Desert-
Ans- Sucheta
Kadethankar
Kadethankar
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