Who was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh after independence, and also the first woman Governor in India?
- A.Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- B.Sarojini Naidu
- C.Sucheta Kripalani
- D.Indira Gandhi
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Sarojini Naidu. Sarojini Naidu, the poet and Congress leader called the Nightingale of India, was appointed Governor of the United Provinces, soon renamed Uttar Pradesh, in 1947, which made her the first woman to hold a Governor's office in India. Option A is wrong because Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was India's envoy to Moscow and Washington and the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly, but not the first Governor. Option C is wrong because Sucheta Kripalani became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1963 and was the first woman Chief Minister in India, a different first that is often confused with this one. Option D is wrong because Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister and never a Governor of any state. Govind Ballabh Pant, who had led the United Provinces as Premier, was the state's first Chief Minister in the same period.
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View allHow many districts are there in Uttar Pradesh?
- A.70
- B.72
- C.75
- D.80
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The state had seventy districts after thirteen hill districts were separated in November 2000 to form Uttarakhand, and five more were created between 2008 and 2011, namely Kasganj, Amethi, Hapur, Sambhal and Shamli, taking the number to seventy-five.
Read the full explanation →Uttar Pradesh is divided into how many administrative divisions, or mandals?
- A.16
- B.17
- C.18
- D.20
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The seventy-five districts of Uttar Pradesh are grouped into eighteen divisions, each under a Commissioner: Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Basti, Chitrakoot Dham, Devipatan, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Varanasi.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Uttar Pradesh shares its boundary with four states and is the only district in India to do so?
- A.Lalitpur
- B.Sonbhadra
- C.Saharanpur
- D.Jhansi
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Sonbhadra, in the extreme south-east of the state, touches Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar, which makes it the only district in India bordering four states; it is the second largest district of Uttar Pradesh in area and, because of its thermal and hydel stations, is called the energy capital…
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Chitrakoot Dham division of Uttar Pradesh is at
- A.Chitrakoot
- B.Banda
- C.Mahoba
- D.Hamirpur
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The Chitrakoot Dham division is one of the two divisions of the state that are not named after their headquarters, and its office sits at Banda, with Chitrakoot, Mahoba and Hamirpur as the other districts of the division.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest district of Uttar Pradesh by area?
- A.Sonbhadra
- B.Lakhimpur Kheri
- C.Prayagraj
- D.Hardoi
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Lakhimpur Kheri, on the Nepal border in the Terai, is the largest district of the state in area and holds the Dudhwa National Park, famous for the tiger and the swamp deer, the state animal.
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