Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state, heading the government of Uttar Pradesh from 1963?
- A.Sucheta Kripalani
- B.Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- C.Sarojini Naidu
- D.Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
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The correct answer is A, Sucheta Kripalani. Sucheta Kripalani became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1963 and held the office until 1967, which made her the first woman to head the government of any Indian state. She had taken part in the Quit India movement, was a member of the Constituent Assembly and sang Vande Mataram in the House on the eve of independence.
Option B, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was a minister in the United Provinces, Ambassador and President of the United Nations General Assembly, but never Chief Minister. Option C, Sarojini Naidu, was the first woman President of the Congress in 1925 and the first woman Governor of a state, of the United Provinces in 1947, which is the distinction most often mixed up with this one. Option D, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, was the first Health Minister of India. Keep the three firsts apart: Governor, Naidu; Chief Minister, Kripalani; Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.
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- A.Jawaharlal Nehru
- B.Lal Bahadur Shastri
- C.Chaudhary Charan Singh
- D.Vishwanath Pratap Singh
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- A.Jhansi
- B.Varanasi
- C.Gwalior
- D.Kanpur
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- A.Ballia
- B.Ghazipur
- C.Meerut
- D.Jhansi
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- A.Shahjahanpur
- B.Gorakhpur
- C.Faizabad
- D.Lucknow
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Read the full explanation →Who founded the Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi in 1916?
- A.Purushottam Das Tandon
- B.Madan Mohan Malaviya
- C.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- D.Motilal Nehru
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