GK questions about First and Famous Women :updated for GK exams

General knowledge Questions and Answers related to the First women (female or First lady of ) in India 

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A. Who is the First Female President of India?

Answer: Prathibha DeviSingh Patil

1. Who is the First Woman Governer of India?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Notes: 

• sarojini naidu's birthday is celebrated as national women's day in India on feb 13
•  sarojini naidu is the first women governor of India
• sarojini naidu is known as "Nightingale of India"
• important literary works are "Broken wing","The Golden Threshold","The Bird of Time"

2. Who is the First Female Prime minister of India?

Answer: Indira Gandhi

3. Who is the first Woman Chief Minister of India?

Answer: Sucheta Kriplani

4. Who is the First Woman Minister of India?

Answer: Vijayalakshmi Pandit

5. Who is the First Woman Central Minister of India?

Answer: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

6. Who is the First Woman Speaker of India?

Answer: Meira Kumar

7. Who is the First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly?

Answer: Shano Devi

8. The First Indian Woman who Swam across English channel?

Answer: Arti Saha

9. The First Indian Woman who Swam across Gibraltar Strait?

Answer: Arti Pradhan

10. Who is the First Miss World from India?

Answer: Reetha Faria

11. Who is the First Miss Universe from India?

Answer: Susmitha sen

12. Who is the first Miss India?

Answer: Pramila Esther Abraham


13. Who is the first woman IPS?
Answer: Kiran Bedi


14. Who was the first woman IAS?
Answer: Anna Malhotra


15. Who was the first Woman High court Judge?
Answer:  Anna Chandy


16. Who was the first female Chief Justice of High court?
Answer:  Leila Seth


17. Who was the first Lady Magistrate?
Answer: Omana Kunjamma

18. Who is the first woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner of India ?
Answer: V.S. Ramadevi

19. Who is the first Indian woman to win Nobel Prize?
Answer: Mother Teresa


20. Who is the first woman to win Bharat Ratna?
Answer: Indira Gandhi

*20a. First women musician to get Bharat Ratna?
Answer: M S Subbulakshmi 

*21. Who is the First Indian woman to win a Medal in Olympics? 
Answer: Karnam Malleswari  

*22. Who is the first women president of India? 
Answer: Pratibha Patil 

*23. The first Indian woman who reached space?
Answer:  Kalpana Chawla

*24. First women Nominated to Rajyasabha?
Answer: Rukmini Devi Arundale 

*25. First women, to win Dadhasaheb phalke award?
answer: Devika Rani Roerich

*26. The first women president of INC(Indian national congress)
Answer: Annie Besent 

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