Personalities Quiz - Women First in India 4

Personalities Quiz - Women First in India 4

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1. Who was the first woman to receive Bharat Ratna?

Indira Gandhi
Mother Teresa
Aruna Asaf Ali
M S Subbalkshmi

2. The first Indian woman to receive the Raman Magsaysay Award was

Kiran Bedi
M S Subbalakshmi
Mother Teresa
M S Kamaladevi

3. The founding member of Goa Foundation, she initiated a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in 1987 to save the sand dunes of Goa, the first ever PIL filed in the state. Do you know this environmentalist?

Norma Alvares
Shehla Masood
Vandana Shiva
Sunita Narain

4. The first actress to be nominated to Rajyasabha?

Nargis Dutt
Jayapradha
Hema Malini
Devika Rani

5. Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award?

 MS Subbalakshmi
Lata Mangeshkar
S Janaki
Asha Bhosle

6. The first recipient of India's highest award in cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was an Indian actress. Who was she?

Hema Malini
Ruby Myers
Devika Rani
Kanan Devi

7. Who among the following is the first female jawan in the Indian Army?

Priya Jhingan
Mitali Madhumita
Anjana Bhaduria
Shanti Tigga

8. Who is the first Indian woman appointed as the United Nations Civil Police adviser?

Kiran Bedi
Asha Sinha
B. Sandhya
R. Sreelekha

9. Name the first female to become Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

Meira Kumar
Margaret Alva
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

10. Can you name the first female locopilot (train driver) of the Indian Railways?

Sonali Banerjee
Sarla Thakral
Eshan Ulla Robet
Surekha Yadav

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