The Firsts

Question 1

First woman Prime Minister

Answer 1

Mrs Indira Gandhi

Question 2

First woman Chief Minister of a State

Answer 2

Mrs Sucheta Kripalani

Question 3

First Woman Minister

Answer 3

Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Question 4

First woman Central Minister

Answer 4

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Question 5

First woman speaker of Lok sabha

Answer 5

Mrs Meira Kumar

Question 6

First Woman Governor of a State

Answer 6

Mrs Sarojini Naidu

Question 7

First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress

Answer 7

Annie Besant

Question 8

First Indian woman president of UN General Assembly

Answer 8

Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Question 9

First Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi

Answer 9

Razia Sultan

Question 10

First woman to swim across the English Channel

Answer 10

Miss Arti Saha (now Mrs Arti Gupta)

Question 11

First woman to climb Mount Everest

Answer 11

Bachhendri Pal

Question 12

First woman to circumnavigate (sail around the world)

Answer 12

Ujwala Rai

Question 13

First woman IAS Officer

Answer 13

Anna George Malhotra

Question 14

First woman IPS Officer

Answer 14

Kiran Bedi

Question 15

First woman Advocate

Answer 15

Cornelia Sorabji

Question 16

First woman judge

Answer 16

Anna Chandi

Question 17

First woman Judge of a High Court

Answer 17

Anna Chandi

Question 18

First woman Judge of Supreme Court

Answer 18

M.Fathima Bibi

Question 19

First woman Chief Justice of High Court

Answer 19

Leila Seth

Question 20

First woman Doctor

Answer 20

Kadambini Ganguli

Question 21

First woman to pass MA

Answer 21

Chandra Mukhi Bose

Question 22

First woman editor of English newspaper

Answer 22

Dina Vakil

Question 23

First woman Chief Engineer

Answer 23

P.K. Thresia

Question 24

First woman to receive a Sena Madel

Answer 24

Constable Bimla Devi(88 BN of CRPF) -1990

Question 25

Youngest woman to climb Mount Everest

Answer 25

Dicky Dolma(19) from Manali -1993

Question 26

First woman to climb Mount Everest two times

Answer 26

Santosh Yadav b(ITBP Officer)

Question 27

First lady magistrate

Answer 27

Omana kunjamma

Question 28

First woman to win Nobel Prize

Answer 28

Mother Teresa

Question 29

First woman to be crowned Miss India

Answer 29

Pramita (Ester Victoria Abraham)- 1947

Question 30

First woman to be crowned Miss Universe

Answer 30

Sushmita Sen

Question 31

First to be crowned Miss World

Answer 31

Reita Faria

Question 32

First woman president

Answer 32

Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

Question 33

The first woman speaker of state assembly

Answer 33

Shano Devi ( Punjab)