First Indian Female Personalities Quiz

1. Who was the first woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force?

A.

Flight Lt. Bhawana Kanth


B.

Flight Lt. Avani Chaturvedi


C.

Flight Lt. Harita Kaur Deol


D.

Flight Lt Mohana Singh


Answer:

Option C: Flight Lt. Harita Kaur Deol



2. Who was the first female Speaker of Lok Sabha?

A.

Meira Kumar


B.

Sumitra Mahajan


C.

Sushma Swaraj


D.

Nirmala Sitharaman


Answer:

Option A: Meira Kumar



3. Who was the first Indian woman athlete to win a gold medal at the Asian games?

A.

Vinesh Phogat


B.

Kamaljeet Sandhu


C.

Babita Kumari


D.

Manika Batra


Answer:

Option B: Kamaljeet Sandhu



4. Who was the first woman to become Director General of Police of a state?

A.

Kiran Bedi


B.

Archana Ramasundaram


C.

Meera Chadha Borwakar


D.

Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya


Answer:

Option D: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya



5. Who was the first female recipient of the Ashoka Chakra Award?

A.

Neerja Bhanot


B.

Kamlesh Kumari


C.

Bhanwari Devi


D.

Leila Seth


Answer:

Option A: Neerja Bhanot



6. Who became India’s first female train driver?

A.

Mumtaz M. Kazi


B.

Surekha Yadav


C.

Sarla Thakral


D.

Bachendri Pal


Answer:

Option B: Surekha Yadav



7. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?

A.

Arati Saha


B.

Bula Choudhury


C.

Bhakti Sharma


D.

Shikha Tandon


Answer:

Option A: Arati Saha



8. Who was the first female lawyer in India?

A.

Aruna Asaf Ali


B.

Bhikaiji Cama


C.

Anna Chandy


D.

Cornelia Sorabji


Answer:

Option D: Cornelia Sorabji



9. Who became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

A.

Arunima Sinha


B.

Premlata Agrawal


C.

Bachendri Pal


D.

Malavath Purna


Answer:

Option C: Bachendri Pal



10. Who was the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft?

A.

Bhawana Kanth


B.

Durba Banerjee


C.

Sarla Thakral


D.

Avani Chaturvedi


Answer:

Option C: Sarla Thakral



11. Who became the first Indian woman to score a century in a Women’s Twenty20 International match?

A.

Harmanpreet Kaur


B.

Shantha Rangaswamy


C.

Diana Edulji


D.

Shubhangi Kulkarni


Answer:

Option A: Harmanpreet Kaur



12. Who was the first woman Lieutenant General Of the Indian Army?

A.

Madhuri Kanitkar


B.

Punita Arora


C.

Mitali Madhumita


D.

Divya Ajith Kumar


Answer:

Option B: Punita Arora



13. Who was the first Muslim female ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?

A.

Hafsa Sultan


B.

Ahilyabai Holkar


C.

Shah Turkan


D.

Razia Sultan


Answer:

Option D: Razia Sultan



14. Name the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize?

A.

Anita Desai


B.

Kiran Desai


C.

Arundhati Roy


D.

Jhumpa Lahiri


Answer:

Option C: Arundhati Roy



15. Who was the first female IAS officer in India?

A.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


B.

Anna Rajam Malhotra


C.

Kiran Bedi


D.

Durba Banerjee


Answer:

Option B: Anna Rajam Malhotra



16. Who became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games?

A.

Vinesh Phogat


B.

Navjot Kaur


C.

Geeta Phogat


D.

Sakshi Malik


Answer:

Option A: Vinesh Phogat



17. Who was the first woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

A.

Neela Satyanarayan


B.

V. S. Ramadevi


C.

Vimla Mehra


D.

Letika Saran


Answer:

Option B: V. S. Ramadevi



18. Name the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics?

A.

Mary Kom


B.

Saina Nehwal


C.

P.V. Sindhu


D.

Karnam Malleswari


Answer:

Option D: Karnam Malleswari



19. Who was the first Miss World from India?

A.

Reita Faria


B.

Yasmin Daji


C.

Malathi Basappa


D.

Aishwarya Rai


Answer:

Option A: Reita Faria



20. Who was the first woman to swim across the seven seas?

A.

Shivani Kataria


B.

Maana Patel


C.

Shikha Tandon


D.

Bula Choudhury


Answer:

Option D: Bula Choudhury



21. Who was the first woman Chief Minister in India?

A.

Sucheta Kripalani


B.

Nandini Satpathy


C.

Shashikala Kakodkar


D.

J. Jayalalithaa


Answer:

Option A: Sucheta Kripalani



22. Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar award?

A.

Leena Daru


B.

Bhanu Athaiya


C.

Neeta Lulla


D.

Mani J. Rabadi


Answer:

Option B: Bhanu Athaiya



23. Name the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in badminton?

A.

Jwala Gutta


B.

P. V. Sindhu


C.

Saina Nehwal


D.

Ashwini Ponnappa


Answer:

Option C: Saina Nehwal



24. Who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space?

A.

Sunita Williams


B.

Kalpana Chawla


C.

Laurel Clark


D.

Sally Ride


Answer:

Option B: Kalpana Chawla



25. Who became the first Indian woman to be ranked no.1 in Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Doubles rankings?

A.

Ankita Raina


B.

Karman Kaur Thandi


C.

Nirupama Sanjeev


D.

Sania Mirza


Answer:

Option D: Sania Mirza



26. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

A.

Pratibha Patil


B.

Indira Gandhi


C.

Sonia Gandhi


D.

Priyanka Gandhi


Answer:

Option B: Indira Gandhi



27. Who was the first Miss Universe from India?

A.

Sushmita Sen


B.

Lara Dutta


C.

Aishwarya Rai


D.

Priyanka Chopra


Answer:

Option A: Sushmita Sen



28. Name the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice?

A.

Premlata Agrawal


B.

Santosh Yadav


C.

Chhanda Gayen


D.

Bachendri Pal


Answer:

Option B: Santosh Yadav



29. Name the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court?

A.

Leila Seth


B.

K. K. Usha


C.

Sujata Manohar


D.

Manjula Chellur


Answer:

Option A: Leila Seth



30. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

A.

Kamala Nehru


B.

Indira Gandhi


C.

Sonia Gandhi


D.

Annie Besant


Answer:

Option D: Annie Besant



31. Who was the first woman governor of an Indian state?

A.

Indira Gandhi


B.

Pratibha Patil


C.

Sarojini Naidu


D.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


Answer:

Option C: Sarojini Naidu



32. Who was the first winner of the National Film Award for Best Actress?

A.

Nargis Dutt


B.

Sharada


C.

Madhabi Mukherjee


D.

Sharmila Tagore


Answer:

Option A: Nargis Dutt



33. Who was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award?

A.

Rohini Hattangadi


B.

Meena Kumari


C.

Nargis Dutt


D.

Devika Rani


Answer:

Option D: Devika Rani



34. Who was the first female IPS officer in India?

A.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


B.

Anna Rajam Malhotra


C.

Kiran Bedi


D.

Indira Gandhi


Answer:

Option C: Kiran Bedi



35. Who was the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in the Olympics?

A.

Saina Nehwal


B.

Sakshi Malik


C.

Karnam Malleswari


D.

P. V. Sindhu


Answer:

Option D: P. V. Sindhu



36. Who was the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal?

A.

Sakshi Malik


B.

Geeta Phogat


C.

Mary Kom


D.

Vinesh Phogat


Answer:

Option A: Sakshi Malik



37. Name the first full-time female Finance Minister of India?

A.

Indira Gandhi


B.

Sushma Swaraj


C.

Smriti Irani


D.

Nirmala Sitharaman


Answer:

Option D: Nirmala Sitharaman



38. Name the world’s first female amputee to climb Mount Everest?

A.

Deepa Malik


B.

Arunima Sinha


C.

Sudha Chandran


D.

Preethi Srinivasan


Answer:

Option B: Arunima Sinha



39. Who was India’s first female foreign secretary?

A.

Chokila Iyer


B.

Sujatha Singh


C.

Nirupama Rao


D.

Sushma Swaraj


Answer:

Option A: Chokila Iyer



40. Who was the first Indian woman to become a Supreme Court judge?

A.

Anna Chandy


B.

Leila Seth


C.

M. Fathima Beevi


D.

Gyan Sudha Misra


Answer:

Option C: M. Fathima Beevi



41. Who became the first woman president of the United Nations General Assembly?

A.

Aruna Asaf Ali


B.

Padmaja Naidu


C.

Sarojini Naidu


D.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


Answer:

Option D: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit



42. Who was the first woman President of India?

A.

Indira Gandhi


B.

Sonia Gandhi


C.

Pratibha Patil


D.

Kamala Nehru


Answer:

Option C: Pratibha Patil



43. Who became the first Indian sportswoman to be awarded the Padma Shri?

A.

Bhakti Sharma


B.

Bachendri Pal


C.

Bula Choudhury


D.

Arati Saha


Answer:

Option D: Arati Saha



44. Who became the first woman officer to receive a gallantry award in the Indian Army?

A.

Major Priya Jhingan


B.

Lt Colonel Mitali Madhumita


C.

Lt Gen Punita Arora


D.

Major Divya Ajith Kumar


Answer:

Option B: Lt Colonel Mitali Madhumita



45. Name the first Indian woman to climb the highest peaks of the seven continents?

A.

Premlata Agrawal


B.

Santosh Yadav


C.

Shivangi Pathak


D.

Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl


Answer:

Option A: Premlata Agrawal



46. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games?

A.

Arunima Sinha


B.

Manasi Girishchandra Joshi


C.

Deepa Malik


D.

Pooja Rani


Answer:

Option C: Deepa Malik



47. Name the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championship?

A.

Navjot Kaur


B.

Sakshi Malik


C.

Divya Kakran


D.

Babita Kumari


Answer:

Option A: Navjot Kaur



48. Who was the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Prize?

A.

Indira Gandhi


B.

Mother Teresa


C.

M. S. Subbulakshmi


D.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


Answer:

Option B: Mother Teresa



49. Who was the first Indian woman to serve as a judge in a high court?

A.

Leila Seth


B.

Fathima Beevi


C.

Anna Chandy


D.

Sujata Manohar


Answer:

Option C: Anna Chandy



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

A.

Mother Teresa


B.

Aruna Asaf Ali


C.

M. S. Subbulakshmi


D.

Indira Gandhi


Answer:

Option D: Indira Gandhi



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