2025 · Q24
Who among the following was India’s first Woman Chief Minister?
General KnowledgeIndian Polity and Governance
- ASarojini Naidu
- BSucheta Kripalani
- CVijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- DHansa Mehta
Explanation
Sucheta Kripalani became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1963, the first woman to hold a chief minister's office in India. Sarojini Naidu was India's first woman Governor (United Provinces, 1947), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit the first woman president of the UN General Assembly (1953), and Hansa Mehta a noted constitutional advisor and educationist. She headed the Congress government in India's most populous state from 1963 to 1967.