Women's Day - Quiz

(01) Way back in 1921, ______ was the first legislature in British India to pass the women’s suffrage resolution by a considerable majority

Madras

(02) The first Indian woman to contest the Presidential elections in India is

Capt. Lakshmi Sahgal in 2002 against Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

(03) The Indian woman who was named as "Woman of the Millennium" in a poll organised by the BBC in 1999 is

Indira Gandhi

(04) As per the Current Lok Sabha, who is the longest-serving woman member?

Sumitra Mahajan

(05) The only woman to be the Judge in the Supreme Court of India (as of March 08, 2015)

R. Banumathi

(06) “A Rajya Sabha Member; Padma Bushan Award winner;  Vice President of 'International Vegetarian Union' for 31 years;  Morarji Desai offered to nominate her for the post of President of India, which she turned down”

Whom we are speaking about?

Rukmini Devi

(07) The woman athletes who was India's National Flag bearer at the Summer Olympic Games are

Shiny Wilson (1992) and Anju Bobby George (2004)

(08) The first woman to be the 'Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha is

Sonia Gandhi

(09) The first Woman CM of Delhi is

Sushma Swaraj

(10) Number of Women Chief Ministers in India at present is

03 (Rajsthan, West Bengal and Gujarat)