Multiple choice general knowledge history

The first woman (and first Indian) president of the United Nations General Assembly

  1. Sucheta Kriplani

  2. Indira Gandhi

  3. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

  4. Asima Chatterjee
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was indeed the first woman (and first Indian) to serve as President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953. She was the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and had a distinguished diplomatic career. Sucheta Kriplani was a freedom fighter who became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Indira Gandhi was India's first woman Prime Minister, and Asima Chatterjee was a renowned chemist.

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