Multiple choice general knowledge

Who was India's first woman Cabinet Minister

  1. Dr. Annie Besant

  2. Sheila Dixit

  3. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

  4. Dr. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
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Explanation

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur served as India's first woman Cabinet Minister, holding the Health portfolio from 1947 to 1957. She was a princess from Kapurthala and a freedom fighter who worked closely with Gandhi. Dr. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was India's first woman Cabinet Minister when she became Ambassador to the USSR, not a cabinet minister.

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