Multiple choice

Vijayalakshmi Pandit was the first woman to become

  1. Chief Minister of a state

  2. Minister of a state

  3. Member of the Lok Sabha

  4. Member of the Rajya Sabha
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet-level post in pre-independent India, serving as the Minister of Local Self-Government and Public Health in the United Provinces. She was a prominent diplomat and politician, also becoming the first woman president of the UN General Assembly. The other options refer to roles she either did not hold first or that were achieved by others.

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