Multiple choice general knowledge

The world's first woman Prime Minister was

  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. Margaret Thatcher

  3. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

  4. Golda Meir
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Explanation

Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) became the world's first woman Prime Minister when she was elected in July 1960. She led the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and served three terms as Prime Minister. Indira Gandhi became India's first woman PM in 1966, Margaret Thatcher in 1979 (UK), and Golda Meir in 1969 (Israel).

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