Multiple choice general knowledge

The first woman President of Indian National Congress was

  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. Annie Besant

  3. Sarojini Naidu

  4. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Annie Besant became the first woman President of INC in 1917. She was a British theosophist who strongly supported India's freedom movement. Sarojini Naidu became president in 1925, and Vijayalakshmi Pandit was Indira Gandhi's mother who was never INC president. Indira Gandhi became Congress party president (not INC) in 1959.

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