{"id":3562,"date":"2024-03-05T15:52:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2024-03-05T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:52:08","slug":"the-first-woman-to-be-the-speaker-of-lok-sabha-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-first-woman-to-be-the-speaker-of-lok-sabha-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The first woman to be the Speaker of Lok Sabha is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a97119de08ff\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Vijay Lakshmi Pandit                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Sarojini Naidu                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Indira Gandhi                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    Mcera Kumar                <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n            <!-- Feedback messages for non-AMP -->\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"wrong\">Answer is Right!<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"right\">Answer is Wrong!<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n            var containers = document.querySelectorAll('.mcq-container');\r\n\r\n            containers.forEach(function(container) {\r\n                var options = container.querySelectorAll('.option');\r\n                var feedbackSelect = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"select\"]');\r\n                var feedbackWrong = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"wrong\"]');\r\n                var feedbackRight = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"right\"]');\r\n\r\n                options.forEach(function(option) {\r\n                    option.addEventListener('click', function() {\r\n                        var selectedOption = option.getAttribute('data-option-key');\r\n                        var isCorrect = option.getAttribute('data-is-correct') === 'true';\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Remove previous selections\r\n                        options.forEach(function(opt) {\r\n                            opt.classList.remove('correct', 'incorrect');\r\n                        });\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Add the correct\/incorrect class\r\n                        if (isCorrect) {\r\n                            option.classList.add('correct');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = false;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = true;\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            option.classList.add('incorrect');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = true;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = false;\r\n                        }\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Hide select feedback\r\n                        feedbackSelect.hidden = true;\r\n                    });\r\n                });\r\n            });\r\n        });\r\n        <\/script>\r\n    \r\n    <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is (d). Meira Kumar was the first woman to be the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. She was elected to the position on 23 June 2009 and served until 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Vijay Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman to hold the position of Minister of External Affairs in India. She was also the first woman to serve as the President of the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Sarojini Naidu was an Indian independence activist, poet, and politician. She was the first Indian woman to be elected President of the Indian National Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Indira Gandhi was the first and only female Prime Minister of India. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.<\/p>\n<p>Meira Kumar was born in 1945 in Patna, Bihar, India. She is the daughter of Jagjivan Ram, a freedom fighter and former Deputy Prime Minister of India. She studied at the University of Delhi and the London School of Economics. She joined the Indian National Congress in 1964. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984 and served as a Minister in the government of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. 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