SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 50

SSC CGL - 4th March 2020 Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q50

Freedom fighter Sucheta Kripalani, became the first woman chief minister of which state?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e Uttar Pradesh

1. Sucheta Kripalani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician.

2. She was India's first woman Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.

3. She was elected as the first woman CM of state of Uttar Pradesh from the Kanpur constituency and was part of the sub-committee that drafted the Indian Constitution.

4. She later became a part of the subcommittee that laid down the charter for the constitution of India.