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From the following, who was the first women speaker of Lok Sabha?
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- Sushma Swaraj
- Margret Alva
- Meira Kumar
- Sarojini Naidu
Correct Option: C
Meira Kumar was the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha and served from 2009 to 2014. Earlier, she served as a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of Manmohan Singh’s Congress led Government (2004–2009). The current Lok Sabha speaker Ms. Sumitra Mahajan is the second woman to hold the position.