CURRENT AFFAIRS

2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Anupriya Lakra has become the first female pilot from the backward region who will join a private airline as a co-pilot, She is from which state?
A
Punjab
B
Gujarat
C
Odisha
D
Rajasthan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Captain Zoya Agarwal Becomes First Indian Female Pilot Inducted In The SFO Aviation Museum - YouTube.

Detailed explanation-2: -In India, women flying commercial airlines make up 20.6% of all pilots. If we talk globally, the number of women airline pilots is 3%. Interestingly, the overall number of female pilots in aviation has increased. Sarla Thakral was the first Indian woman to fly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anupriya always dreamt of becoming a pilot for which she left her engineering studies in the middle and joined an aviation academy in Bhubaneswar in the year 2012.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anupriya Lakra, daughter of a police constable, always wanted to become a pilot, and gave up engineering midway to pursue her dream.

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