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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has become the first woman IPS DIG and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition?
A
Susheela Das
B
Aniksha Gupta
C
Aparna Kumar
D
Roopali Seth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aparna Kumar , a 2002-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is the senior-most field officer of the force on the ground.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. Aparna Kumar became India’s first woman IPS officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition. Aparna Kumar is also an officer of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The first person to reach the south pole was Roald Amundsen.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meet Aparna Kumar: The first IPS officer to conquer South Pole.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kiran Bedi, (born June 9, 1949, Amritsar, India), Indian social activist who was the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) and who was instrumental in introducing prison reform in India.

Detailed explanation-5: -On 31st August 2021, senior Indian Police Service officer Sanjay Arora took charge as the ITBP DG. He will lead the elite Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force as the Director-General until 31st July 2025, which is the date of his superannuation.

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