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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Vijayalakshmi Ramanan passed away, she was first woman officer of which department?

A	BSF
B	IAF
C	CISF
D	CRPF

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -IAF’s first woman officer Vijayalakshmi Ramanan (retd) dies at 96 | India News, The Indian Express.

Detailed explanation-2: -India: Avani Chaturvedi becomes first IAF woman fighter pilot to participate in aerial wargames abroad.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ramanan joined the Indian Army Medical Corps in 1955 under a short-service commission. She went on to be seconded to the Indian Air Force, and was commissioned as its first female officer in 1971.

Detailed explanation-4: -Subroto Mukherjee was the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Airforce. Subroto Mukherjee is also known as the Father of the Indian Air Force.

Detailed explanation-5: -After India gained independence from United Kingdom in 1947, the name Royal Indian Air Force was kept and served in the name of Dominion of India. With the government’s transition to a Republic in 1950, the prefix Royal was removed.

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