GK
RTI ACT 2005
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cornelia Sorabji
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Mrs. Anna Chandy
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Mrs. Monica David
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -While women in Britain were campaigning for the right to vote, Cornelia Sorabji became the first woman to practise law in India. After she received a first class degree from Bombay University in 1888, British supporters helped to send her to Oxford University.
Detailed explanation-2: -Manmohun Ghose (Mônmohon Ghosh) (also spelt Monomohun Ghosh, Manmohan Ghosh) (13 March 1844 – 16 October 1896) was the first practicing barrister of Indian origin.
Detailed explanation-3: -She was the first female graduate from Bombay University; the first woman to study Law at the prestigious Oxford University as no Indian woman has ever went to study in England before; she was the first female advocate in India and she was also the first woman to practice Law even in Britain.