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Current Affairs UPPSC 2009 GS-I
Question

Among the World's 100 most powerful women those included from India in Forbes Power List recently (2009) are:

1. Sonia Gandhi
2. Shaban Azmi
3. Pratibha Paul
4. Chanda Kochchar
5. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: 1, 4 and 5

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “1, 4 and 5”.
In the Forbes Power List of the world's 100 most powerful women in 2009, the Indian women included were: Sonia Gandhi, Chanda Kochchar and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.

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