The Hindu Quiz on history of women’s voting right Today World News

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On this day in 1918, Great Britain passed the Representation of the People Act that allowed men over the age of 21 and women over the age of X to vote. Men didn’t have to have property in their constituency but the women did. What’s the value of X?

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Since 1838, the ________ _______, the United Kingdom’s sole overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean, has given women the right to vote. Thus it’s the territory that has continuously allowed women to vote for the longest duration in history. Fill in the blanks.

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Name the first place in India that gave women the right to vote, in 1920, although not the right to stand in elections. It was governed as a princely state during the reign of the British Empire. Bonus: which princely state first granted both rights, to vote and run for office, to women? 

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During the December 2015 municipal elections in _____ ______, the government allowed women to vote for the first time in its history. Women were also allowed to run for office and thus the country soon acquired its first women politicians. Fill in the blanks with the name of the country.

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Name the world’s first major country to grant both women and men the right to vote at the same time as well as on equal terms. This was achieved through the Local Administration Act 1897.

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This canton in Switzerland was one of the last places in Europe to grant women the right to vote, in 1991, that too after being ordered by the topmost court to do so. Name the canton.