WorksheetsWomen in Science
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Who was the African American human computer who helped send the first American astronaut into orbit?
Michael Jackson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mary Jackson
Joanne Rowling
Which species did Jane Goodall study for her groundbreaking research?
Orangutan
Chimpanzees
Monkeys
Gorillas
Sally Ride and Mae Jemison were the first American women in ____.
Congo
Space
North Pole
Submarine
Tu YouYou's discovery of artimesinin and dihydro artimesinin helped treat which disease?
Cholera
Tuberculosis
Jaundice
Malaria
Who was the first scientist to clone HIV which led to determining the cause of AIDS?
Flossie Wong-Staal
Gerty Cori
Cristina Yang
Rosalind Franklin
Which Indian scientist is famous for her development of anti-malaria, chemotherapy, and anti-epilepsy drugs?
Shakuntala Devi
Nandana Sen
Iravati Karve
Asima Chatterjee
Who was one of the first women in South Asia to be trained in modern medicine?
Kadambini Ganguly
Charulata Devi
Madhabi Mukherjee
Aparna Sen
Janaki Ammal, known for her work on genetic experimentation, was one of India's first ___.
Zoologist
Chemist
Botanist
Psychologist
Iravati Karve was India’s first female ___ whose fields of expertise encompassed Indology, palaeontology, anthropometry, and serology.
Anthopologist
Nuclear Physicist
Robot Scientist
Oncologist
Who was the biomedical researcher known for her research in the link between cancers and viruses?
Anna Mani
Kadambari Devi
Jyotiba Phule
Kamal Randive
Who is the famous scientist known for her discovery of radium leading to research on cures for cancer?
Anna Mani
Marie Curie
Gerty Cori
Mae Jemison
Which Indian woman famously proved the computer wrong in 1977, and earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for her fast calculation?
Mahasweta Devi
Bibha Chowdhury
Kalpana Chawla
Shakuntala Devi
