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Women in Science

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the African American human computer who helped send the first American astronaut into orbit?

a)

Michael Jackson

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Mary Jackson

d)

Joanne Rowling

2.

Which species did Jane Goodall study for her groundbreaking research?

a)

Orangutan

b)

Chimpanzees

c)

Monkeys

d)

Gorillas

3.

Sally Ride and Mae Jemison were the first American women in ____.

a)

Congo

b)

Space

c)

North Pole

d)

Submarine

4.

Tu YouYou's discovery of artimesinin and dihydro artimesinin helped treat which disease?

a)

Cholera

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Jaundice

d)

Malaria

5.

Who was the first scientist to clone HIV which led to determining the cause of AIDS?

a)

Flossie Wong-Staal

b)

Gerty Cori

c)

Cristina Yang

d)

Rosalind Franklin

6.

Which Indian scientist is famous for her development of anti-malaria, chemotherapy, and anti-epilepsy drugs?

a)

Shakuntala Devi

b)

Nandana Sen

c)

Iravati Karve

d)

Asima Chatterjee

7.

Who was one of the first women in South Asia to be trained in modern medicine?

a)

Kadambini Ganguly

b)

Charulata Devi

c)

Madhabi Mukherjee

d)

Aparna Sen

8.

Janaki Ammal, known for her work on genetic experimentation, was one of India's first ___.

a)

Zoologist

b)

Chemist

c)

Botanist

d)

Psychologist

9.

Iravati Karve was India’s first female ___ whose fields of expertise encompassed Indology, palaeontology, anthropometry, and serology.

a)

Anthopologist

b)

Nuclear Physicist

c)

Robot Scientist

d)

Oncologist

10.

Who was the biomedical researcher known for her research in the link between cancers and viruses?

a)

Anna Mani

b)

Kadambari Devi

c)

Jyotiba Phule

d)

Kamal Randive

11.

Who is the famous scientist known for her discovery of radium leading to research on cures for cancer?

a)

Anna Mani

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Gerty Cori

d)

Mae Jemison

12.

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?

a)

Mahasweta Devi

b)

Bibha Chowdhury

c)

Kalpana Chawla

d)

Shakuntala Devi