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ONLINE QUIZ COMPETITION ONWOMEN ACHIEVERS

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic Committee?

a)

Nita Ambani 2016

b)

Rita Faria

c)

Meera Sahib

d)

Fatima Bibi

2.

The first women honors graduate in India.

a)

Malda (West Bengal)

b)

Justice M. Fathima Beevi

c)

Anna Chandy.

d)

Kamini Roy (1886)

3.

The first women Physician_________

a)

Padmavathy Bandopadhyay

b)

Kadambini Ganguly(1886)

c)

Isha Basant Joshi

d)

Kamlijit Sandhu

4.

Magasasay Award_________

a)

Kamladevi Chattopadhyay

b)

Harita Kaur Deol

c)

Nirupama Vaidyanathan

d)

Isha Basant Joshi

5.

First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award_______

a)

M. S. Subbulakhshmi

b)

Arundhati Roy

c)

Kamaljeet Sandhu

d)

Ashapurna Devi

6.

First Indian Woman to wind the Booker Prize________

a)

Ashapurna Devi

b)

Kamaljeet Sandhu

c)

Arundhati Roy

d)

M. S. Subbulakhshmi

7.

First Woman cosmonaut in space_______

a)

Junko Tabei (Japan)

b)

Valentina Tereshkova

c)

Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

d)

MS. Fran

8.

First Woman to reach the North Pole_________

a)

Valentina Tereshkova

b)

Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

c)

MS. Fran

d)

Junko Tabei (Japan)

9.

This politician and journalist was also a successful dramatist. Her most popular play, 'The Women', satirizes rich, lazy American women. Who was she?

a)

Joyce Carol Oates

b)

Eudora Welty

c)

Edith Wharton

d)

Clare Booth Luce

10.

From which year the United Nations gave official sanction to International Women’s Day and started funding it?

a)

1973

b)

1974

c)

1975

d)

1976

11.

In some regions the Women’s Day is celebrated wearing the ribbons of which color?

a)

Blue

b)

Pink

c)

Purple

d)

Red

12.

International Women’s Day is celebrated as official holiday in how many countries around the world?

a)

19

b)

15

c)

20

d)

27

13.

Who was the First Female actress in India?

a)

Kamlabai Gokhale

b)

Durgabai Kamat

c)

Savitri

d)

Rohini das

14.

Who was the First Female Miss World in India?

a)

Diana Hayden

b)

Yukta Mookhey

c)

Reita Faria Powell

d)

Lesley Langley

15.

Who was the first female judge who was appointed to the Supreme Court of India?

a)

Fathima Beevi

b)

Latha

c)

Sarala Vinod

d)

Shobana Prem kumar

16.

Who was the First Woman Mountaineer To Climb Everest?

a)

Bachendri Pal

b)

Premlata Agarwal

c)

Arunima Sinha

d)

Santosh Yadav

17.

The woman who became first IAS officer in India?

a)

Kiran Bedi

b)

Anna George Malhotra

c)

M. Fatima Biwi

d)

None of the above

18.

National Mission for Empowerment of Women was launched on________

a)

15 August, 2010

b)

15 August, 2011

c)

15 October, 2010

d)

15 October, 2011

19.

Name the online platform launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to support women entrepreneurs?

a)

Digital India

b)

Mahila E-haat

c)

One Stop Centre Scheme

d)

None of the above

20.

In which year the International Women’s Day was celebrated for the first time?

a)

1913

b)

1909

c)

1915

d)

1916

21.

What were the root demands of the women which germinated the Idea of Women’s Day?

a)

Maternity leave

b)

equal working opportunity

c)

better pay and voting rights

d)

Equality in pay

22.

Who among the following is not an Entrepreneur?

a)

Indira Nooyi

b)

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

c)

Ekta Kapoor

d)

Kalpana Shah

23.

Who is the first woman editor of English newspaper?

a)

Leila Seth

b)

Dina Vakil

c)

Anna Chandi

d)

Mother Teresa

24.

Idendify this famous woman

a)

PV Sindhu

b)

Tania Sachdev

c)

Dipika pallikal

d)

Dipa Karmakar

25.

Idendify this famous woman

a)

Indra Nooyi

b)

Arunima Sinha

c)

Bachhendri Pal

d)

Kalpana chawla

26.

Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?

a)

Dhan Gopal Mukerji

b)

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

c)

Arundhati Roy

d)

Aravind Adiga

27.

Where was the first ICC Women's T20 World Cup held?

a)

Australia

b)

England

c)

West Indies

d)

Sri Lanka

28.

Who was the captain of India in ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2020?

a)

Mithali Raj

b)

Smriti Mandhana

c)

Harmanpreet Kaur

d)

Poonam Yadav

29.

Where was the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2020 played?


a)

New Zealand

b)

Bangladesh

c)

England

d)

Australia

30.

Women who worked for women's right to vote were called

a)

radical

b)

immoral

c)

suffragist

d)

all of the above

31.

What was the name given to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guaranteed women's right to vote in the United States.

a)

Abigail Adams Amendment

b)

Sojourner Truth Amendment

c)

Susan B. Anthony Amendment

d)

Gloria Steinem Amendment

32.

What was the first country that granted women the right to vote?

a)

Canada

b)

Germany

c)

New Zealand

d)

United Kingdom

33.

Who is the youngest self-made billionaire women?

a)

whitney wolfe herd

b)

oprah winfrey

c)

yang huiyan

d)

shreyl sanberg

34.

The youngest woman who won the Nobel prizea________

a)

Marie curieb

b)

Mother Teresac

c)

Maria goeppert mayerd

d)

Malala yousafzai

35.

who among the following is the first female jawan in the Indian armya___________

a)

priya jhingamb

b)

mitali madhumitac

c)

anjana bhaduraid

d)

shanty tigga

36.

Who is the first Indian women appointed as the UN civil police adviser?

a)

Kiran bedib

b)

Asha sinha

c)

Sandhyad

d)

R.Sreelekha

37.

Can you name the first female locopilot (train drive)of the Indian railwaysa.

a)

.

Sonali

banerjee

b)

Sarala Thakral

c)

Eshan ulla

robet

d)

Surekha

Yadav

38.

the first recipient of india’s highest award in

Cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke award was an Indian atress who was she?

a)

Hema malini

b)

Ruby myers

c)

Deviki Rani

d)

kanan Devian

39.

The first Indian woman doctor________

a)

Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar

b)

jayalakshmi Pandit

c)

Kalpana Chawla

d)

none

40.

Name the first woman to swim across the English Channel?

a)

Arti Gupta

b)

Sneh Singh

c)

Ujwala Rai

d)

None of the above

41.

Who was the first Woman to hold a Union Cabinet

post?

a)

Bachendri Pal

b)

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

c)

Meira Kumar

d)

Rita Faria

42.

Who was the First Indian woman who reached Antarctica?

a)

Mahel Musa

b)

Savitribai Phule

c)

Ashapurna Devi

d)

Arati Saha

43.

Who is the first Lady Magistrate?

a)

Kiran Bedi

b)

Omana Kunjamma

c)

Ujwala Rai

d)

Dina Vakil

44.

Who is the first woman Chief Engineer?

a)

Dina Vakil

b)

P.K. Theresia

c)

Santosh Yadav

d)

Sushmita Sain

45.

Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women scheme is....

a)

SWADHAR

b)

STEP

c)

Nari Shakti Puraskar

d)

RMK

46.

Name the online platform launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to support women entrepreneurs?

a)

Digital India

b)

Mahila E-haat

c)

One Stop Centre Scheme

d)

None of the above

47.

Name the first woman who became the Speaker of Lok Sabha in India?

a)

Mrs Sarojini Naidu

b)

Mrs Shanno Devi

c)

Leila Seth

d)

Reita Faria

48.

First woman who received a Sena Medal in India?

a)

Dicky Dolma

b)

Santosh Yadav

c)

Bimla Devi

d)

Kiran Devi

49.

First woman to circumnavigate or sail round the world?

a)

Anna George

b)

Sucheta Kriplani

c)

Ujwala Rai

d)

None of the above

50.

Youngest woman to climb Mount Everest two times in India?

a)

Omana

b)

Dicky Dolma

c)

Faria

d)

None of the above