WorksheetsWomen we should know about!
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Who was the first woman to become chief minister of a state in India?
An Indian freedom fighter and politician, who served as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.
Sucheta Kripalani
Ujwala Rai
Razia Sultana
Sarojini Naidu
She is the first Indian athlete (sprint runner) to win gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championship in 2018 and to hold the Indian national record in 400 meters, with a timing of 50.79s?
Dutee Chand
Hima Das
PT Usha
Ashwini Nachappa
Who is the first ever woman scientist to head a missile project in India?
She said "Science knows no gender!"
Tessy Thomas
Nandini Harinath
Manju Sharma
Chandrima Saha
She was first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna.
Lata Mangeshkar
M. S. Subbulakshmi
Sarojini Naidu
Asha Bhosle
She was the first Indian woman President of the UN General Assembly.
Indira Gandhi
Gita Gopinath
Vijay Laxmi Pandit
Leila Seth
One of the first Indian female physician, to be trained in the tradition of Western medicine.
Death of her son due to lack of medical care inspired her to pursue medicine.
Dr. Muthulakshmi reddy
Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi
Dr. V. Shanta
Who is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the first Indian woman to earn an Olympic silver medal?
Sania Nehwal
Ashwini ponnappa
Jwala Gutta
P V Sindhu
Who is the first Indian woman who won the Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things (1997)?
She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.
Shobha De
Anita Desai
Arundhati Roy
Nayantara Sahgal
Who among the following became the first-ever woman to be inducted into the Indian Air Force fighter squadron as a combat pilot in June 2016?
Bhawana Kanth
Mohana Singh Jitarwal
Avani Chaturvedi
All of the above
Theme for this year's International Women's day?
"Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives”
'Choose To Challenge'. A challenging world is an alert world. And from challenge comes change.
"I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”
Think equal, build smart, innovate for change."
