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International Women's day 2021 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first woman President of Indian National Congress

a)

Annie Besant

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Sucheta Kripani

d)

Indira Gandhi

2.

Who is the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award

a)

Amrita Pitam

b)

Ashapoorna Devi

c)

Mahaswetha Devi

d)

Mahadevi Varma

3.

Who is the first woman scientist to head a missile project in India and project director of Agni IV and V.

a)

Paramjit Khurana

b)

Usha Barale Zehr

c)

Charusita Chakravarty

d)

Tessy Thomas

4.

Who is the first and only woman to win the National Award for Best Director as on date

a)

Deepa mehta

b)

Mira Nair

c)

Aparna Sen

d)

Kokona Sen Sharma

5.

Who has made history by becoming the first ever female Pilot to be inducted into the Indian Navy?

a)

Shubangi Swaroop

b)

Anny Divya

c)

Avani Chaturvedi

d)

Kalpana Chawla

6.

Name the first Indian woman to win a medal in Olympics

a)

PV Sindhu

b)

Saina Nehwal

c)

Geeta Photgat

d)

Karnam Mallwswari

7.

Do you know the first Asian woman to swim across English Channel?

a)

Arati Saha

b)

Shikha Tandon

c)

Richa Mishra

d)

Bula Choudhary

8.

Who played the role of Phoolan Devi in the 1994 Indian Biographic film, Bandit Queen?

a)

Shabna Azmi

b)

Sharmila tagore

c)

Smita Patil

d)

Seema Biswas

9.

Which famous personality has been named as the brand ambassador of Tribes India?

a)

Mary Kom

b)

Saina Nehwal

c)

Deepika Padukone

d)

Sania Mirza

10.

She was the former Chief Minister of an Indian State and was a recipient of Gallantry Award from the state for rescuing two girls from drawing . Identify the personality?

a)

Anadiben Patel

b)

Mayavati

c)

Jayalalita

d)

Mamata Banerjee

11.

Who among the following was known as Manikarnika in her childhood?

a)

Annie Besant

b)

Rani Lakshmibai

c)

Rani Gaidinilu

d)

Lakshmi Sahgal

12.

Who recently became the youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?

a)

Santhavi Yadav

b)

Shivangi Pathak

c)

Anshu Jamsenpa

d)

Malavath Purna

13.

Who is the first woman to be the Finance Minister of India ?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Maneka Gandhi

c)

Sucheta Kripalani

d)

Inditra Gandhi

14.

The only woman to score more than 6000 runs in ODIs and to score consecutive seven 50s in ODIs is an India. Who is she?

a)

Ekta Bisht

b)

Mansi Joshi

c)

Mithali Raj

d)

Harpreet Kaur

15.

Name the First Indian female Sportsperson to be awarded Padma Shri ?

a)

PT Usha

b)

Beenamol

c)

Jyotimo Sikdar

d)

Arati Saha

16.

Who was the first Malayalee woman to have participated in Olympics?

a)

Shyni Wilson

b)

PT USha

c)

Valsamma

d)

Anju Baby George

17.

Name the first Indian City to have a women's court?

a)

Mumbai

b)

Delhi

c)

Malda

d)

Hyderabad

18.

Who was the first woman Cabinet Minister of India ?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

c)

Durgabai Deshmukh

d)

Vijayalakshi Pandit

19.

Who is the first woman to win the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award?

a)

Ashapurna Devi

b)

Mahaswetha Devi

c)

Amrita Prithm

d)

Arundati Roy

20.

Name the first woman to receive Bharat Ratna posthumously

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Aruna Asaf Ali

c)

MS Subhalakshmi

d)

Mother Teresa