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Women's Day - Session 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first Indian Woman who owns a gold medal in Asian Games?

a)

P.T.Usha

b)

Sunita Rani

c)

Shiny Abraham

d)

Kamaljit Sandhu

2.

Which British author wrote 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women'?

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Mary shelley

c)

Toni Morrison

d)

Kiran Desai

3.

Who is the Nightingale of India?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Anita Nair

c)

Meena Kandasamy

d)

Indra Gandhi

4.

Which famous actress helped to launch the UN Women campaign ‘HeForShe’ which advocates for gender equality?

a)

Angelina Jolie

b)

Emma Watson

c)

Scarlett Johansson

d)

Priyanka Chopra

5.

Which ancient civilization gave women equal rights to the throne?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Somalia

c)

Ancient Syria

d)

Ancient Greece

6.

Who suggested the idea of National Women’s Day in 1909?

a)

Clara Zetkin

b)

Theresa Malkiel

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Klein Godsay

7.

Approximately how many people living in poverty in the world are women or girls?

a)

40%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

90%

8.

Who opened Sharada Sadan, a home to provide security and education to young widows?

a)

Pandita Ramabai

b)

Savitribai Phule

c)

Fatima Sheikh

d)

Tarabai Shinde

9.

The youngest woman to climb Mount Everest two times in India?

a)

Omana

b)

Dicky Dolma

c)

Faria

d)

None of the above

10.

Name the first woman who became a doctor in India.

a)

Kadambini Ganguli

b)

Cornelia Sorabji

c)

Ujwala Rai

d)

Anita Bose

11.

Who is the first Woman Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha?

a)

Meira Kumar

b)

Jayalalitha

c)

Sushma Swaraj

d)

Kanimozhi

12.

Who is the First Indian Women IPS officer?

a)

Kalpana Saxena

b)

Kiran Sethi

c)

Mamta Sodha

d)

Kiran Bedi

13.

Which of the following is the first state in India to grant menstrual leave for students in all government-run higher educational institutes?

a)

Bihar

b)

Kerala

c)

Tamil Nadu

d)

Uttar Pradesh

14.

Recently, for the first time, a Dalit transgender woman Hritik Laxman Lalan contested and won in which of the following central university student union elections?

a)

Delhi University

b)

Aligarh Muslim University

c)

Hyderabad Central University

d)

Banaras Hindu University

15.

On average, how many words does women speak in a day?

a)

15,669

b)

16,215

c)

19,826