Personalities Quiz - Women of India

Personalities Quiz - Women of India

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

Sarojini Naidu
Maneka Gandhi
Sucheta Kripalani
Indira Gandhi

2. Who is the youngest person to summit Mt. Everest?

Malavath Purna
Dicky Dolma
Jordan Romero
Ming Kipa

3. Who is known as Missile Woman of India?

Kalpana Chawla
Sunita Williams
Tessy Thomas
Vandana Shiva

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

Annie Besant
Rani Lakshmibai
Rani Gaidinliu
Lakshmi Sahgal

5. Indian revolutionary who was a great follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was shot dead by the British Indian police in 1942. She was known as 'Gandhi Buri', Bengali for old lady Gandhi.

Matangini Hazra
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Bhikaiji Cama
Parbati Giri

6. Who is referred to as the "Joan of Arc of India"?

Begum Hazrat Mahal
Madam Bhikaiji Cama
Rani Lakshmibai
Aruna asaf Ali

7. Which Indian woman journalist was honored with the Anna Politkovskaya Award in 2017?

Barkha Dutt
Gauri Lankesh
Shobhaa De
Sagarika Ghose

8. Annabel Metha, Indian social activist, who has been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire is related to which one of the following Indian celebrities?

Amitabh Bachan
Amir Khan
Saurav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar

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

Shivangi Pathak
Santosh Yadav
Anshu Jamsenpa
Malavath Purna

10. Name the only Indian actress to win BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Sreedevi
Konkana Sen Sharma
Vidya Balan
Rohini Hattangadi

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