India Quiz 104: Famous Women of India

India Quiz 104: Famous Women of India

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1. Name the Indian social worker and social activist, affectionately called "Mother of Orphans", who was conferred Padma Shri in 2021

Sindhutai Sapkal
Lakshmi Baruah
Mouma Das
Dulari Devi

2. The first Asian woman to win Miss World title, she is the first Miss World winner to be qualified as a physician.

Suman Rao
Reita Faria
Diana Hayden
Zhang Zilin

3. Who was the first woman in Indian to become an IAS officer?

Anna Malhotra
Aruna Sundararajan
Poonam Malakondaiah
Durga Shakti Nagpa

4. Who was the first and only woman to be come Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Fathima Beegum
Anna Chandy
Omana Kunjamma
V S Remadevi

5. The first person in India to be formally certified as caste and religion less person is a woman. Who is she?

Puja Thakur
Sneha Parthibaraja
Avani Chaturvedi
Rashmi Bansal

6. Often referred to as the 'Mother of Trees,' she is an Indian environmentalist and activist known for planting over 8,000 trees across India in her lifetime. Who is she?

Sumaira Abdulali
Shehla Masood
Harshini Kanhekar
Saalumarada Thimmakka

7. She became the second woman to become the Minister of External Affairs of India, after the late Indira Gandhi. Who is she?

Uma Bharti
Sushama Swaraj
Nirmala Sitharaman
Smrithi Irani

8. Who was the first and only woman to serve as Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha?

Fathima Beegum
Anna Chandy
Omana Kunjamma
V S Remadevi

9. Delia Narayan, a winner of Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2019, and popularly known as "Didi Contractor" is a

Doctor
Architect
Painter
Dancer

10. Who is the first Indian woman to win the World Junior Badminton Championship?

Saina Nehwal
P V Sindhu
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa

11. Which one of the following documentary features Didi Contractor, the German-American known for her work on sustainable building in India?

Earth Crusader
Smile Pinki
An Encounter with Faces
India's Daughter

12. She is an Indian farmer and conservationist who is known as "Seed Mother". She was listed on BBC's "100 Women 2018" and won Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018.

Chetana Gala Sinha
Darsana Gupta
Pragya Prasun
Rahibai Soma Popere

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