Women's Day Quiz

🌟 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to our Women's Day Celebration Quiz! 🎉 Today, we're going to embark on a fun and enlightening journey to explore the achievements and impact of women around the world. Get ready to test your knowledge and perhaps learn a thing or two along the way! Let's dive into our playful yet informative quiz:

Set A

1. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

   a) Indira Gandhi

   b) Sonia Gandhi

   c) Priyanka Gandhi

   d) Mamata Banerjee

2. Which Indian female boxer is the only woman to win six World Championships?

   a) Mary Kom

   b) Saina Nehwal

   c) PV Sindhu

   d) Sakshi Malik

3. Who is known as the "Nightingale of India" for her contributions to Indian classical music?

   a) Lata Mangeshkar

   b) M.S. Subbulakshmi

   c) Asha Bhosle

   d) Kishori Amonkar

4. Which Indian astronaut became the first Indian woman in space?

   a) Sunita Williams

   b) Kalpana Chawla

   c) Ritu Karidhal

   d) Priya Jhingan

5. Who is the first and only Indian female athlete to win an Olympic silver medal in badminton?

   a) Mary Kom

   b) PV Sindhu

   c) Saina Nehwal

   d) Sakshi Malik

6. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?

   a) Mamata Banerjee

   b) Jayalalithaa

   c) Mayawati

   d) Sucheta Kripalani

7. Which Indian woman became the first female amputee to scale Mount Everest?

   a) Arunima Sinha

   b) Bachendri Pal

   c) Santosh Yadav

   d) Premlata Agarwal

8. Who is known for her pioneering work in the field of microfinance, particularly through the establishment of the Grameen Bank?

   a) Indira Gandhi

   b) Mother Teresa

   c) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

   d) Muhammad Yunus

9. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

   a) Mother Teresa

   b) Indira Gandhi

   c) Malala Yousafzai

   d) Aung San Suu Kyi

10. Who is known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" for her relentless pursuit of justice and peace in the region?

    a) Medha Patkar

    b) Irom Sharmila

    c) Aruna Roy

    d) Anjali Gopalan

Test your knowledge about these incredible Indian women who have made significant contributions in various fields! 🇮🇳♀️🌟

Set B

1. Which of the following is NOT a classical Indian dance form?

   a) Bharatanatyam

   b) Kathak

   c) Odissi

   d) Ballet

2. Who was the first woman pilot in the Indian Air Force?

   a) Kalpana Chawla

   b) Mithali Raj

   c) P.T. Usha

   d) Indra Nooyi

3. Sarojini Naidu is known as the:

   a) Nightingale of India

   b) Mother Teresa of India

   c) Rani Laxmibai

   d) Kalpana Chawla

4. Which Indian state has the highest female literacy rate?

   a) Kerala

   b) Maharashtra

   c) Tamil Nadu

   d) Andhra Pradesh

5. The Langya virus was first identified in which Indian state?

   a) Rajasthan

   b) Assam

   c) Karnataka

   d) Himachal Pradesh

6. Who is the current Chief Justice of India?

   a) N. V. Ramana

   b) S. A. Bobde

   c) U. U. Lalit

   d) D. Y. Chandrachud

7. Rani Lakshmi Bai was the queen of which princely state?

   a) Jhansi

   b) Bhopal

   c) Mysore

   d) Awadh

8. Who is the author of the book ‘Milkman of the Milky Way’?

   a) Arundhati Roy

   b) Kiran Desai

   c) Kamala Das

   d) Manjul Bhargava

9. The first female president of India was:

   a) Pratibha Patil

   b) Indira Gandhi

   c) Sushma Swaraj

   d) Sonia Gandhi

10. The National Museum of Women in India is located in which city?

   a) Delhi

   b) Kolkata

   c) Chennai

   d) Mumbai

Set C

1. Who is famously known as the "Iron Lady" and served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990?

   a) Margaret Thatcher

   b) Angela Merkel

   c) Hillary Clinton

   d) Oprah Winfrey

2. Which iconic pop star sang about how girls "just wanna have fun" in her hit song from the 1980s?

   a) Madonna

   b) Whitney Houston

   c) Cyndi Lauper

   d) Beyoncé

3. In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights Movement?

   a) 1945

   b) 1955

   c) 1965

   d) 1975

4. Who wrote the famous novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," which highlights themes of racial injustice and gender roles in the American South?

   a) Harper Lee

   b) Maya Angelou

   c) Toni Morrison

   d) Sylvia Plath

5. Which American astronaut became the first woman to fly into space in 1983?

   a) Sally Ride

   b) Valentina Tereshkova

   c) Mae Jemison

   d) Christa McAuliffe

6. What is the name of the international organization founded by Malala Yousafzai to advocate for girls' education?

   a) Girls United

   b) Let Girls Learn

   c) Girl Up

   d) Malala Fund

7. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity?

   a) Marie Curie

   b) Rosalind Franklin

   c) Dorothy Hodgkin

   d) Barbara McClintock

8. Which famous suffragette famously said, "I'd rather be a rebel than a slave" in her speech advocating for women's rights?

   a) Susan B. Anthony

   b) Emmeline Pankhurst

   c) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

   d) Sojourner Truth

9. What does the acronym STEM stand for in the context of promoting women's participation in male-dominated fields?

   a) Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

   b) Social Studies, Theater, English, Mathematics

   c) Sports, Technology, Entertainment, Mathematics

   d) Science, Telecommunications, Engineering, Mathematics

10. In what month do we celebrate International Women's Day?

    a) March

    b) April

    c) May

    d) June

Let's celebrate the incredible achievements of women together with this fun quiz! 🌟