Women in Indian Education

This quiz aims to test your knowledge about the significant contributions of women in the field of education in India.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is regarded as the first woman teacher in India?

  1. Savitribai Phule
  2. Pandita Ramabai
  3. Annie Besant
  4. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian woman was the first to receive a doctorate degree?

  1. Kadambini Ganguly
  2. Anandibai Joshi
  3. Rukhmabai Raut
  4. Cornelia Sorabji
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first woman to become the Vice-Chancellor of a university in India?

  1. Hansaben Mehta
  2. Sucheta Kripalani
  3. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
  4. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian woman was the first to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

  1. Annie Besant
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
  4. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first woman to become the Governor of a state in India?

  1. Sarojini Naidu
  2. Sucheta Kripalani
  3. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
  4. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian woman was the first to become the Prime Minister of India?

  1. Indira Gandhi
  2. Golda Meir
  3. Margaret Thatcher
  4. Benazir Bhutto
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first woman to become the Chief Minister of a state in India?

  1. Sucheta Kripalani
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
  4. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian woman was the first to become the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

  1. Meira Kumar
  2. Sumitra Mahajan
  3. Najma Heptulla
  4. Margaret Alva
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first woman to become the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha?

  1. Najma Heptulla
  2. Margaret Alva
  3. M. Venkaiah Naidu
  4. Harivansh Narayan Singh
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian woman was the first to become the Chief Justice of India?

  1. Indira Banerjee
  2. Ruma Pal
  3. Gyan Sudha Misra
  4. Ranjana Prakash Desai
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first woman to become the Attorney General of India?

  1. Soli Sorabjee
  2. K.K. Venugopal
  3. L. Nageswara Rao
  4. Rohinton Fali Nariman
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian woman was the first to become the Solicitor General of India?

  1. Indira Jaising
  2. Rohinton Fali Nariman
  3. K.K. Venugopal
  4. L. Nageswara Rao
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first woman to become the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women?

  1. Jayanti Patnaik
  2. Laxmi Puri
  3. Mamta Sharma
  4. Rekha Sharma
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian woman was the first to become the Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education?

  1. Anita Karwal
  2. Renuka Kumar
  3. Vineeta Rai
  4. Yashodhara Dasgupta
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first woman to become the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi?

  1. Anita Karwal
  2. Renuka Kumar
  3. Vineeta Rai
  4. Yashodhara Dasgupta