History · General Awareness

Women in Media and History

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Attempt a diverse range of questions highlighting the achievements of women in history, global media, politics, and literature. The set covers famous celebrities, historical firsts, influential leaders, and notable authors. This material helps build a strong foundation for the general knowledge sections of various competitive exams.

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Women in Media and History Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Be ordained a minister

  2. Win a gold medal in the Olympics

  3. Own a business

  4. Earn a medical degree in the US

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical College in 1849, becoming the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Her achievement opened doors for women in the medical profession.

Multiple choice
  1. Belva Ann Lockwood

  2. Sonia Johnson

  3. Linda Jenness

  4. Victoria Woodhull

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872, representing the Equal Rights Party. This occurred nearly 50 years before women gained the right to vote nationally.

Multiple choice
  1. Margaret Thatcher

  2. Golda Meir

  3. Elizabeth 2

  4. Hillary Clinton

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Margaret Thatcher served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and was the first woman to hold the office. She was known for her conservative, free-market policies, often referred to as Thatcherism.

Multiple choice
  1. Marie Curie

  2. Rachel Carson

  3. Alice Ball

  4. Dorothy Hodgkin

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 alongside her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity, making her the first female recipient. She later won a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911, becoming the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.

Multiple choice
  1. Aniket

  2. Grace Hopper

  3. Ada Lovelace

  4. Katherine Johnson

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Grace Hopper popularized the terms 'bug' and 'debug' after her team discovered a physical moth stuck in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer in 1947, which was causing the system to malfunction.

Multiple choice
  1. Clara Barton

  2. Elizabeth Blackwell

  3. Florence Nightingale

  4. Dorthea Dix

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Florence Nightingale established the first professional training school for nurses at St Thomas' Hospital in London in 1860, laying the foundation of modern professional nursing.

Multiple choice
  1. HiIlary Clinton

  2. Susan B. Anthony

  3. Ada Lovelace

  4. Geena Davis

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She is widely regarded as the first computer programmer for writing the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine.

Multiple choice
  1. taller...shorter

  2. taller...shortest

  3. tallest...shortest

  4. tallest...shorter

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

When comparing three or more things (the three friends), the superlative form "tallest" must be used. When comparing exactly two things (the other two), the comparative form "shorter" must be used.

Multiple choice
  1. They actually don't like ice cream

  2. They won the race in the past

  3. They are also sea monsters

  4. They are Ercole's relatives

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

At the end of the movie Luca, the two elderly ladies reveal that they are also sea monsters living in disguise among the humans. This helps show that sea monsters and humans can coexist peacefully.

Multiple choice
  1. Idina Menzel

  2. Christina Aguilera

  3. Peggy Lee

  4. Kristen Anderson-Lopez

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kristen Anderson-Lopez, along with her husband Robert Lopez, wrote the highly successful soundtracks for both Frozen and Frozen 2, winning an Academy Award for the hit song Let It Go. Their collaborative work also includes songs for Pixar's Coco.

Multiple choice
  1. Victoria Alonso

  2. Jennifer Lee

  3. Kathleen Kennedy

  4. Idina Menzel

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Jennifer Lee, the writer and director of Frozen, was named Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2018, succeeding John Lasseter. Under her leadership, the studio continued to produce major hits and expand its creative direction.