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1. Cleopatra was the last person to hold which of these titles?

Pharaoh/ Caesar/ Czar/ Kaiser


2. Elizabeth I was the last monarch of which dynasty? Tudor/ Normandy/ York/ Scots
3. Joan of Arc led the French army to several important victories during which War? Hundred
Years' War/ War of Roses/ Thirteen Years' War/ Third Crusade
4. Razia Sultan, the first and only woman to sit on the throne of Delhi was from which dynasty?
Slave/ Khilji/ Tughlaq/ Lodi
5. What was the name of Jane Austen’s first novel published in 1811? Sense and Sensibility/
Pride and Prejudice / Mansfield Park/ Emma
6. In which war also known as War of Empires as it was fought between Russian Empire and a
federation of French, English and Ottoman Empires did Florence Nightingale served as
nurse? Crimean War/ War of Roses/ Battle of Wandiwash/ Battle of Moscow
7. Which element was discovered and named after her country of birth by Marie Curie, the
first person to win two Nobel prizes? Polonium/ Francium/ Germanium/ Scandium
8. Whose life is the basis of a play and a film titled ‘The Miracle Worker’? Helen Keller/ Mother
Teresa/ Lady Diana/ Florence Nightingale
9. Who in 1917was elected the first lady president of Indian National Congress? Anne Besant/
Sarojini Naidu/ Vijayalakshmi Pandit/ Nellie Sengupta
10. Which actress won her first Best Actress Oscar for ‘Morning Glory’? Katherine Hepburn/
Audrey Hepburn/ Vivien Leigh/ Meryl Streep
11. How do we better know Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu? Mother Teresa/ Aung San Suu Kyi/
Winnie Mandela/ Maria Montessori
12. Aung San Suu Kyi is the chairperson of the National League for __________. Democracy/
Justice/ Freedom/ Liberty
13. Under which Prime Minister did Margaret Thatcher served as minister of the cabinet for
very first time? Edward Heath/ Harold Macmillan/ Alex Douglas Home/ Harold WIlson
14. Which lady politician’s autobiography is titled ‘Daughter of the East’? Benazir Bhutto/ Indira
Gandhi/ S Bandaranaike/ Golda Meyer
15. Who was world's first female head of government when in 1960 she became Prime Minister
of her country? S Bandaranaike/ Indira Gandhi/ Golda Meyer/ Margaret Thatcher
16. In which US state’s capital did Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955 refused to obey bus driver
James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger?
Alabama/ Ohio/ California/ Florida
17. In 1966 who was defeated in the Congress parliamentary party leadership election by Indira
Gandhi to become the Prime Minister? Morarji Desai/ Jagjivan Ram/ Y B Chavan/ Jaiprakash
Narayan
18. Eva Peron was the first lady of which Latin American nation? Argentina/ Brazil/ Peru/
Mexico
19. Anne Frank’s Diary documents her experiences while in hiding during the German
occupation of which European capital city? Amsterdam/ Paris/ Vienna/ Brussels
20. Who has been listed in Time 100: List of most influential people in world for nine
consecutive years since 2004, most so far? Oprah Winfrey/ Hillary Clinton/ Aung San Suu
Kyi/ Angela Merkel
21. Which is the first book published by J K Rowling apart from Harry potter series? The Casual
Vacancy/ Fifty Shades of Grey/ Gone Girl/ Insurgent
22. Nadia Comăneci became the first woman gymnast to score perfect 10 in which of these
Olympics? 1976, Montreal/ 1972, Munich/ 1980, Moscow/ 1984, Los Angeles
23. P T Usha is popularly known as __________ Express. Payyoli/ Alleppey/ Kozhikode/ Kovalam
24. Who in 1969 became the first personality to recieve Dada Saheb Phalke Award? Devika
Rani/ Lata Mangeshkar/ Kanan Devi/ Durga Khote
25. Who holds the open era record for most singles titles (167) and doubles titles (177)?
Martina Navratilova/ Billie Jean King/ Venus Williams/ Steffi Graph
26. Who won The Battle of the Sexes tennis match against Bobby Riggs in 1973 with the score
line of 6–4, 6–3, 6–3? Billie Jean King/ Steffi Graf/ Martina Navratilova/ Margret Court
27. Who in 1988 became the first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the Golden
Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same
calendar year? Steffi Graf/ Martina Navratilova/ Billie Jean King/ Monica Seles
28. Meryl Streep holds the record of maximum Best actress Oscar nominations with how many
nominations till 2013? 17/ 18/ 19/ 20
29. Connect 1875 US $20 bill and 1995 Disney movie. Pocahontas/ Helen Keller/ Eleanor/ Jane
Austen
30. Acton Bell, Currer Bell, and Ellis Bell are popularly known as what? Bronte Sisters/ Wonder
Women/ Jane Austen/ George Eliot
31. Who wrote love stories under pseudonym Mary Westmaccot? Agatha Christie/ J K Rowling/
Pearl S Buck/ Virginia Wolf
32. Who is the first Indian lady to win a medal in summer Olympics? K Malleswari/ Kunjurani
Devi/ Mary Kom/ Saina Nehwal
33. Who was the first Muslim lady to be awarded Nobel Prize for Peace? Shirin Ebadi/ Ibn
Rushd/ Amina Wadud/ Anousheh Ansari
34. Which US first Lady’s husband addresses her often as ‘My Rock’ in public? Mitchell Obama/
Hillary Clinton/ Laura Bush/ Barbara Bush
35. Hillary Clinton was elected as a U.S. Senator in 2000 from which state? New York/ Arkansas/
Illinois/ Florida
36. Who was the first Indian woman to receive Raman Magsaysay Award? Kamladevi
Chattopadhyay/ M S Subulakshmi/ Kiran Bedi/ Medha Patkar
37. Who is the only lady on whose name an award is annually given by two different state
governments? Lata Mangeshkar/ Mother Teresa/ Nargis Dutt/ Sarojini Naidu
38. Who was the first actress to be nominated as the member of Rajya Sabha? Nargis Dutt/
Vajayanthi Mala/ Rekha/ Shabana Azmi
39. Who was the first woman to become Secretary of state of USA? Mandeline Albright/
Condoleezza Rice/ Hillary Clinton/ Eleanor Roosevelt
40. Who topped the Rolling Stones magazine list of 100 greatest singer of all time? Aretha
Franklin/ Tina Turner/Janis Joplin/ Nina Seymore
41. Kathryn Bigelow became the first lady to win an Oscar for best director with which movie?
The Hurt locker/ Zero Dark Thirty/ Lost in Translation/ Point Break
42. Who is this famous lady known for a education system devised by her? Maria Montessori/
Marie Curi/ Helen Keller/ Susan Nursey

43. Who is this lady on whose birthday Google came with a doodle on 10 th December 2012? Ada
Lovelace/ Agatha Christie/ Mary Curie/ Emily Bronte

44. Which of these landmarks was achieved by this lady in picture? First lady in space/ First lady
on Mt. Everest Peak/ First lady on North Pole/ First Lady on South Pole
45. What is the name of this first lady to scale Mt. Everest? Junko Tabei/ Phantog/ Wanda
Rutkeiwitz/ Marty Hoey

46. Amelia Earheart was a pioneer lady pilot featured also in Apple’s Think Different
advertisement for being first lady to achieve what first in history of flights? Cross Atlantic
solo/ Fly Solo/ Around the world nonstop/ Test Pilot
47. Who is this lady first to become judge of Supreme Court in India? M Fatima Beevi/ Leela
Seth/ Kiran Adhikari/ Kamla Sikdar
48. Who is this otherwise known as Lady Charlie Chaplin for her comedy and popularity? Lucille
Ball/ Phyllis Diller/ Carol Burnett/ Joan Rivers

49. This is the memorial at the place of last rites of which of these? Lakshmi Bai/ Kasturba
Gandhi/ Begum Hazrat Mahal/ Sarojini Naidu
50. In which city is this Samadhi of Kasturba Gandhi located? Pune/ Ahmadabad/ Wardha/ Nashik

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