Women's Day R&T

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

• Marie Curie

• Rosalind Franklin

• Ada Lovelace

• Jane Goodall

Who was the first female astronaut to go to space?

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Sally Ride

• Kalpana Chawla

• Mae Jemison

Who is known as the "first computer programmer"?

• Margaret Hamilton

• Ada Lovelace

• Grace Hopper

• Hedy Lamarr

Which woman won two Nobel Prizes in two different sciences?

• Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

• Barbara McClintock

• Marie Curie

• Lise Meitner

Which scientist helped discover the structure of DNA but was not awarded the Nobel Prize?

• Barbara McClintock

• Dorothy Hodgkin

• Rosalind Franklin

• Rachel Carson

What is Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician, best known for?

• Creating the first space shuttle

• Calculating trajectories for Apollo missions

• Designing the Hubble Telescope

• Inventing satellite navigation

Who is the CEO of YouTube from 2014 to 2023?

• Sheryl Sandberg

• Susan Wojcicki

• Safra Catz

• Ginni Rometty

Who developed the programming language COBOL, which is still used in banking systems today?

• Ada Lovelace

• Radia Perlman

• Grace Hopper

• Frances Allen

Who is often called the "Mother of the Internet" for her contributions to networking protocols?

• Radia Perlman

• Vint Cerf

• Marissa Mayer

• Shafi Goldwasser

Who was the first Indian woman in space?

• Ritu Karidhal

• Kalpana Chawla

• Sunita Williams

• Tessy Thomas