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1. First woman mathema cian, who was a Greek Alexandrian Neoplatonist philosopher in Egypt:(a) Hypa a of Alexandria (b) Catherine of Alexandria(c) Catherine of Siena (d) Aristoclea

2. She was an Italian mathema cian and philosopher credited with wri ng the fi rst book discussing both diff eren al and integral calculus and was an honorary member of the faculty at the University of Bologna:(a) Tatyana Afanasyeva (b) Maria Gaetana Agnesi(c) Marie Crous (d) Caroline Herschel

3. French mathema cian, physicist, and philosopher, who gained educa on from books in her father’s library despite opposi on from her parents and diffi cul es presented by society: (a) Emilie du Chatelet (b) Grace Alele-Williams(c) Marie-Sophie Germain (d) Annie Dale Biddle Andrews

4. Russian mathema cian, responsible for important original contribu ons to analysis, diff eren al equa ons and mechanics, and the fi rst woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe. She was also one of the fi rst women to work for a scien fi c journal as an editor:(a) Olga Ladyzhenskaya (b) Sofya Yanovskaya (c) Winifred Asprey (d) Sofi a Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya

5. French mathema cian, physicist, and author during the age of enlightenment, who played a major role in the scien fi c revolu on of the eighteenth century:(a) Hertha Marks Ayrton (b) Gabrielle Émilie(c) Nina Bari (d) Ruth Aaronson Bari

6. An infl uen al German mathema cian known for her groundbreaking contribu ons to abstract algebra and theore cal physics:(a) Charlo e Barnum (b) Lida Barre (c) Grace Bates (d) Emmy Noether

7. Sco sh science writer and polymath, at a me when women’s par cipa on in science was discouraged and also known as the “Queen of 19th century science”:(a) Mary Fairfax Somerville (b) Agnes Sime Baxter(c) Alexandra Bellow (d) Dorothy Lewis Bernstein

8. Countess of Lovelace, born Augusta Ada Byron and now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathema cian and writer chiefl y known for her work on Charles Babbage’s ‘Analy cal Engine’:(a) Joan Birman (b) Gertrude Blanch(c) Augusta Ada King (d) Lenore Blum

9. Pythagorean philosopher, has been called the pupil, daughter and wife of Pythagoras, although others made her the wife of Bron nus:(a) Alicia Boole Sto (b) Hypa a(c) Aristoclea (d) Theano

10. Vene an philosopher of noble descent and one of the fi rst women to receive a doctoral degree from a university:(a) Mary Everest Boole (b) Marjorie Lee Browne(c) Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (d) Kathrin Bringmann

11. English mathema cian, who was educated at Girton College, Cambridge and con nued her studies at Gö ngen University in Germany, where in 1895 she became the fi rst woman to receive a doctorate in any fi eld in that country:(a) Mary Cartwright (b) Grace Chisholm Young(c) Sun-Yung Alice Chang (d) Fan Chung

12. Bri sh mathema cian who made her career in the United States and was infl uen al in the development of American mathema cs, including the mathema cal educa on of women:(a) Charlo e Angas Sco (b) Marianna Csornyei(c) Maria Chudnovsky (d) Ingrid Daubechies

13. Indian writer, mental calculator and child prodigy, popularly known as the “human computer”. Her talents eventually earned her a place in the 1982 edi on of The Guinness Book of World Records:(a) Shakuntala Devi (b) Priyanshi Somani(c) Rekha Santhanam (d) Vidita Vaidya

14. Professor of mathema cs at TIFR, Mumbai and currently associated with the University of Bri sh Columbia (Canada), is an interna onally reputed algebraic number theorist:(a) Subuhi Khan (b) Nandini Nilakantan(c) Sujatha Ramdorai (d) Kajari Mazumdar

15. Indian mathema cian and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of mathema cs at Emory University known for her contribu ons to algebra. She was a professor at Tata Ins tute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai:(a) Vasan N. Bhat-Nayak (b) B. Sri Padmava (c) Mangala Manohar (d) Raman Parimala

16. American mathema cian, who was the fi rst female President of the American Associa on for the Advancement of Science (1971) and head of the mathema cs department of the Offi ce of Naval Research of the United States:(a) Mina Spiegel Rees (b) Mary Rees(c) Mary Wheeler (d) Melanie Wood

BIBHUPRASAD MOHAPATRA

ANSWERS: 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) d 5) b 6) d 7) a 8) c 9) d 10) c 11) b 12) a 13) a 14) c 15) d 16) a

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1. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of algae:(a) Microbiology (b) Agrology (c) Apiology (d) Algology

2. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of fungi:(a) Microbiology (b) Mythology (c) Mycology (d) Cetology

3. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of bacteria:(a) Microbiology (b) Bacteriology (c) Bryology (d) Mycology

4. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of insects:(a) Ethnology (b) Etymology (c) Entomology (d) Endocrinology

5. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of birds:(a) Oncology (b) Gerontology (c) Bryology (d) Ornithology

6. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of shells:(a) Oncology (b) Topology (c) Conchology (d) Cosmology

7. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of honeybees:(a) Agrology (b) Bibliology (c) Apiology (d) Zymology

8. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of whales and dolphins:(a) Cetology (b) Cosmology (c) Toxicology (d) Conchology

9. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of shrubs and trees:(a) Theology (b) Dactylography (c) Dermatology (d) Dendrology

10. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of cells:(a) Cetology (b) Cytology (c) Oncology (d) Histology

11. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of the structure of cells and ssues:(a) Bacteriology (b) Cytology (c) Histology (d) Pathology

12. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of fermenta on:(a) Enzymology (b) Zymology (c) Futurology (d) Algology

13. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of fruits and seeds:(a) Carpology (b) Pomology (c) Codicology (d) Topology

14. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of epidemic diseases:(a) Etymology (b) Ethnology (c) Entomology (d) Epidemiology

15. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of vital ac vi es of organs:(a) Traumatology (b) Physiology (c) Toxicology (d) Radiology

16. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of the nervous system:(a) Microbiology (b) Agrology (c) Apiology (d) Neurology

17. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of diagnosis of disease through examina ons of organs, ssues, etc. (a) Palynology (b) Microbiology (c) Pathology (d) Dermatology

18. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of prehistoric life & the evolu on of organisms: (a) Palynology (b) Pathology (c) Physiology (d) Palaeontology 19. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of blood:(a) Cytology (b) Histology (c) Bibliopoly (d) Haematology

20. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of endocrine glands:(a) Etymology (b) Ethnology (c) Enzymology (d) Endocrinology

21. It is the branch of science that deals with the study of pollens(a) Geology (b) Palaeontology (c) Palynology (d) Paedogenesis

22. It is the branch of science that deals with the study and technology of producing and using plants for food, fi bre, fuel, and land reclama on:(a) Microbiology (b) Agrology (c) Agronomy (d) Algology

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ANSWERS: 1) d 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) d 6) c 7) c 8) a 9) d 10) b 11) c 12) b 13) a 14) d 15) b 16) d 17) c 18) d 19) d 20) d 21) c 22) c