Women in leadership MCQs

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 29, 2025

1. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
(A) Theresa May
(B) Margaret Thatcher
(C) Angela Merkel
(D) Jacinda Ardern

2. Which country was led by the first female President, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, elected in 1980?
(A) Norway
(B) Finland
(C) Iceland
(D) Sweden

3. Who is the first female Chancellor of Germany?
(A) Angela Merkel
(B) Ursula von der Leyen
(C) Julia Gillard
(D) Theresa May

4. Which organization did Christine Lagarde lead as the first female Managing Director?
(A) World Bank
(B) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(C) European Central Bank
(D) World Trade Organization

5. Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States as a major party candidate?
(A) Geraldine Ferraro
(B) Hillary Clinton
(C) Sarah Palin
(D) Kamala Harris

6. Who is the first female Vice President of the United States?
(A) Geraldine Ferraro
(B) Condoleezza Rice
(C) Kamala Harris
(D) Hillary Clinton

7. Who was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
(A) Nancy Pelosi
(B) Jeanette Rankin
(C) Eleanor Roosevelt
(D) Sandra Day O’Connor

8. Who was the first woman to head a major Wall Street bank?
(A) Janet Yellen
(B) Abigail Johnson
(C) Jane Fraser
(D) Mary Barra

9. Who was the first female Prime Minister of India?
(A) Sonia Gandhi
(B) Indira Gandhi
(C) Pratibha Patil
(D) Sarojini Naidu

10. Who was the first female President of Brazil?
(A) Dilma Rousseff
(B) Michelle Bachelet
(C) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
(D) Laura Chinchilla

11. Which American astronaut became the first woman to fly in space?
(A) Sally Ride
(B) Mae Jemison
(C) Valentina Tereshkova
(D) Peggy Whitson

12. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
(A) Mother Teresa
(B) Marie Curie
(C) Jane Addams
(D) Malala Yousafzai

13. Who was the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company?
(A) Katharine Graham
(B) Carly Fiorina
(C) Mary Barra
(D) Indra Nooyi

14. Who was the first woman to become the President of Harvard University?
(A) Drew Gilpin Faust
(B) Mary Sue Coleman
(C) Shirley Tilghman
(D) Judith Rodin

15. Which country elected the first female head of state in Africa?
(A) Liberia
(B) South Africa
(C) Rwanda
(D) Nigeria

16. Who was the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State?
(A) Condoleezza Rice
(B) Madeleine Albright
(C) Hillary Clinton
(D) Janet Reno

17. Who was the first woman to be appointed as the CEO of General Motors?
(A) Mary Barra
(B) Ginni Rometty
(C) Sheryl Sandberg
(D) Ursula Burns

18. Which country has the highest percentage of women in its national parliament as of 2021?
(A) Rwanda
(B) Sweden
(C) Norway
(D) Finland

19. Who was the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan?
(A) Fatima Jinnah
(B) Benazir Bhutto
(C) Hina Rabbani Khar
(D) Asma Jahangir

20. Who was the first woman to become the President of the European Commission?
(A) Christine Lagarde
(B) Angela Merkel
(C) Ursula von der Leyen
(D) Margrethe Vestager