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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has become the first Indian female scientist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in the UK?
A
Gagandeep Kang
B
Tessy Thomas
C
Yamuna Krishnan
D
Nandini Harinath
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gagandeep Kang has become the first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971) was an x-ray crystallographer and the first of two women elected Fellows of the Royal Society in 1945, along with Marjory Stephenson.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kamala Sohonie (18 June 1912 – 28 June 1998) was an Indian biochemist who in 1939 became the first Indian woman to receive a PhD in a scientific discipline.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1961, she received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in chemical science, becoming the first female recipient of this award. In 1975, she was conferred the Padma Bhushan and became the first female scientist to be elected as the General President of the Indian Science Congress Association . She was conferred the D.

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