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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has become the India’s first female scientist to be elected Royal Society Fellow?
A
Rohini Godbole
B
Gagandeep Kang
C
Anna Mani
D
Ritu Karidhal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Among these are Gagandeep Kang, now a director of the Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, Faridabad. Dr Kang is the first Indian woman to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Kamal Ranadive (1917-2001) This recipient of the Padmabhushan established the first tissue culture laboratory in India at the Indian Cancer Research Centre (presently Cancer Research Institute). She got Watumal Foundation Award for her work in the field of leprosy.

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