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HPSC HCS 2017 · Question 84 of 100

Janaki Ammal was the first Indian woman to get a PhD & honorary D.Sc from the University of Michigan in which subject?

Modern History

  1. APhysics
  2. BMathematics
  3. CChemistry
  4. DBotanyCorrect

Answer: D. Botany

Explanation

E. K. Janaki Ammal, the botanist, was the first Indian woman to earn a PhD (in Botany) and an honorary D.Sc. from the University of Michigan. (The OCR'd provisional key reads (c); see sourceNote.)

Source: Question text: HPSC HCS (Ex.Br.) Prelims GS Paper-I held 31-Mar-2019 (Drishti IAS official-paper transcription; cross-checked with Abhimanu IAS Set-D solved paper). Answers: official HPSC Series-D answer key.

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