50 GK Questions on Female Architects and Planners
1. Who was the first female architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Jeanne Gang
- c) Lina Bo Bardi
- d) Eileen Gray Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
2. Which female architect designed the Guangzhou Opera House in China?
- a) Kazuyo Sejima
- b) Zaha Hadid
- c) Denise Scott Brown
- d) Gae Aulenti Answer: b) Zaha Hadid
3. Which famous urban planner is known for her influential book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?
- a) Jane Jacobs
- b) Emily Warren Roebling
- c) Elizabeth Diller
- d) Julia Morgan Answer: a) Jane Jacobs
4. Who was the first licensed female architect in the United States?
- a) Marion Mahony Griffin
- b) Julia Morgan
- c) Louise Blanchard Bethune
- d) Beverly Willis Answer: c) Louise Blanchard Bethune
5. Which female architect co-founded the famous architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro?
- a) Elizabeth Diller
- b) Maya Lin
- c) Lina Bo Bardi
- d) Gae Aulenti Answer: a) Elizabeth Diller
6. Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.?
- a) Maya Lin
- b) Farshid Moussavi
- c) Odile Decq
- d) Tatiana Bilbao Answer: a) Maya Lin
7. Which British-Iraqi architect was known for her futuristic designs and fluid forms?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Eileen Gray
- c) Lina Bo Bardi
- d) Amanda Levete Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
8. Who was the Italian architect who designed the famous Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid?
- a) Gae Aulenti
- b) Lina Bo Bardi
- c) Kazuyo Sejima
- d) Denise Scott Brown Answer: a) Gae Aulenti
9. Which Japanese female architect won the Pritzker Prize in 2010?
- a) Kazuyo Sejima
- b) Arata Isozaki
- c) Yoshiko Sato
- d) Haruhiko Kurokawa Answer: a) Kazuyo Sejima
10. Which female architect was the first woman to receive the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture from RIBA in her own right?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Amanda Levete
- c) Carme Pigem
- d) Farshid Moussavi Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
11. Which female architect is best known for her work on Fallingwater with Frank Lloyd Wright?
- a) Marion Mahony Griffin
- b) Jeanne Gang
- c) Julia Morgan
- d) Denise Scott Brown Answer: a) Marion Mahony Griffin
12. Who is the Indian female architect known for the "Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts"?
- a) Brinda Somaya
- b) Revathi Kamath
- c) Anupama Kundoo
- d) Sheila Sri Prakash Answer: b) Revathi Kamath
13. Which female architect designed the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Kazuyo Sejima
- c) Maya Lin
- d) Denise Scott Brown Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
14. Who was the first female architect to complete the architecture program at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris?
- a) Eileen Gray
- b) Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
- c) Julia Morgan
- d) Charlotte Perriand Answer: c) Julia Morgan
15. Which female architect is known for her sustainable architecture approach in India?
- a) Anupama Kundoo
- b) Sheila Sri Prakash
- c) Brinda Somaya
- d) Chitra Vishwanath Answer: b) Sheila Sri Prakash
16. Who co-authored "Learning from Las Vegas," an influential book on architecture theory?
- a) Denise Scott Brown
- b) Jane Jacobs
- c) Elizabeth Diller
- d) Kazuyo Sejima Answer: a) Denise Scott Brown
17. Which female architect designed the Serpentine Pavilion in 2000?
- a) Kazuyo Sejima
- b) Zaha Hadid
- c) Odile Decq
- d) Amanda Levete Answer: b) Zaha Hadid
18. Which female architect founded the firm "Morphogenesis," known for sustainable design in India?
- a) Manit Rastogi
- b) Sonali Rastogi
- c) Brinda Somaya
- d) Anupama Kundoo Answer: b) Sonali Rastogi
19. Who was the first female architect to design a major Olympic stadium?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Kazuyo Sejima
- c) Amanda Levete
- d) Maya Lin Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
20. Which Indian female architect is known for her work in heritage conservation?
- a) Brinda Somaya
- b) Sheila Sri Prakash
- c) Revathi Kamath
- d) Chitra Vishwanath Answer: a) Brinda Somaya
21. Which female architect designed the Galaxy SOHO in Beijing, China?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Kazuyo Sejima
- c) Farshid Moussavi
- d) Odile Decq Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
22. Who designed the Bloomberg European Headquarters in London?
- a) Amanda Levete
- b) Zaha Hadid
- c) Elizabeth Diller
- d) Kazuyo Sejima Answer: a) Amanda Levete
23. Which female architect designed the Vitra Fire Station in Germany?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Lina Bo Bardi
- c) Jeanne Gang
- d) Odile Decq Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
24. Who was the first female architect to receive the AIA Gold Medal?
- a) Julia Morgan
- b) Zaha Hadid
- c) Gae Aulenti
- d) Eileen Gray Answer: a) Julia Morgan
25. Who designed the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Elizabeth Diller
- c) Denise Scott Brown
- d) Amanda Levete Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
26. Which female architect is known for her innovative use of concrete in modern architecture?
- a) Lina Bo Bardi
- b) Amanda Levete
- c) Kazuyo Sejima
- d) Gae Aulenti
Answer: a) Lina Bo Bardi
27. Who was the first female architect to design a public housing project in Germany?
- a) Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
- b) Eileen Gray
- c) Denise Scott Brown
- d) Charlotte Perriand
Answer: a) Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
28. Which female architect designed the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne, Switzerland?
- a) Kazuyo Sejima
- b) Zaha Hadid
- c) Gae Aulenti
- d) Odile Decq
Answer: a) Kazuyo Sejima
29. Who is the Indian female architect known for her focus on mud architecture and sustainable design?
- a) Anupama Kundoo
- b) Revathi Kamath
- c) Sheila Sri Prakash
- d) Brinda Somaya
Answer: a) Anupama Kundoo
30. Which female architect is known for blending modernism with traditional African designs?
- a) Mariam Kamara
- b) Yasmeen Lari
- c) Maya Lin
- d) Anna Heringer
Answer: a) Mariam Kamara
31. Who co-founded the architecture firm "SANAA" with Ryue Nishizawa?
- a) Kazuyo Sejima
- b) Zaha Hadid
- c) Elizabeth Diller
- d) Eileen Gray
Answer: a) Kazuyo Sejima
32. Which architect is known for her groundbreaking work in eco-sensitive design in Pakistan?
- a) Yasmeen Lari
- b) Anupama Kundoo
- c) Revathi Kamath
- d) Maya Lin
Answer: a) Yasmeen Lari
33. Which architect won the 2021 Royal Gold Medal for her impactful contributions to architecture?
- a) Grafton Architects (Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara)
- b) Jeanne Gang
- c) Amanda Levete
- d) Carme Pigem
Answer: a) Grafton Architects (Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara)
34. Which architect designed the Bloomberg European Headquarters in London?
- a) Amanda Levete
- b) Farshid Moussavi
- c) Kazuyo Sejima
- d) Elizabeth Diller
Answer: a) Amanda Levete
35. Which architect is known for blending ancient Indian aesthetics with contemporary architecture?
- a) Brinda Somaya
- b) Revathi Kamath
- c) Sheila Sri Prakash
- d) Anupama Kundoo
Answer: b) Revathi Kamath
36. Which female architect designed the innovative Musée d'Orsay in Paris?
- a) Gae Aulenti
- b) Kazuyo Sejima
- c) Odile Decq
- d) Elizabeth Diller
Answer: a) Gae Aulenti
37. Who was the architect behind the iconic design of the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai?
- a) Jeanne Gang
- b) Gae Aulenti
- c) Anupama Kundoo
- d) Fatma Al Sahlawi
Answer: d) Fatma Al Sahlawi
38. Which architect co-founded the prestigious 'Office for Metropolitan Architecture' (OMA)?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Rem Koolhaas
- c) Denise Scott Brown
- d) Kazuyo Sejima
Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
39. Which architect created the innovative "Living Roof" at the California Academy of Sciences?
- a) Jeanne Gang
- b) Renzo Piano
- c) Odile Decq
- d) Anna Heringer
Answer: a) Jeanne Gang
40. Which female architect is known for designing the "Stirling Prize"-winning MAXXI Museum in Rome?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Kazuyo Sejima
- c) Odile Decq
- d) Amanda Levete
Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
41. Which architect designed the National Library of Kazakhstan?
- a) Evelyn Steiner
- b) Maya Lin
- c) Elizabeth Diller
- d) Carme Pigem
Answer: d) Carme Pigem
42. Who pioneered the "Green Urbanism" concept in Indian architecture?
- a) Sheila Sri Prakash
- b) Brinda Somaya
- c) Anupama Kundoo
- d) Yasmeen Lari
Answer: a) Sheila Sri Prakash
43. Which architect is known for her futuristic and iconic designs using parametric design tools?
- a) Zaha Hadid
- b) Kazuyo Sejima
- c) Maya Lin
- d) Denise Scott Brown
Answer: a) Zaha Hadid
44. Which female architect founded "Studio Mumbai" known for blending traditional Indian techniques with modern design?
- a) Bijoy Jain
- b) Sonali Rastogi
- c) Anupama Kundoo
- d) Brinda Somaya
Answer: c) Anupama Kundoo
45. Which architect is known for her contributions to low-cost housing in Pakistan?
- a) Yasmeen Lari
- b) Lina Bo Bardi
- c) Jeanne Gang
- d) Amanda Levete
Answer: a) Yasmeen Lari
46. Which architect is known for the innovative "One Central Park" in Sydney?
- a) Jeanne Gang
- b) Kazuyo Sejima
- c) Elizabeth Diller
- d) Amanda Levete
Answer: d) Amanda Levete
47. Which Indian architect founded the firm 'Somaya and Kalappa Consultants'?
- a) Brinda Somaya
- b) Sheila Sri Prakash
- c) Anupama Kundoo
- d) Revathi Kamath
Answer: a) Brinda Somaya
48. Which female architect co-founded "Work Architecture Company"?
- a) Amale Andraos
- b) Odile Decq
- c) Jeanne Gang
- d) Amanda Levete
Answer: a) Amale Andraos
49. Which female architect is known for her work on the "High Line" in New York City?
- a) Elizabeth Diller
- b) Amanda Levete
- c) Maya Lin
- d) Farshid Moussavi
Answer: a) Elizabeth Diller
50. Which female architect was the first to serve as the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)?
- a) Angela Brady
- b) Zaha Hadid
- c) Carme Pigem
- d) Amanda Levete
Answer: a) Angela Brady
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