Question: Which of the following Indian women was included in the list of 100 most powerful women in the world for the year 2017 released by America’s prestigious magazine ‘Forbes’?
(a) Priyanka Chopra
(b) Deepika Padukone
(c) Neeta Ambani
(d) Arundhati Bhattacharya
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- On November 1, 2017, America’s prestigious magazine ‘Forbes’ released the list of the world’s 100 most powerful women for the year 2017.
- Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has been ranked first in this list.
- K. Prime Minister ‘Theresa May’ and Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation retains second and third respectively in this list.
- Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg is at fourth and General Motors CEO Mary Barra ranked fifth.
- In thelist, 5 Indian women have also been included.
- ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar ranked 32nd, HCL Technologies CEO Roshni Naadhar Malhotra ranked 57th, India’s biotechnology and pharmaceutical company Biocon founder Kiran Majumdar Shaw ranked 71st and Head of HT Media Shobhana Bhartia has got 92th position.
- Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra got 97th place in the list.
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been ranked 30th in the list.
- In the list of the most powerful women, US President Donald Trump’s first daughter, Ivanka Trump was ranked 19th, India-born Indra Nooyi and Nikki Haley at 11th and 43rd
- Hillary Clinton, US Presidential candidate for year 2016 is at 65th
Reference:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2017/11/01/the-worlds-100-most-powerful-women-in-2017/#548357303148
https://www.forbes.com/pictures/59f23e33a7ea436b47b468b6/2017-power-women-top-20/#3d253151bf8c
https://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/
https://www.forbes.com/profile/angela-merkel/?list=power-women