Level 1 · Question 3

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THE QUESTION

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Give your answer in the same format as the sample output.
Create a program that stores a list of inspiring women ('Marie Curie', 'Ada
Lovelace', 'Katherine Johnson', 'Mae Jemison', ‘Radia Perlman’)
in STEM. Then, ask the user to input a number between 0 and 4 inclusive and print the
name at that index.
Sample Output: (output only the name)
Albert Einstein
Given Input:
User enters: 3

CHECK YOUR ANSWER

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Your output

Mae Jemison

Index 3 is the fourth item because indexing starts at zero.

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Expected output

Mae Jemison

Source: GIC 2025 Beginner Questions and the supplied Beginner answer key, March 2025 archive.