The following Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) will help you test your knowledge on Gender Inequality and Gender Issues. There are four options for every question. Choose the correct option. These MCQ On Gender Inequality And Issues are asked in various competitive exams.
MCQ On Gender Inequality And Issues
1. A process of being fair to men and women is
a. Gender Intergration
b. Gender Equity
c. Gender Stereotypes
d. Gender discrimination
Answer: b
2. ‘Women in Early Buddhism’ is written by
a. M Talinn
b. Prathima A
c. Samita Sen
d. J W Scott
Answer: a
3. Ignoring or failing to address the gender dimensions is called
a. Gender discrimination
b. Gender Blind
c. Patriarchy
d. Gender Oppression
Answer: b
4. Social structure that institutionalize male physical, social and economic power over women
a. Gender Discrimination
b. Masculinity
c. Patriarchy
d. Feminity
Answer: c
5. Having the same number of men and women at all levels within the organization to ensure equal representation and participation in all areas is
a. Empowerment
b. Gender Equity
c. Gender Balance
d. Gender Role
Answer: c
6. According to gender historians, gender as phenomena cannot be conceptualized as
a. Historical
b. Social
c. Cultural
d. Natural
Answer: d
7. The first wave of women’s movement stood mainly for
a. right to education
b. abolition of child marriage
c. right to vote
d. right to equality
Answer: c
8. According to Marxist historians, subordination of women developed with the development of
a. Capitalism
b. Private Property
c. feudalism
d. Monarchical rule
Answer: b
9. Who remarked “One is not born a women but becomes one”?
a. Gerda Learner
b. Betty Friedan
c. A S Altekar
d. Simone de Beauvoir
Answer: d
10. Which among the following is written by Gerda Learner?
a. Second Sex
b. Creation of Patriarchy
c. Feminine Mystique
d. The Politics of Reproduction
Answer: b
11. Who wrote ‘Vindication for the Rights of Women’?
a. Mary Wollstonecraft
b. Betty Friedan
c. Simone de Beauvoir
d. Gerda Learner
Answer: a
12. Which of the following works was written by Simone de Beauvoir?
a. Second Sex
b. Creation of Patriarchy
c. Feminine Mystique
d. The Politics of Reproduction
Answer: a
13. ‘Feminine Mystique’, a famous work on gender relations was written by
a. Mary Wollstonecraft
b. Betty Friedan
c. Simone de Beauvoir
d. Gerda Learner
Answer: b
14. ‘The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation’ is written by
a. Uma Chakravarthy
b. KumKum Roy
c. James Mill
d. A S Altekar
Answer: d
15. ‘Gender and Politics of History’ is written by
a. Gerda Learner
b. D D Kosambi
c. David Cathy
d. Joan Scott
Answer: d
16. The meaning of the Greek word ‘Patriarch’
a. religious head or priest
b. owner of the land
c. preacher or orator
d. head of the tribe
Answer: d
17. According to Altekar, a clear cut decline in the status of women began in
a. Rig Vedic Period
b. Post- Vedic Period
c. Mauryan Period
d. Gupta Period
Answer: b
18. Women who joined the Buddhist Sanga as nuns is generally referred to as
a. Bhikkunis
b. Bhaktin
c. Ganika
d. Sangini
Answer: a
19. Work of a slave girl, glossed in commentaries as work in the fields
a. dasi Pravarga
b. dasihatya
c.dasilekhyam
d. dasibhoga
Answer: d
20. In ancient texts of India the term ‘dravyapurusha’ connotes
a. transgender
b. labourer
c. co-husband
d. male teacher
Answer: a
21. Which of the following is a collection of short poems of Buddhist nuns?
a. Virangana
b. Therigatha
c. Digha Nikhaya
d. paribhajaka
Answer: b
22. The name frequently found in ancient texts in association with courtesans is
a. Pativrata
b. Ganika
c. Sabhala
d. Yakshi
Answer: b
23. The term that connotes to bride price in ancient India
a. Niyoga
b. Aparigriha
c. Sulka
d. Sadhva
Answer: c
24. Polyandry system existed in India from _____ period.
a. Rigvedic
b. Mauryan
c. Satavahanas
d. Gupta
Answer: a
25. The marriage between a low caste man and a high caste woman is referred to as
a. Niyoga
b. Anuloma
c. Pratiloma
d. Rakshasa
Answer: c
26. The marriage between a high caste man and a low caste woman is referred to as
a. Niyoga
b. Anuloma
c. Pratiloma
d. Rakshasa
Answer: b
27. A practice whereby a woman has two or more husbands at the same time
a. Polygamy
b. Hypogamy
c. Polyandry
d. Exogamy
Answer: c
28. A practice whereby a man has two or more wives at the same time
a. Polygamy
b. Hypogamy
c. Polyandry
d. Exogamy
Answer: a
29. A woman who was dedicated to worship and serve a deity or a temple for life is called
a. Bhogastree
b. Kulastree
c. Devadasi
d. Bhikkuni
Answer: c
30.Concubines of the kings, chiefs, nobles etc. is referred to as
a. Devadasi
b. Bhogastree
c. satitva
d. grihini
Answer: b
31. Which form of marriage holds supreme position in ancient literature?
a. Arsha
b. Brahma
c. Gandharva
d. Anuloma
Answer: b
32. The appointment of a wife or widow to procreate a son from a male other than husband is called
a. Niyoga
b. Anuloma
c. Pratiloma
d. Rakshasa
Answer: a
33. The practice of marriage within the boundaries of a kula or class is known as
a. Endogamy
b. Exogamy
c. Hypergamy
d. Polygamy
Answer: a
34. Social reformer who took initiative in the abolition of Sati
a. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
b. Rajaram Mohan Roy
c. Syed Ammed Khan
d. Jyothirao Phule
Answer: b
35. The custom of Sati was legally abolished in the year
a. 1825
b. 1827
c. 1828
d. 1829
Answer: d
36. The Governor General who abolished the custom of Sati
a. Lord Ripon
b. Lord canning
C. Lord Dalhousie
d. Lord William Bentinck
Answer: d
37. Widow remarriage Act was passed in the year
a. 1830
b. 1856
c. 1930
d. 1956
Answer: b
38. Widow remarriage Act was passed by
a. Lord Dalhousie
b. Lord Curzon
c. Lord Ripon
d. Lord Irwin
Answer: a
39. Social reformer who took initiative for the propagation of widow remarriage
a. Dayananda Saraswathy
b. Syed Ahmad Khan
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Iswar Chandra Vidya Sagar
Answer: d
40. Which among the following was founded by Vishnushastri Pandit in 1850s
a. Ramaseva Mandali
b. Seva Sadan Mandal
c. Punar Vivahlojok Mandal
d. Mahila Bharat Samiti
Answer: c