Top 150+ Solved Sociology of Gender MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following structural variables determine women’s work in India?
a. Regional differences
b. Labour market
c. The family, caste, class and region
d. All of the above
Q. Which constitutional amendment states that the total number of seats to be filled in Panchayats and Municipalities will be reserved for women and should not be less than one third of the total number of seats?
a. 73rd & 74th Constitutional Amendment Act
b. 102nd Constitutional Amendment Act
c. 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act
d. 104th Constitutional Amendment Act
Q. Which of the following are the major objectives of ‘Beti Bachao Beti PachaoYojana’?
a. Prevention of gender based sex selective abortion
b. Ensuring survival and protection of girl child
c. Ensuring education and participation of girl child
d. All of the above
Q. Which of the following universities first started a course on women’s studies?
a. Oxford university
b. S.N.D.T. University
c. Cornell University
d. San Diego State University
Q. Which of the following Universities first started a course on women’s studies inIndia?
a. SNDT Women’s University
b. Delhi University
c. Jawaharlal Nehru University
d. Banaras Hindu University
Q. Who said the following :‘Educate your women first and leave them themselves,then they will tell you what reforms are necessary for them’
a. Swami Vivekananda
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Dr. BR. Ambedkar
d. Jawaharlal Nehru
Q. Who was the Minister of Women and Child Development when the NationalPolicy on Empowerment of Women was framed?
a. Krishna Tirath
b. Renuka Choudhary
c. Manela Sanjay Gandhi
d. Sumitra Mahajan
Q. As per ‘Sukanya Samridi Yojana’ the parents of girl children can open an accountfor a girl child up to the age of
a. 5 years
b. 10 years
c. 15 years
d. 18 years
Q. The 2016 Women Economic Forum (WEF) has been hosted by which of thefollowing countries?
a. India
b. Brazil
c. South Africa
d. Russia
Q. The protagonists of the Reformist movement on women’s issues in India were
a. Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b. Jawaharla Nehru and Sri Aurobindo
c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Gandhiji
d. Vijaylaxmi Pandit and Gandhiji
Q. Which of the following is correct with regard to women’s studies curriculum?
a. The study of subjects relating to women, their roles in history and their contributions to society
b. The multi-disciplinary study of the social status and societal contributions of women and the relationship between power and gender disparity
c. A critical instrument to study reality from the standpoint of women
d. All of the above
Q. What is the strength of the Indian Women’s Studies movement?
a. Diversity within women’s studies in terms of sources of research, information, documentation and action
b. Women’s studies centres are being supported by the University Grants Commission
c. Some women’s studies centres have also been funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research
d. All of the above
Q. Which of the following are duties of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005?
a. Assisting the magistrate in the discharge of his/her functions
b. To ensure that the assumed person is provided legal aid under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
c. To get the aggrieved person medically examined if she has sustained bodily injuries
d. All of the above
Q. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides that ‘not less than one-third (including number of seats reserved for women belonging to SC and ST) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct elections in every municipality shall be reserved for women and seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a municipality’?
a. Article 243T(B)
b. Article 243 P
c. Article 243 R
d. Article 243Y
Q. In which of the following dates did a delegation of women met ‘the erstwhile viceroy Frederic Thesiger to demand voting rights for women’?
a. March 24, 1917
b. December 18, 1917
c. November 18, 1916
d. March 21, 1921