Top 150+ Solved Sociology of Gender MCQ Questions Answer
Q. _____ is a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with beingmale or female.
a. feminism
b. gender identity
c. sex
d. gender
Q. Transvestites, drag queens, drag king and intersected individuals can be includedin the broad category of
a. homosexuals
b. transexuals
c. transgendered individuals
d. bisexuals
Q. Which perspective argues that men and women perform separate, specialized and complementary roles to maintain cohesiveness within families and the wider society?
a. feminist
b. functionalist
c. symbolic interactionist
d. conflict theorist
Q. What is gender?
a. Word that stands for men only
b. Word that stands for women only
c. It tells if a person is male or female
d. It is another word for feminism
Q. Boy, man, uncle, grandfather, etc. are
a. Feminine titles
b. Masculine titles
c. Both feminine and masculine titles
d. None of the above
Q. Examples of feminine titles are
a. Mother and daughter
b. Girl and grandfather
c. Policeman and waitress
d. None of the above
Q. ___ refers to the socially constructed attributes of being male or female.
a. gender
b. sex
c. femininity
d. masculinity
Q. a concept in which individuals are categorized, either by themselves or by society,as neither man nor woman is called
a. masculine gender
b. feminine gender
c. third gender
d. seamstress
Q. In differentiating the terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’
a. Sex refers to biological aspects of identity and gender refers to psychological and social identity
b. Sex refers to socio-cultural identity and gender refers to cultural identity
c. Sex refers to socio-cultural identity and gender refers to biological identity
d. None of the above
Q. An individual who identifies a role that is opposite to his/her biological sex is called
a. homosexual
b. transgender
c. feminine
d. masculine
Q. India’s Supreme Court recognizes transgender people as
a. Third gender
b. homosexual
c. gender identity
d. None of the above
Q. Third gender refers to
a. A gender classification in societies that recognize a gender other than male or female
b. A person who identifies as a gender other than male or female or as neither male nor female
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of the above
Q. The Supreme Court of India formally recognised the existence of a third gender in
a. April of 2014
b. April of 2015
c. April of 2016
d. April of 2017