Q 1 – Which a way to create new opportunities for women?
(a) Household work
(b) Education
(c) Protest
(d) All of these
Ans. (b) Education
Q 2 – In which profession do we find more women?
(a) Nursing
(b) Teaching
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Both of these
Q 3 – what kind of the following jobs are females engaged more than males?
(a) Nurses
(b) Farmers
(c) Pilots
(d) Factory workers
Ans. (a) Nurses
Q 4 – what kind of job are males engaged more than women?
(a) Teachers
(b) Nurses
(c) Army officers
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Army officers
Q 5 – In the most families, what were their main aims after their girls finish school?
(a) Marriage
(b) Job opportunities
(c) Higher educations
(d) All of these
Ans. (a) Marriage
Q 6 – What did women NOT do in pottery trade?
(a) Collect the mud
(b) Prepare the earth
(c) Operate the wheel
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Operate the wheel
Q 7 – Which of the following became more common in 19th century?
(a) Hospitals
(b) Schools
(c) Discos
(d) Restaurants
Ans. (b) Schools
Q 8 – Where was Rashsundari Devi born?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
Ans. (b) West Bengal
Q 9 – In which of the following languages did Rashsundari write her autobiography ?
(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Bangla
Ans. (d) Bangla
Q 10 – What was the title of Rashsundari’s autobiography ?
(a) Discovery of India
(b) Meri 21 Kavitayen
(c) Amar Jiban
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Amar Jiban
Q 11 – What was percentage of Literate men in Census of 2001?
(a) 76%
(b) 40%
(c) 54%
(d) 38%
Ans. (a) 76%
Q 12 – Women’s situation has improved in these areas:
(a) Legal Reform
(b) education
(c) Health
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 13 – When were the guidelines against sexual harassment of women formalised?
(a) 2006
(b) 2001
(c) 1997
(d) 1990
Ans. (c) 1997
Q 14 – Which methods are used to raise awareness?
(a) Songs
(b) Plays
(c) Meetings
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 15 – People protest against:
(a) Injustice
(b) Equality
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Injustice
Q 16 – When is International Women’s Day celebrated?
(a) 8th April
(b) 8th March
(c) 8th January
(d) 8th August
Ans. (b) 8th March
Q 17 – Women work in agricultural sector includes
(a) planting, weeding, harvesting and threshing
(b) planting, seeding, harvesting and digging
(c) planting, weeding, harvesting and digging
(d) planting, seeding, harvesting and playing
Ans. (a) planting, weeding, harvesting and threshing
Q 18 – The 2001 census also f ound that ____girls are less likely, than ____ girls, to complete primary school
(a) Muslim, Dalit and Adivasi
(b) Adivasi, Dalit and Muslims
(c) Dalit , Hindu and Adivasi
(d) Hindu, Dalit and Muslims
Ans. (a) Muslim, Dalit and Adivasi
Q 19 – The provision of ___ helps many women to take up employment outside the home
(a) Hospital
(b) Law
(c) Creches
(d) Court
Ans. (c) Creches
Q 20 – According to the 1961 census, about ___per cent of all boys and men and __ per cent of all girls and women
(a) 10, 15
(b) 40, 15
(c) 20, 25
(d) 30, 65
Ans. (b) 40, 15
Q 21 – This ref ers to physical or verbal behavior that is of a sexual nature and against the wishes of a
woman.
(a) Male harassment
(b) Sexual harassment
(c) Gender harassment
(d) Domestic harassment
Ans . (b) Sexual harassment
Q 22 – Earlier it was believed that if a woman learnt to read and write
(a) she would bring bad luck to her society
(b) she would bring bad luck to her f amily
(c) she would bring bad luck to her husband and become a widow
(d) she would bring bad luck to her children
Ans. (c) she would bring bad luck to her husband and become a widow
Q 23 – What can you say about the work of men and women
(a) Women work should be valued more than men
(b) Should devalued the work of men and women
(c) Should be equally valued
(d) Men work should be valued more than women
Ans. (c) Should be equally valued
Q 24 – According to Rokeya Sakhawat lady land is a place where
(a) Land build by ladies
(b) Lady have freedom to study and work
(c) Lot of Ladies are living
(d) Ladies owned lot of land
Ans. (b) Lady have freedom to study and work
Q 25 – The Samoan Islands are part of a large group of small islands in the southern part of the
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Antarctic Ocean
(c) Arctic Ocean
(d) Pacific Ocean
Ans. (d) Pacific Ocean
Q 26 – Following points show the preference is given to boys as compared to girls except
(a) Boys are given more opportunities as given to girls.
(b) The boys are considered to be bread earnings
(c) The birth of a girl is considered more important and is regarded as auspicious
(d) The female child is considered liability of the family
Ans. (c) The birth of a girl is considered more important and is regarded as auspicious
Q 27 – Indian woman who f irst wrote autobiography
(a) Rokeya
(b) Rashsundari
(c) Ramabai
(d) Laxmibai
Ans. (b) Rashsundari
Q 28 – In the ____, according to research reports on Samoan society, children did not go to school. They learnt many things, such as how to take care of children or do household work from older children and f rom adults
(a) 1950
(b) 1940
(c) 1930
(d) 1920
Ans. (d) 1920
Q 29 – What did girls learn af ter the age of 14 years
(a) Learning to weave basket
(b) Doing plantation
(c) Learning cooking
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 30 – A law was passed in ____ to give women who f ace physical and mental violence within their homes, also called domestic violence, some legal protection
(a) 2004
(b) 2005
(c) 2007
(d) 2006
Ans. (d) 2006