Description : The notion of formal/ political leadership is stereotypically linked to (a) Masculinity (b) Femininity (c) Financial ability (d) Educational qualification
Last Answer : (a) Masculinity
Description : Gender emphasizes that masculinity and femininity are products of a. Social factor b. Cultural factor c. Psychological factor. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : a. Social factor
Description : Gender studies refer to the academic study of the phenomena of a. Gender. b. Sex. c. Patriarchy. d. None of these.
Last Answer : a. Gender.
Description : Which of the following terms refers to individual’s beliefs and action that are rooted in anti-female prejudice and stereotypic beliefs? [A] Individual Sexism [B] Institutionalized sexism [C] Gender Socialization [D] Gender Segregation
Last Answer : [A] Individual Sexism
Description : According to Hofstede, which dimension of a national culture measures the acceptability of a large difference in status and power among its citizens? A. Individualism versus collectivism B. Masculinity versus femininity C. Uncertainty avoidance D. Power distance
Last Answer : Power distance
Description : Within gender studies, the term patriarchy refers to a social system wherein a. Men dominate over women. b. Greater rights given to men. c. Resources like land and other assets are controlled by men. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : d. All of the above.
Description : The origin of gender studies lie in a. Feminism. b. Patriarchy. c. Women’s studies. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : c. Women’s studies.
Description : Which feminist perspective has patriarchy as its fundamental concepts in the explanation of Gender inequality a) Liberal feminism b) Radical feminism c) Socialist feminism d) Marxist feminism
Last Answer : b) Radical feminism
Description : Who says that the system of patriarchy came into existence because of the caste and gender hierarchy? (a) Kamla Bhasin (b) Gail Omvedt (c) Uma Chakraborty (d) Kumkum Sanghari
Last Answer : (c) Uma Chakraborty
Description : How did blue get associated with masculinity and pink with femininity?
Last Answer : Pink [equal] light & fluffy. Blue [equal] stylish, yet manly.
Description : Dimension of culture in which masculine values prevail over feminism values is classified as A. masculinity ⁄ femininity B. power distance C. orientation distance D. none of above
Last Answer : masculinity ⁄ femininity
Description : (i) ……………. is the belief that one sex is superior that the other. (Gender / Sexism / Feminism)
Last Answer : Choose the correct alternative and complete the statements : (i) . is the belief ... change. (Vertical / Horizontal / Intergenerational)
Description : Boys are good at math and science and girls are good at language and history. It is a matter of a. Gender. b. Sex. c. Biological. d. None of the above.
Description : Boys don’t cry. It is a matter of a. Physiological. b. Gender. c. Sex. d. None of the above.
Last Answer : b. Gender.
Description : Doctors are men; nurses are women. It is a matter of a. Sex. b. Psychological. c. Gender. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : c. Gender.
Description : Girls are gentle; boys are rough. It is a matter of a. Sex. b. Biological. c. Gender. d. None of the above.
Description : Women give birth to babies, men do not. It is a matter of a. Sex. b. Gender. c. Social. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : a. Sex.
Description : Biological characteristics distinguishing male from female is called--- a) Heterosexuality b) b) Gender c) Sex d) Homosexuality
Last Answer : c) Sex
Description : “Sex, Gender and society” is a book written by [A] Judith Butler [B] Simone de Beauvoir [C] Allen Willis [D] Ann Oakley
Last Answer : [D] Ann Oakley
Description : The feminist movement of modern time could be said to have started with (a) ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ by Mary Wollstonecraft (b) ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone de Beauvoir (c) ‘Gender, the basics’ by Hilary M. Lips (d) ‘Gender, Key Concepts in Philosophy’ by Tina Chanter
Last Answer : (a) ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ by Mary Wollstonecraft
Description : _________ identifies six structures of patriarchy such as household production, paid work, male violence, culture, state and sexuality. a. Freud. b. Walby. c. William James. d. Davidson.
Last Answer : b. Walby.
Description : Patriarchy literally means the a. Rule of the father. b. Rule of the mother. c. Rule of mother and father d. None of the above.
Last Answer : a. Rule of the father.
Description : A hierarchical system in which cultural, political, and economic structures are dominated by males is a ______________. a. Elite model. b. Patriarchy. c. Pluralist model. d. Gendered division of labour.
Last Answer : b. Patriarchy.
Description : Who has written the book “What is Patriarchy”? (a) Suma Chitnis (b) Kamla Bhasin (c) Andrea Dworkin (d) Zillah Eisenstein
Last Answer : (b) Kamla Bhasin
Description : Which view advocates that patriarchy is rooted in biology rather than in economics or history? (a) Radical Feminist View (b) Liberal View (c) Marxian View (d) None of these
Last Answer : (a) Radical Feminist View
Description : Which view says that the origin of patriarchy do not locate in legal, political rights or economic determinism but rather in the very roots of masculine psychology, language and thought? (a) Marxist View (b) Socialist Feminist View (c) Radical View (d) Traditional View
Last Answer : (b) Socialist Feminist View
Description : What does Patriarchy Means? (a) Rule by Mother (b) Rule by Father (c) Rule by Grand Father (d) None of them
Last Answer : (b) Rule by Father
Description : Who has written the book “Theorizing Patriarchy”? (a) Sylva Walby (b) J.S. Mill (c) Kamla Bhasin (d) Zillah Eisenstein
Last Answer : (a) Sylva Walby
Description : Male authority and power in a family/society is [A] Patriarchy [B] Matriarchy [C] Patriarchal [D] Matriarchal
Last Answer : [A] Patriarchy
Description : The book ‘Patriarchy’ is written by (a) Gerda Lerner (b) NiveditaMenon (c) Kamal Bhasin (d) Tina Chanter
Last Answer : (a) Gerda Lerner
Description : Where do conflicting but simultaneous ideals of masculinity fit into the binary gender system?
Last Answer : A man does what a man’s gotta do. Period.
Description : Which form of feminism is most closely associated with intersectional? [A] Postmodern [B] Black [C] Radical [D] Socialist
Last Answer : [B] Black
Description : When two companies are linked together by computers and they send business transactions through these computer, they are probably using- a. Digital wallets b. Electronic data interchange c. B2C d. Smart cards
Last Answer : b. Electronic data interchange
Description : When two companies are linked together by computers and they send business transactions through these computer, they are probably usinga. Digital wallets b. Electronic data interchange c. B2C d. Smart cards
Description : The commonest female stereotypical role that is prevalent is of the a. Weaker Sex. b. Homemaker. c. Compassionate. d. None of the above.
Last Answer : b. Homemaker.
Description : To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman...if nonviolenceis the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman? this ... is made by a. B.R. Ambedkar. b. Karl Marx. c. Mahatma Gandhi. d. None of the above.
Last Answer : c. Mahatma Gandhi.
Description : What is meant by ‘sex’? a. Fact of being either male or female, b. Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women. c. Anatomical and physiological characteristics that signify the biological maleness and femaleness of an individual. d. All of the above.
Description : Who has written the book “The Dialectic of Sex”? (a) Simone de Beauvoir (b) Susan Brawnmiller (c) Mary O’ Brien (d) Shulamith Firestone
Last Answer : (d) Shulamith Firestone
Description : The ‘double standard’ normally refers to the difference in social attitude towards [A] Homosexual and heterosexual sex activity [B] Child and Adult sexual activity [C] Male and female sexual activity [D] Working class and middle class sexual activity
Last Answer : [C] Male and female sexual activity
Description : SHW means [A] Sex at Home and at Work [B] Sexual Harassment at Work [C] Sexual Harassment at Wee-hour [D] None of the above
Last Answer : [B] Sexual Harassment at Work
Description : A feminist writer who explains sex as not an analytical category is [A] Judith Butler [B] Simone de Beauvoir [C] Allen Willis [D] None of the above
Last Answer : [A] Judith Butler
Description : The book ‘The Second Sex’ is written by (a) Judith Butler (b) Simone de Beouvoir (c) Kamala Bhasin (d) Radhika Chopra
Last Answer : (c) Kamala Bhasin
Description : Gender equality does not mean that men and women become a. The same. b. Unequal. c. Different. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : a. The same.
Description : Gender equity is the process of being fair to a. Women. b. Men. c. Women and men. d. None of the above.
Last Answer : c. Women and men.
Description : Different degrees of power are sustained and perpetuated through social stratification like a. Gender. b. Class. c. Caste. d. All of the above.
Description : Discrimination based on gender may differ in different situations but the root lies in the a. Ideology. b. How people think. c. Culture. d. None of the above.
Last Answer : a. Ideology.
Description : Discrimination faced by a person because of their gender can be termed as a. Gender Discrimination. b. Caste discrimination. c. Social discrimination. d. Economic Discrimination.
Last Answer : a. Gender Discrimination.
Description : Gender roles are a. Societal b. Cultural. c. Personal. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : a. Societal
Description : Gender relations are the ways in which a culture or society defines a. Rights. b. Responsibilities. c. Identities of men and women. d. All of the above.
Last Answer : a. Rights.