MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q.1. What is meant by ‘gender division’?
(a) Division between rich and
poor (b) Division between males and females
(c) Division between educated
and uneducated (d) None of the above
Ans.
(b)
Q.2. What is meant by the term ‘Feminist’?
(a) Having the qualities
considered typical of women.
(b) A person who believes in
equal rights and opportunities for women and men.
(c) The belief that men and
women are equal.
(d) Men who look like women.
Ans.
(b)
Q.3. Which one of these does not refer to the ‘Feminist movement’?
(a) Improving educational and
career opportunities for women
(b) Giving voting rights to
the women (c) Training them in household jobs
(d) Improving their political
and legal status
Ans.
(c)
Q.4. What is the result of political expression of gender division?
(a) Has helped to improve
women’s role in public life
(b) Has provided a superior
status to women
(c) The position remains the
same, as it was
(d) None of the above
Ans.
(a)
Q.5. In which of these countries, the participation of women is not very large?
(a) Sweden (b) Norway (c)
India (d) Finland
Ans.
(c)
Q.6. Indian society is considered as
(a) a matriarchal society (b)
a patriarchal society
(c) a fraternal society (d)
none of these
Ans.
(b)
Q.7. Which of these Acts provides that equal wages should be paid for equal work
to both men
and women?
(a) Same Wages Act (b) Equal
Wages Act
(c) Wages Equality Act (d)
Equality Wages Act
Ans.
(b)
Q.8. In which of these categories of work do you think less time is spent by
men?
(a) Household and related work
(b) Income-generating work
(c) Sleep, self-care, reading
etc. (d) Talking, gossiping
Ans.
(a)
Q.9.
The representation of women in state assemblies is less than :
(a) 2% (b) 5% (c) 6% (d) 3%
Ans.
(b)
Q.10. To provide representation to women in Panchayats and Municipalities, the
following step
has been taken :
(a) Reservation for election
to half of the seats for women
(b) Appointment of 1/3 women
members
(c) Reservation for election
to 1/3 of the seats for women
(d) None of the above
Ans.
(c)
Q.11. What did Gandhiji mean when he said that religion and politics can never
be separated?
(a) Effect of Hinduism on
politics is more (b) Effect of Islam on politics is more
(c) Need moral values in
politics (d) None of these
Ans.
(c)
Q.12. In some places in India, the child sex ratio has fallen to as low as :
(a) 927 (b) 840 (c) 820 (d)
800
Ans.
(d)
Q.13. According to some feminist movements, which of these is the best way to
achieve
women’s well-being?
(a) Women should stop
cooperating with men (b) All women should go out for work
(c) Women should share power
(d) None of these
Ans.
(c)
Q.14.
The percentage of elected women members in the Lok Sabha has never reached even
_______ per cent of its total strength.
(a) 25% (b) 15% (c) 10% (d) 5%
Ans.
(c)
Q.15. Partly due to the efforts of reformers and partly due to other ________
changes, caste
system in modern India has undergone great changes.
(a) fundamental (b)
socio-economic (c) cultural (d) professional
Ans.
(b)
Q.16. What is leading to the breakdown of caste hierarchy?
(a) Large-scale urbanisation
(b) Growth of literacy and education
(c) Occupational mobility (d)
All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.17. In India, seats are reserved for women in :
(a) Lok Sabha (b) State
Legislative Assemblies
(c) Cabinets (d) Panchayati
Raj bodies
Ans.
(d)
Q.18.
Which of these is true about the ugliest form of communalism?
(a) Communal violence (b)
Riots
(c) Massacre (d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.19.
Which of these statements is incorrect?
(a) There is only one-way
relation between caste and politics.
(b) Politics too influences
the caste system.
(c) New kinds of caste groups
have come up in the political arena.
(d) None of the above.
Ans.
(a)
Q.20. _______ groups in our country have argued that most of the victims of
communal riots
in our country are people from religious minorities.
(a) Trade Union (b) Feminist
(c) Students (d) Human Rights
Ans.
(d)
Q.21. Which of these matters deal with the ‘Family Laws’?
(a) Marriage and divorce (b)
Adoption (c) Inheritance (d) All of these
Ans.
(d)
Q.22. What is meant by ‘Communal Politics’?
(a) Participation of different communities in
politics
(b) When state power is used
to establish domination of one religious group over the rest
(c) Communist type of
government
(d) All the above
Ans.
(b)
Q.23. Which of these forms can communalism take in politics?
(a) In everyday beliefs, like
religious prejudices
(b) A quest for political
dominance of one’s own religious community
(c) Political mobilisation on
religious lines
(d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.24. Which of these countries has an official state religion?
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Pakistan (c)
England (d) All of these
Ans.
(d)
Q.25. In India, the official religion of the state is :
(a) Hinduism (b) Islam (c)
Christianity (d) None
Ans.
(d)
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
Q.1. Laws concerning family matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption etc. are
known as:
(a) Family laws (b) Constitutional Laws
(c) Criminal Laws (d) Civil Laws
Ans.
(a)
Q.2. In which system of elected bodies about one-third seats are reserved for
women?
(a) Panchayats and Municipals (b) Lok
Sabha
(c) State Assemblies (d) None
of these
Ans.
(a)
Q.3. A system that values men more and gives them power over women is called?
(a) Feminist (b) Socialist (c) Patriarchy
(d) Communist
Ans.
(c)
Q.4. What does caste hierarchy mean?
(a) A shift from rural areas
to urban areas
(b) Shift from one occupation
to another
(c) A ladder-like formation in
which all caste groups are placed from the highest to the lowest
(d) None of these
Ans.
(c)
Q.5. Who among the following said that religion can never be separated from
politics?
(a) Acharya Vinobha Bhave (b) Mahatma
Gandhi
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d)
Rajendra Prasad
Ans.
(b)
Q.6. Which of the following statement about India as a secular state is
incorrect?
(a) Allows freedom to practice any
religion
(b) There is no official
religion
(c) Prohibits discrimination
on religious grounds
(d) It reserves seats for
religious minorities
Ans.
(d)
Q.7. A person who does not discriminate others on the basis of religious beliefs
is called?
(a) Communalist (b) Secular (c) Casteist
(d) Feminist
Ans.
(b)
Q.8. India is a secular state because :
(a) It allows freedom to
practise any religion (b) There is no official religion
(c) It prohibits
discrimination on religious grounds (d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.9. On which of the following ideas is communal politics based?
(a) One religion is considered
superior than the others
(b) Creating a vote bank of
the basis on religion
(c) Parties promote religious
stereotypes (d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.10. In which one of the following countries the participation of women in
public life is very high?
(a) India (b) Sweden (c)
Bangladesh (d) Pakistan
Ans.
(b)
Q.11. Which of the following divisions is unique to India?
(a) Gender division (b) Caste
division
(c) Economic division (d)
Religious division
Ans.
(b)
Q.12. Which one of the following is the literacy rate among women in India
according to the census of 2001?
(a) 50% (b) 76% (c) 28% (d)
54%
Ans.
(d)
Q.13. Which one of the following is not a cause of communalism?
(a) Religion is taken as the
basis of nation
(b) When one religion is discriminated against
other
(c) State has no official
religion
(d) Demands of one religious
group are formed in opposition to another
Ans.
(c)
Q.14. Which one of the following statements depicts Gandhiji’s views on religion
and politics?
(a) Politics should be guided
by one religion only
(b) Religion should be ahead
of politics
(c) Politics should be guided
by ethics drawn from religion
(d) None of the above
Ans.
(b)
Q.15. Which of the following is correct for patriarchal society?
(a) Women dominated society
(b) Male-dominated society
(c) Educated society (d)
Cultured society
Ans.
(b)
Q.16. Gender division usually means
(a) biological difference
between men and women
(b) unequal roles assigned by
the society to men and women
(c) unequal child sex ratio
(d) absence of voting rights
for women
Ans.
(b)
Q.17. A man or woman who believes in equal rights and opportunities for women is
a
(a) Communist (b) Socialist
(c) Feminist (d) Communalist
Ans.
(c)
Q.18. What is the percentage of literacy rate among men in India?
(a) 54 (b) 58 (c) 62 (d) 76
Ans.
(d)
Q.19. In which of the following countries the very participation of women in
public life is very low?
(a) Sweden (b) Denmark (c)
South Africa (d) Norway
Ans.
(c)
Q.20. Who among the following is a feminist?
(a) Some one who does not
believe in equal rights and opportunities for women and men
(b) Some one who believes in
equal rights and opportunities for women and men
(c) Some one who believes in
secularism
(d) None of the above
Ans.
(b)
Q.21. In which of the following countries? The participation of women in public
life is very high?
(a) Scandinavian countries (b)
African countries
(c) Asian countries (d) All
the above
Ans.
(a)
Q.22. Which one of the following statements is the opinion of Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) The religion can be
separated from politics
(b) The religion can never be
separated from politics
(c) There is no relationship
between religion and politics
(d) None of the above
Ans.
(b)
Q.23. ‘Feminist movements’ are aimed at
(a) Liberty (b) Equality (c)
Participation (d) Power
Ans.
(b)
Q.24. According to 2001 census what was the sex ratio in India?
(a) 1000 males 950 females (b)
1000 males 850 females
(c) 1000 males 927 females (d)
1000 males 922 females
Ans.
(c)
Q.25. Which type of state is India?
(a) Democratic (b) Secular (c)
Welfare (d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.26. Communalism refers to a division based on
(a) Religion (b) Caste
(c) Gender (d) Socio-economic
status
Ans.
(a)