130+ Gender Studies Solved MCQs

1.

Intersectionality is a term that was coined by……………… in 1989.

A. crenshaw
B. shulamith firestone
C. talcott parsons
D. antony giddens
Answer» A. crenshaw
2.

………….is the multidisciplinary study of how assumptions and expectations about gender and biological sex influence cultural, social, and political ideas about women and men.

A. social studies
B. women studies
C. gender studies
D. sociology
Answer» C. gender studies
3.

……..refers to a person's biological and physiological characteristics.

A. sex
B. gender
C. personality
D. behavior
Answer» A. sex
4.

The term gender identity was originally coined by…………

A. robert. j.stoller
B. kate millet
C. ann oakley
D. crenshaw
Answer» A. robert. j.stoller
5.

In 1950,Sigmund Freud presented his theory of……..

A. social development
B. intellectual development
C. psycho sexual development
D. cognitive development
Answer» C. psycho sexual development
6.

Three essays on the theory of sexuality is written by… …….

A. simon de bouvier
B. sigmund freud
C. rachel carson
D. judith butler
Answer» B. sigmund freud
7.

According to Freud gender identity developed during the………stage of development

A. phallic.
B. latency.
C. oral
D. anal
Answer» A. phallic.
8.

…….,..proposed the Electra complex as an analogous phenomenon in girls

A. freud
B. carl jung
C. julia kristeiva
D. ann oakley
Answer» B. carl jung
9.

Sex and Gender :on the Development of Masculinity and femininity.who wrote the book?

A. a.freud
B. carl jung
C. c.julia kristeiva.
D. robert.j.stoller
Answer» D. robert.j.stoller
10.

Gender identity Research project was established for the study of……………….

A. male and female
B. intersexual and transsexual.
C. lesbian and gay
D. none of the above
Answer» B. intersexual and transsexual.
11.

strong, persistent feelings of identification with the opposite gender and discomfort with one’s own assigned sex is……..

A. gender identity disorder
B. personality disorder
C. identity crisis
D. role distance
Answer» A. gender identity disorder
12.

Feminist movements’ are aimed at:

A. liberty
B. equality
C. participation
D. power
Answer» B. equality
13.

Select the laws enacted by The parliament for the welfare of the women.

A. special marriage act of 1955
B. dowry prohibition act of 1961
C. equal remuneration act of 1976
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
14.

Women in India are discriminated in

A. political life
B. social life
C. economic life
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
15.

Sexual Division of labor signifies, that

A. gender division of labor division in the basis of nature of thefamily
B. work deciding the division between men and women
C. caste is the basis of gender division
D. age decides the division
Answer» B. work deciding the division between men and women
16.

A woman or a man who believes in equal rights and opportunities for men and women.” Select the correct option for the definition.

A. feminist
B. patriarchy
C. caste hierarchy
D. social change
Answer» A. feminist
17.

equal wages act signifies that

A. law that deals with family related matters
B. law provides that equal wages should be paid for equal job forboth men and women
C. an act which signifies that all work inside the home is done by the
D. a radical law against the discriminatory attitude and sexualdivision of labor.
Answer» B. law provides that equal wages should be paid for equal job forboth men and women
18.

Among the following which countries have high participation if the women in public life.

A. sweden and india
B. norway and sri lanka
C. nepal and finland
D. sweden and africa
Answer» D. sweden and africa
19.

In India seats are reserved for women in:

A. a,b and d
B. b,c and d
C. b and c
D. a and d
Answer» A. a,b and d
20.

...... are the beliefs that people have about the features and characteristics of males and females.

A. gender role
B. sex role
C. gender dividend
D. gender stereotype
Answer» D. gender stereotype
21.

A man or woman who believes in equal rights and opportunities for men and women is…………,.

A. equality.
B. feminism
C. gender justice
D. gender discrimination
Answer» B. feminism
22.

…….Act which provides for equal wages to men and women for equal work.

A. equal remuneration act
B. hindu succession act.
C. equal salary act
D. equal wage act
Answer» A. equal remuneration act
23.

The word to denote to a person whose sense of personal identity or gender does not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth, or does not conform to gender stereo types. Sexual orientation varies and is not dependent on gender identity.

A. bisexual
B. gay
C. transgender
D. lesbian
Answer» C. transgender
24.

the first wave feminism was mainly concerned with

A. women’s right to vote
B. equal and legal social rights.
C. participation in the election.
D. destruction of the patriarchy.
Answer» A. women’s right to vote
25.

The French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir belongs to the

A. radical feminism
B. liberal feminism
C. marxist feminism.
D. socialist feminism
Answer» B. liberal feminism
26.

who had written “the Reproduction of mothering”

A. shulamith firestone
B. nancy jlia chodorow
C. ann oakley
D. simon de bouvier
Answer» C. ann oakley
27.

”culture is the determinant of gender roles” who opined that

A. shulamith firestone
B. .nancy jlia chodorow
C. ann okley
D. simon de bouvier
Answer» C. ann okley
28.

who had written ‘the second sex’

A. talcott parsons
B. g.p murdock
C. simone de beavoir
D. ann oakley
Answer» C. simone de beavoir
29.

Who opined that ‘one is not born, but rather one becomes, a woman’

A. shulamith firestone
B. nancy jlia chodorow
C. ann okley
D. simon de bouvier
Answer» D. simon de bouvier
30.

the postmodern feminism sees gender in terms of

A. identity
B. social structure
C. culture
D. discource.
Answer» D. discource.
31.

Charlotte Hooper’s Manly States (2001) is an example of

A. modern textual analysis
B. post modern textual analysis
C. content analysis
D. structural analysis
Answer» B. post modern textual analysis
32.

Who defined Gender as a social role performed/enacted by the individuals, and validated and accepted by society

A. judith butler
B. shulamith fire stone
C. talcott parsons.
D. nancy jia chodorow
Answer» A. judith butler
33.

the opinion “gender is really only to the extent that it is performed” , Is related to

A. judith butler
B. shulamith fire stone
C. talcott parsons.
D. julia kristeva
Answer» A. judith butler
34.

Queer theory finds its roots in

A. strcturalism
B. post structuralism
C. functionalism.
D. interpretivism
Answer» B. post structuralism
35.

The quote “queer theory is a discipline which is difficult to be disciplined” to

A. michael foucault
B. derrida
C. niki sulivan
D. judith butler
Answer» C. niki sulivan
36.

Who coined the term queer theory

A. foucault
B. derrida
C. judith butler
D. teresa de lauretis
Answer» D. teresa de lauretis
37.

find one who not related to queer theory

A. eve kosofsky
B. sedgwik
C. thomas moore
D. adrienne rich.
Answer» C. thomas moore
38.

Queer theory became an area of study in the Year

A. 1991.
B. 1992.
C. 1993
D. 1994
Answer» A. 1991.
39.

who opinioned that “culture has high value than nature .culture means by which man controls and regulate the nature.

A. sherry b ortener
B. teresa de lauretis
C. sedgwik
D. adrienne rich
Answer» A. sherry b ortener
40.

who developed the term ‘cultural hegemony’

A. foucault
B. derrida
C. antonio gramsci
D. herbert spencer
Answer» C. antonio gramsci
41.

Who developed the term Hegemonic Masculinity

A. sherry b ortner
B. teresa de lauretis
C. sedgwik
D. raewyn connell.
Answer» D. raewyn connell.
42.

”Patriarchal systems are intertwined with wide variety of other hierarchical relations (e.g. class, race, nation);consequently, not all men receive the same share of patriarchal dividend”. Who Opinioned.

A. rw connell
B. derrida
C. foucault
D. parsons
Answer» A. rw connell
43.

The difference in the levels of purity/impurity between men and women is much ………. among the lower castes than among the high castes.

A. high
B. less
C. equal
D. no difference.
Answer» B. less
44.

Religion is a gendered institution who says that.

A. karl marx
B. max weber
C. shulamith fire stone
D. michael kimmel
Answer» D. michael kimmel
45.

in which of these books Sigmund Frued presented his theory of psychosexual development .

A. an interpretation of the dreams
B. three essays on the theory of sexuality.
C. a general introduction to psychoanalysis.
D. the ego and the id.
Answer» B. three essays on the theory of sexuality.
46.

Giving birth to a child is

A. sex role.
B. gender role.
C. both
D. none of these.
Answer» A. sex role.
47.

Children might have awareness of ,and attach some significance to gender as early as 18 months to two years. According to whome.

A. john money.
B. lawrence kohlberg
C. martin and ruble
D. barbara new man
Answer» A. john money.
48.

who breaks the formation of Gender identity to four parts.

A. john money.
B. lawrence kohlberg
C. martin and ruble
D. barbara new man
Answer» D. barbara new man
49.

A famous Indian eco feminist

A. iravati karve
B. vandana shiva
C. uma chakravarti
D. leela dube
Answer» B. vandana shiva
50.

Beliefs that people have about features and characteristics of males and females, are

A. role distance
B. gender stero types
C. gender identity disorder
D. role conflict.
Answer» B. gender stero types
51.

Unequal or disadvantageous treatment of an individual or group of individual based on gender,is

A. gender identity
B. gender sterotype
C. gender discrimination
D. gender identity disorder.
Answer» C. gender discrimination
52.

Article …… of the constitution prohibits any discrimination on the basis of sex.

A. 12.
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15
Answer» D. 15
53.

full form of N.C.W

A. national council for women
B. national committee for women
C. national commission for women
D. national cooperation for women.
Answer» C. national commission for women
54.

inda ranks……. Out of 175 countries in the world as gender empowerment is concerned

A. 84
B. 85
C. 86
D. 87
Answer» C. 86
55.

The most basic division of labor on

A. nation.
B. race
C. sex and gender
D. education
Answer» C. sex and gender
56.

Women’s subordination and division of labor by sex originated in lines with the emergence of social differentiation and patriarchy caused by the historical changes in the modes of production and related structure. This argument related to

A. marxism
B. functionalism
C. structural functionalism
D. post modernism
Answer» A. marxism
57.

Gender roles based on the sexual division of labor is culturally rather than biologically determined. This argument related to

A. judith butler
B. shulamith fire stone
C. ann oakley
D. emile durkheim
Answer» C. ann oakley
58.

who opined that the women in the primitive societies had a very active economic role .They were not only food gathers but also were the first managers of negligible surplus.

A. d.d kosambi.
B. shulamith fire stone
C. ann oakley
D. emile durkheim
Answer» A. d.d kosambi.
59.

Women were the first agriculturist, first pottery makers according to whom

A. d.d kosambi.
B. shulamith fire stone
C. ann oakley
D. emile durkhiem
Answer» A. d.d kosambi.
60.

The belief that romantic and sexual attraction of the opposite sex, is the only normal sexual orientation. Other sexual identities are considered unnatural and prohibited, is

A. hetro sexuality
B. hetro normativity
C. ho*mo sexuality
D. homonormativity.
Answer» B. hetro normativity
61.

The term Heteronormativity is popularized by

A. will moot
B. michael foucault
C. michael warner
D. david kooper
Answer» C. michael warner
62.

………refers to men who are attracted to men in a romantic,erotic and emotional sense

A. lesbian
B. gay
C. bisexual
D. transgender
Answer» B. gay
63.

The term Muxe derived from which language

A. spnish
B. french
C. latin
D. greek
Answer» A. spnish
64.

Feminist history can be divided into ……..waves

A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Answer» C. three
65.

The slogan ‘the person is political’ is highlighted by

A. first wave feminism
B. second wave feminism
C. third wave feminism.
D. lgbt movements
Answer» B. second wave feminism
66.

Who was the key player in second wave feminism.

A. betty friedan
B. judith butler
C. julia cristiva
D. shulamith firestone
Answer» A. betty friedan
67.

’Over emphasized on the experience of upper middle class white women’ is criticism of

A. second wave feminism in first one.
B. third wave feminism on second one
C. shulamith firestone on ann oakley
D. ann oakley on shulamith firestone.
Answer» B. third wave feminism on second one
68.

The liberal Feminist thought was first expressed by

A. olympe de gourges
B. simone de beauvoir
C. mary wollstonecraft
D. ann oakley
Answer» A. olympe de gourges
69.

Mary Wollstonecraft from

A. france
B. germany
C. britain
D. spain
Answer» C. britain
70.

The origin of Marxist feminism can be seen in the work of

A. frederick engel.
B. karl marx
C. antonio gramsci
D. louise althusser
Answer» A. frederick engel.
71.

Who wrote ‘The origins of the Family, Private Property and the state.’

A. frederick engel.
B. karl marx.
C. antonio gramsci
D. louise althusser
Answer» A. frederick engel.
72.

”offering a model of women’s liberation which is based on male values”, is a criticism of

A. marxist feminism on liberal and social.
B. radical feminism on marxist and liberal.
C. postmodern feminism on liberal
D. socialist feminism on marxist.
Answer» B. radical feminism on marxist and liberal.
73.

……..feminism is concerned with equal rights for both men and women.

A. liberal
B. radical
C. socialist
D. marxist
Answer» A. liberal
74.

According to social feminism what is the second central material cause for the unequal treatment of the women

A. capitalism
B. patriarchal system.
C. laws
D. religion
Answer» B. patriarchal system.
75.

Women share the same experience produced on the wide scale environment.Thid words are related to

A. ecofeminism
B. radical feminism
C. liberal feminism
D. marxist feminism
Answer» A. ecofeminism
76.

The term Eco feminism coined by

A. francoise d eaubonne
B. vandana shiva
C. ann oakley
D. shulamith firestone
Answer» A. francoise d eaubonne
77.

Eco Feminism was further developed by

A. ynesta kimg
B. vandana shiva
C. ann oakley
D. shulamith firestone.
Answer» A. ynesta kimg
78.

Maria Mies belongs to

A. radical feminism
B. social feminism
C. eco feminism
D. liberal feminism
Answer» C. eco feminism
79.

’Staying alive: women,ecology and development’ written by

A. francoise d eaubonne
B. vandana shiva
C. ann oakley
D. shulamith firestone
Answer» B. vandana shiva
80.

The work won the Jessie Bernard award for sociologists for women in society(1979)

A. the second sex
B. the reproduction of mothering
C. introduction to contemporary social theory
D. encyclopedia of social theory
Answer» B. the reproduction of mothering
81.

In which work Ann Oakley attacks G.p Murdock and Talcott Parsons .

A. .interpretation on sxual division of labor
B. housewife
C. the sociology of house work
D. encyclopedia of social theory
Answer» A. .interpretation on sxual division of labor
82.

Bodies that matter: on the discursive limits of sex written by

A. ann oakley
B. judith butler
C. shulamith fire stone
D. julia kristeva
Answer» B. judith butler
83.

Powers of horror:an essay on Abjection written by

A. ann oakley
B. judith butler
C. shulamith fire stone
D. julia kristeva
Answer» D. julia kristeva
84.

in Uttar Pradesh ,for instance, it is said that just as a she goat may be milked at any time at one’s will, so can a Chamar woman be enjoyed any time one’s discretion

A. leela dube
B. itawati karve
C. vandans shiva
D. uma chakravarthi
Answer» A. leela dube
85.

Reference to a period of goddess’ worship existed in Europe and other countries back to

A. 7000 b.c
B. 6000b.c
C. 5000 b.c
D. 4000b.c
Answer» A. 7000 b.c
86.

Robort .J. Stoller was

A. anthropologist
B. sociologist
C. psychoanalyst
D. scientist
Answer» C. psychoanalyst
87.

Which five year plan emphasis on women development by constitutional safeguards like property rights, Hindu succession act

A. 6th
B. 7th
C. 8th
D. 10th
Answer» D. 10th
88.

Who is the author of vindication fo the rights of Women (1792)?

A. Gerda Lerner
B. Mary Wollstonecraft*
C. Virginia Wolf
D. Margaret Fuller
Answer» B. Mary Wollstonecraft*
89.

Who said ‘ one is not born a woman but becomes one’?

A. Simone de Beauvoir
B. Virginia wolf
C. Luce Irigary
D. Betty Friedan
Answer» A. Simone de Beauvoir
90.

Who is the author of The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State (1884)?

A. Frederick Engels
B. Lenin
C. Betty Freidan
D. Luce Irigaray
Answer» A. Frederick Engels
91.

The Creation of patriarchy is written by—

A. Virginia Wolf
B. Gerda Lerne
C. Uma chakravarti
D. V.Geeta
Answer» B. Gerda Lerne
92.

When did A.S.Altekar’s work, The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization publish?

A. 1956
B. 1967
C. 1987
D. 1985
Answer» A. 1956
93.

Who wrote Vedic Ecology?

A. Vandana Shiva
B. Sunita Narayan
C. Medha Patkar
D. Leewla Dube
Answer» A. Vandana Shiva
94.

Whose name is associated with the movement Navdanya?

A. Pratiksha Baxi
B. Vandana shiva
C. Irom Sharmila
D. Leela Dube
Answer» B. Vandana shiva
95.

Who coined the term ecofeminism?

A. Francoise d’ Eabonne*
B. Charlene Spretnak
C. Greta Gaard
D. Lori Gruen
Answer» A. Francoise d’ Eabonne*
96.

Who questioned the Altekarian paradigm in the context of Indian women?

A. Vijaya Ramaswamy
B. Maithreyi Krishnaraj
C. Uma Chakravarti
D. Kirti Sha
Answer» C. Uma Chakravarti
97.

Which Brahmanical text described a woman, a sudra, a dog, and a crow are the embodiments of untruth, sin, and darkness.?

A. Satapatha Brahmana
B. Vishnu purana
C. Aitereya Brhamana
D. Naradasmriti
Answer» A. Satapatha Brahmana
98.

Who wrote ‘stridharmapadhati’?

A. Sage Narada
B. Treyambaka
C. Manu
D. Agastya
Answer» B. Treyambaka
99.

What is the main instrument through which the patriarchal Brahmanical society subordinated women in the opinion of Uma Chakravarti?

A. idea of female seclusion
B. keeping the women illiterate
C. idea of pativratadharma
D. rituals
Answer» C. idea of pativratadharma
100.

Which Indian historian applied the theoretical formulations of Gerda Lerner in Indian contexts for the first time?

A. Kumkum Sangari
B. Bina Agarwal
C. Uma Chakravarti
D. Vina Majumdar
Answer» C. Uma Chakravarti
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