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| 1. |
Which of the following states first launched transgender policy in India? |
| A. | Tamil Nadu |
| B. | Maharashtra |
| C. | Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | Kerala |
| Answer» D. Kerala | |
| 2. |
Which of the following indicator is used to measure the changes in the status and roles of women and men over a period of time? |
| A. | Gender Empowerment Indicator |
| B. | Gender Sensitive Indicator |
| C. | Gender Inequality Indicator |
| D. | Gender Disaggregated Indicator |
| Answer» B. Gender Sensitive Indicator | |
| 3. |
Which of the following variable is most critical for those who focus on gender oppression theory? |
| A. | Power |
| B. | Money |
| C. | Mothering |
| D. | Culture |
| Answer» A. Power | |
| 4. |
In which year was the Global Gender Gap Index first introduced? |
| A. | 2002 |
| B. | 2004 |
| C. | 2006 |
| D. | 2007 |
| Answer» C. 2006 | |
| 5. |
The anatomical and other biological differences between males and females that are determined at the moment of conception denote the ___ of the individual |
| A. | masculinity |
| B. | femininity |
| C. | sex |
| D. | gender |
| Answer» C. sex | |
| 6. |
_____ is a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male or female. |
| A. | feminism |
| B. | gender identity |
| C. | sex |
| D. | gender |
| Answer» D. gender | |
| 7. |
Transvestites, drag queens, drag king and intersected individuals can be included in the broad category of |
| A. | homosexuals |
| B. | transexuals |
| C. | transgendered individuals |
| D. | bisexuals |
| Answer» C. transgendered individuals | |
| 8. |
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 |
| Answer» B. functionalist | |
| 9. |
Personal sense of one’s own gender is called |
| A. | sex |
| B. | gender |
| C. | gender identity |
| D. | third gender |
| Answer» C. gender identity | |
| 10. |
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 |
| Answer» C. It tells if a person is male or female | |
| 11. |
Boy, man, uncle, grandfather, etc. are |
| A. | Feminine titles |
| B. | Masculine titles |
| C. | Both feminine and masculine titles |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Masculine titles | |
| 12. |
Examples of feminine titles are |
| A. | Mother and daughter |
| B. | Girl and grandfather |
| C. | Policeman and waitress |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Mother and daughter | |
| 13. |
___ refers to the socially constructed attributes of being male or female. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | sex |
| C. | femininity |
| D. | masculinity |
| Answer» A. gender | |
| 14. |
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 |
| Answer» C. third gender | |
| 15. |
The set of chromosomes which defines a genetic male is |
| A. | XX |
| B. | XYY |
| C. | XY |
| D. | XXY |
| Answer» C. XY | |
| 16. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Sex refers to biological aspects of identity and gender refers to psychological and social identity | |
| 17. |
An individual who identifies a role that is opposite to his/her biological sex is called |
| A. | homosexual |
| B. | transgender |
| C. | feminine |
| D. | masculine |
| Answer» B. transgender | |
| 18. |
India’s Supreme Court recognizes transgender people as |
| A. | Third gender |
| B. | homosexual |
| C. | gender identity |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Third gender | |
| 19. |
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 |
| Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
| 20. |
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 |
| Answer» A. April of 2014 | |
| 21. |
Which is wrong about gender responsive budget? |
| A. | Gender Budgeting does not seek to create a separate budget but to provide affirmative action to address the specific needs of women |
| B. | Gender Budgeting involves dissection of the government to establish its gender differential impacts and to translate gender commitments into budgetary commitments |
| C. | Gender Budgeting is an accounting exercise or a process to ensure that benefits of development should reach all the minorities |
| D. | Gender Budgeting entails maintaining a gender perspective at various stages like programmes/policy formulation,etc. |
| Answer» C. Gender Budgeting is an accounting exercise or a process to ensure that benefits of development should reach all the minorities | |
| 22. |
Census 2011 identifies____ districts as ‘gender critical districts’ |
| A. | 162 |
| B. | 211 |
| C. | 249 |
| D. | 262 |
| Answer» D. 262 | |
| 23. |
Society’s expectation of people’s behavior and attitudes based on whether they are females or males is called |
| A. | Gender roles |
| B. | Gender identity |
| C. | Femininity |
| D. | Masculinity |
| Answer» A. Gender roles | |
| 24. |
Gender Lens refers to |
| A. | Creating awareness about gender |
| B. | Providing visibility to gender issues |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
| 25. |
External and common differences between men and women that do not include genitalia, such as differences in height, men’s ability to grows beards and women’s ability to grow breasts are examples of |
| A. | Primary sex characteristics |
| B. | Secondary sex characteristics |
| C. | Tertiary sex characteristics |
| D. | Quaternary sex characteristics |
| Answer» A. Primary sex characteristics | |
| 26. |
Cultural behavioural expectations for males or females is called |
| A. | Gender roles |
| B. | Gender identity |
| C. | Gender types |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Gender roles | |
| 27. |
A female-to-male (FTM) transgender person who was assigned female at birth, but whose gender identity is that of man is called: |
| A. | Trans Man |
| B. | Trans Female |
| C. | Homosexual |
| D. | Third Gender |
| Answer» A. Trans Man | |
| 28. |
Transgender in India have fought for and got voting rights in the year |
| A. | 1994 |
| B. | 1996 |
| C. | 2002 |
| D. | 2014 |
| Answer» A. 1994 | |
| 29. |
What is gendered division of labour? |
| A. | It negates the ‘double burden’ |
| B. | It is based on gender-structure conceptions of appropriate work |
| C. | It is increase in women’s compensation worldwide |
| D. | It is caste-based division of labour |
| Answer» B. It is based on gender-structure conceptions of appropriate work | |
| 30. |
‘Biological males who reject their masculinity identity in due course of time to identify as women’ are known as |
| A. | Trans women |
| B. | Trans men |
| C. | Transgender |
| D. | Androgyneous |
| Answer» C. Transgender | |
| 31. |
Which statement about primary sex characteristics is true? |
| A. | They include the formation of breasts and growth of beards |
| B. | They are directly involved in human reproduction |
| C. | They develop during puberty |
| D. | They are the same for males and females |
| Answer» A. They include the formation of breasts and growth of beards | |
| 32. |
A male-to-female(MTF) transgender person who was assigned male at birth, but whose gender identity is that of a woman is called: |
| A. | Bisexual |
| B. | Third Gender |
| C. | Trans man |
| D. | Trans woman |
| Answer» D. Trans woman | |
| 33. |
The concept of gender was developed by feminists during the: |
| A. | 1940s |
| B. | 1950s |
| C. | 1960s |
| D. | 1970s |
| Answer» D. 1970s | |
| 34. |
A set of attributes, behavioursand roles associated with boys and men is called: |
| A. | Masculinity |
| B. | Femininity |
| C. | Homosexuality |
| D. | Patriarchy |
| Answer» A. Masculinity | |
| 35. |
A set of attributes, behaviours and roles associated with girls and women is called: |
| A. | Masculinity |
| B. | Femininity |
| C. | Gender |
| D. | Feminism |
| Answer» B. Femininity | |
| 36. |
According to the latest judgement of the Supreme Court, which category does the transgender belong to? |
| A. | General category |
| B. | SC category |
| C. | Backward category |
| D. | OBC category |
| Answer» C. Backward category | |
| 37. |
Which of the following is a primary agency for gender construction? |
| A. | Caste |
| B. | Class |
| C. | Social system |
| D. | Family |
| Answer» D. Family | |
| 38. |
An umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression, or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth is called: |
| A. | Homosexuality |
| B. | Bisexuality |
| C. | Transgender |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Transgender | |
| 39. |
According to sociologists, gender behavior is: |
| A. | earned |
| B. | biological |
| C. | a given |
| D. | learned |
| Answer» D. learned | |
| 40. |
What is the sociological definition of gender? |
| A. | The characteristics, behaviours and norms that society ascribes to a person of one sex or the other. |
| B. | Whether a person is biologically and anatomically male or female or transgender. |
| C. | Whether a person considers himself/herself to be male or female. |
| D. | The behaviours and characteristics that are produced by a person that is anatomically male or anatomically female. |
| Answer» A. The characteristics, behaviours and norms that society ascribes to a person of one sex or the other. | |
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