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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Sociology (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 51. |
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 | |
| 52. |
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 | |
| 53. |
___ refers to the socially constructed attributes of being male or female. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | sex |
| C. | femininity |
| D. | masculinity |
| Answer» A. gender | |
| 54. |
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 | |
| 55. |
The set of chromosomes which defines a genetic male is |
| A. | XX |
| B. | XYY |
| C. | XY |
| D. | XXY |
| Answer» C. XY | |
| 56. |
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 | |
| 57. |
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 | |
| 58. |
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 | |
| 59. |
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) | |
| 60. |
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 | |
| 61. |
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 | |
| 62. |
Census 2011 identifies____ districts as ‘gender critical districts’ |
| A. | 162 |
| B. | 211 |
| C. | 249 |
| D. | 262 |
| Answer» D. 262 | |
| 63. |
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 | |
| 64. |
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) | |
| 65. |
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 | |
| 66. |
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 | |
| 67. |
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 | |
| 68. |
Transgender in India have fought for and got voting rights in the year |
| A. | 1994 |
| B. | 1996 |
| C. | 2002 |
| D. | 2014 |
| Answer» A. 1994 | |
| 69. |
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 | |
| 70. |
‘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 | |
| 71. |
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 | |
| 72. |
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 | |
| 73. |
The concept of gender was developed by feminists during the: |
| A. | 1940s |
| B. | 1950s |
| C. | 1960s |
| D. | 1970s |
| Answer» D. 1970s | |
| 74. |
A set of attributes, behavioursand roles associated with boys and men is called: |
| A. | Masculinity |
| B. | Femininity |
| C. | Homosexuality |
| D. | Patriarchy |
| Answer» A. Masculinity | |
| 75. |
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 | |
| 76. |
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 | |
| 77. |
Which of the following is a primary agency for gender construction? |
| A. | Caste |
| B. | Class |
| C. | Social system |
| D. | Family |
| Answer» D. Family | |
| 78. |
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 | |
| 79. |
According to sociologists, gender behavior is: |
| A. | earned |
| B. | biological |
| C. | a given |
| D. | learned |
| Answer» D. learned | |
| 80. |
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. | |
| 81. |
Gender roles refer to |
| A. | Chromosomal difference that causes inevitable differences in the behaviour of men and women |
| B. | Hormonal differences that causes inevitable differences in the behavior of women |
| C. | The rights, responsibilities, expectation and relationships of women and men |
| D. | Subordination of women based on the assumption of superiority of men |
| Answer» C. The rights, responsibilities, expectation and relationships of women and men | |
| 82. |
Mark the correct statement about gender inequality |
| A. | Gender form of inequality is more severe than caste form of inequality |
| B. | Gender inequality is like class inequality |
| C. | Gender inequality is the creation of caste society only |
| D. | Gender inequality is not observed in open society |
| Answer» A. Gender form of inequality is more severe than caste form of inequality | |
| 83. |
Society’s expectation of people’s behaviour and attitudes based on whether they are females or males is called: |
| A. | Femininity |
| B. | Gender inequality |
| C. | Gender roles |
| D. | Masculinity |
| Answer» C. Gender roles | |
| 84. |
The ____ perspective combines the exploitation of women by capitalism with patriarchy in the home in its analysis of gender inequality |
| A. | Socialist feminist |
| B. | Radical feminist |
| C. | Liberal feminist |
| D. | Democratic feminist |
| Answer» A. Socialist feminist | |
| 85. |
What is correct about religion? |
| A. | It is a unified system of beliefs and practices |
| B. | It is a source of value system which sets the rationale for social actions |
| C. | Different religions set the different guidelines for the lifestyles of the people |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 86. |
Among the following, which is not related to third wave of feminism? |
| A. | Queer theory |
| B. | Defending sex work |
| C. | Abolishing gender roles |
| D. | Suffrage movement |
| Answer» D. Suffrage movement | |
| 87. |
Who coined the term ‘Third Wave Feminism’? |
| A. | Alice Walker |
| B. | Rebecca Walker |
| C. | Jane Adams |
| D. | Mary Richmond |
| Answer» B. Rebecca Walker | |
| 88. |
Which form of feminism is most committed to challenging the essentialist nature of the category ‘women’?? |
| A. | Radical |
| B. | Post modern |
| C. | Socialist |
| D. | Liberal |
| Answer» B. Post modern | |
| 89. |
Which approach of feminism concentrated on rights only in public sphere and neglected the need for equity of freedom and regard in home life? |
| A. | Liberal feminism |
| B. | Radical feminism |
| C. | Socialist feminism |
| D. | Marxist feminism |
| Answer» A. Liberal feminism | |
| 90. |
Which feminist thought suggests that gender equality can be realised by eliminating the cultural notion of gender? |
| A. | Post modern feminism |
| B. | Socialist feminism |
| C. | Radical feminism |
| D. | Neo-classical feminism |
| Answer» C. Radical feminism | |
| 91. |
A hierarchical system in which cultural, political and economic structures are dominated by males is a |
| A. | Elite model |
| B. | Pluralist model |
| C. | Gendered division of labour |
| D. | patriarchy |
| Answer» D. patriarchy | |
| 92. |
An ideology that exaggerates the difference between men and women and rationalizes the superiority of males is called |
| A. | Feminism |
| B. | Gender inequality |
| C. | Masculinity |
| D. | Sexism |
| Answer» D. Sexism | |
| 93. |
Which wave of feminism had the slogan, ‘The personal is political’? |
| A. | First wave |
| B. | Second wave |
| C. | Third wave |
| D. | Fourth wave |
| Answer» B. Second wave | |
| 94. |
Women are often denied their social, cultural, economic and political rights leading to a decline in the condition of women. This gender based inequality against women is called |
| A. | Feminism |
| B. | Masculinity |
| C. | Patriarchy |
| D. | Gender inequality |
| Answer» D. Gender inequality | |
| 95. |
The main goal of feminism is to: |
| A. | Assert minority rights |
| B. | Change the patriarchal nature of society |
| C. | Protect women from alienation |
| D. | Influence the government |
| Answer» B. Change the patriarchal nature of society | |
| 96. |
The process by which we learn our culture’s gender-related rules, norms and expectations is known as |
| A. | Gender socialization |
| B. | Gender roles |
| C. | Gender identity |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Gender socialization | |
| 97. |
According to Marxist Feminism, women’s oppression is due to what? |
| A. | Self esteem |
| B. | Equal rights |
| C. | Economic dependence |
| D. | Financial dependence |
| Answer» C. Economic dependence | |
| 98. |
The theory that men and women should be treated equally is also sometimes called |
| A. | Core Feminism |
| B. | Core Feminist Theory |
| C. | Core Feminism or Core Feminist Theory |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 99. |
Which of the following divisions is unique to India? |
| A. | Gender division |
| B. | Caste division |
| C. | Economic division |
| D. | Religious division |
| Answer» B. Caste division | |
| 100. |
A person who supports feminism is called |
| A. | Female |
| B. | Male feminists |
| C. | Feminist |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Feminist | |
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