Objective Type Questions

Note : Select the correct option.

1. Even today after independence, ........ society is in existence in India.
   (a) matriarchal
   (b) patriarchal
   (c) fraternal
   (d) all of these

2. The literacy rate of females is :
   (a) 52%
   (b) 54%
   (c) 56%
   (d) 58%

3. Whose work is not considered valuable :
   (a) woman
   (b) man
   (c) labourer
   (d) cook

4. According to the Equal Wage Act, in lieu of wages, everyone will be given :
   (a) higher wages
   (b) lower wages
   (c) equal wages
   (d) unequal wages

5. Where women are given low wages in return for their remuneration :
   (a) in the field of cinema
   (b) in farm-barns
   (c) in factories
   (d) in all fields

6. What is the sex ratio of girls per thousand as compared to boys in India?
   (a) 912
   (b) 915
   (c) 917
   (d) 919

7. Where are women not safe?
   (a) at home
   (b) in the neighbourhood
   (c) at school and at work
   (d) everywhere

8. Who has to face domestic violence, exploitation and harassment?
   (a) children
   (b) women
   (c) old people
   (d) youth

9. What kind of diversity is becoming widespread today?
   (a) cultural
   (b) religious
   (c) caste
   (d) apartheid

10. Unlike gender division, religious division is often expressed in the field of ..........
    (a) politics
    (b) community
    (c) class
    (d) poverty

11. The ........ groups of our country say that most of the people who die in communal riots here are people from the minority or poor class.
    (a) pressure
    (b) human rights
    (c) counseling
    (d) all of these

12. Women’s agitators say that families described in all religions discriminate .......... against women.
    (a) Issues
    (b) Rules

13. Who plays an important role in politics, all religions come out of :
    (a) Ideas
    (b) Ideals
    (c) Values
    (d) All of these

14. Who is the building block of social community?
    (a) Religion
    (b) Politics
    (c) Law
    (d) None of these

15. What type of division is seen only in India?
    (a) gender
    (b) religion
    (c) caste
    (d) law

16. The .......... system is based on the notion of discrimination against other caste groups and treating them as separate from themselves.
    (a) law
    (b) character
    (c) advice
    (d) advice

17. Who talked about making a social system free from caste discrimination and worked for it?
    (a) Jyotiba Phule
    (b) Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker
    (c) Mahatma Gandhi
    (d) All of the above

18. .......... did the work of ending the discrimination prevalent in the caste system.
    (a) Constitution
    (b) Dramas
    (c) Speeches
    (d) Everyone

19. Gender inequality is :
    (a) natural
    (b) natural
    (c) irreversible
    (d) all of these

20. In which professions do women appear in modern times?
    (a) scientist
    (b) engineer
    (c) manager
    (d) all of these

21. “One is not born but becomes women,” who has said this ?
    (a) Simone de Beauvoir
    (b) Alina Jocef
    (c) Maria Frenk
    (d) Kristila Desooja

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