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Gender Studies

2025

MCQs

Question 1
Feminist perspectives are distinctive due to?
  • They emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis
  • Only women can write from a feminist perspective
  • Other theoretical perspectives have not researched women
  • None of these
Explanation: Feminist perspectives focus on gender as a central lens to analyze power, inequality, and social structures.
Question 2
The term “social and cultural expectations” being male or female describes?
  • Societal Role
  • Sex Role
  • Gender Role
  • Gender Mainstreaming
Explanation: Gender roles are socially constructed expectations about behavior and responsibilities based on gender.
Question 3
Which of the following has not been central to feminist theorizing?
  • Male Domination in Society
  • The Gendered Character of Knowledge
  • The Experience of Black Women
  • All of these
Explanation: All listed areas are central to feminist theory, including intersectional perspectives like Black feminism.
Question 4
Which is an example of a social construct of gender?
  • Male domination in the political spheres
  • The ability of a woman to bear children
  • The notion that boys should play with trucks
  • Physical features and differences between men and women
Explanation: Gender norms like toy preferences are socially constructed, unlike biological differences.
Question 5
A feminist perspective that emphasizes the value and importance of women's personal experiences?
  • Liberal Feminism
  • Radical Feminism
  • Socialist Feminism
  • Postmodern Feminism
Explanation: Postmodern feminism values diverse personal experiences and challenges universal narratives.
Question 6
Gender Specialists use the term 'Sex' for?
  • Anatomical and physiological difference
  • Erotic and physical practices
  • Psychological and social difference
  • All of these
Explanation: “Sex” refers to biological differences, while “gender” refers to social and psychological aspects.
Question 7
____ is not a Millennium Development Goal.
  • Develop a global partnership for development
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Ensure equal political participation of women
  • None of these
Explanation: MDGs included gender equality broadly but did not specifically include equal political participation.
Question 8
"The Feminine Mystique" was authored by?
  • Carol Hanisch
  • Betty Friedan
  • Gloria Steinem
  • Audre Lorde
Explanation: Betty Friedan’s book critiqued domestic roles and sparked second-wave feminism.
Question 9
Black feminism differs from mainstream feminism due to its focus on?
  • Studying the injustices affecting the daily lives of Black women
  • A long-standing emphasis on intersectionality
  • Focuses on the cumulative effects of multiple forms of discrimination
  • All of these
Explanation: Black feminism highlights intersectionality and multiple overlapping forms of discrimination.
Question 10
Who wrote the influential book "The Second Sex"?
  • Betty Friedan
  • Gloria Steinem
  • Audre Lorde
  • Simone de Beauvoir
Explanation: Simone de Beauvoir analyzed women’s oppression and gender construction in this landmark text.
Question 11
The Seneca Falls Convention was led by?
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Alice Paul
Explanation: Elizabeth Cady Stanton co-led the first women’s rights convention in 1848.
Question 12
The Landmark Supreme Court Case in 1973 that legalized abortion in the United States is?
  • Roe v. Wade
  • Planned Parenthood v. Casey
  • Griswold v. Connecticut
  • Eisenstadt v. Baird
Explanation: Roe v. Wade established abortion rights based on privacy, later overturned in 2022.
Question 13
The concept of Gender and Development focuses on?
  • Gender equality
  • Women's empowerment
  • Patriarchy
  • All of these
Explanation: GAD addresses equality, empowerment, and dismantling patriarchal structures.
Question 14
Which of the following indicators measures gender inequality?
  • Gender Development Index (GDI)
  • Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
  • Human Development Index (HDI)
  • All of these
Explanation: GDI and GEM directly assess gender inequality, while HDI supports comparative analysis.
Question 15
Which of the following is a benefit of gender mainstreaming?
  • Increased efficiency
  • Improved effectiveness
  • Enhanced accountability
  • All of these
Explanation: Gender mainstreaming improves policy outcomes by integrating gender perspectives.
Question 16
Which of the following laws was a major focus of the women's rights movement in Pakistan in the 1980s?
  • The Hudood Ordinance
  • The Zina Ordinance
  • The Qanun-e-Shahadat
  • The Pakistan Penal Code
Explanation: The Hudood Ordinance faced criticism for discriminatory effects on women.
Question 17
Gender-based violence (GBV) is commonly known as?
  • Violence committed by men against women
  • Violence committed by women against men
  • Violence committed by individuals against themselves
  • Violence directed by individuals based on their sex or gender
Explanation: GBV includes violence based on gender identity or sex, affecting all genders.
Question 18
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is famous for her profession as?
  • Journalist
  • Filmmaker
  • Human rights activist
  • Politician
Explanation: She is an Oscar-winning filmmaker known for documentaries on social issues.
Question 19
The gendering of world politics is seen in which areas?
  • Prostitution and human trafficking
  • Civil wars and refugee flows
  • Trade and development
  • All of these
Explanation: Gender shapes global issues across conflict, economy, and exploitation.
Question 20
The term Third Wave Feminism was coined by?
  • Betty Friedan
  • Rebecca Walker
  • Gloria Anzaldua
  • bell hooks
Explanation: Rebecca Walker coined the term in 1992, emphasizing diversity and intersectionality.