Unit 2 Social Construction of gender Set 2

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This set of Sociology of Gender Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Unit 2 Social Construction of gender Set 2

Q1 | According to the latest judgement of the Supreme Court, which category does the transgender belong to?
  • General category
  • SC category
  • Backward category
  • OBC category
Q2 | Which of the following is a primary agency for gender construction?
  • Caste
  • Class
  • Social system
  • Family
Q3 | 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:
  • Homosexuality
  • Bisexuality
  • Transgender
  • All of the above
Q4 | According to sociologists, gender behavior is:
  • earned
  • biological
  • a given
  • learned
Q5 | What is the sociological definition of gender?
  • The characteristics, behaviours and norms that society ascribes to a person of one sex or the other.
  • Whether a person is biologically and anatomically male or female or transgender.
  • Whether a person considers himself/herself to be male or female.
  • The behaviours and characteristics that are produced by a person that is anatomically male or anatomically female.
Q6 | Gender roles refer to
  • Chromosomal difference that causes inevitable differences in the behaviour of men and women
  • Hormonal differences that causes inevitable differences in the behavior of women
  • The rights, responsibilities, expectation and relationships of women and men
  • Subordination of women based on the assumption of superiority of men
Q7 | Mark the correct statement about gender inequality
  • Gender form of inequality is more severe than caste form of inequality
  • Gender inequality is like class inequality
  • Gender inequality is the creation of caste society only
  • Gender inequality is not observed in open society
Q8 | Society’s expectation of people’s behaviour and attitudes based on whether they are females or males is called:
  • Femininity
  • Gender inequality
  • Gender roles
  • Masculinity
Q9 | The ____ perspective combines the exploitation of women by capitalism with patriarchy in the home in its analysis of gender inequality
  • Socialist feminist
  • Radical feminist
  • Liberal feminist
  • Democratic feminist
Q10 | What is correct about religion?
  • It is a unified system of beliefs and practices
  • It is a source of value system which sets the rationale for social actions
  • Different religions set the different guidelines for the lifestyles of the people
  • All of the above
Q11 | Among the following, which is not related to third wave of feminism?
  • Queer theory
  • Defending sex work
  • Abolishing gender roles
  • Suffrage movement
Q12 | Who coined the term ‘Third Wave Feminism’?
  • Alice Walker
  • Rebecca Walker
  • Jane Adams
  • Mary Richmond
Q13 | Which form of feminism is most committed to challenging the essentialist nature of the category ‘women’??
  • Radical
  • Post modern
  • Socialist
  • Liberal
Q14 | Which approach of feminism concentrated on rights only in public sphere and neglected the need for equity of freedom and regard in home life?
  • Liberal feminism
  • Radical feminism
  • Socialist feminism
  • Marxist feminism
Q15 | Which feminist thought suggests that gender equality can be realised by eliminatingthe cultural notion of gender?
  • Post modern feminism
  • Socialist feminism
  • Radical feminism
  • Neo-classical feminism
Q16 | A hierarchical system in which cultural, political and economic structures are dominated by males is a
  • Elite model
  • Pluralist model
  • Gendered division of labour
  • patriarchy
Q17 | An ideology that exaggerates the difference between men and women and rationalizesthe superiority of males is called
  • Feminism
  • Gender inequality
  • Masculinity
  • Sexism
Q18 | Which wave of feminism had the slogan, ‘The personal is political’?
  • First wave
  • Second wave
  • Third wave
  • Fourth wave
Q19 | 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
  • Feminism
  • Masculinity
  • Patriarchy
  • Gender inequality
Q20 | The main goal of feminism is to:
  • Assert minority rights
  • Change the patriarchal nature of society
  • Protect women from alienation
  • Influence the government
Q21 | The process by which we learn our culture’s gender-related rules, norms and expectations is known as
  • Gender socialization
  • Gender roles
  • Gender identity
  • None of the above
Q22 | According to Marxist Feminism, women’s oppression is due to what?
  • Self esteem
  • Equal rights
  • Economic dependence
  • Financial dependence
Q23 | The theory that men and women should be treated equally is also sometimes called
  • Core Feminism
  • Core Feminist Theory
  • Core Feminism or Core Feminist Theory
  • All of the above
Q24 | Which of the following divisions is unique to India?
  • Gender division
  • Caste division
  • Economic division
  • Religious division
Q25 | A person who supports feminism is called
  • Female
  • Male feminists
  • Feminist
  • None of the above