CSS Gender Studies chapter 2: Gender, development and rights MCQs with answers

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65 exam-style questions on Gender, development and rights, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.

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Ten Gender, development and rights questions with answers

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1. Gender planning differs from conventional planning because it

  1. A
    assumes that all households are alike and share resources equally
  2. B
    plans projects for women only and leaves men out of every scheme
  3. C
    starts from the fact that women and men have different roles and needs
  4. D
    treats the household economy as outside the scope of planning
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Answer: C. Conventional planning often treats the household as one unit. Gender planning looks inside it at who does what and who controls what.

2. Under CEDAW, a reservation by a state party is not permitted if it is

  1. A
    made in writing at the time of ratification
  2. B
    made by a developing country
  3. C
    incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention
  4. D
    made after the Convention enters into force for that state
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Answer: C. Article 28 bars reservations that conflict with the Convention's object and purpose. The Committee has criticised many such reservations.

3. A value of the Gender Inequality Index close to 1 indicates

  1. A
    perfect equality between women and men in all respects
  2. B
    a high level of human development
  3. C
    a high share of women in parliament
  4. D
    a very large inequality between women and men
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Answer: D. The GII runs from 0 (no inequality) to 1 (maximum inequality), so higher values are worse.

4. In which year did the UN General Assembly adopt CEDAW?

  1. A
    1948
  2. B
    1975
  3. C
    1979
  4. D
    1995
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Answer: C. CEDAW was adopted in 1979 and entered into force in 1981. 1948 is the year of the UDHR and 1995 that of the Beijing conference.

5. Which is the best example of empowerment of rural women?

  1. A
    A food ration is delivered to women at their homes each month by a charity
  2. B
    Women gain title to land and a voice in village decision-making
  3. C
    A clinic opens in the village for mothers and young children
  4. D
    Free uniforms and books are issued to schoolgirls
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Answer: B. Empowerment means gaining control over resources and decisions. The other options help women but leave their power unchanged, which is why they are classed as welfare.

6. Under Islamic teaching a married woman's own property

  1. A
    passes to her husband on marriage
  2. B
    remains hers and she may manage it independently
  3. C
    belongs to her husband's family
  4. D
    may be used by her husband without her consent
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Answer: B. Islam recognised a woman's separate right to own, buy, sell and inherit property, including after marriage.

7. International Women's Day is observed on

  1. A
    14 February
  2. B
    25 November
  3. C
    8 March
  4. D
    10 December
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Answer: C. International Women's Day falls on 8 March. 25 November is the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 10 December is Human Rights Day.

8. The female labour force participation rate is

  1. A
    the proportion of the labour force that is female
  2. B
    the share of women of working age who are employed or seeking work
  3. C
    the share of women earning above the average wage
  4. D
    the proportion of employed women who work in the formal sector of the economy
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Answer: B. It is calculated against all women of working age. The share of women in the labour force is a different figure, using the whole labour force as the base.

9. According to the Quranic rule on the inheritance of children, when a son and a daughter inherit together the son's share is

  1. A
    equal to the daughter's share
  2. B
    three times the daughter's share
  3. C
    twice the daughter's share
  4. D
    half of the daughter's share
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Answer: C. The rule gives the son twice the share of the daughter. Classical jurists explain it by the son's duty to maintain his wife and family, while the daughter's property stays her own.

10. Which strategy did the Beijing Platform for Action adopt as the main global strategy for gender equality?

  1. A
    women-only development projects
  2. B
    the welfare approach
  3. C
    gender mainstreaming
  4. D
    protective labour laws for women
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Answer: C. Beijing confirmed mainstreaming as the way to put a gender perspective into all policies and programmes.

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65, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 4 topics: Gender, work and the economy, Gender and development approaches, International conventions and conferences, Women's rights in Islam. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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