CSS Gender Studies chapter 3: Women in Pakistan MCQs with answers

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65 exam-style questions on Women in Pakistan, 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 Women in Pakistan questions with answers

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1. When the National Assembly had 342 members, the number of seats reserved for women under the 2002 arrangements was

  1. A
    10
  2. B
    60
  3. C
    20
  4. D
    33
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Answer: B. The 2002 arrangements reserved 60 seats for women. Earlier constitutions had reserved ten or twenty.

2. Which agricultural task do rural women in Pakistan commonly perform?

  1. A
    operating combine harvesters
  2. B
    selling crops at city wholesale markets
  3. C
    caring for livestock and milking
  4. D
    deciding the sale of the harvest
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Answer: C. Women commonly care for animals, milk, and process crops in the home or in the field, while men usually handle machinery and the sale of produce.

3. Sexual harassment is best described as

  1. A
    mutual flirtation between two colleagues who both welcome it
  2. B
    a formal complaint made by an employee against an employer
  3. C
    a consensual relationship between two employees of the same firm, known to colleagues
  4. D
    unwelcome sexual conduct that interferes with a person's work or dignity
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Answer: D. The key word is 'unwelcome': harassment is conduct that the other person has not invited and that harms her or his dignity or working conditions.

4. Which leader said, 'No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you'?

  1. A
    Liaquat Ali Khan
  2. B
    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
  3. C
    Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  4. D
    Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
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Answer: C. Jinnah spoke repeatedly of the need for women's participation in the national struggle, and the sentence is widely attributed to him in his addresses to Muslim women in the 1940s.

5. Women's employment in the formal sector in Pakistan is concentrated mainly in

  1. A
    teaching and health care
  2. B
    construction and heavy engineering
  3. C
    mining and quarrying
  4. D
    road and rail transport
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Answer: A. Teaching, nursing and medicine are the professions in which women are most widely accepted and employed in the formal sector.

6. Which behaviour does the Act of 2010 define as harassment?

  1. A
    A manager's strict but fair criticism of the poor performance of a junior colleague at work
  2. B
    Unwelcome sexual advances or conduct that creates a hostile working environment
  3. C
    A consensual friendship between two employees of the same office
  4. D
    A salary reduction applied equally to all staff in the organisation
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Answer: B. The Act defines harassment as unwelcome sexual advances, requests or conduct that interferes with work or creates a hostile environment. Ordinary management actions do not count.

7. Which Muslim woman leader was a delegate at the Round Table Conferences in London in 1930-32?

  1. A
    Fatima Jinnah
  2. B
    Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan
  3. C
    Begum Shaista Ikramullah
  4. D
    Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
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Answer: D. Jahanara Shahnawaz of Punjab attended the Round Table Conferences and spoke for women's representation.

8. Which Article of the 1973 Constitution directs that steps be taken to ensure full participation of women in all spheres of national life?

  1. A
    Article 25
  2. B
    Article 27
  3. C
    Article 34
  4. D
    Article 35
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Answer: C. Article 34 is among the Principles of Policy. Article 35 asks the State to protect marriage, the family, the mother and the child.

9. Early marriage and adolescent pregnancy

  1. A
    improve maternal health because the mothers are younger
  2. B
    have no effect on a girl's schooling or future work
  3. C
    raise health risks for mother and child and often end schooling
  4. D
    reduce the risk of complications in childbirth for the mother
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Answer: C. Young mothers face a higher risk of complications, and marriage frequently ends a girl's education.

10. Which of the following is a root cause of violence against women discussed in gender studies?

  1. A
    women's higher level of education compared with men's
  2. B
    equal access to property and credit for women and men
  3. C
    unequal power between women and men and patriarchal norms
  4. D
    strong and prompt enforcement of protective laws everywhere
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Answer: C. Violence is widely seen as a way of maintaining male control, and it is reinforced by norms that treat women as subordinate or as family property.

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65, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 4 topics: Constitutional and legal status of women in Pakistan, Violence against women, Women's political participation and the women's movement in Pakistan, Education, health and employment of women in Pakistan. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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