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MCQs Of Gender Studies – Part I

1- According to some people women and men have ________ positions.

Hierarchical

2-The other extreme group which believe in the absolutely equality of men and women is
sometimes misinterpreted as

Sameness

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3-There is a great difference between equality and

Sameness

4-How Sociologists consider ‘sex’?

Physical and physiological differences between males and females

5-What does double burden mean?

Workload of women

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6-What Gender studies means?

Academic study of the phenomena of gender

7-According to feminist a distinction between which things has been made.

Sex and gender

8-Different traits associated with the masculinity and femininity of a person defines?

Gender

Gender Based Violence And Its Forms

9-Gender Studies also examine

World on gender basis

10-What Sex refers to?

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21-In Gender Studies what patriarchy means?

Social setup of Men dominance over Women

22-Patriarchy is the main concept of which Feminism.

23-When the concept of patriarchy was used by the feminists?

Early 20th

24-What is Feminism?

Movement that demands equality of women

25-Attribute associated with boys and men are called

Masculinity

26 Who was the first female chancellor in Pakistan?

Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan

27 Name the first female vice chancellor of Pakistan

Najma Najam

28 What is the name of first female university built in Pakistan?

Fatima Jinnah Women University

29 Who was the first female representative of Pakistan in the UN?

Shaista Ikramullah

30 Who is the first female gold champion in Pakistan?

Shehzadi Gulfam

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1-BWOA stands for __________.

Black Women Organized for Action

2-NBFO stands for ___________.

National Black Feminist Organization

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3-Thir Wave Feminism demanded _________.

4-Third Wave Feminism emerged in __________.

1990s

5-CSW stands for ___________.

Commission on the Status of Women

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6-CSW was established in _________.

June 1946

7-CSW was established by ___________.

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

8-UN First Conference on Women was held in __________.

Mexico City

9-United Nations First Conference On Women was held in the year _________.

1975

10-Mexico City Conference led to the establishment of the __________ and ________.

INSTRAW, UNIFEM

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11-INSTRAW stands for __________.

International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of

Women

12-UNIFEM stands for ___________.

United Nations Development Fund for Women

13-CEDAW stands for _____________.

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against

Women

14-CEDAW was adopted by the General Assembly in ________

December 1979

15-CEDAW is commonly called as ___________.

The Bill Of Rights For Women

16-The Bill Of Rights For Women now legally binds ____________ countries.

165

17-The World Conference of 1985 of Nairobi is considered as ___________.

The Birth Of Global Feminism

18-The Fourth World Conference on Women was held in ________ in _________.

Beijing, 1995

19-According to various surveys, under the capitalist system, women’s current average
earning ratio is _______ to ______ earning of men.

$ 0.77, $ 1

20-Modernization theory has evolved in ________________ waves.

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21-The first wave appeared in the ______ and _________.

1950s, 1960s

22-The second wave of modernization theory appeared in _______ and ________.

1970s, 1980s

23-The second wave of modernization theory is a part of the __________ theory.

Critical

24-The third wave of modernization theory emerged in ___________.

1990s

25-Modernization theory is largely based on the view that to develop means to become
_________ by adopting ___________ and __________.

Modern, Western values, Social institutions

26 Name the first female governor of State Bank of Pakistan

Shamshad Akhtar

27 Who was the first female pilot in Pakistan?

Shukriya Khanam

28 Who was the first female deputy speaker in Pakistan?

Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz

29 Who was the first female member of Pakistan parliament?

Begum Shaistan Suhrawady Ikramullah

30 Who was the first female minister of education in Pakistan?Begum Mehmooda

Salim Khan

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Gender Studies MCQs Part III

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1 Attributes associated with girls and women are called

Femininity

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2 Androgynous are those people who exhibits combination of both

Masculine and feminine characteristics

3 Discrimination that a person face on the basis of gender is called

Gender discrimination

4 When the term empowerment became popular?

In the mid of 1980’s (especially in reference to women)

5 In gender studies what does empowerment mean?

Giving women power and authority equal to that of men

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6 Where empoerment for women begins?

Household

7 What is Gender Mainstreaming?

Public policy concept of assessing the different implications of different

action policies for Men and women

8 The concept of gender mainstreaming was first proposed in the year of

1985

9 When the concept of gender mainstreaming was given?

At Third World Conference on Women

10 Gender analysis uncovers what?

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11 Gender analysis aims at what?

Achieve Equity rather than Equality

12 Women’s Studies was an offshoot of which wave of feminism?

Second

13 Gender Studies came into being after which wave of feminism?

Third

14 Women studies is older than

Gender Studies

15 What Gender Studies include?

Women’s Studies plus other things

16 Gender Studies discuss men as equally as

Women

17 Women’s Studies discuss whom for most of the time?

Women only

18 What is Women’s Studies?

‘‘An education strategy for change’’

19 Women’s Studies owe its existence to what?

Women’s Liberation Movement

20 What Gender Studies include?

Women’s Studies, Men’s Studies, LGBT

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21 What does LGBT stand for?

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender

22 What does Bisexual mean?

Having characteristics of both sexes

23 What Transgender means?

A person whose identity and gender differs from birth sex

24 The first National Women’s Studies Association conference was held in the year

1979

25 In Pakistan, Gender Studies in universities is taught on which pattern?

Europe and other countries

26 Name the first female minister of population in Pakistan

Dr. Attiya Inayatullah

27 Who was the first female finance minister in Pakistan?

Benazir Bhutto

28 Who was the first female law and human rights minister in Pakistan?

Shahida Jamil

29 Who was the first female foreign ministry spokesperson?

Tasleem Aslam

30 Name the first female judge of High Court of Pakistan

Majida Razvi

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1 What CEWS stands for?

Center of Excellence for Gender Studies

2 Centre of Excellence for Gender Studies (CEWS) was established in the year of

1989

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3 CEWS was established by which ministry of the Government of Pakistan?

Ministry of Women Development

4 CEWS was established as a project in 1989 in how many public universities?

Five

5 The first master degree program in Women’s Studies in Pakistan began in

1991 at University of Karachi

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6 M.Phil and Ph.D. degree programs in Women’s Studies at the University of Karachi
were started in the year of

2002

7 What PAWS stand for?

Pakistan Association for Women’s Studies

8 When PAWS started work?

March, 1991

9 In Islam the share of women in inheritance is how much?

Woman gets half of man share

10 During the reign of Second Pious caliph who was market supervisor?

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11 The term ‘‘constructionism’’ was coined by who and when?

Seymour Papert, 1980’s

12 Social Constructionism uncovers the ways by which individuals construct what?

Their perceived social reality

13 The phrase Queer Theory was coined by whom and when?

Teresa de Laurites, 1991

14 A disease that causes male infants to appear like female till puberty is called

5 Alpha Reductase Deficiency

15 The theory that men and women should be treated equally also sometimes called as

Core Feminism or Core Feminist Theory

16 A person who supports feminism is called

Feminist

17 What APWA stands for?

All Pakistan Women’s Association

18 APWA was started by whom?

Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan

19 APWA was established in the year of

1949

20 What was the purpose of APWA establishment?

Furtherance of the moral, social and economic welfare of the women of

Pakistan

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Gender Studies MCQs Part IV

21 What WMA stands for?

Women’s Action Forum

22 WMA was established in the year of

September 1981

23 The Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill was passed in the year of

2010

24 When was the Criminal Acid Act passed?

2011

25 When was the Women’s Protection Bill passed in Pakistan?

November 15, 2006

26 Who was the first female prime minister of Pakistan?

Benzir Bhutto

27 Who was the first Pakistani female athlete who won gold medal in SAF Games?

Naseem Hameed

28 Who was the first female Governor in Pakistan?

Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan

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21 What WMA stands for?

Women’s Action Forum

22 WMA was established in the year of

September 1981

23 The Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill was passed in the year of

2010

24 When was the Criminal Acid Act passed?

2011

25 When was the Women’s Protection Bill passed in Pakistan?

November 15, 2006

26 Who was the first female prime minister of Pakistan?

Benzir Bhutto

27 Who was the first Pakistani female athlete who won gold medal in SAF Games?

Naseem Hameed

28 Who was the first female Governor in Pakistan?

Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan

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1 Liberal Feminism is against what type of difference?

Biological differences

2 What was the goal of Liberal Feminism in US?

Addition of Equal Rights Amendment to US constitution

3 According to Marxist Feminism, women’s oppression is due to what?

Economic dependence

4 Marxist Feminism put women into the structure of what?

Capitalism

5 According to Marxist Feminism, solution to women’s oppression is

The replace of Capitalism with Socialist system

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6 According to which feminism oppression of women is due to many factors?

Socialist

7 Development Feminism emphasis on what?

Universal human rights

8 According to Radical Feminism what is the root cause of oppression?

Sexuality

9 According to Psychoanalytical Feminism the continue process of gender discrimination

is due to which reason?

Psychological gendering of children

10 Separatists feminists advocates separation of women from men either

Total or Partial

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11 What does First Wave Feminism demanded?

Right of vote for women

12 NAWSA stands for what?

The National American Women’s Suffrage Association

13 Second Wave Feminism emerged in the years

1960s to 1970s

14 In USA Black feminists raised their concerns through organizations such as

BWOA and NBFO

15 The modern World-Systems Theory originated around ________.

1500

16 The World Systems Theory was developed by sociologist _________________.

Immanuel Wallenstein

17 According to World System Theory, core countries are ____________ countries.

Dominant capitalist

18 Peripheral countries, according to World System Theory are ______________ rich

countries.

Labour and raw materials

19 Peripheral countries are also commonly referred as _____________ countries.

Third World

20 Countries that are midway between the core and periphery are called ___________.

Semi-peripheral countries

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21 Semi-peripheries countries come into existence both from _________ and
_________.

Developing peripheries, Declining cores

22 Historical examples of Semi-peripheries are ___________ and ___________.

Spain, Portugal

23 Dependency theory explains how a ___________ and ___________ nations

interact.

Developing, Developed

24 Dependency theory was formulated in _________ in a direct challenge to

__________ economic policies of the post-War era.

1950s, Free Market

25 Strain Theory discusses _________ due to the forceful prevention of people from
their _______ goals.

Deviance, Culturally approved

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Gender Studies MCQs Part VI

1 People who accept the goals and institutionalized means, set by their society for them
are called __________.

Conformists

2 _________ are those who ________ goals set by the society but ________ the
usual ways of achieving them.

Innovators, Accept, Reject

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3 Ritualists ________ cultural goals but still ________ the institutionalized means of
achieving them.

Rejects, Accepts

4 Retreatists _______ cultural goals as well as the __________ means of achieving

them.

Reject, Institutionalized

5 Rebels not only reject culturally approved goals and the means of achieving them but
they ______ them with __________.

Replace, Their Own Goals

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6 WID stands for ____________.

Women In Development

7 The term Women In Development was first coined in ___________ by a ________

network of female development professionals.

The early of 1970s, Washington-based

8 WID is associated with the wide range of _______ concerning _______ in the
_________ domain.

Activities, Women, Development

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the _______ of their position.

Improving women’s status and rights, Deterioration

10 One of the important demand of the Feminist under WID in United States was
____________ opportunities for women.

Equal Employment

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11 WID advocates were also highlighting women’s role in ____________. For this
purpose they were presenting ________ economist, ________ work, who had
highlighted women’s role in the _____________ economy.

Economic development, Danish, Ester Boserup, Sub-Saharan agricultural

12 WAD stands for _____________.

Women And Development

13 WAD focuses mainly on _________ and ___________.

Patriarchy, Capitalism

14 GAD stands for __________.

Gender And Development

15 GAD focuses on __________ basis of differences between men and women.

Socially constructed

16 SAPs stands for _____________.

Structural Adjustment Programmes

17 World Bank for the first time gave Pakistan assistance of $ 25 million in __________.

1971

18 CEDAW stands for ______________.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against

Women

19 The word ‘‘Suffragette’’ was first used in an article in a British newspaper in

___________.

1906

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___________.

Right of vote

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22 ICW stands for _____________.

International Council of Women

23 ICW was formed in ________ by ____________.

1888, International women’s rights organization

24 IWSA stands for _____________.

International Woman Suffrage Alliance

25 IWSA was formed by ____________ and ___________ in ____________.

Millicent Fawcett, Carrie Chapman Catt, 1904

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1 The first country which grant national level voting right to women was the self-
governing British colony of _________ which passed the Electoral Bill in
_____________.

New Zealand, September 1893

2 The British colony of South Australia granted full suffrage in ________ giving women
the right to vote and to stand for parliament.

1894

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3 Britain’s Parliament passed the Eligibility of Women Act in __________________
which allowed women to be elected to Parliament.

November 1918

4 Ten years later (in 1928), the Representation of the People Act granted women the right
to _______ in Britain.

Vote

5 Spain granted women the right to vote in __________.

1931

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6 France granted women the right to vote in ___________.

1944

7 Belgium, Italy, Romania and Yugoslavia granted women the right to vote in ________.

1946

8 The suffrage movement in United States gained prominence after the

_________________ in __________.

Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

9 Woman’s National Loyal League was formed in ________________ by

__________ and __________.

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10 NWSA stands for ___________________.

National Woman Suffrage Association

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1 The first country which grant national level voting right to women was the self-
governing British colony of _________ which passed the Electoral Bill in
_____________.

New Zealand, September 1893

2 The British colony of South Australia granted full suffrage in ________ giving women
the right to vote and to stand for parliament.

1894

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3 Britain’s Parliament passed the Eligibility of Women Act in __________________
which allowed women to be elected to Parliament.

November 1918

4 Ten years later (in 1928), the Representation of the People Act granted women the right
to _______ in Britain.

Vote

5 Spain granted women the right to vote in __________.

1931

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6 France granted women the right to vote in ___________.

1944

7 Belgium, Italy, Romania and Yugoslavia granted women the right to vote in ________.

1946

8 The suffrage movement in United States gained prominence after the

_________________ in __________.

Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

9 Woman’s National Loyal League was formed in ________________ by

__________ and __________.

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10 NWSA stands for ___________________.

National Woman Suffrage Association

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11 AWSA stands ________________________.

American Woman Suffrage Association

12 NAWSA stands for _____________________.

National American Women Suffrage Association

13 NAWSA was formed in ___________ by merging _______________ and

_______________.

1890, NWSA, AWSA

14 Congressional Union was formed in_______ by _________ and _____________.

1914, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns

15 In 1916 the Congressional Union was renamed as ___________.

National Woman’s Party (NWP)

16 The widely reserved minimum percentage of women representation in any parliament

is _______________.

30%

17 As of 1st May 2015 report, the percentage of female parliamentarians around the world
stood at __________.

22.1%

18 _____________ has the highest number of women parliamentarians worldwide.

Rwanda

19 In Rwanda, women have _________ seats in lower house.

63.8%

20 Gender is a term refers to _____________________ distinction between males

and females.

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21 Today we have ___________ women parliamentarians in the 12th legislature of

Pakistan which make _________ of the total representation in National parliament.

Seventy four, 21.64%

22 GBV stands for ___________.

Gender Based Violence

23 VAW stands for _____________.

Violence Against Women

24 CEDAW stands for __________________.

UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against

Women

25 CEDAW was adopted by the UN in _____________.

1979

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1 DEVAW stands for _______________.

UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women

2 DEVAW was adopted by the UN in ________.

1993

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3 The Psychopathology Theory put stress on the ________ of men who abuses their
wives.

Mental Illness

4 According to Learned Behaviour Theory the violence conducted by men and beard by
the women depend upon ________.

Their learning in the family

5 According to Loss of Control theory gendered societal expectation prevented men from
expressing anger and frustration which at some stage result in the ____________.

Loss of control

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6 According to Learned Helplessness theory, women stay in abusive relationships because

constant abuse strips them of the _______ to leave.

Will

7 According to Cycle Of Violence Theory men did not express their frustration and anger
because they had been taught ___________.

Not to show their feelings

8 According to Family/Relationship Conflict Model woman’s behaviour contributes to the

_________ in the family.

Build-up tension

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__________ and _________ over woman.

Power, Control

10 DAIP stands for _______________.

Domestic Abuse Intervention Project

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11 Pakistan ranks _______ out of ___________ countries in the Gender

Empowerment Measure of 2011.

82, 93

12 According to 2011 Gender Inequality Index Pakistan stands ______ out of ______
countries.

115, 140

13 According to an estimated value __________ women become a victim of rape in her

lifetime.

One out of every five

14 About ____________ of the estimated 500,000 to 2 million annually trafficked

people includes women.

80%

15 According to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), annually _______ women

become victims of honour killing worldwide.

5000

16 Who is the author of book “The Second Sex”?

Simon de Beauvoir

17 Dialect of Sex is the work of

Sulamith Firestone

18 In which Centre Of Excellence In Gender Studies is present?

Quaid-e-Azam University

19 When was the Hudood Ordinance passed?

1979

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17%

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21 Who was Kate Millett?

Radical Feminist

22 Who passed Women’s Protection Act?

Pervaiz Musharaf

23 When was the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act passed?

2010

24 Pakistan signed CEDAW in the year of

1996

25 Who was the first women speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan?

Fahmida Mirza

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1 Who was the first president of APWA?

Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan

2 When was Family Law Ordinance passed in Pakistan?

1961

3 Mukhtaran Mai belonged to

South Punjab (Pakistan)

4 How many women were there in first legislative assembly of Pakistan?

Two

5 Where was the first conference of UNO on women held?

Mexico

6 When was Malala Yousafzai born?

1997

7 As an academic discipline Gender Studies has emerged after

1975

8 In Pakistan which university for the first time offered Gender Studies course in their
department of Psychology?

Beacon House National University

9 An androgynous person shows

Positive masculine and feminine traits

10 What is the legal age of girl to marry in Pakistan?

18 years

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11 What is the legal age of women to vote in Pakistan?

18 years

12 What is WMA?

Women Action Forum

13 When was WMA established?

1981

14 What is the term used for hate from women?

Misogyny

15 Who coined the term Hegemonic Masculinity for the first time?

Raewyn Connell (R.W Connell)

16 When the Supreme Court of Pakistan passed the grant of third gender identity in
CNIC?

July 5, 2018

17 RAWA stands for?

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

18 When was RAWA established?

1977

19 Where is RAWA based?

Quetta (Pakistan)

20 Who founded Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)?

Meena Keshwar Kamal

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21 RAWA is the feminist association of?

Afghanistan

22 When was Meena Keshwar Kamal assassinated?

February 1987

23 When was Pakistan women association formed?

1949

24 Pakistan women association is also known as

APWA

25 What is the name of Pakistan famous Urdu Journal of Women Studies?

Alam-e-Niswan

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1 The Urdu Journal Alam-e-Niswan is published how many times a year?

Twice

2 The Urdu Journal Alam-e-Niswan is published in which two months of the year?

June and December

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3 WNIA stands for?

Women’s National Indian Association

4 When was WNIA formed?

1879

5 WNIA is the feminist association of?

USA (America)

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6 AIDWA is the feminist association of which country?

India

7 AIDWA stands for

All India Democratic Women’s Association

8 When was AIDWA established?

1981

9 Who is called “The First Lady of Urdu Poetry”?

Ada Jafarey

10 What is the date of birth of Ada Jafri?

August 22, 1924

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11 WOI was the feminist association of which country?

Iran

12 WOI stands for?

Women’s Organization of Iran

13 When was WOI founded?

1966

14 When was WOI dismantled?

1978

15 Who dismantled WOI?

Islamic Revolution

16 Who has written the famous Urdu ghazal Hoṉtọ ṉ pih kabhī un ke merā nām hī āʾe ?

Ada Jafri

17 When Ada Jafarey died?

March 12, 2015

18 ACWF is the feminist association of

China

19 ACWF stands for

All China Women’s Federation

20 When was ACWF founded?

March 24, 1949

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21 Khushbu is the Urdu poetry collection of which famous female Urdu poet?

Parveen Shakir

22 When was Parveen Shakir born?

November 24, 1952

23 When did Parveen Shakir died?

December 26, 1994

24 Who is the youngest Muslim woman to climb Mount Everst?

Samina Baig

25 Samina Baig belongs to?

Pakistan

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Gender Studies MCQs Part XI

1 When Samina Baig climbed Mount Everst?

2013

2 When UNDP named Samina Baig Pakistan’s National Goodwill Ambassador?

February 2018

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3 Who is the first female pilot of Pakistan?

Ayesha Farooq

4 Who is the first female martyr of Pakistan Air Force?

Marium Mukhtiar

5 When Marium Mukhtiar died?

November 24, 2015

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6 Who was Pakistan’s first female pilot?

Ayesha Farooq

7 Who is the first female astronaut?

Sally Kristen Ride

8 When Sally Kristen Ride flew to space?

June 18, 1983

9 Who is the first black female astronaut?

Mae Carol Jemison

10 Who is the first female astronaut in India?

Kalpana Chawla

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Gender Studies MCQs Part XI

11 Who is the first female Prime Minister in the world?

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike

12 Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike belongs to

Sri Lanka

13 Who is the first female Muslim Prime Minister in the world?

Benazir Bhutto

14 Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on

December 27, 2007

15 What is the date of birth of Benazir Bhutto?

June 21, 1953

16 Who was the world’s first democratically elected female head of government?

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike

17 Who is the first woman to become President of any country in the world?

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

18 Who is the first woman to become prime minister of any country in the world?

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike

19 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the president of which country?

Iceland

20 Who was the first female president of India?

Pratibha Devisingh Patil

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21 Pratibha Devisingh Patil remained president of India from

2007 – 2012

22 Who was the first female governor of Pakistan?

Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan

23 Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan was the 10th governor of which province of Pakistan?

Sindh

24 Who was the first female judge of high court?

Leila Seth (India)

25 Who is the first woman judge of High Court of Pakistan?

Syeda Tahira Safdar (Baluchistan High Court)

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1 Who is the first woman that climbed Mount Everest?

Junko Tabei (Japan)

2 When the International Women Day (IWD) is celebrated?

8th March every year

Gender Studies 800 MCQs

3 Who is the author of the book Reversed Realities?

Naila Kabeer

4 Who is the first women foreign secretary of Pakistan?

Tehmina Janjua

5 When was the Women Protection Bill at Workplace passed in Pakistan?

March 2010

Gender Studies MCQs Part XIII

6 When was Muslim Law Ordinance passed in Pakistan?

1961

7 What is the quota of women in Pakistan civil services?

15% (thenews 2015 report)

8 In which government 10% quota was given to women in CSS?

Peoples Party Government (2010)

9 When Pakistan ratified CEDAW?

1996

10 CEDAW stands for

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11 The film “A Girl in The River” was based on

Honor Killing

12 Who is the director of the film “A Girl in The River”?

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

13 Who presented the World System Theory?

Immanuel Wallerstein

14 What is female literacy rate in Pakistan?

45% (thenation 2016 report)

15 Who is the author of the book Gender Trouble?

Judith Butler

16 Who is the first female Pakistan’s Representative to the United Nations?

Maleeha Lodhi

17 Who is the author of Pakistan’s Encounter with Democracy?

Maleeha Lodhi

18 What is another famous book of Maleeha Lodhi?

Pakistan Beyond the Crisis

19 When Malala Day is celebrated?

12th July

20 When the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared “Triple Talaqq” unconstitutional?

2018

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21 Who is the first female Chief Economist of IMF?

Gita Gopinath

22 When IMF appointed Gita Gopinath as Chief Economist?

October 2018

23 Which country in the world first legalized equal pay for men and women?

Iceland

24 When Iceland legalized equal pay for men and women?

January 2018

25 Who is the NASA first female Chief Flight Director?

Holly Ridings

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1 What is the name of Slovakia first ever female president elected recently, April 2019?

Zuzana Caputova

2 Asia Noreen aka Asia Bibi took asylum in which western country?

Canada

3 When was the controversial Aurat March held in Pakistan?

8th March 2019

4 What is the name of Managing Director and Chairman of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF)?

Christine Lagarde

5 What is the name of German female Chancellor that has been elected for the fourth term
in office?

Angela Merkel

6 What is the name of German first female Chancellor?

Angela Merkel

7 What is the name of first female Prime Minister of United Kingdom?

Margaret Thatcher

8 What is the name of present female Prime Minister of United Kingdom?

Theresa May

9 Who is ranking as the number female bowler in ICC One Day International (ODI)
cricket matches?

Sana Mir

10 To which country Sana Mir belongs?

Pakistan

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October 2018

12 What is the name of New Zealand Prime Minister?

Jacinda Ardern

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1 When NASA appointed Holly Ridings as the first female Chief Flight Director?

September 2018

2 When was Malala Yousafzai nominated for Nobel Peace Prize?

2013

3 When Malala got Nobel Peace Prize?

2014

4 When was Malala Day celebrated for the first time?

July 12, 2013

5 When Dr Ruth Pafu died?

August 10, 2017

6 Which day is International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women?

25th November

7 Which day is International Human Rights Day?

10th December

8 When Mother Teresa visited India?

1920’s

9 When Mother Teresa died?

September 5, 1997

10 Who is called the Mother Teresa of Pakistan?

Dr. Ruth Pfau

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11 What IWSL stands for?

Institute of Women’s Studies Lahore

12 When was Institute of Women’s Studies Lahore established?

1986

13 When was Aurat Foundation established in Pakistan?

1986

14 What is WISE?

Pakistani Feminist Organization

15 WISE stands for

Women In Stuggle for Empowerment

16 When was WISE established?

2011

17 When Dr. Ruth Pfau died?

10 August 2017

18 Where Dr. Ruth Pfau died?

Karachi

19 Where Dr. Ruth Pfau basically belonged to?

Germany

20 Who was Dr. Ruth Pfau?

Nun

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21 Who is the Arab World first female interior minister?

Raya Al Hassan

22 Raya Al Hassan is the female interior minister of which Arab country?

Lebanon

23 Which province of Pakistan got its first Child Protection Court recently?

Pakhtunkhwa

24 When was the Child Protection Court established in KPK?

March 16, 2019

25 What was the slogan of United Nations Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995?

Human rights are women rights and women rights are human rights

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MCQs Of Gender Studies – Part I

11-What is gender?

Socially constructed roles, behavior and activities of a person

12-Under sexual division, what men and women are called?

Male and Female

13-Under gender division, what men and women are called?

Masculine and Feminine

14-Sex is natural while gender is what?

Acquired

15-What does Survey mean?

extracting specific data from a particular group of people

16-What does the term status quo mean?

Existing state of affairs

17-Assertive is the generally accepted attribute of men while the generally accepted
attribute of women is

Nurturing

What Type Of Feminism Do We Need In Pakistan?

18-According to feminists language is also

Sexist

19-According to some feminists even some expressions are

Sexist

20-What Patriarchy literally means?

Rule of the father

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