Deck 1: Womens Development, Gender Equality and Education in India

Question 1

Women in development (WID) focus on which area:

A)gender
B)relation between men and women
C)women
D)none of these

Answer 1

women

Question 2

Gender and development (GAD) focus on which area:

A)gender
B)relation between men and women
C)women
D)none of these

Answer 2

relation between men and women

Question 3

In India, which constitutional amendments, to increase the role of women in panchayatraj institutions:

A)71 and 72 amendment
B)73 and 74 amendment
C)78 and 79 amendment
D)64 and 65 amendment

Answer 3

73 and 74 amendment

Question 4

At present, total number of women members in Kerala legislative assembly:

A)7
B)12
C)15
D)5

Question 5

Gender dimension of human development index measures which index:

A)gem
B)gdi
C)hpi
D)hdi

Question 6

In which year UNDP introduced GDI and GEM measures of human development:

A)1990
B)1991
C)2001
D)1995

Question 7

Which index is a summary measure of human development:

A)hdi
B)hpi
C)gdi
D)gem

Question 8

Which variable is not a component of HDI:

A)life expectancy
B)access to knowledge
C)imr
D)decent standard of living

Question 9

Three component of HDI are:

A)imr, life expectancy, knowledge
B)life expectancy, knowledge, decent standard of living
C)life expectancy, knowledge, labour force participation
D)mmr, labour force participation, attainment of secondary and higher

Question 10

Which index adjusts the average achievement to reflect the inequalities between men and women:

A)hpi
B)gem
C)hdi
D)gdi

Question 11

Which measure indicates whether women are able to actively participate the economic and political life:

A)gem
B)gdi
C)hpi
D)hdi

Question 12

Which index reflects women's disadvantages in reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market:

A)gdi
B)gem
C)gii
D)hdi

Question 13

The number of live female births per 1000 live male births:

A)birth rate
B)imr
C)sex ratio
D)none of these

Question 14

Sex ratio in India as per the Census 2001:

A)938
B)933
C)1034
D)927

Question 15

Sex ratio in India as per the Census 2011:

A)940
B)933
C)927
D)932

Question 16

"Missing women mystery" concept is associated with which economist:

A)jagdish bhagwati
B)k.n. raj
C)amartya sen
D)mahboob-ul-haq

Question 17

Sex ratio in Kerala as per Census 2011:

A)1036
B)1032
C)1058
D)1084

Question 18

Micro enterprises for:

A)economic empowerment for women
B)political empowerment for women
C)social empowerment for women
D)cultural empowerment for women

Question 19

KSWDC stands for:

A)kerala state women development corporation
B)kerala social development forum
C)kerala social security welfare development
D)none of these

Question 20

In which year Kerala women's commission established:

A)1996
B)1998
C)1999
D)2001

Question 21

SABALA indicates:

A)rajeev gandhi scheme for empowerment of adolescent girls
B)conditional maternity protection scheme
C)integrated child protection scheme
D)nutrition and child welfare

Question 22

According to 2011 census female literacy in India is:

A)72.21
B)64.56 `
C)56.21
D)58.7

Question 23

In which state female literacy is highest:

A)bihar
B)tamilnadu
C)karnataka
D)kerala

Question 24

Crude literacy rate stand for:

A)the literacy rate taking the entire population in to account
B)literacy rate taking only females
C)literacy rate taking only males
D)none of these

Question 25

In Kerala, female literacy rate in Census 2011:

A)90.91
B)88.8
C)75.6
D)91.98