Deck 3: Understanding Gender and Its Various Aspects

Question 1

Boy, man, uncle, grandfather, etc. are

A)Feminine titles
B)Masculine titles
C)Both feminine and masculine titles
D)None of the above

Answer 1

Masculine titles

Question 2

Examples of feminine titles are

A)Mother and daughter
B)Girl and grandfather
C)Policeman and waitress
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Mother and daughter

Question 3

___ refers to the socially constructed attributes of being male or female.

A)gender
B)sex
C)femininity
D)masculinity

Answer 3

gender

Question 4

a concept in which individuals are categorized, either by themselves or by society, as neither man nor woman is called

A)masculine gender
B)feminine gender
C)third gender
D)seamstress

Question 5

The set of chromosomes which defines a genetic male is

A)XX
B)XYY
C)XY
D)XXY

Question 6

An individual who identifies a role that is opposite to his/her biological sex is called

A)homosexual
B)transgender
C)feminine
D)masculine

Question 7

India's Supreme Court recognizes transgender people as

A)Third gender
B)homosexual
C)gender identity
D)None of the above

Question 8

Third gender refers to

A)A gender classification in societies that recognize a gender other than male or female
B)A person who identifies as a gender other than male or female or as neither male nor female
C)Both (a) and (b)
D)None of the above

Question 9

The Supreme Court of India formally recognised the existence of a third gender in

A)April of 2014
B)April of 2015
C)April of 2016
D)April of 2017

Question 10

Which is wrong about gender responsive budget?

A)Gender Budgeting does not seek to create a separate budget but to provide affirmative action to address the specific needs of women
B)Gender Budgeting involves dissection of the government to establish its gender differential impacts and to translate gender commitments into budgetary commitments
C)Gender Budgeting is an accounting exercise or a process to ensure that benefits of development should reach all the minorities
D)Gender Budgeting entails maintaining a gender perspective at various stages like programmes/policy formulation,etc.

Question 11

Census 2011 identifies____ districts as 'gender critical districts'

A)162
B)211
C)249
D)262

Question 12

Society's expectation of people's behavior and attitudes based on whether they are females or males is called

A)Gender roles
B)Gender identity
C)Femininity
D)Masculinity

Question 13

Gender Lens refers to

A)Creating awareness about gender
B)Providing visibility to gender issues
C)Both (a) and (b)
D)None of the above

Question 14

External and common differences between men and women that do not include genitalia, such as differences in height, men's ability to grows beards and women's ability to grow breasts are examples of

A)Primary sex characteristics
B)Secondary sex characteristics
C)Tertiary sex characteristics
D)Quaternary sex characteristics

Question 15

Cultural behavioural expectations for males or females is called

A)Gender roles
B)Gender identity
C)Gender types
D)None of the above

Question 16

A female-to-male (FTM) transgender person who was assigned female at birth, but whose gender identity is that of man is called:

A)Trans Man
B)Trans Female
C)Homosexual
D)Third Gender

Question 17

Transgender in India have fought for and got voting rights in the year

A)1994
B)1996
C)2002
D)2014

Question 18

What is gendered division of labour?

A)It negates the 'double burden'
B)It is based on gender-structure conceptions of appropriate work
C)It is increase in women's compensation worldwide
D)It is caste-based division of labour

Question 19

'Biological males who reject their masculinity identity in due course of time to identify as women' are known as

A)Trans women
B)Trans men
C)Transgender
D)Androgyneous

Question 20

Which statement about primary sex characteristics is true?

A)They include the formation of breasts and growth of beards
B)They are directly involved in human reproduction
C)They develop during puberty
D)They are the same for males and females

Question 21

A male-to-female(MTF) transgender person who was assigned male at birth, but whose gender identity is that of a woman is called:

A)Bisexual
B)Third Gender
C)Trans man
D)Trans woman

Question 22

The concept of gender was developed by feminists during the:

A)1940s
B)1950s
C)1960s
D)1970s

Question 23

A set of attributes, behavioursand roles associated with boys and men is called:

A)Masculinity
B)Femininity
C)Homosexuality
D)Patriarchy

Question 24

A set of attributes, behaviours and roles associated with girls and women is called:

A)Masculinity
B)Femininity
C)Gender
D)Feminism