Deck 2: Gender, Nutrition, and Empowerment Initiatives

Question 1

Average nutritional intake of women is

A)1200 calorie daily
B)1400 calorie daily
C)1300 calorie daily
D)none of these

Answer 1

1400 calorie daily

Question 2

GEM refers to:

A)gender empowerment measure
B)gender equality measure
C)gender economic measure
D)general education measure

Answer 2

gender empowerment measure

Question 3

'SARANYA' refers to:

A)social welfare service
B)women health care
C)national employment service
D)none of these

Answer 3

national employment service

Question 4

Kerala women's commission is a:

A)statutory body
B)permanent body
C)co-operative body
D)semi-government body

Question 5

Gender equality means:

A)all women are considered are equal
B)equal opportunities for all women
C)women and men have equal conditions
D)equal opportunities for all men

Question 6

GDI refers to:

A)gender empowerment measure
B)gender dimension index
C)gender development index
D)gender education index

Question 7

Gender empowerment introduced by:

A)ndp
B)undp
C)sdp
D)nse

Question 8

Who says ' gender is the social organisation of sexual difference:

A)moser
B)scott
C)iman
D)mane

Question 9

Gender and development (GAD) relates to:

A)women empowerment
B)exclusion of women
C)relations between men and women
D)increase women productivity

Question 10

Women in development (WID) relates to:

A)relations between men and women
B)an approach that views women as the problem
C)empower disadvantage
D)unequal relations of power

Question 11

Women's disadvantages reflects in:

A)gender inequality index
B)gender equality index
C)gender empowerment measure
D)gender related index

Question 12

Number of live births per 1000 live male births defined as:

A)sex ratio
B)maternal mortality rate
C)birth rate
D)death rate

Question 13

Socio-cultural discrimination against female children relates to:

A)extended infanticide
B)the endangered sex
C)gender and development
D)women in development

Question 14

Actual female mortality rates exceed expected rate called as:

A)excess female mortality
B)extended infanticide
C)crude death rate
D)maternal mortality rate

Question 15

UNIFEM stands for:

A)united nations development for elderly males
B)united nations development fund for women
C)world women conference on women
D)united nations empowerment for women

Question 16

Which plan started empowerment of women was its strategic objective was adopted:

A)8th plan
B)9th plan
C)6th plan
D)7th plan

Question 17

National policy for the empowerment of women introduced in the year:

A)1991
B)2011
C)2008
D)2001

Question 18

Overall sex ratio in Kerala continues to be favourable to :

A)women
B)men
C)total population
D)male and female

Question 19

Development of women and children in rural areas (DWCRA) is newly introduced as:

A)swarnajayanthi gram swaraojgaryojana
B)social security scheme
C)rashtriya mahilakosh
D)annapurna scheme

Question 20

Social security pension scheme related with:

A)government subsidy
B)for working capital
C)for orphan widows
D)for health care

Question 21

'Kalpavraksha' related with:

A)employment to sc/st women in tribal areas
B)education for all
C)health for minorities
D)empowerment for women

Question 22

Gender budgeting is also called:

A)gender sensitive budgeting
B)gender responsible budgeting
C)women's budgeting
D)all the above

Question 23

Which five year plan was implements 'women component plan':

A)5th plan
B)6th plan
C)7th plan
D)9th plan

Question 24

International Women's day celebrated on:

A)march 9
B)march 8
C)march 12
D)march 3

Question 25

Current total fertility rate in India:

A)2.4
B)2.7
C)1.7
D)3.5