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Gender Issues in Education — Practice

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Q1. The term 'sex' refers to
- A. Roles, attributes and functions expected of men and women by society.
- B. The biological characteristics of a person that make one a male or female.
- C. The personality traits a person develops through socialisation.
- D. The cultural expectations placed on boys and girls in school.
Q2. 'gender' is best described as
- A. A biological construct that is nature-made and constant.
- B. A socio-cultural construct that is society-made and variable.
- C. An attribute determined only by chromosomes XX or XY.
- D. A trait that is the same across all cultures of the world.
Q3. Aarti, a Class 7 student, asks her teacher how a person's sex is biologically decided. The correct answer is
- A. By the upbringing the child receives at home.
- B. By the toys the child plays with in early childhood.
- C. By the presence of XX chromosomes (female) or XY chromosomes (male).
- D. By the dresses society expects the child to wear.
Q4. 'gender is a socio-cultural construction'. The best evidence given in the unit for this is
- A. All women have a uterus while no man does.
- B. Women in many parts of India wear sarees and grow long hair, while in some other cultures women wear skirts and cut their hair short.
- C. Adult males produce sperms and adult females produce ovum.
- D. Boys' voices become hoarse and girls' voices become shriller at puberty.
Q5. 'sexism' is defined as
- A. A social situation where prejudicial treatment occurs on the basis of a person's sex.
- B. The natural biological difference between males and females.
- C. Providing separate toilets for boys and girls in a school.
- D. Granting maternity leave to women teachers.
Q6. A Class 8 teacher in Rampur arranges separate toilets for boys and girls in his school. This is
- A. An act of gender discrimination against girls.
- B. An act of gender discrimination against boys.
- C. An act showing gender sensitivity, not discrimination.
- D. An act of direct discrimination based on sex.
Q7. A Class 7 teacher decides to make a boy the class leader rather than an equally capable girl, thinking 'a boy will manage better'. This is an example of
- A. Indirect discrimination.
- B. Direct gender discrimination.
- C. Gender sensitivity.
- D. Gender equity.
Q8. A 'sex stereotype' is defined as
- A. The biological difference between male and female chromosomes.
- B. A shared popular set of beliefs and expectations, often without any basis, about qualities of females and males.
- C. A law passed by Parliament to protect women.
- D. A government scheme to promote girl-child education.
Q9. One of the main causes of gender discrimination is
- A. Lack of biological differences between males and females.
- B. Religion and the tradition shaped by religious texts.
- C. The Right to Education Act 2009.
- D. The National Policy on Education 1986.
Q10. 'sex ratio' is defined as
- A. The number of males for every 10,000 females.
- B. The number of females for every 1,000 males.
- C. The number of girls aged 0-6 years in the population.
- D. The percentage of women in the workforce.
Q11. According to the 2011 Census, the overall sex ratio of India is
- A. 1000
- B. 940
- C. 914
- D. 846
Q12. Gender equity is best defined as
- A. Treating every boy and girl in exactly the same way at all times.
- B. The process of being fair to men and women, putting measures in place to compensate for historical and social disadvantages and create a level playing field.
- C. The biological equality of males and females.
- D. Giving more academic help to boys than to girls in the classroom.
Q13. Research has documented several findings on gender bias in classrooms. Which of the following is one of those findings?
- A. Boys get more attention from teachers and are praised more often.
- B. Girls are encouraged equally to display leadership skills.
- C. Teachers place higher academic expectations on girls than boys.
- D. School resources are allocated equally between boys and girls.
Q14. International Women's Day is observed every year on
- A. 1st January
- B. 8th March
- C. 15th August
- D. 5th September
Q15. A Class 8 teacher in a rural Bihar school wants to use gender-fair language. Which word should she replace with a gender-inclusive form?
- A. Student
- B. Chairman
- C. Teacher
- D. Citizen

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