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How much more an Indian woman, on an average, works than a man every day?

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  1. one hour more

  2. two hours more

  3. three hours more

  4. one hour less

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
 On an average, an Indian woman works one hour more than an average man every day. Yet much of her work is not paid and therefore often not valued. 

Women's role in public life particularly in politics is minimal because of ______.

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  1. Sexual division of labour

  2. Women's aversion to politics

  3. Unfair competition in politics

  4. Their modesty

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Women continue to experience significant discrimination related to their participation in public and political life in most domains of the public sphere and in all geographical regions. A balanced sex ratio is desirable. Gender imbalances have been known in human history to cause serious negative consequences for society in long run. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2017 worldwide female representation rate is 23.6%. The sexual division of labour is the delegation of different tasks between male and females. It is because women have to face many obstacles and challenges in representing and administration, so participation in women's parliament has been limited.

Women's movement has argued that __________ of all religions discriminate against women. So they have demanded that government should change these laws to make them more equitable.

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  1. Men's Laws

  2. Women's Laws

  3. Labour Laws

  4. Family Laws

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Family laws: Those laws that deal with family-related matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, etc. In our country, different family laws apply to followers of different religions.

While casting her vote in any election a woman exercises her ______.

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  1. Civics right

  2. Social right

  3. Natural right

  4. Political right

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Casting vote is a political right granted by the government.
  • In India. voting powers are sourced from articles 326 and 325 of Indian Constitution.

One of the following groups of countries have relatively a larger share of women representation in the legislature.

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  1. Asian nations

  2. American nations

  3. Nordic nations

  4. Arab nations

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Nordic nations group of countries such as Norway, Finland, Sweden have a relatively larger share of women representation in the legislature.
  • Women MPs constitute an average of 41.5% of the legislature in Nordic countries.

Now there are more than 10 lakh elected women representatives in rural and urban local bodies in India. This is possible because of _____________.

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  1. Growing population

  2. Women's movements

  3. Reservation of one-third seats for women

  4. The policies of political parties

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 One-third of seats in local government bodies–in panchayats and municipalities–are now reserved for women. Now there are more than 10 lakh elected women representatives in rural and urban local bodies. 

Which one of the following cannot be attributed to discrimination against women?

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  1. Many girls drop out of school systems because their parents would like their resources to be spent on their son's education.

  2. The proportion of women in highly paid jobs is very less

  3. Many parents in India prefer to have sons.

  4. The marriageable age of girls is lower than that of the boys.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Discrimination is the unequal or unfair treatment of a person or group of people on basis of caste, sex, language, religion etc.
The difference in marriageable age between boys and girls are there because the maturity age of girls starts 2-3 years before boys. The maturity age in girls starts at 9 yrs and in boys, it starts at 12 yrs. 

To eliminate economic inequality and concentration of wealth, Sarvodaya advocates ________________.

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  1. Non-possession

  2. State run co-operatives

  3. Trusteeship

  4. Social ownership of wealth

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sarvodaya is translated as upliftment of all. It is the concept developed on the basis of equal income distribution. Gandhi developed this idea upon reading a book on political economy. To eliminate economic inequality and concentration of wealth, Sarvodaya advocates trusteeship. 

Which one of the following is not a reason for the backwardness of women?

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  1. Lack of education

  2. Social customs and practices

  3. Religious beliefs

  4. Equal share in parents property

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Women of india is backward since ages. Though social evils like sati, devdasi systems have been eradicated, still exists a number of social customs that make female go behind the curtains and stay backward. Some of them are Lack of education, Social customs and practices, Religious beliefs etc. Among the given options, equal share in parents property have nothing to do with backwardness of female.

Who among the following was the first woman to be appointed as the Governor of a State?

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  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Prathibha Singh Patil

  4. Sucheta Kripalani

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sarojini Naidu was known by the sobriquet Nightingale of India. She was a poet and politician. She served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949. She was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state and was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925.