Question 1.
The roles of men and women are:
(a) equally valued
(b) not equally valued
(c) of same status
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (b) not equally valued
Question 2.
What was the most important activity on an Island of Samoa in 1920s?
(a) Fishing
(b) Farming
(c) Household work
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Fishing
Question 3.
At what age did the boy in Samoa join older boys for learning outdoor jobs?
(a) 5 years
(b) 9 years
(c) 11 years
(d) 13 years
Answer
Answer: (b) 9 years
Question 4.
What did girls in Samoa learn after the age of fourteen years?
(a) How to weave baskets
(b) How to grow plantation
(c) Special cooking
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 5.
From which class did the girls and boys go to separate school in M.P.?
(a) Class IV onwards
(b) Class VI onwards
(c) Class VII onwards
(d) Class XI onwards
Answer
Answer: (a) Class IV onwards
Question 6.
What were girls given to play while the boys were given cars?
(a) Dolls
(b) Bus
(c) Trucks
(d) Trains
Answer
Answer: (a) Dolls
Question 7.
Doing household work is work or not?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Yes
Question 8.
Who has the main responsibility of housework across the world?
(a) Men
(b) Children
(c) Women
(d) Old people
Answer
Answer: (c) Women
Question 9.
Who was Melani?
(a) A domestic worker
(b) A factory worker
(c) A shopkeeper
(d) A teacher
Answer
Answer: (a) A domestic worker
Question 10.
What are the total number of work hours (paid) spent by women workers in Haryana every week?
(a) 23
(b) 30
(c) 19
(d) 35
Answer
Answer: (a) 23
Question 11.
Who can take steps, to bring gender equality?
(a) Constitution
(b) Society
(c) Both
(d) None
Answer
Answer: (c) Both
Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Paid work hours for women in Haryana | (a) 2 hours |
| 2. Paid work hours for women in Tamil Nadu | (b) 23 hours |
| 3. House work hours men in Haryana | (c) 4 hours |
| 4. House work hours men in Tamil Nadu | (d) 19 hours |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Paid work hours for women in Haryana | (b) 23 hours |
| 2. Paid work hours for women in Tamil Nadu | (d) 19 hours |
| 3. House work hours men in Haryana | (a) 2 hours |
| 4. House work hours men in Tamil Nadu | (c) 4 hours |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1. The child centres in villages are called …………….
Answer
Answer: anganwadi
2. Our constitution provides …………… of genders.
Answer
Answer: equality
3. In Madhya Pradesh the ……………. schools were designed differently in the 1960s.
Answer
Answer: girls
4. Most of the work done by women is ……………..
Answer
Answer: devalued /invisible.
State whether the given statements are true or false.
1. House work does not require physical and emotional work.
Answer
Answer: False
2. Life of domestic worker is very difficult.
Answer
Answer: True
3. Government has passed laws that organisations with women workers must have creche facilities.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Domestic workers get high wages.
Answer
Answer: False