Class 10 Gender and Society worksheet

Sample questions

Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.

Section A · multiple choice

1. 1.

   A system that values men more and gives them power over women is:

   1. federalism
   2. decentralisation
   3. feminism
   4. patriarchy

   Answer

   (d) patriarchy

2. 2.

   What is meant by “family laws”?

   1. laws on marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance
   2. a shift from one occupation to another
   3. the number of girls per 1,000 boys
   4. equal wages for equal work

   Answer

   (a) laws on marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance

3. 3.

   In the book’s graph (1 October 2018), women held 11.8% of parliament seats in India and 29.5% in the Americas. What is the difference?

   1. 41.3 percentage points
   2. 22.7 percentage points
   3. 19.7 percentage points
   4. 17.7 percentage points

   Answer

   (d) 17.7 percentage points

   29.5 − 11.8

Section B · short answer

1. 4.

   What is the sexual division of labour?

   Answer

   A system in which all work inside the home is done or organised by women, and men work outside.

2. 5.

   Explain each term: (a) urbanisation (b) sexual division of labour

   Answer

   (a) the shift of people from rural to urban areas (b) all home work done or organised by women

Section C · long answer

1. 6.

   How are women disadvantaged in India?

   Answer

   Lower literacy, fewer women in well-paid jobs, unequal pay despite the 1976 Act, a falling child sex ratio and more unpaid work: on average a woman works an hour more a day than a man.

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