MCQ Questions for Class 7 Civics: Ch 5 Women Change the World
1. Women work in agricultural sector includes
(a) planting, weeding, harvesting and threshing
(b) planting, seeding, harvesting and digging
(c) planting, weeding, harvesting and digging
(d) planting, seeding, harvesting and playing
► (a) planting, weeding, harvesting and threshing
2. The 2001 census also found that ____girls are less likely, than ____ girls, to complete primary school
(a) Muslim, Dalit and Adivasi
(b) Adivasi, Dalit and Muslims
(c) Dalit , Hindu and Adivasi
(d) Hindu, Dalit and Muslims
► (a) Muslim, Dalit and Adivasi
3. The provision of ___ helps many women to take up employment outside the home
(a) Hospital
(b) Law
(c) Creches
(d) Court
► (c) Creches
4. According to the 1961 census, about ___per cent of all boys and men and __ per cent of all girls and women
(a) 10, 15
(b) 40, 15
(c) 20, 25
(d) 30, 65
► (b) 40, 15
5. This refers to physical or verbal behaviour that is of a sexual nature and against the wishes of a woman.
(a) Male harassment
(b) Sexual harassment
(c) Gender harassment
(d) Domestic harassment
► (b) Sexual harassment
6. Earlier it was believed that if a woman learnt to read and write
(a) she would bring bad luck to her society
(b) she would bring bad luck to her family
(c) she would bring bad luck to her husband and become a widow
(d) she would bring bad luck to her children
► (c) she would bring bad luck to her husband and become a widow
7. What can you say about the work of men and women
(a) Women work should be valued more than men
(b) Should devalued the work of men and women
(c) Should be equally valued
(d) Men work should be valued more than women
► (c) Should be equally valued
8. According to Rokeya Sakhawat lady land is a place where
(a) Land build by ladies
(b) Lady have freedom to study and work
(c) Lot of Ladies are living
(d) Ladies owned lot of land
► (b) Lady have freedom to study and work
9. The Samoan Islands are part of a large group of small islands in the southern part of the
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Antarctic Ocean
(c) Arctic Ocean
(d) Pacific Ocean
► (d) Pacific Ocean
10. Following points show the preference is given to boys as compared to girls except
(a) Boys are given more opportunities as given to girls.
(b) The boys are considered to be bread earnings
(c) The birth of a girl is considered more important and is regarded as auspicious
(d) The female child is considered liability of the family
► (c) The birth of a girl is considered more important and is regarded as auspicious
11. Indian woman who first wrote autobiography
(a) Rokeya
(b) Rashsundari
(c) Ramabai
(d) Laxmibai
► (b) Rashsundari
12. In the ____, according to research reports on Samoan society, children did not go to school. They learnt many things, such as how to take care of children or do household work from older children and from adults
(a) 1950
(b) 1940
(c) 1930
(d) 1920
► (d) 1920
13. What did girls learn after the age of 14 years
(a) Learning to weave basket
(b) Doing plantation
(c) Learning cooking
(d) All of these
► (d) All of these
14. A law was passed in ____ to give women who face physical and mental violence within their homes, also called domestic violence, some legal protection
(a) 2004
(b) 2005
(c) 2007
(d) 2006
► (d) 2006