Gender Studies MCQs 2025

"The Feminine Mystique" was authored by:
A. Carol Hanisch
B. Betty Friedan
C. Gloria Steinem
D. Audre Lorde

Black feminism differs from mainstream feminism due to its focus on:
A. Studying the injustices affecting the daily lives of Black women
B. A long-standing emphasis on intersectionality
C. Focuses on the cumulative effects of multiple forms of discrimination
D. All of these

Who wrote the influential book "The Second Sex"?
A. Betty Friedan
B. Gloria Steinem
C. Audre Lorde
D. Simone de Beauvoir

The Seneca Falls Convention was led by:
A. Susan B. Anthony
B. Sojourner Truth
C. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
D. Alice Paul

The Landmark Supreme Court Case in 1973 that legalized abortion in the United States is:
A. Roe v. Wade
B. Planned Parenthood v. Casey
C. Griswold v. Connecticut
D. Eisenstadt v. Baird

The concept of Gender and Development focuses on:
A. Gender equality
B. Women's empowerment
C. Patriarchy
D. All of these

Which of the following indicators measures gender inequality?
A. Gender Development Index (GDI)
B. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
C. Human Development Index (HDI)
D. All of these

Which of the following is a benefit of gender mainstreaming?
A. Increased efficiency
B. Improved effectiveness
C. Enhanced accountability
D. All of these

Which of the following laws was a major focus of the women's rights movement in Pakistan in the 1980s?
A. The Hudood Ordinance
B. The Zina Ordinance
C. The Qanun-e-Shahadat
D. The Pakistan Penal Code

Feminist perspectives are distinctive due to:
A. They emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis
B. Only women can write from a feminist perspective
C. Other theoretical perspectives have not researched women
D. None of these