Gender Studies

**13,000 lives per year are lost due to: in Pakistan.**A. Low EducationB. MalariaC. PolioD. Breast Cancer Show Answer Correct Answer: D – Breast Cancer

**Malala Yousafzai is working internationally for: of women.**A. EducationB. RespectC. HealthD. Peace Show Answer Correct Answer: A – Education

**The book Gender Trouble is written by:**A. Judith ButlerB. Mary WollstonecraftC. Virginia WoolfD. Kate Bornstein Show Answer Correct Answer: A – Judith Butler

**Pakistan ratified Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in:**A. 1990B. 1991C. 1996D. 1988 Show Answer Correct Answer: C – 1996

**Minimum age of girl for marriage in Pakistan:**A. 16 yearsB. 18 yearsC. 21 yearsD. 15 years Show Answer Correct Answer: A – 16 years

**The literacy rate among females in Pakistan is:**A. 0.48B. 0.40C. 0.45D. 0.57 Show Answer Correct Answer: A – 0.48

**All Pakistan Women’s Association (APWA) was founded by:**A. Fatima JinnahB. Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali KhanC. Nusrat BhuttoD. Benazir Bhutto Show Answer Correct Answer: B – Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan

**Women Protection Bill at Workplace was approved in:**A. 2010B. 2012C. 2015D. 2009 Show Answer Correct Answer: A – 2010

**Pakistan’s Oscar-winning documentary A Girl in the River was about:**A. Honor KillingB. Malala YousafzaiC. Mukhtaran MaiD. Child Labour Show Answer Correct Answer: A – Honor Killing

**The book Second Sex was written by:**A. Leila AhmedB. Etel AdnanC. Carol J. AdamsD. Simone de Beauvoir Show Answer Correct Answer: D – Simone de Beauvoir