Women Empowerment

Samacheer Book Back Questions And Answers For Indian Polity Standard 7 Term 3 “Women Empowerment”

I. Choose the correct answer:
1. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of gender inequality?
(a) Poor maternal health
(b) Greater insecurity for men
(c) The spread of HIV/AIDS
(d) Lower literacy rates for women

2. Gender equality is an issue that is relevant to
(a) Girls and women; its a womens issue
(b) All societies, women and men alike
(c) Third world countries only
(d) Developed Countries only

3. Which of the following strategies will help women become more socially and economically empowered?
(a) Women working together to challenge discrimination
(b) More income sources for women
(c) Improved access to education
(d) All of the above

4. Why are girls more likely than boys to miss out on secondary education in the developing world?
(a) Because of high school fees, only boys are sent to school
(b) Girls are expected to help out at home
(c) Child Marriage restricts girl’s mobility and freedom
(d) All the above

II. Fill in the blanks:
1. Jyotirao Phule is remembered as the champion of womens education in India. He, along with his wife ______ opened the first school for girls in 1848.
2. ________ is the first Woman to hold a Union Foreign Minister’s post.
3. ________ is the first Woman Director General of Police (DGP).
4. ________ is the first Indian Woman to win Booker

Answers:
1. Savitribai Phule
2. Sushma Swaraj
3. Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
4. Arundhati Roy

III. Consider the following statements:
1. Assertion: Now women are being integrated at all steps of humanitarian operations.
Reason: Women and girls suffer the most from any kind of conflict in the society.
(a) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) If A is true but R is false
(d) If A is false but R is true

2. Assertion: Violence against women cuts across caste, class, religion, age and even education.
Reason: Domestic violence is manifested in the form of foeticide, infanticide, dowry murder, marital cruelty, battering, child abuse etc.
(a) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) If A is true but R is false
(d) If A is false but R is true

IV. Match the following:
1. Sirimavo Bandaranaike        A. England
2. Valentina Tereshkova           B. Japan
3. Junko Tabei                          C. Sri Lanka
4. Charlotte Cooper                 D. USSR

Answers:
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A