Gender Studies MCQs with Answers 2026

1. Gender refers to:

a) Socially constructed roles and behaviors ✅    b) Biological sex only    c) Legal identity    d) Physical characteristics

2. Sex refers to:

a) Social roles    b) Cultural norms    c) Biological differences (male/female) ✅    d) Economic status

3. Feminism is:

a) Anti-men movement    b) Advocacy for gender equality and women’s rights ✅    c) Political party    d) Religious movement

4. Patriarchy means:

a) Male-dominated social system ✅    b) Female-dominated system    c) Equal system    d) Democratic system

5. Gender mainstreaming means:

a) Separating genders    b) Integrating gender perspective in all policies ✅    c) Women-only programs    d) Men-only spaces

6. Gender discrimination means:

a) Unequal treatment based on gender ✅    b) Equal treatment    c) Legal rights    d) Education difference

7. Gender parity means:

a) Men’s rights    b) Equal representation of men and women ✅    c) Women’s rights only    d) Legal equality

8. The glass ceiling refers to:

a) Actual ceiling    b) Invisible barrier preventing women from advancing ✅    c) Glass industry    d) Architecture

9. Empowerment means:

a) Giving money    b) Increasing autonomy, power, and self-determination ✅    c) Education only    d) Employment only

10. Gender stereotypes are:

a) Facts    b) Fixed oversimplified beliefs about gender roles ✅    c) Laws    d) Scientific data

11. Intersectionality means:

a) Road crossing    b) Overlapping social identities and discrimination ✅    c) Gender study    d) Political theory

12. Gender-based violence includes:

a) Only physical    b) Physical, sexual, psychological, and economic violence ✅    c) Only sexual    d) Only verbal

13. Gender audit is:

a) Financial audit    b) Assessment of gender equality in an organization ✅    c) Education test    d) Health check

14. First wave feminism focused on:

a) Education    b) Suffrage (right to vote) ✅    c) Employment    d) Health

15. First wave feminism was in:

a) Late 19th to early 20th century ✅    b) 1960s    c) 1990s    d) 2010s

16. Second wave feminism focused on:

a) Voting rights    b) Workplace equality, reproductive rights, legal inequalities ✅    c) Social media    d) Environment

17. Second wave feminism was in:

a) 1920s    b) 1960s-1980s ✅    c) 1990s    d) 2010s

18. Third wave feminism began in:

a) 1960s    b) 1980s    c) 1990s ✅    d) 2010s

19. Third wave focused on:

a) Only voting    b) Diversity, intersectionality, individual identity ✅    c) Only employment    d) Only education

20. The book ‘Vindication of the Rights of Woman’ was by:

a) Betty Friedan    b) Mary Wollstonecraft ✅    c) Simone de Beauvoir    d) Gloria Steinem

21. ‘The Second Sex’ was written by:

a) Mary Wollstonecraft    b) Simone de Beauvoir ✅    c) Betty Friedan    d) Virginia Woolf

22. ‘The Feminine Mystique’ was written by:

a) Simone de Beauvoir    b) Betty Friedan ✅    c) Gloria Steinem    d) bell hooks

23. Suffragettes fought for:

a) Education    b) Employment    c) Women’s right to vote ✅    d) Property rights

24. The #MeToo movement started in:

a) 2010    b) 2015    c) 2017 ✅    d) 2019

25. Ecofeminism links:

a) Politics and gender    b) Feminism and environmentalism ✅    c) Economics and gender    d) Religion and gender

26. Liberal feminism advocates for:

a) Revolution    b) Equal legal rights and reform within existing system ✅    c) Separation    d) No change

27. CEDAW stands for:

a) Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ✅    b) Committee for Education Development and Women    c) Central Education and Development for All Women    d) Convention for Equal Development

28. CEDAW was adopted in:

a) 1975    b) 1979 ✅    c) 1985    d) 1990

29. International Women’s Day is on:

a) January 1    b) March 8 ✅    c) May 1    d) October 24

30. The Beijing Declaration was in:

a) 1990    b) 1995 ✅    c) 2000    d) 2005

31. Beijing Platform for Action has _____ areas of concern:

a) 8    b) 10    c) 12 ✅    d) 15

32. SDG 5 focuses on:

a) Education    b) Health    c) Gender Equality ✅    d) Climate

33. The UN Women was established in:

a) 2000    b) 2005    c) 2010 ✅    d) 2015

34. The first woman Prime Minister in the world was:

a) Margaret Thatcher    b) Benazir Bhutto    c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka) ✅    d) Indira Gandhi

35. The first woman PM of Pakistan was:

a) Fatima Jinnah    b) Benazir Bhutto ✅    c) Hina Rabbani    d) Sherry Rehman

36. UNFPA deals with:

a) Education    b) Trade    c) Reproductive health and population ✅    d) Agriculture

37. The Istanbul Convention deals with:

a) Trade    b) Violence against women ✅    c) Climate    d) Education

38. The term ‘gender mainstreaming’ was first used at:

a) Beijing 1995    b) Nairobi 1985 ✅    c) Cairo 1994    d) New York 2000

39. MDGs had _____ goals:

a) 5    b) 8 ✅    c) 10    d) 15

40. Pakistan signed CEDAW in:

a) 1990    b) 1995    c) 1996 ✅    d) 2000

41. The Women Protection Act was passed in:

a) 2000    b) 2004    c) 2006 ✅    d) 2010

42. Benazir Bhutto became first woman PM in:

a) 1985    b) 1988 ✅    c) 1990    d) 1993

43. The Acid and Burn Crime Act was passed in:

a) 2008    b) 2010    c) 2017 ✅    d) 2020

44. Pakistan ranks _____ on Gender Gap Index (approx):

a) 50th    b) 100th    c) 145th+ (near bottom) ✅    d) 10th

45. The Anti-Harassment of Women at Workplace Act was passed in:

a) 2005    b) 2010 ✅    c) 2015    d) 2020

46. Mukhtaran Mai is known for:

a) Politics    b) Fighting for justice against gender violence ✅    c) Sports    d) Education

47. Malala Yousafzai won Nobel Prize in:

a) 2012    b) 2013    c) 2014 ✅    d) 2015

48. The domestic violence bill in Punjab was passed in:

a) 2010    b) 2013    c) 2016 ✅    d) 2018

49. Women’s inheritance rights are protected under:

a) Criminal law    b) Muslim Family Laws Ordinance ✅    c) Trade law    d) Education act

50. The National Commission on Status of Women was established in:

a) 1995    b) 2000 ✅    c) 2005    d) 2010

51. Female literacy rate in Pakistan is approximately:

a) 30%    b) 40%    c) 49% ✅    d) 60%

52. Aurat March (Women’s March) started in Pakistan in:

a) 2015    b) 2017    c) 2018 ✅    d) 2020