Womens Rights MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice
Womens Rights MCQ Questions for Practice
31. India signed the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in
Correct Answer is: 1980
32. Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP), when there is no medical emergency, can happen
Correct Answer is: at a place authorized by district level committee constituted by the Government
33. NCW stands for
Correct Answer is: National Commission for Women
34. Other than the right to equality, right to freedom, right against exploitation, right to freedom of religion and right to constitutional remedies, which of the following is also a fundamental right as currently given by the Indian Constitution?
Correct Answer is: cultural and educational rights
35. Rosy has been working as a temporary office staff in a private hospital for the last eight months. She unfortunately suffers a miscarriage, and takes four weeks of leave. As per the Maternity Benefit Act, for this period, she is entitled for
Correct Answer is: both leave and full wage
36. Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 applies to
Correct Answer is: women
37. Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 applies to
Correct Answer is: Both organized and unorganized sectors
38. Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 applies to
Correct Answer is: the whole of India
39. Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 mandates every organization to have a committee to redress sexual harassment complaints filed by women employees. The committee is called
Correct Answer is: Internal Complaints Committee
40. The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in
Correct Answer is: 1979
41. The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence was signed in
Correct Answer is: 2011
42. The Council of Europe Convention recognizes all of the following about domestic violence, EXCEPT that
Correct Answer is: Economic violence within the family or domestic unit is not domestic violence
43. The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women was made by the United Nations General Assembly in
Correct Answer is: 1993
44. The following establishment (in which 10 or more employees are employed), is NOT covered for maternity benefits (as per the Maternity Benefit Act)
Correct Answer is: none of the above
45. The information on whether a specific woman underwent medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) in a hospital in the past can be obtained
Correct Answer is: no one can access the information
46. The nursing break applicable to a mother who has returned to her duties after availing maternity leave until the child attains 15 months of age, is
Correct Answer is: two breaks during the working hours excluding the regular interval/ rest period
47. The punishment for a person convicted of voyeurism, on the first offence, is
Correct Answer is: one to three years imprisonment
48. The punishment for stalking a woman, on the first offence, is
Correct Answer is: upto three years imprisonment
49. The term suffragist is derived from
Correct Answer is: a voting tablet in ancient times
50. Under immoral traffic (prevention) act 1956, a trafficking police officer can
Correct Answer is: search premises of the accused without any search warrant, but with two respectable witnesses
51. Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, the Sub-Divisional Level Committees and the District Level Committees for vesting of forest rights
Correct Answer is: must have at least 1 woman member in each
52. Untouchability is abolished under.................of Indian constitution
Correct Answer is: Article 17
53. What are the minimum and maximum punishments for a person convicted of raping a woman who has never been his wife?
Correct Answer is: minimum seven years imprisonment; maximum death sentence
54. What does the definition of violence against women adopted by the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women include?
Correct Answer is: Both
55. What was the first country that granted women the right to vote?
Correct Answer is: New Zealand
56. What was the name given to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guaranteed Womens right to vote in the United States.
Correct Answer is: Susan B. Anthony Amendment
57. Which among the following constitutes sexual harassment according to the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013?
Correct Answer is: Unwelcome physical contact and advances, or unwelcome sexually colored remarks
58. Which of the following can provide redressal in case a female domestic worker files a sexual harassment complaint against her employer?
Correct Answer is: Local Complaints Committee
59. Which of the following is NOT relevant as far as the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act is concerned
Correct Answer is: Workplace
60. Which of the following will not qualify as an act of rape?
Correct Answer is: one has sex with wife with or without her consent
