MCQ Bank
An invisible barrier to women’s progress and promotion is known as:
- A) Glass Ceiling Effect
- B) Mirror Ceiling Effect
- C) Glass Escalator Effect
- D) Looking Glass Self
In which of the following type of job you are trained and it is possible to advance during your working life?
- A) Trade
- B) Employment
- C) Career
- D) Occupation
United Nations Member States adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in:
- A) 1965
- B) 1968
- C) 1966
- D) 1967
A state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources to enjoy a minimum standard of life and well-being that’s considered acceptable in society is known as:
- A) Poverty
- B) Discrimination
- C) Development
- D) Inequality
For fruitful and intelligent political participation which of the following requirement should not be needed?
- A) Aggressive Attitude
- B) Awareness
- C) Good leadership
- D) Education
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on:
- A) 10th December 1948
- B) 10th December 1947
- C) 10th December 1949
- D) 10th December 1950
Who was the first elected female prime minister to lead a Muslim state?
- A) Sheikh Hasina Wajed
- B) Halima Yacob
- C) Benazir Bhutto
- D) Khalida Zia
In which type of family with the mother working full time, childcare is a central issue?
- A) Family of orientation
- B) Extended family
- C) Family of procreation
- D) Nuclear family
How many Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were targeted for the year 2015?
- A) 07
- B) 06
- C) 05
- D) 08
The type of work which is not paid and there are no specific work hours, or a work place is known as:
- A) Informal
- B) Formal
- C) Volunteer
- D) Manual
Entrepreneurship is the route to:
- A) Servitude
- B) Slavery
- C) Suppression
- D) Empowerment
The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution (1325) in:
- A) 2001
- B) 2000
- C) 2002
- D) 2003
Japanese women’s business etiquette training guides them to speak:
- A) Harshly
- B) Rudely
- C) Politely
- D) Aggressively
National Plan of Action for Women was launched in:
- A) 1995
- B) 1997
- C) 1998
- D) 1996
Goal no. 05 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is about:
- A) Reducing Inequality
- B) Zero Hunger
- C) Gender Equality
- D) Quality Education
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was focusing on:
- A) Men’s Human Rights
- B) Gay’s Human Rights
- C) Women’s Human Rights
- D) Trans-gender’s Human Rights
“Persons belonging to subgroups have the right to participate effectively in cultural, religious, social, economic and public life”. These rights are known as:
- A) Child rights
- B) Property rights
- C) Ethnic Minority rights
- D) Business Union rights
The Council of Europe adopted a Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in 2011 which is known as:
- A) Islamabad Convention
- B) Europe Convention
- C) Istanbul Convention
- D) Dhaka Convention
The gradual growth of something so that it becomes more advanced or stronger is known as:
- A) Authority
- B) Development
- C) Governance
- D) Politics
Which convention is referred to an international bill of rights for women?
- A) Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
- B) Convention on the Political, Institutional and Economic Rights of Women
- C) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- D) Convention to the Consent of Marriage and Registration of Marriages