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Revision Notes

• Gender is a social construct through which the roles of males and females are defined.
• Gender roles refer to how individuals adapt themselves to the role prescribed for their gender.
• The gender roles have created disparity and women are not treated as equals of men in most
societies.
• Jobs like taking care of the home are assigned to women while the role of breadwinner falls on men.

• Gender inequality still exists in workplaces, access to education and the other basic facilities.
• The household work that women do is undervalued and usually earns no recognition. The
government has undertaken many schemes to encourage parents to send their daughters to school
and women to step out of their homes and work.

Evaluation Corner

Multiple Choice Questions

• Choose the correct option: OMR Sheet
1. Children get their first lessons from their _____________.
Use only blue/black ball
a. friends pen to fill the circles. It
should be darkened
b. family members
completely and properly.
c. teachers Wrong methods
d. toys
Correct method
2. Married girls were placed under the protection of _____________.
a. father
1. a b c d
b. brother
c. husband
2. a b c d
d. mother

NEP Aligned

Understanding Based Questions

A. Fill in the blanks:
1. _______________ is a social construct through which social and cultural roles of males and females are
defined.
2. Distinction between boys and girls begins from a very _______________.
3. Women who are _______________ are considered to be not working while those who go to work in offices,
schools etc., are considered to be working.

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