Access to Property for Women

Q. What does female foeticide mean?

1. The practice of killing a girl child before birth.
2. The practice of killing a girl child after birth.
3. No access to education for a girl child.
4. Malnourishment of a girl child.

Q. What does sex ratio represent?

1. x female to 1000 male
2. x male to 1000 female
3. x female to 100 male
4. x male to 100 female

Q. Select the factors that contribute to a low sex ratio.

1. Child malnourishment
2. Female foeticide
3. All of the above
4. Discrimination

Q. Statistics reveal the sex ratio in Andhra Pradesh has been ____ from 1991 to 2001.

1. gradually increasing
2. gradually decreasing
3. rapidly increasing
4. rapidly decreasing

Q. The practice of killing a child even before it is born is called.

1. matricide
2. foeticide
3. infanticide

Q. Which of the following plays an instrumental role in contributing to the practice of female foeticide in Andhra Pradesh?

1. Political action
2. Social reform
3. Philosophical developments
4. Technological advancements

Q. Statistics reveal that the sex ratio in India ____ between 1951 and 1981.

1. gradually increased
2. gradually decreased
3. rapidly increased
4. rapidly decreased

Q. Why are there fewer girl children when compared to boy children in Andhra Pradesh?

1. Lack of nutrition for girls
2. Female foeticide
3. Divine law
4. Natural occurrence

Q. There has been a decline in the sex ratio of Andhra Pradesh for children under the age of ____ years.

1. 6
2. 8
3. 12
4. 14

Q. The Hindu Succession Act was enacted in which year?

1. 1957
2. 1947
3. 2005
4. 1956

Q. Match the following.

Note -
HSA: Hindu Succession Act
HSAA: Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act

1. 2005
2. Gender equality
3. Gender inequality
4. 1956

Q. State whether the following statements are True or False.
Adult literacy rate of females is much lower than that of males.

1. True
2. False

Q. The practice of killing a child even before it is born is called.

1. matricide
2. foeticide
3. infanticide

Q. After the Hindu Succession Act was amended in 2005, the land could also be transferred to.

1. sons
2. fathers
3. daughters
4. son-in-laws

Q. The Hindu Succession Act was amended in which year?

1. 2003
2. 2005
3. 2007
4. 2002

Q. Select the factors that contribute to a low sex ratio.

1. Female foeticide
2. Discrimination
3. All of the above
4. Child malnourishment

Q.

Explain hindu succesion act