Final Round
LEXFEMINA
1.Under the PoSH Act 2013, which
committee must be established
in workplaces with more than 10
employees?
a) Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)
b) Women’s Welfare Committee
c) Gender Sensitization Committee
d) Local Complaints Committee
a) Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)
2. Who can file a complaint under
the Domestic Violence Act, 2005?
a) Only married women
b) Any woman in a domestic relationship
c) Only daughters
d) All of the above
b) Any woman in a domestic relationship
3. What is the punishment for giving
or taking dowry under the Dowry
Prohibition Act?
a) Fine of ₹1 lakh
b) 5 years imprisonment and fine
c) 3 months imprisonment
d) ₹50,000 fine only
b) 5 years imprisonment and fine
4. What is the minimum duration of
paid maternity leave under
Maternity Benefit Act 1961?
a) 12 weeks
b) 20 weeks
c) 26 weeks
d) 30 weeks
c) 26 weeks
5. What type of abuse is not
explicitly covered under the
Domestic Violence Act, 2005?
a) Physical abuse
b) Cyber abuse
c) Emotional abuse
d) Economic abuse
b) Cyber abuse
6. Which landmark case recognized
that sexual harassment violates
fundamental rights under the Indian
Constitution?
a) Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan
b) Medha Kotwal v. Union of India
c) Lata Singh v. State of U.P.
d) Rupan Deol Bajaj v. KPS Gill
a) Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan
7. Which Article empowers the State
to make special provisions for
women and children?
a) Article 16
b) Article 15(1)
c) Article 15(3)
d) Article 21A
c) Article 15(3)
8. In Shayara Bano v. Union of India
(2017), which practice was declared
unconstitutional?
a) Nikah Halala
b) Triple Talaq
c) Marital rape
d) Not giving maintenance to divorced wife
b) Triple Talaq
9. Which case held that adultery is
no longer a criminal offense in
India?
a) Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan
b) Lata Singh v. State of UP
c) Joseph Shine v. Union of India
d) Mary Roy v. State of Kerala
c) Joseph Shine v. Union of India
10. In Lata Singh v. State of UP,
which right of women was upheld?
a) Right to inheritance
b) Right to choose a marital partner
c) Right to equal pay
d) Right to maternity leave
b) Right to choose a marital partner
11. Which of the following is not a
defense against rape charges under
Indian law?
a) Consent of the woman
b) Marriage to the victim after the offense
c) False accusation
d) All of the above
b) Marriage to the victim after the offense
12. Which law protects women
against acid attacks?
a) Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act
b) Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
c) Dowry Prohibition Act
d) BNSS 2023
b) Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
13. Under the Equal Remuneration
Act 1976, an employer cannot:
a) Provide paid maternity leave
b) Discriminate in wages based on gender
c) Promote employees based on performance
d) Give additional benefits to men
b) Discriminate in wages based on gender
14. Who was India's first female
Governor?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Vijaylaxmi Pandit
c) Indra Gnadhi
d) Fathima Beevi
b) Sarojini Naidu
15.When is the National Women’s
Day observed in India?
a) 8th March
b) 13th February
c) 26th November
d) 10th December
b) 13th February
16.Who was the First woman
President of the UN General
Assembly?
a)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
b)Maria Fernanda Garces
c)Ruchira Kamboj
d)Margaret Thatcher
a)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
17.Which country was the first to
grant women the right to vote?
a) USA
b) UK
c) New Zealand
d) France
c) New Zealand
18.Who founded the Self-Employed
Women’s Association (SEWA)?
a) Aruna Roy
b) Medha Patkar
c) Ela Bhatt
d) Vandana Shiva
c) Ela Bhatt
19. Who was India’s first woman
lawyer?
a)Fathima Beevi
b)Cornelia Sorabji
c)B.V. Nagarathna
d)Violet Alva
b)Cornelia Sorabji
20. In the case of sexual harassment
at workplace, who can decide
whether a women is sufficiently
aggrieved or not to file a complaint
under PoSH Act?
a)Concerned HR
b)External Member of ICC
c)Concerned District Officer
d)The victim woman herself
d)The victim woman herself
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