SSC English – Test 29

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives given. <br> In spite of constitutional guarantees relating to equality of opportunity and various after guarantees of equality before the law, the social and economic deprivation of women, especially of poor women in India, is well known. We are referring mainly to the poor rural women who have little or no assets and who constitute the bulk of the female population in rural areas. It is not as if only poor rural women get less wages or suffer from social discrimination because they belong to a particular community. Even at higher levels of the socioeconomic hierarchy among the well-to-do groups, women are not equal to men. Among the economically well off society, women's proper place is considered to be the home and looking after her children. In rural areas, women of higher status families, normally do not go out to work. In the prevailing value system, there is a gradation of economic activities which is reflected in the socioeconomic status of the family. Thus, if the women of the family do manual labour in the fields, it denotes low status. Women earning a living, or supplementing their family income through economic activities like stitching, garment making or some handicraft work, are also considered low because it clearly shows that their family is poor and they are forced to make ends met. It is considered right and proper for a women to cook, sew and take up activities like pickle making for her own family. But, if she were to earn a wage through the same activities, it denotes poverty and also, often, low socioeconomic status.

The economic deprivation of women is a result of __________

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives given. <br> In spite of constitutional guarantees relating to equality of opportunity and various after guarantees of equality before the law, the social and economic deprivation of women, especially of poor women in India, is well known. We are referring mainly to the poor rural women who have little or no assets and who constitute the bulk of the female population in rural areas. It is not as if only poor rural women get less wages or suffer from social discrimination because they belong to a particular community. Even at higher levels of the socioeconomic hierarchy among the well-to-do groups, women are not equal to men. Among the economically well off society, women's proper place is considered to be the home and looking after her children. In rural areas, women of higher status families, normally do not go out to work. In the prevailing value system, there is a gradation of economic activities which is reflected in the socioeconomic status of the family. Thus, if the women of the family do manual labour in the fields, it denotes low status. Women earning a living, or supplementing their family income through economic activities like stitching, garment making or some handicraft work, are also considered low because it clearly shows that their family is poor and they are forced to make ends met. It is considered right and proper for a women to cook, sew and take up activities like pickle making for her own family. But, if she were to earn a wage through the same activities, it denotes poverty and also, often, low socioeconomic status.

Which of the following is NOT considered as a low status activity?

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer of each question out of the four alternatives given. <br> In spite of constitutional guarantees relating to equality of opportunity and various after guarantees of equality before the law, the social and economic deprivation of women, especially of poor women in India, is well known. We are referring mainly to the poor rural women who have little or no assets and who constitute the bulk of the female population in rural areas. It is not as if only poor rural women get less wages or suffer from social discrimination because they belong to a particular community. Even at higher levels of the socioeconomic hierarchy among the well-to-do groups, women are not equal to men. Among the economically well off society, women's proper place is considered to be the home and looking after her children. In rural areas, women of higher status families, normally do not go out to work. In the prevailing value system, there is a gradation of economic activities which is reflected in the socioeconomic status of the family. Thus, if the women of the family do manual labour in the fields, it denotes low status. Women earning a living, or supplementing their family income through economic activities like stitching, garment making or some handicraft work, are also considered low because it clearly shows that their family is poor and they are forced to make ends met. It is considered right and proper for a women to cook, sew and take up activities like pickle making for her own family. But, if she were to earn a wage through the same activities, it denotes poverty and also, often, low socioeconomic status.

The general feeling among well-to-do families is that ________