Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in Rural Society

Question:

What do you understand by the term 'feminization of Agricultural' labour force?

Options:

Women are emerging as the major source of agricultural labour force

Women are forced to work in the Agricultural sector

Patriarchy excludes women form having land ownership rights

The insecurity of women is more as they earn less wages

Correct Answer:

Women are emerging as the major source of agricultural labour force

Explanation:

In poor areas where male family members spend much of the year working outside of their villages, cultivation has become primarily a female task. Women are also emerging as the main source of agricultural labour, leading to the ‘feminisation of agricultural labour force.