Gender Studies and Women's Studies:7

1. Q2 (2023, 2022, 2017): Differentiate between gender studies and women’s studies. Discuss in detail the multidisciplinary nature of gender studies.
2. Q8 (2018): What are the fundamental differences between Gender Studies and Women's Studies? Substantiate your argument(s) with examples. Highlight the current status of women's studies in Pakistan.
3. Q2 (2017): Define and discuss the discipline of gender studies and also differentiate between women studies and gender studies.
4. Q2 (2016): Write a note on the status of women's studies in Pakistan and give your views on the autonomy/integration debate in Women's Studies.
5. Q2 (2022): Discuss in detail the multidisciplinary nature of gender studies.

Feminist Movements:5

1. Q5 (2023, 2019): Outline and explain the three major waves of feminist movements in the West. Discuss the influence of these waves on feminist movements in Pakistan.
2. Q6 (2022): Discuss in detail the Feminist movements in Pakistan.
3. Q7 (2020): Discuss the background of the two Oscar-winning documentaries of Sharmeen Obaid.
4. Q2 (2019): Outline and explain the three major waves of feminist movements in the West. Discuss the influence of these waves on feminist movements in Pakistan.

Gender Roles and Construction:3

1. Q4 (2023): Define the terms masculinity and femininity. In your opinion, where do traditional gender roles come from?
2. Q3 (2021): Masculinity and femininity are deeply engraved realities since the distant past in human history. Discuss various theoretical dates on the construction of masculinity and femininity to make it explicit that the formation of both is either a natural or social reality. Support your arguments with real-life examples.
3. Q6 (2016): What are the theories of social construction of gender?

Gender-Based Violence:4

1. Q8 (2023): Define gender-based violence. Explain various forms of violence against women in Pakistan and devise some practical strategies which can be helpful in the eradication of gender-based violence from our society.
2. Q3 (2017, 2016): What are the different forms of gender-based violence, and in your opinion? What could be the workable strategies to eliminate gender-based violence from Pakistani society?
3. Q6 (2020): Comment on the power and control relationship in gender-based violence.

Gender and Development:5

1. Q7 (2021, 2019): Critically analyze the various approaches to women’s development focusing on women in development (WID), women and development (WAD), and Gender and Development (GAD).
2. Q3 (2019): Explain the relevance of Modernization Theory and dependency theory to gender equality. Critically analyze the subordination of women in modern societies in the light of these two theories.
3. Q4 (2019): The process of globalization has connected nations worldwide and has made the world a global village, yet it has also increased inequalities across nations. Discuss the gendered inequalities created and promoted by the process of globalization in contemporary societies worldwide.
4. Q6 (2018): In the last two decades, globalization has had a huge impact on the lives of women in developing nations, including Pakistan. What are the impacts of the global political economy on Pakistani women?

Gender Equality and Quotas:3

1. Q8 (2021): Despite the entry of women legislators into politics on a 17 percent quota in national and provincial assemblies, still, there are voices that “Is Pakistan’s Gender Quota in parliament showing results”? Rethink and discuss how quotas can lead to the political mainstreaming of women in Pakistan.
2. Q4 (2018): What are the pros and cons of gender quotas in politics? Give your views on the impact of gender quotas in politics in Pakistan.
3. Q7 (2018): Believing in the statement that “women cover half the sky”, do you think we need equal numbers of women in all spheres of public domain, especially in politics?

Gender and Globalization:2

1. Q4 (2019): The process of globalization has connected nations worldwide and has made the world a global village, yet it has also increased inequalities across nations. Discuss the gendered inequalities created and promoted by the process of globalization in contemporary societies worldwide.
2. Q6 (2018): In the last two decades, globalization has had a huge impact on the lives of women in developing nations, including Pakistan. What are the impacts of the global political economy on Pakistani women?

Women's Health:2

1. Q7 (2023): Elucidate the current health status of women in Pakistan. What measures could be taken to improve women’s status as a whole? Support your arguments with suitable examples.
2. Q5 (2019): What is the status of women’s health in Pakistan? How could it be improved within the available economic resources?

Language and Gender:1

- Q3 (2020): “Language is gendered”. What does this imply? Explain with examples.

Miscellaneous:9

1. Q5 (2020): Comment on this statement: "Women need to be in leadership positions to pull more women into leadership roles." Is this suggestion that women need to "pull each other up" a useful one, or is that inappropriate preferential treatment.
2. Q8 (2019): Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (a) Suffragist movement, (b) Postmodern Feminism, (c) Structural Functionalism.
3. Q8 (2017): Write short notes on the following: (a) Honor killing, (b) Gender and development.
4. Q5 (2020): "For realizing, in letter and spirit, the ideals of a democratic welfare state, it is necessary to institute a system which fully guarantees human rights, generates conducive environment for the pragmatic use and beneficial enjoyment of human rights and provides operative safeguards and expeditious remedy against any violation of human rights". Critically evaluate the statement with special reference to Pakistan.
5. Q6 (2020): Comment on the power and control relationship in gender-based violence.
6. Q7 (2020): Discuss the background of the two Oscar-winning documentaries of Sharmeen Obaid.
7. Q5 (2019): Women’s participation in the labor force has increased recently, yet women continue to perform their reproductive roles. Discuss the challenges encountered by women as a result of their paid employment worldwide with special reference to Pakistan.
8. Q6 (2018): What are the sites and forms of violence against women in Pakistan, and how, in your view, can this menace be eliminated from our society?
9. Q8 (2017): Write short notes on the following: (a) Honor killing, (b) Gender and development.