B Ed Gender School and Society Important Questions for 2026

This page sets out the B Ed Gender School and Society Important Questions prepared for the Maharshi Dayanand University 2nd Year annual examination of 2026, Paper V(A), course code 17126. Twelve questions were selected after reading the MDU papers of July 2022, July 2023 and June 2024 and mapping every repeated topic back to the two Units. Three of those questions are shown below, two of them with the complete solved answer as a no-cost preview.

Reviewed by Sheetal Kirola, M.Ed., B.Ed Faculty

Three B Ed Gender School and Society Important Questions with Two Solved Answers

The three questions below are drawn from both Units and are written in the exact phrasing pattern seen across our archive of B.Ed 2nd year Question Papers. Two carry the full model answer so that you can judge the depth, the definition-first opening and the point-wise structure before asking for the complete set. The third is shown as a question only.

Question 1. Gender Bias and Causes of Gender Inequality in India (Unit I, 16 Marks)

Exam question. What do you understand by the term Gender biasness? Explain causes of Gender inequality in India.

Meaning of gender bias. Gender bias is unequal treatment in employment, opportunity and expectations, including promotion, pay, benefits and privileges, arising from attitudes about a person's sex. Also called gender discrimination, it is prejudice based on a person's actual or perceived sex or gender identity, and it carries the belief that one gender is intrinsically superior to another. It may be conscious or unconscious, subtle or obvious.

Causes of gender inequality in India.

1. Patriarchal social system. India remains largely patriarchal. Males hold primary authority in family, property and decision-making, which institutionalises male dominance and female subordination.
2. Son preference. Families rely on sons for economic security and old-age support, so sons receive better food, clothing, healthcare and education than daughters.
3. Gender stereotyping. Beliefs such as maths being for boys and girls being nurturant are absorbed in early childhood from parents, teachers, peers and the media, and they shape lifelong expectations.
4. Caste, class and religion. Caste-based graded inequality, poverty and religious orthodoxy intersect with gender, so Dalit, tribal and minority women face layered disadvantage.
5. Unequal access to education. Parents invest more in sons expecting larger returns. Girls are restricted from schooling and raised for roles such as nursing, teaching or marriage.
6. Workplace discrimination. Women face unequal pay, biased interview questions, diminished responsibilities, class ceilings and stereotyped roles such as secretary or receptionist.
7. Bureaucracy and power. Senior bureaucratic posts are held by men while women are concentrated in lower grades, and bureaucratic power is used to sustain male authority.
8. Socialisation in the family. Boys are given guns, trunks and footballs and encouraged to be assertive. Girls are given dolls, tea sets and miniature cooking utensils. Different toys teach different roles.

Conclusion. Gender bias is unfair difference in the treatment of women and men, sustained in India by patriarchy, son preference, stereotyping, caste and class hierarchy, unequal education and workplace discrimination. Reducing it requires legal protection, equal educational opportunity and conscious change in family socialisation.

Question 2. Parenting Styles and Their Impact on Children (Unit II, 16 Marks)

Exam question. What do you understand by the term parenting style? Explain the different types of parenting style in detail and their impact on children.

Meaning of parenting style. A parenting style is a psychological construct representing the standard strategies parents use in child rearing. It describes the emotional climate in which parents raise their children, covering levels of expectation, performance demands, attentiveness to rules and the style of discipline used to enforce them. Parenting practices are specific behaviours, whereas parenting styles are the broader pattern.

The four parenting styles.

1. Authoritative parenting. Parents are responsive, willing to listen to questions, and nurturing rather than punishing when expectations are not met. As Baumrind noted, they impart clear standards for conduct, are assertive but not intrusive, and want children to be socially responsible and self-regulated. Children are well behaved, accomplished at school, emotionally healthy and socially adept.
2. Authoritarian parenting. Parents expect orders to be obeyed without explanation and rely on punishment or the threat of it. Rules are strict and open dialogue is rare. Children tend to have low self-esteem, are fearful or shy, associate obedience with love, and may misbehave outside parental care.
3. Permissive or indulgent parenting. Parents make few demands, rarely discipline, and avoid confrontation. Baumrind noted they are more responsive than demanding. Children show poor emotion regulation, rebellious behaviour when desires are challenged, low persistence, insecurity, self-centredness and poor academic success.
4. Uninvolved or neglectful parenting. Few demands, low responsiveness and little communication. Basic needs are met but parents are detached from the child's life. Children struggle to form relationships and develop emotional problems.

Impact on children. Authoritarian styles produce obedient and proficient children who are lower in happiness, social competence and self-esteem. Authoritative styles produce children who are happy, capable and successful. Permissive styles produce children low in happiness and self-regulation, with problems with authority and poor school performance.

Conclusion. Parenting style is the emotional climate created by parents. Of the four styles, the authoritative style produces the healthiest, happiest and most successful children, while authoritarian, permissive and neglectful approaches each leave lasting damage. Parents should aim for warmth combined with firm, reasoned expectations.

Question 3. Family as a Social Institution (Unit II, 16 Marks)

Exam question. Explain the concept of Family as a social institution. What are its types and its essential and non-essential functions?

This question appeared in 2024 and sits in the high priority band for 2026. The model answer opens with the Murdock definition of the family as a social group characterised by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction, then covers the six types of family, MacIver's four essential functions and the seven non-essential functions, closing with a teacher's reflection. The complete answer forms part of the solved set and is not published on this page.

Get the remaining questions and answers on WhatsApp

Nine further questions, including both compulsory short-note questions and every remaining long answer, come with model answers written to the MDU word limit. Message the B.Ed desk on WhatsApp at 9355198199 and ask for the Gender School and Society solved guess paper for 2026. Alternate number 9899436384.

Important Chapters and Unit Wise Syllabus for MDU Gender School and Society

Gender, School and Society is organised into two Units, and the MDU pattern forces one long answer from each. Neither Unit can be abandoned. The chapter map below is drawn from the prescribed textbook and from the Unit tags carried by our B.Ed previous year Question Papers. Confirm it against your own college syllabus copy.

Unit I. Gender, Society and Socialisation

1. Gender bias, gender discrimination and the causes of gender inequality in India.
2. Gender stereotypes, their characteristics, and suggestions for overcoming them.
3. Gender identity and socialisation practices in the family, the school and other formal and informal organisations.
4. Socialisation theory. Social learning theory of Bandura, cognitive development theory of Kohlberg, and psychoanalytic theory of Chodorow.
5. Equity and equality. Horizontal and vertical equity, and civil, political, social, natural, economic and educational equality.
6. Gender difference theory, patriarchy, and the role of the teacher in the development of the child.

Unit II. Home, School and Community

1. Parenting styles. Authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved, with their impact on children.
2. Transmission of parental expectations and values, and Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital.
3. Values, national and constitutional values, and the role of the school in the inculcation of values.
4. The interface between home, community and school.
5. The family as a social institution. Types, essential functions and non-essential functions.
6. Impact of the school on the child, and the socialisation functions of the religious group.

Important Topics for Gender School and Society 2026

Not every chapter carries equal weight in the examination hall. The topics below either repeated across all three of the last papers or appeared in the most recent paper and remain live. If your revision time is short, secure these first, and treat them as the backbone of your b.ed 2nd year important questions revision plan.

1. Gender bias and the causes of gender inequality in India. The only topic present in all three papers of 2022, 2023 and 2024. Patriarchy, son preference, stereotyping and workplace discrimination are the marks-scoring points.
2. Parenting styles and their impact. Also present in all three years. Know all four styles with Baumrind's framing, then the impact paragraph.
3. Gender stereotypes and suggestions to overcome them. Seen in 2022 and 2023, absent in 2024, which places it in the due-to-return band for 2026. Lippmann, the characteristics, and the UNESCO Agenda suggestions.
4. Family as a social institution. Appeared in 2024. Murdock's definition, six types, MacIver's essential functions and the non-essential functions.
5. Equity and equality with types of equality. Appeared in 2024. Distinguish equity as process from equality as outcome, then the six types.
6. Values and the role of the school in inculcating them. Appeared in 2024. Constitutional values plus the school as a miniature democratic and secular society.
7. Socialisation theory in the Indian context. Appeared in 2023. Bandura, Kohlberg and Chodorow, then the Indian application through family, school, caste and media.
8. Gender identity and socialisation practices. Appeared in 2022 and has now skipped two cycles, so it is due. Family, school, peer group, media, workplace and state.
9. Interface between home, community and school. Appeared in 2023. Parsons on the school as the focal socialising agency is the anchor.
10. Gender difference theory and the role of the teacher. Appeared in 2024 as a short note, and short notes are compulsory every year.

Below these sit the medium band, worth a second pass if time allows. Transmission of parental expectations and values, the impact of the school on the child, the relation between school and society, and the socialisation functions of the religious group.

Three Year Frequency Analysis of MDU Gender School and Society Question Papers

The twelve questions in the solved set were not chosen on instinct. Each of the B.Ed Gender School and Society Question Papers from July 2022, July 2023 and June 2024 was read question by question and the topics tallied. The table below is that raw tally, published in full so that you can prioritise your own revision even before you take the solved set.

The priority bands read as follows. High means the topic repeated across the papers or appeared in the most recent one and remains live for 2026. Medium means a single appearance in a long-answer or short-note slot. Low means the topic sits in the syllabus but has not surfaced in the last three papers, so it is worth reading once and no more.

What the Full Solved Set Contains

The solved set holds twelve questions spread across both Units, so that you can attempt one long answer from each Unit as the MDU pattern requires. Six questions come from Unit I and six from Unit II, and two of the twelve are short-note questions carrying two notes of four marks each. Two of the twelve answers are the ones published above at no cost. The other ten, including both short-note questions, are delivered on WhatsApp.

How to Get the Full B Ed Gender School and Society Important Questions with Solutions

Every one of the twelve answers is written in the MDU point-wise style, with a quoted definition and its theorist at the top, numbered body points in the middle and a reflective conclusion at the close, sized so that it can be reproduced inside the ninety-minute paper. The set is prepared from the prescribed textbook for MDU 17126 and is delivered as a ready-to-read PDF.

Send a WhatsApp message to the Unnati Educations B.Ed desk on 9355198199 or 9899436384, mention Gender School and Society 2026, and the solved guess paper will be shared with you along with the pricing.

MDU B.Ed 2nd Year Paper V(A) Exam Pattern and Word Limits

Writing to the correct length matters as much as knowing the content. Paper V(A) carries 40 marks in the external examination and runs for one and a half hours. Internal assessment is conducted separately by the institution, so the external paper is the whole of what you sit.

1. Question 1 is compulsory and asks for two short notes of four marks each, a total of eight marks.
2. Unit I offers two long answers of 16 marks and you attempt one of them.
3. Unit II offers two long answers of 16 marks and you attempt one of them.
4. Three questions are attempted in all, one from each Unit plus the compulsory short notes.
5. A 16-mark long answer should run to roughly 400 words, and a 4-mark short note to roughly 120 words. Overshooting wastes time you do not have in ninety minutes.
6. Both English and Hindi medium are permitted. Choose one and stay consistent through the paper.

Topics You Can Safely Skip

Time is short before the annual examination, so the following areas are deliberately left out of the twelve. Deconstructive theory sits in the syllabus but has not appeared in the last three papers, so read it once without memorising. The bureaucracy and patriarchy linkage is heavy theory that has never been asked, and historical social reform movements such as the Brahmo Samaj and the Arya Samaj remain background only.

Long lists of structural-theory features and the sub-types of disability under the Equality Act can be skimmed for names alone. Cross-check all of this against your own b.ed important questions shortlist before you drop anything for good.

What MDU Examiners Reward in 17126

1. Open with a definition and name the theorist, whether that is Murdock, Bandura, Kohlberg, Baumrind, MacIver or Durkheim.
2. Link every theory back to classroom practice, closing with a paragraph that applies the concept to an Indian classroom or an Indian family.
3. Use Indian examples the textbook itself uses. Caste, son preference, the joint family, NCERT textbooks and the RTE Act all earn marks.
4. Cite policy only where the book cites it. CEDAW, the Constitution and NCERT are safe. Do not invent NEP or NCF references the textbook does not carry.
5. Finish with a one-line reflection showing how a future teacher should use the idea. This is what converts a passing answer into a full-marks answer.

Who This Guess Paper Is For

1. MDU Rohtak B.Ed 2nd Year regular and re-appear candidates sitting the 2026 annual examination in Paper V(A), course code 17126.
2. Students of CRSU, KUK and CDLU, since the prescribed textbook follows a common syllabus pattern across these universities. Verify your own paper code before relying on it.
3. Working candidates who need a prioritised list rather than a full re-read of the textbook.
4. Anyone who has read the syllabus once and now wants to practise answer writing to the correct word limit.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many answers can I read on this page without paying?
Two complete answers are published here at no cost, covering gender bias and the causes of gender inequality from Unit I, and parenting styles and their impact from Unit II. A third question, the family as a social institution, is shown as a question only. The remaining nine questions and all twelve model answers form the paid solved set delivered on WhatsApp.

Is this an official MDU question paper?
No. This is a guess paper and not an official university publication. The questions are our own selection, built by reading the MDU 17126 papers of July 2022, July 2023 and June 2024 and tallying the topics that repeat. The phrasing follows the MDU style so that practice feels close to the real paper, but the university alone sets the actual questions.

What is the marking pattern of Paper V(A) at MDU?
The external paper carries 40 marks and runs for one and a half hours. Internal assessment is conducted separately by your institution. Question 1 is compulsory and carries two short notes of four marks each. Unit I and Unit II each offer two long answers of 16 marks, and you attempt one from each. Three questions are attempted in total.

Which course code does this subject carry?
Gender, School and Society is Paper V(A) of the MDU B.Ed 2nd Year annual scheme and carries course code 17126. The code appears on the question paper header and on the date sheet. If your college scheme shows a different code, follow the scheme issued to you, because MDU revises paper codes between admission batches.

Are the answers written in Hindi or English?
The solved set is written in English. The MDU question paper permits both English and Hindi medium, so you may answer in either. If you write your examination in Hindi, the numbered points, theorist names and definitions still transfer directly, because the terminology and the source names remain the same in both media.

How long should each answer be in the examination?
A 16-mark long answer should run to about 400 words. A four-mark short note needs about 120 words. These limits are tight because the paper is only ninety minutes long. The solved answers are written to these lengths deliberately, so that you can complete all three attempts inside the time given.

Disclaimer. Unnati Educations is an independent academic support platform. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, or to any other university named on this page. This guess paper is an unofficial study aid prepared for educational purposes only. All questions are our own predictions and carry no guarantee of appearing in the 2026 annual examination.