Which basis should be preferred instead of gender in work evaluation?

Correct answer: Skill quality and performance

The direct answer is A: work should be evaluated by skill, quality, and performance rather than gender. Fair evaluation asks how well a person completes the assigned work, what skills are demonstrated, and what results are achieved. Gender is not a valid measure of competence. Option A is correct because skill, quality, and performance are relevant evidence of work. Option B, clothing colour, is irrelevant and cannot show ability. Option C, home address, is also irrelevant; where someone lives does not determine the quality of their work. Option D, only age, is wrong because age alone neither proves competence nor proves inability. Experience or age may sometimes be considered in a specific context, but evaluation must not be based only on age and must remain related to job requirements. The same fair standard should be applied to all genders. Memory cue: merit means what a person can do and how well they do it, not appearance or identity.