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WOMEN STUDIES MCQs
1. Which of the following is correct meaning of the ‘Human Development’?
(A) Expansion of people’s freedoms to live long healthy and creative lives.
(B) Expansion of people’s choices.
(C) Fulfilling people’s desires.
(D) Fulfilling sustainable goals.
Ans: (A)
2. What are the recent changes introduced in Maternity leave ceiling for women?
(A) From 90 days to 135 days
(B) From 120 days to 135 days
(C) From 135 days to 180 days
(D) From 135 days to 150 days
Ans: (C)
3. Which of the following laws provided for the share of a Hindu widow in her husband’s family’s property though she could not alienate or sell her share of the property?
(A) Sharda Act (1829)
(B) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (1956)
(C) Hindu Succession Act (1956)
(D) Hindu Women’s Right of Property Act (1937)
Ans: (D)
4. Assertion (A): The entrepreneurial potentials of women has been changing with the growing sensitivity to the role and economic status in the society.
Reason (R): Skill, knowledge and adaptability in business make the women to emerge into business ventures.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.
Ans: (B)
5. Match the List of reformers from List-I and their contribution List-II.
List – I List – II
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (i) Arya Samaj
(b) Annie Besant (ii) Home Rule Movement
(c) I.C. Vidyasagar (iii) Widow Remarriage Campaign
(d) Dayanand Saraswati (iv) Brahmo Samaj
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (A)
6. The NGOs for receiving Foreign Contribution have to get registered under which Act?
(A) Foreign Registration Act.
(B) Foreign Contribution Registration Act.
(C) Foreign Regulation Act.
(D) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.
Ans: (D)
7. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) is calculated on the basis of the following indicators:
(i) Women’s Employment
(ii) Seat in Parliament
(iii) Reproductive Health
(iv) Share of Household income
(A) (i) and (iv) only
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (iii) and (iv) only
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
Ans: (D)
8. Chronologically arrange the following foci of campaigns in feminist movements in India:
(i) Fulfilment of basic needs
(ii) Demand for Fundamental Rights.
(iii) Identity and Social inclusion.
(iv) Demand for parity/equality.
Codes:
(A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
Ans: (D)
9. “Stree Shakti Puraskar” awards are named after which of the following eminent women?
(i) Rani LaxmiBai
(ii) Rani Rudramma Devi
(iii) Smt. Indira Gandhi
(iv) Ahilya Bai Holkar
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
(C) (iii) only
(D) (i) and (iv) only
Ans: (B)
10. Arrange the following steps in correct sequence for structuring the research in social science:
(i) Pilot Study
(ii) Selection of research techniques.
(iii) Defining research problem.
(iv) Review of literature.
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(B) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(C) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(D) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
Ans: (D)
11. Assertion (A): Quantitative methods are the best for data collection for Women’s Studies Research.
Reason (R): They provide a vast amount of data and very useful insights into the issues of women.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong and (R) is the wrong explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
Ans: (C)
12. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) There is no one ‘best’ method of data collection for all the studies in social sciences.
(B) Unstructured interview relies upon unstandardized open ended questions.
(C) Structured interviews are used for collecting vast amount of quantitative data.
(D) Social survey and interview methods are mutually exclusive. Only one at a time can be used.
Ans: (D)
13. Which of the following statements regarding gender-based inequality is incorrect?
(A) All women are organized for equitable share of development in society.
(B) All women are not equally unequal in their families.
(C) Women are attached to a twofold social inequality i.e. in relation to men and in relation to women.
(D) Women do not constitute homogeneous unit.
Ans: (A)
14. Assertion (A): Widows from high-class background tend to face more economic exploitation whereas the lower class widows are more prone to sexual harassment.
Reason (R): The ill-treatment by the society is more oppressive in case of young widows as compared to the elderly or the middle-aged, in that order.
Codes:
(A) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (B)
15. Match the List of States from List-Iand Programmes in List-II:
List – I List – II
(a) Gujarat (i) Working Women’s Forum
(b) Maharashtra (ii) Kudumba Sri
(c) Tamil Nadu (iii) Annapurna Mahila Mandal
(d) Kerala (iv) Self-Employed Women’s Association
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Ans: (C)
16. Female labour force participation is negatively affected by
(A) Women’s self-perception of need to work.
(B) Spread of mass media.
(C) Prevalence of information technology.
(D) Women’s interest in extra curricular activities.
Ans: (A)
17. Which of the following is incorrect about “Queer Studies”?
(A) Studies of non-normative and homosexuality.
(B) It is new term for gays and lesbians.
(C) These are post-modern studies.
(D) These are studies with gender perspective.
Ans: (D)
18. Match the List-I with List-II given below:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
(a) Neera Desai (i) Recasting Women: An Introduction
(b) Kosambi Meera (ii) Demystification of Law for Women
(c) Haksar Nandita (iii) Women in Modern India
(d) Kumkum Sangari (iv) Women’s Oppression in the Public Gaze: An Analysis of Newspaper Coverage, State Action and Activist Response.
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Ans: (B)
19. Match the list of women from List-I and their area of achievements List-II.
List – I List – II
(a) Nalini Singh (i) Planning Commission Member
(b) Sayeda Hameed (ii) Astronaut
(c) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (iii) Journalist
(d) Sunita Williams (iv) Entrepreneur
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Ans: (D)
20. Match the Constitutional safeguards of List-I with Articles in List-II.
List – I List – II
(a) Equality and equal protection for men and women. (i) Article16(4)
(b) Prohibits discrimination under the grounds of religion/caste/sex. (ii) Article16
(c) Prohibits discrimination at work place. (iii) Article15
(d) Provisions for reservation in employment for any backward class citizens (iv) Article14
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: (C)
21. Match the following List-I with List- II given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (i) 2001
(b) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (ii) 2005
(c) The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (iii) 2010
(d) National Mission for Empowerment of Women (iv) 2006
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: (C)
22. Arrange the sequence of levels involved in the process of empowerment.
(A) Decision-making, Accessibility to Resources, Availability of Resources and Awareness Creation.
(B) Accessibility to Resources, Availability of Resources, Awareness Creation and Decision-making.
(C) Availability of Resources, Awareness of Creation, Decision-making and Accessibility to Resources.
(D) Awareness Creation, Availability of Resources, Accessibility to Resources and Decision-making.
Ans: (D)
23. Mark the correct answer about the funding organizations to the NGOs.
(i) CAPART
(ii) NABARD
(iii) SEWA
(iv) NIPCCD
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) only
(D) (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (A)
24. Assertion (A): Women employed in the high-technology sector have often had difficulty in rising above so called glass ceiling.
Reason (R): Women are disproportionately confined to lower echelons of employment.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (A)
25. Which five year plan gives joint titles for the ownership of land to both spouses in India?
(A) Sixth Five Year Plan
(B) Seventh Five Year Plan
(C) Eighth Five Year Plan
(D) Eleventh Five Year Plan
Ans: (C)
26. Who among the following is not a feminist?
(A) Jean Paul Sartre
(B) Marilyn French
(C) Ann Oakley
(D) Jane Flax
Ans: (A)
27. Which of the following is not a characteristic of caste?
(A) It is universal.
(B) It is cultural.
(C) It works as a pressure group for the caste people.
(D) It sets the socio-cultural milieu for the individual.
Ans: (A)
28. Which of the regions of India have low prevalence of female infanticide and female foeticide?
(A) North Eastern Region
(B) South Central Region
(C) North West Region
(D) Southern Region
Ans: (A)
29. The Women’s questions arose in modern India as part of the nineteenth century social reform movements were
(i) Grass root women’s involvement in the movement.
(ii) The concerns and conflicts of the emerging Hindu middleclass women.
(iii) Influence of western ideas prevalent in the 19th Century.
(iv) Influence of self-help group of women in the movement.
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (i) and (ii) only
(C) (ii) and (iii) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (C)
30. “The Mother is manifested as the mother of strength She is pureshakti.” Who commented?
(A) Gandhiji
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(D) Vivekananda
Ans: (B)
31. Which one of the following is incorrect about the basic characteristics of a successful leader?
(A) Risk taking
(B) Innovation
(C) Team Building
(D) Dominating others
Ans: (D)
32. Which of the following Central Government Schemes initiated for the Empowerment of Adolescent Girls in the year 2011?
(A) Sabla
(B) Kishoree Yojana
(C) Swadhar
(D) MGNREGA
Ans: (A)
33. What is the Women’s work participation rate in Agriculture sector in 2004-05?
(A) 65%
(B) 85%
(C) 73%
(D) 72%
Ans: (C)
34. Assertion (A): The women entrepreneurs are promoted by both the Central and State Governments.
Reason (R): There is a failure as some of the women entrepreneurial units are organized by men only.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but(R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: (C)
35. Mark out the correct answer:
(i) All women constitute a class.
(ii) Class women are privileged ones.
(iii) The basis of class is wealth.
(iv) There are many classes in one caste.
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (ii), (iii) only
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(D) (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (D)
36. Write the sequence of the following programmes for women development.
1. Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahayog Yojana.
2. Gender Budgeting.
3. Swadhar (Homes for women in difficult circumstances).
4. Rashtriya Madhyamika Siksha Abhiyan.
Codes:
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 3, 2, 4, 1
(C) 2, 3, 4, 1
(D) 4, 2, 3, 1
Ans: (B)
37. “The property status of the households to which the women belong and women’s participation in wage labour is deciding the status.”Who does among the following believe in this?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Alexanda Kollontai
(C) Friedrich Engels
(D) Mary Wollstone Craft
Ans: (C)
38. Arrange the following Acts chronologically:
(a) Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act.
(b) Dowry Prohibition Act.
(c) Indecent Representation of Women Prohibition Act.
(d) National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
Codes:
(A) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(B) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(C) (a), (c), (d), (b)
(D) (a), (b), (d), (c)
Ans: (A)
39. Which school of feminist thought emerged as a result of gender blind character of Marxist thought?
(A) Radical Feminist thought
(B) Liberal Feminist thought
(C) Psychoanalytic thought
(D) Socialist Feminist thought
Ans: (D)
40. Match the List-I with List-II given below:
List – I List – II
(Fellowships) (Beneficiaries)
(a) Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship (i) Women in Science and Technology
(b) Maulana Azad Education Fund/Fellowship (ii) Single child
(c) Indira Gandhi Scholarship (iii) Minorities
(d) Fellowship to Eminent Women Scientists (iv) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: (C)
41. Devadasi system is
(A) The practice of dedicating girls to temples.
(B) Conducting wedding ceremony in temples.
(C) Practicing child prostitution in temples.
(D) Sending girls for dancing in temples.
Ans: (A)
42. Which of the following is incorrect to define Sexual harassment?
(A) Unwelcome sexually determined behaviour.
(B) Physical contact advances.
(C) Sexually coloured remarks.
(D) Demand work.
Ans: (D)
43. Which Constitutional Amendment Bill was pending with Lok Sabha to ensure reservation of 33% for women in the Parliament?
(A) 105th Amendment
(B) 108th Amendment
(C) 112th Amendment
(D) 118th Amendment
Ans: (B)
44. Which of the following state has initiated for the first time the Sub- Plan for SCs & STs development?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (D)
45. Assertion (A): Job segregation by sex is the primary mechanism in capitalist society that maintains the superiority of men over women.
Reason (R): Strategies used by men to limit women’s access to paid work were an example of “Patriarchy at work”.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: (C)
46. Which is incorrect statement regarding ‘Masculinities’ and ‘Femininities’?
(A) Based on Biological determinism.
(B) Changing across time and space.
(C) Socially constructed.
(D) Gendered rather than non-gendered.
Ans: (A)
47. Find out the sequence of the establishment of the following institutions:
1. Central Social Welfare Board
2. Family Courts
3. National Commission for Women
4. National Human Rights Commission
Codes:
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 4, 3, 2, 1
(C) 1, 3, 2, 4
(D) 1, 4, 3, 2
Ans: (A)
48. When the researcher assumes a role in the researched group and maintains a low profile as observer is known as
(A) Participant observation
(B) Quasi-participant observation
(C) Non-participant observation
(D) Quasi non-participant observation
Ans: (A)
49. Match the List-I with List-II regarding sex-ratio according to 2011 census:
List – I List – II
(a) Kerala (i) 997
(b) Andhra Pradesh (ii) 1099
(c) Tamil Nadu (iii) 1000
(d) Haryana (iv) 885
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Ans: (B)
50. Assertion (A): Challenges to Women’s studies are primarily attack from the mainstream of Social Sciences and Curriculum transformation.
Reason (R): A few students were attracted to join in Women’s Studies courses due to lack of encouragement and recognition by the UGC.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) (A) is false, (R) is true.
Ans: (B)
(A) Expansion of people’s freedoms to live long healthy and creative lives.
(B) Expansion of people’s choices.
(C) Fulfilling people’s desires.
(D) Fulfilling sustainable goals.
Ans: (A)
2. What are the recent changes introduced in Maternity leave ceiling for women?
(A) From 90 days to 135 days
(B) From 120 days to 135 days
(C) From 135 days to 180 days
(D) From 135 days to 150 days
Ans: (C)
3. Which of the following laws provided for the share of a Hindu widow in her husband’s family’s property though she could not alienate or sell her share of the property?
(A) Sharda Act (1829)
(B) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (1956)
(C) Hindu Succession Act (1956)
(D) Hindu Women’s Right of Property Act (1937)
Ans: (D)
4. Assertion (A): The entrepreneurial potentials of women has been changing with the growing sensitivity to the role and economic status in the society.
Reason (R): Skill, knowledge and adaptability in business make the women to emerge into business ventures.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.
Ans: (B)
5. Match the List of reformers from List-I and their contribution List-II.
List – I List – II
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (i) Arya Samaj
(b) Annie Besant (ii) Home Rule Movement
(c) I.C. Vidyasagar (iii) Widow Remarriage Campaign
(d) Dayanand Saraswati (iv) Brahmo Samaj
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (A)
6. The NGOs for receiving Foreign Contribution have to get registered under which Act?
(A) Foreign Registration Act.
(B) Foreign Contribution Registration Act.
(C) Foreign Regulation Act.
(D) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.
Ans: (D)
7. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) is calculated on the basis of the following indicators:
(i) Women’s Employment
(ii) Seat in Parliament
(iii) Reproductive Health
(iv) Share of Household income
(A) (i) and (iv) only
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (iii) and (iv) only
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
Ans: (D)
8. Chronologically arrange the following foci of campaigns in feminist movements in India:
(i) Fulfilment of basic needs
(ii) Demand for Fundamental Rights.
(iii) Identity and Social inclusion.
(iv) Demand for parity/equality.
Codes:
(A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
Ans: (D)
9. “Stree Shakti Puraskar” awards are named after which of the following eminent women?
(i) Rani LaxmiBai
(ii) Rani Rudramma Devi
(iii) Smt. Indira Gandhi
(iv) Ahilya Bai Holkar
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
(C) (iii) only
(D) (i) and (iv) only
Ans: (B)
10. Arrange the following steps in correct sequence for structuring the research in social science:
(i) Pilot Study
(ii) Selection of research techniques.
(iii) Defining research problem.
(iv) Review of literature.
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(B) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(C) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(D) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
Ans: (D)
11. Assertion (A): Quantitative methods are the best for data collection for Women’s Studies Research.
Reason (R): They provide a vast amount of data and very useful insights into the issues of women.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong and (R) is the wrong explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
Ans: (C)
12. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) There is no one ‘best’ method of data collection for all the studies in social sciences.
(B) Unstructured interview relies upon unstandardized open ended questions.
(C) Structured interviews are used for collecting vast amount of quantitative data.
(D) Social survey and interview methods are mutually exclusive. Only one at a time can be used.
Ans: (D)
13. Which of the following statements regarding gender-based inequality is incorrect?
(A) All women are organized for equitable share of development in society.
(B) All women are not equally unequal in their families.
(C) Women are attached to a twofold social inequality i.e. in relation to men and in relation to women.
(D) Women do not constitute homogeneous unit.
Ans: (A)
14. Assertion (A): Widows from high-class background tend to face more economic exploitation whereas the lower class widows are more prone to sexual harassment.
Reason (R): The ill-treatment by the society is more oppressive in case of young widows as compared to the elderly or the middle-aged, in that order.
Codes:
(A) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (B)
15. Match the List of States from List-Iand Programmes in List-II:
List – I List – II
(a) Gujarat (i) Working Women’s Forum
(b) Maharashtra (ii) Kudumba Sri
(c) Tamil Nadu (iii) Annapurna Mahila Mandal
(d) Kerala (iv) Self-Employed Women’s Association
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Ans: (C)
16. Female labour force participation is negatively affected by
(A) Women’s self-perception of need to work.
(B) Spread of mass media.
(C) Prevalence of information technology.
(D) Women’s interest in extra curricular activities.
Ans: (A)
17. Which of the following is incorrect about “Queer Studies”?
(A) Studies of non-normative and homosexuality.
(B) It is new term for gays and lesbians.
(C) These are post-modern studies.
(D) These are studies with gender perspective.
Ans: (D)
18. Match the List-I with List-II given below:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
(a) Neera Desai (i) Recasting Women: An Introduction
(b) Kosambi Meera (ii) Demystification of Law for Women
(c) Haksar Nandita (iii) Women in Modern India
(d) Kumkum Sangari (iv) Women’s Oppression in the Public Gaze: An Analysis of Newspaper Coverage, State Action and Activist Response.
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Ans: (B)
19. Match the list of women from List-I and their area of achievements List-II.
List – I List – II
(a) Nalini Singh (i) Planning Commission Member
(b) Sayeda Hameed (ii) Astronaut
(c) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (iii) Journalist
(d) Sunita Williams (iv) Entrepreneur
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Ans: (D)
20. Match the Constitutional safeguards of List-I with Articles in List-II.
List – I List – II
(a) Equality and equal protection for men and women. (i) Article16(4)
(b) Prohibits discrimination under the grounds of religion/caste/sex. (ii) Article16
(c) Prohibits discrimination at work place. (iii) Article15
(d) Provisions for reservation in employment for any backward class citizens (iv) Article14
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: (C)
21. Match the following List-I with List- II given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (i) 2001
(b) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (ii) 2005
(c) The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (iii) 2010
(d) National Mission for Empowerment of Women (iv) 2006
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: (C)
22. Arrange the sequence of levels involved in the process of empowerment.
(A) Decision-making, Accessibility to Resources, Availability of Resources and Awareness Creation.
(B) Accessibility to Resources, Availability of Resources, Awareness Creation and Decision-making.
(C) Availability of Resources, Awareness of Creation, Decision-making and Accessibility to Resources.
(D) Awareness Creation, Availability of Resources, Accessibility to Resources and Decision-making.
Ans: (D)
23. Mark the correct answer about the funding organizations to the NGOs.
(i) CAPART
(ii) NABARD
(iii) SEWA
(iv) NIPCCD
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) only
(D) (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (A)
24. Assertion (A): Women employed in the high-technology sector have often had difficulty in rising above so called glass ceiling.
Reason (R): Women are disproportionately confined to lower echelons of employment.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (A)
25. Which five year plan gives joint titles for the ownership of land to both spouses in India?
(A) Sixth Five Year Plan
(B) Seventh Five Year Plan
(C) Eighth Five Year Plan
(D) Eleventh Five Year Plan
Ans: (C)
26. Who among the following is not a feminist?
(A) Jean Paul Sartre
(B) Marilyn French
(C) Ann Oakley
(D) Jane Flax
Ans: (A)
27. Which of the following is not a characteristic of caste?
(A) It is universal.
(B) It is cultural.
(C) It works as a pressure group for the caste people.
(D) It sets the socio-cultural milieu for the individual.
Ans: (A)
28. Which of the regions of India have low prevalence of female infanticide and female foeticide?
(A) North Eastern Region
(B) South Central Region
(C) North West Region
(D) Southern Region
Ans: (A)
29. The Women’s questions arose in modern India as part of the nineteenth century social reform movements were
(i) Grass root women’s involvement in the movement.
(ii) The concerns and conflicts of the emerging Hindu middleclass women.
(iii) Influence of western ideas prevalent in the 19th Century.
(iv) Influence of self-help group of women in the movement.
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (i) and (ii) only
(C) (ii) and (iii) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (C)
30. “The Mother is manifested as the mother of strength She is pureshakti.” Who commented?
(A) Gandhiji
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(D) Vivekananda
Ans: (B)
31. Which one of the following is incorrect about the basic characteristics of a successful leader?
(A) Risk taking
(B) Innovation
(C) Team Building
(D) Dominating others
Ans: (D)
32. Which of the following Central Government Schemes initiated for the Empowerment of Adolescent Girls in the year 2011?
(A) Sabla
(B) Kishoree Yojana
(C) Swadhar
(D) MGNREGA
Ans: (A)
33. What is the Women’s work participation rate in Agriculture sector in 2004-05?
(A) 65%
(B) 85%
(C) 73%
(D) 72%
Ans: (C)
34. Assertion (A): The women entrepreneurs are promoted by both the Central and State Governments.
Reason (R): There is a failure as some of the women entrepreneurial units are organized by men only.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but(R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: (C)
35. Mark out the correct answer:
(i) All women constitute a class.
(ii) Class women are privileged ones.
(iii) The basis of class is wealth.
(iv) There are many classes in one caste.
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (ii), (iii) only
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(D) (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (D)
36. Write the sequence of the following programmes for women development.
1. Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahayog Yojana.
2. Gender Budgeting.
3. Swadhar (Homes for women in difficult circumstances).
4. Rashtriya Madhyamika Siksha Abhiyan.
Codes:
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 3, 2, 4, 1
(C) 2, 3, 4, 1
(D) 4, 2, 3, 1
Ans: (B)
37. “The property status of the households to which the women belong and women’s participation in wage labour is deciding the status.”Who does among the following believe in this?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Alexanda Kollontai
(C) Friedrich Engels
(D) Mary Wollstone Craft
Ans: (C)
38. Arrange the following Acts chronologically:
(a) Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act.
(b) Dowry Prohibition Act.
(c) Indecent Representation of Women Prohibition Act.
(d) National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
Codes:
(A) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(B) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(C) (a), (c), (d), (b)
(D) (a), (b), (d), (c)
Ans: (A)
39. Which school of feminist thought emerged as a result of gender blind character of Marxist thought?
(A) Radical Feminist thought
(B) Liberal Feminist thought
(C) Psychoanalytic thought
(D) Socialist Feminist thought
Ans: (D)
40. Match the List-I with List-II given below:
List – I List – II
(Fellowships) (Beneficiaries)
(a) Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship (i) Women in Science and Technology
(b) Maulana Azad Education Fund/Fellowship (ii) Single child
(c) Indira Gandhi Scholarship (iii) Minorities
(d) Fellowship to Eminent Women Scientists (iv) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: (C)
41. Devadasi system is
(A) The practice of dedicating girls to temples.
(B) Conducting wedding ceremony in temples.
(C) Practicing child prostitution in temples.
(D) Sending girls for dancing in temples.
Ans: (A)
42. Which of the following is incorrect to define Sexual harassment?
(A) Unwelcome sexually determined behaviour.
(B) Physical contact advances.
(C) Sexually coloured remarks.
(D) Demand work.
Ans: (D)
43. Which Constitutional Amendment Bill was pending with Lok Sabha to ensure reservation of 33% for women in the Parliament?
(A) 105th Amendment
(B) 108th Amendment
(C) 112th Amendment
(D) 118th Amendment
Ans: (B)
44. Which of the following state has initiated for the first time the Sub- Plan for SCs & STs development?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (D)
45. Assertion (A): Job segregation by sex is the primary mechanism in capitalist society that maintains the superiority of men over women.
Reason (R): Strategies used by men to limit women’s access to paid work were an example of “Patriarchy at work”.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: (C)
46. Which is incorrect statement regarding ‘Masculinities’ and ‘Femininities’?
(A) Based on Biological determinism.
(B) Changing across time and space.
(C) Socially constructed.
(D) Gendered rather than non-gendered.
Ans: (A)
47. Find out the sequence of the establishment of the following institutions:
1. Central Social Welfare Board
2. Family Courts
3. National Commission for Women
4. National Human Rights Commission
Codes:
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 4, 3, 2, 1
(C) 1, 3, 2, 4
(D) 1, 4, 3, 2
Ans: (A)
48. When the researcher assumes a role in the researched group and maintains a low profile as observer is known as
(A) Participant observation
(B) Quasi-participant observation
(C) Non-participant observation
(D) Quasi non-participant observation
Ans: (A)
49. Match the List-I with List-II regarding sex-ratio according to 2011 census:
List – I List – II
(a) Kerala (i) 997
(b) Andhra Pradesh (ii) 1099
(c) Tamil Nadu (iii) 1000
(d) Haryana (iv) 885
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Ans: (B)
50. Assertion (A): Challenges to Women’s studies are primarily attack from the mainstream of Social Sciences and Curriculum transformation.
Reason (R): A few students were attracted to join in Women’s Studies courses due to lack of encouragement and recognition by the UGC.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) (A) is false, (R) is true.
Ans: (B)
51. Match the List – I with List – II:
List – I (Aims) List – II (Movements)
(a) Fighting alcoholism i. Chipko Movement
(b) Widow Remarriage ii. Narmada Bachao Movement
(c) Awareness on Forest Protection iii. Anti-Arrack Movement
(d) Rehabilitation of displaced persons iv. Social Reform Movement
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: (A)
52. Percentage of rural female marginal workers of total workers in India (2011) is
(A) 41.8
(B) 60.5
(C) 69.4
(D) 44.4
Ans: (D)
53. What is the development agenda of the Panches and Sarpanches to bring change in India?
(A) Nutrition, education, health, water and employment
(B) Dowry problems, environment issues and reproductive health
(C) Day care centres, old age homes, orphanages
(D) Water, employment and power supply
Ans: (A)
54. Mark the correct answer about the personal laws that govern women:
i. The Hindu Succession Act
ii. The Maternity Benefit Act
iii. Custody and Guardianship Act
iv. Equal Remuneration Act
Codes:
(A) i, ii and iii only
(B) i and iv only
(C) i and iii only
(D) ii and iii only
Ans: (C)
55. Which State has the highest percentage of Women MPs?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
Ans: (C)
56. “Equal access to education for women and girls will be ensured” – this was stated in the
(A) National Policy on Education – 1992
(B) National Policy for the Empowerment of Women – 2001
(C) National Policy of Education – 1986
(D) National Adult Education Programme – 1978
Ans: (B)
57. National Adult Education Programme is based on
(A) Selective approach
(B) Mass approach
(C) Area approach
(D) Mass as well as selective approach
Ans: (D)
58. Match List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
(a) Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls i. Ujjawala
(b) Scheme for Women in Difficult Circumstances ii. SABLA
(c) Scheme for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Victims of Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation iii. Swayamsiddha
(d) Holistic Empowerment of Women in a sustainable manner iv. Swadhar
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: (B)
59. First Indian Women to win a medal in an Olympic event:
(A) Kiran Bedi
(B) Karnam Malleshwari
(C) Mc Mary Kom
(D) P.T. Usha
Ans: (B)
60. Assertion (A): Female literacy is improved at all levels of education.
Reason (R): There is still a high rate of SC/ST female drop outs in school education.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: (A)
61. Assertion (A): Sex discrimination creates a pay gap for women workers in the unorganised sector.
Reason (R): Employers follow the cultural beliefs of the society and devalue women’s work.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (D)
62. Assertion (A): Documentation of sex-disaggregated data is essential for women’s development.
Reason (R): Collection and presentation of sex disaggregated data is not necessary to prepare suitable policies for women.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.
Ans: (D)
63. Assertion (A): In many of the advertisements women’s body, smile, curves are used only as commodities to sell other commodities.
Reason (R): No doubt a bare female body attracts but it is by no means creative advertising.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false, (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (C)
64. Assertion (A): The phenomenon of prostitution is largely concentrated in large cities.
Reason (R): Women enter prostitution to get relief from economic distress, both individual and familial.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are wrong but (R) is the explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (B)
65. Assertion (A): Everyday thousands of women and teenaged girls in India become victims of trafficking.
Reason (R): Rural women and girls are under the grip of large scale unemployment, poverty and dowry demand.
Codes:
(A) (R) is false and (A) is correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (B)
66. SEWA was started in
(A) 1977
(B) 1972
(C) 1970
(D) 1971
Ans: (B)
67. Assertion (A): One of the reasons for honour killing is inter-caste and inter-religious marriage.
Reason (R): Women and men willing to marry beyond own caste and religion are to be discouraged.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true, (R) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(B) (A) is false, (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (A)
68. Dalit women face triple discrimination. Identify the correct one.
(A) Economic, social and political status
(B) Caste, class and gender status
(C) Religion, caste and political status
(D) Ethnic, communal and political status
Ans: (B)
69. Which of the following is an agency of socialization?
(A) Social stratification
(B) Society
(C) Family
(D) Community
Ans: (C)
70. Which Report highlights the persistent gap between women’s expanding capabilities and limited opportunities?
(A) Concept and Measurement of Human Development, 1990
(B) Global Dimension of Human Development, 1992
(C) Gender and Human Development, 1995
(D) Globalisation with a Human Face, 1999
Ans: (C)
71. The members of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee constituted by the Government of India were
(A) Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Sujata Manohar and Justice Leila Seth
(B) Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Krishna Iyer and Justice Sujata Manohar
(C) Justice Fatima Beevi, Justice Leila Seth and Justice J.S. Verma
(D) Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Leila Seth and Gopal Subramanium
Ans: (D)
Read the passage and answer the following questions (Questions 72 to 75):
The politics of language has played an important role in promoting and strengthening the subordination of women, especially in highly stratified societies. In India, the virtual invisibility of women in Social Science literature, agricultural Sciences/Economics as well as national planning and the educational process could certainly be traced to the gradual disappearance (from non-use?) of a feminine form in the word for peasants in different Indian languages – when such forms continued for all the traditional artisanal or service sector occupations (barber, weaver etc.) The loss of this vocabulary is symptomatic of the processes unleashed in colonial India. It is well-known that agricultural surplus was the primary source of ‘revenue’ earning in colonial India. The marginalisation of women in the “official” records of the Department of Revenue and Agriculture highlights the “erasure” of women from the most visible domain of economic activity and the patriarchal bias that went into the casting of the Indian peasant as male. Contradictorily, the Indian Census recorded decade after decade that the largest numbers of women workers were in agriculture, sometimes outnumbering men in the category of landless agricultural labourers. Terms like gender-gap/ disparities, gender-mainstreaming reflect a lack of understanding that subordination of women has been an advancing process historically: a dynamic that is by no means over for all. To suggest that all that is required is for women to catch up with men is to ignore or underplay the transformative role of the ideology and agenda of the “Gender Revolution” of the twentieth century. In other regions, such criticisms came from women’s organisations, occasionally from under resourced and ill-equipped State agencies (for example Commissions) – who complained of their status as unwanted children by the mainstream of governance.
72. The marginalization of women in the ‘official’ records of the Department of Revenue and Agriculture is due to
(A) Patriarchal bias in the existing vocabulary.
(B) Gender disparities
(C) Gender bias in women’s organizations
(D) Status of women as unwanted children.
Ans: (A)
73. Invisibility of women in national planning is due to
(A) Largely women indulge in unpaid work.
(B) Women are landless labourers.
(C) Women only do the supportive work for men.
(D) The lack of feminine vocabulary for women’s occupations.
Ans: (D)
74. “The subordination of women has been an advancing process historically” cannot be understood by the terms like
i. Gender Gap
ii. Gender Disparities
iii. Gender Mainstreaming
iv. Gender Revolution
Codes:
(A) iii & iv only
(B) i, ii, iii & iv
(C) i & ii only
(D) ii, iii only
Ans: (B)
75. Assertion (A): The politics of language has promoted and strengthened the subordination of women in stratified societies.
Reason (R): Large number of women workers have been in the category of landless agricultural labourers.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (C)
76. What is LPG?
(A) Liberal Processing Globalisation
(B) Liberalization Poverty Globalization
(C) Liberalization, Privatisation and Globalisation
(D) Low Pressured Gas
Ans: (C)
77. Issue of women’s citizenship relate to
(i) Power
(ii) Autonomy
(iii) Choice to live as free and participating citizens.
(iv) Politeness
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (i) and (ii) only
(C) (iii) and (iv) only
(D) (i) and (iii) only
Ans: (A)
78. What do you mean by ‘Deregulation’?
(A) Existence of private market
(B) Regulations by civil society
(C) Existence of safety nets
(D) Government will control the markets
Ans: (A)
79. Match the items from List – I and II given below:
List – I List – II
a. Barkha Dutt i. Hindustan Times
b. Mrinal Pandey ii. Print-media
c. Aruna Roy iii. UGC
d. Armaity Desai iv. RTI Act
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Ans: (B)
80. What is not meant by Feminisation of poverty?
(A) Women workers excluded and secluded from higher wages.
(B) Work for long hours and low wages.
(C) Lack of property / land rights.
(D) Women’s economic independence.
Ans: (D)
81. Assertion (A): The challenges of women entrepreneurs are higher than men entrepreneurs.
Reason (R): Women are restricted due to social norms and family responsibilities.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (D)
82. Which is not the correct statement relating to women’s job satisfaction?
(A) Women’s work is visible and recognized.
(B) Women’s work is invisible and not recognized
(C) Sex discrimination
(D) Gender division of labour
Ans: (A)
83. What is the recent gender related Index that have been developed and used by United Nations in 2010:
(A) Gender Related Developed Index (GDI)
(B) Gender Inequality Index (GII)
(C) Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
(D) Inequality adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI)
Ans: (B)
84. What is the Bread Winner Paradigm?
(A) Man is the main bread winner
(B) Woman is the main bread winner
(C) Women headed families
(D) Elder people lead the family
Ans: (A)
85. Assertion (A): The impact of globalisation and technology on rural women is negative.
Reason (R): Women of rural areas are displaced due toupgradation of technology, automation and adoption of high-tech.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct (R) is the correct explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation.
Ans: (B)
86. Assertion (A): The average Indian women bear her first child before she is 22 years old.
Reason (R): Women have little control over her own fertility and reproductive health.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (B)
87. Match the List – I and List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Oestrogen i. Iron deficiency
b. Anaemia ii. Diabetics
c. Insulin iii. Contraceptive
d. IUD iv. Female Hormone
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: (A)
88. Match the List – I with List – II given below:
List – I List – II
(Prominent women) (Organizations)
a. Chanda Kochhar i. Bicon India Ltd.
b. Indra Nooyi ii. ICICI Bank
c. Ekta Kapoor iii. Pepsico
d. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw iv. T.V. Serials
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) i ii iv iii
Ans: (A)
89. Assertion (A): The difference between male and female reproductive systems have always been an important consideration in health care delivery.
Reason (R): Around the world half a million women continue to die each year as a direct consequence of pregnancy and child birth.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (C)
90. How can gender disparities in pay scales be reduced?
(A) Integrating jobs, instituting pay equity and job evaluation
(B) Job evaluation, job satisfaction and pay as per work.
(C) Creating capital accumulation and assets.
(D) Partnership and following biometric system
Ans: (A)
91. The Child Marriage Act amended in ____ year raised the minimum age of marriage for girls from 15 to 18 years
(A) 1986
(B) 1976
(C) 1929
(D) 1991
Ans: (B)
92. What are the key issues to be taken through monitoring and social / community credit for girl child development?
(i) Prevention of female foeticide / infanticide
(ii) Health and nutrition
(iii) Education for the girl child
(iv) Abolition of child marriage, exploitation and violence
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) only
(B) (i) only
(C) (iii) and (iv) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ans: (D)
93. Identify the inappropriate technology from the given:
(A) Capital saving technology
(B) Labour intensive technology
(C) Indigenous technology
(D) Capital intensive technology
Ans: (D)
94. Assertion (A): Women share double the burden as producers of human race as well as supporters and sustainers of human life.
Reason (R): Women’s contribution in the economic sphere remain invisible.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false (R) is true.
Ans: (A)
95. Who is the present Chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board?
(A) Prema Cariappa
(B) Krishna Tirath
(C) Mohini Giri
(D) Meira Kumar
Ans: (A)
96. What are the measures adopted by the Ministry of HRD to enhance the number of women scientists?
(A) Ninth Five Year Plan emphasized on Science and Technology.
(B) Establishment of independent scientific commission for women.
(C) Enhancement of fellowships / scholarships for women scientists under the Eleventh Five Year Plan.
(D) Sixth Five Year Plan gave priority for women scientists.
Ans: (C)
97. Among the following States which one has literacy rate below 90% according to 2011 census
(A) Kerala
(B) Mizoram
(C) Lakshadweep
(D) Goa
Ans: (D)
98. Among the following, which pair is not correctly matched?
(A) Medha Patkar – Narmada Bachao Andolan
(B) Sarla Behen – Chipko Movement
(C) Arundhati Roy – Feminist Movement
(D) Ela Bhatt – SEWA Movement
Ans: (C)
99. What do you mean by gender-neutral technology?
(A) Gender – balanced technology
(B) Technology, providing priority to women’s role
(C) Technology, providing priority to men’s role
(D) Technology, providing priority to technical people
Ans: (A)
100. An NGO seeking foreign funding must be registered under:
(i) Registration under Companies Act 1956.
(ii) Registration under societies registration act 1860
(iii) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
(iv) Registration under Central Social Welfare Board.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(C) (iii) only
(D) (i) and (iv) only
Ans: (C)
List – I (Aims) List – II (Movements)
(a) Fighting alcoholism i. Chipko Movement
(b) Widow Remarriage ii. Narmada Bachao Movement
(c) Awareness on Forest Protection iii. Anti-Arrack Movement
(d) Rehabilitation of displaced persons iv. Social Reform Movement
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: (A)
52. Percentage of rural female marginal workers of total workers in India (2011) is
(A) 41.8
(B) 60.5
(C) 69.4
(D) 44.4
Ans: (D)
53. What is the development agenda of the Panches and Sarpanches to bring change in India?
(A) Nutrition, education, health, water and employment
(B) Dowry problems, environment issues and reproductive health
(C) Day care centres, old age homes, orphanages
(D) Water, employment and power supply
Ans: (A)
54. Mark the correct answer about the personal laws that govern women:
i. The Hindu Succession Act
ii. The Maternity Benefit Act
iii. Custody and Guardianship Act
iv. Equal Remuneration Act
Codes:
(A) i, ii and iii only
(B) i and iv only
(C) i and iii only
(D) ii and iii only
Ans: (C)
55. Which State has the highest percentage of Women MPs?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
Ans: (C)
56. “Equal access to education for women and girls will be ensured” – this was stated in the
(A) National Policy on Education – 1992
(B) National Policy for the Empowerment of Women – 2001
(C) National Policy of Education – 1986
(D) National Adult Education Programme – 1978
Ans: (B)
57. National Adult Education Programme is based on
(A) Selective approach
(B) Mass approach
(C) Area approach
(D) Mass as well as selective approach
Ans: (D)
58. Match List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
(a) Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls i. Ujjawala
(b) Scheme for Women in Difficult Circumstances ii. SABLA
(c) Scheme for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Victims of Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation iii. Swayamsiddha
(d) Holistic Empowerment of Women in a sustainable manner iv. Swadhar
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: (B)
59. First Indian Women to win a medal in an Olympic event:
(A) Kiran Bedi
(B) Karnam Malleshwari
(C) Mc Mary Kom
(D) P.T. Usha
Ans: (B)
60. Assertion (A): Female literacy is improved at all levels of education.
Reason (R): There is still a high rate of SC/ST female drop outs in school education.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: (A)
61. Assertion (A): Sex discrimination creates a pay gap for women workers in the unorganised sector.
Reason (R): Employers follow the cultural beliefs of the society and devalue women’s work.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (D)
62. Assertion (A): Documentation of sex-disaggregated data is essential for women’s development.
Reason (R): Collection and presentation of sex disaggregated data is not necessary to prepare suitable policies for women.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.
Ans: (D)
63. Assertion (A): In many of the advertisements women’s body, smile, curves are used only as commodities to sell other commodities.
Reason (R): No doubt a bare female body attracts but it is by no means creative advertising.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false, (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (C)
64. Assertion (A): The phenomenon of prostitution is largely concentrated in large cities.
Reason (R): Women enter prostitution to get relief from economic distress, both individual and familial.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are wrong but (R) is the explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (B)
65. Assertion (A): Everyday thousands of women and teenaged girls in India become victims of trafficking.
Reason (R): Rural women and girls are under the grip of large scale unemployment, poverty and dowry demand.
Codes:
(A) (R) is false and (A) is correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (B)
66. SEWA was started in
(A) 1977
(B) 1972
(C) 1970
(D) 1971
Ans: (B)
67. Assertion (A): One of the reasons for honour killing is inter-caste and inter-religious marriage.
Reason (R): Women and men willing to marry beyond own caste and religion are to be discouraged.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true, (R) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(B) (A) is false, (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (A)
68. Dalit women face triple discrimination. Identify the correct one.
(A) Economic, social and political status
(B) Caste, class and gender status
(C) Religion, caste and political status
(D) Ethnic, communal and political status
Ans: (B)
69. Which of the following is an agency of socialization?
(A) Social stratification
(B) Society
(C) Family
(D) Community
Ans: (C)
70. Which Report highlights the persistent gap between women’s expanding capabilities and limited opportunities?
(A) Concept and Measurement of Human Development, 1990
(B) Global Dimension of Human Development, 1992
(C) Gender and Human Development, 1995
(D) Globalisation with a Human Face, 1999
Ans: (C)
71. The members of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee constituted by the Government of India were
(A) Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Sujata Manohar and Justice Leila Seth
(B) Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Krishna Iyer and Justice Sujata Manohar
(C) Justice Fatima Beevi, Justice Leila Seth and Justice J.S. Verma
(D) Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Leila Seth and Gopal Subramanium
Ans: (D)
Read the passage and answer the following questions (Questions 72 to 75):
The politics of language has played an important role in promoting and strengthening the subordination of women, especially in highly stratified societies. In India, the virtual invisibility of women in Social Science literature, agricultural Sciences/Economics as well as national planning and the educational process could certainly be traced to the gradual disappearance (from non-use?) of a feminine form in the word for peasants in different Indian languages – when such forms continued for all the traditional artisanal or service sector occupations (barber, weaver etc.) The loss of this vocabulary is symptomatic of the processes unleashed in colonial India. It is well-known that agricultural surplus was the primary source of ‘revenue’ earning in colonial India. The marginalisation of women in the “official” records of the Department of Revenue and Agriculture highlights the “erasure” of women from the most visible domain of economic activity and the patriarchal bias that went into the casting of the Indian peasant as male. Contradictorily, the Indian Census recorded decade after decade that the largest numbers of women workers were in agriculture, sometimes outnumbering men in the category of landless agricultural labourers. Terms like gender-gap/ disparities, gender-mainstreaming reflect a lack of understanding that subordination of women has been an advancing process historically: a dynamic that is by no means over for all. To suggest that all that is required is for women to catch up with men is to ignore or underplay the transformative role of the ideology and agenda of the “Gender Revolution” of the twentieth century. In other regions, such criticisms came from women’s organisations, occasionally from under resourced and ill-equipped State agencies (for example Commissions) – who complained of their status as unwanted children by the mainstream of governance.
72. The marginalization of women in the ‘official’ records of the Department of Revenue and Agriculture is due to
(A) Patriarchal bias in the existing vocabulary.
(B) Gender disparities
(C) Gender bias in women’s organizations
(D) Status of women as unwanted children.
Ans: (A)
73. Invisibility of women in national planning is due to
(A) Largely women indulge in unpaid work.
(B) Women are landless labourers.
(C) Women only do the supportive work for men.
(D) The lack of feminine vocabulary for women’s occupations.
Ans: (D)
74. “The subordination of women has been an advancing process historically” cannot be understood by the terms like
i. Gender Gap
ii. Gender Disparities
iii. Gender Mainstreaming
iv. Gender Revolution
Codes:
(A) iii & iv only
(B) i, ii, iii & iv
(C) i & ii only
(D) ii, iii only
Ans: (B)
75. Assertion (A): The politics of language has promoted and strengthened the subordination of women in stratified societies.
Reason (R): Large number of women workers have been in the category of landless agricultural labourers.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (C)
76. What is LPG?
(A) Liberal Processing Globalisation
(B) Liberalization Poverty Globalization
(C) Liberalization, Privatisation and Globalisation
(D) Low Pressured Gas
Ans: (C)
77. Issue of women’s citizenship relate to
(i) Power
(ii) Autonomy
(iii) Choice to live as free and participating citizens.
(iv) Politeness
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (i) and (ii) only
(C) (iii) and (iv) only
(D) (i) and (iii) only
Ans: (A)
78. What do you mean by ‘Deregulation’?
(A) Existence of private market
(B) Regulations by civil society
(C) Existence of safety nets
(D) Government will control the markets
Ans: (A)
79. Match the items from List – I and II given below:
List – I List – II
a. Barkha Dutt i. Hindustan Times
b. Mrinal Pandey ii. Print-media
c. Aruna Roy iii. UGC
d. Armaity Desai iv. RTI Act
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Ans: (B)
80. What is not meant by Feminisation of poverty?
(A) Women workers excluded and secluded from higher wages.
(B) Work for long hours and low wages.
(C) Lack of property / land rights.
(D) Women’s economic independence.
Ans: (D)
81. Assertion (A): The challenges of women entrepreneurs are higher than men entrepreneurs.
Reason (R): Women are restricted due to social norms and family responsibilities.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (D)
82. Which is not the correct statement relating to women’s job satisfaction?
(A) Women’s work is visible and recognized.
(B) Women’s work is invisible and not recognized
(C) Sex discrimination
(D) Gender division of labour
Ans: (A)
83. What is the recent gender related Index that have been developed and used by United Nations in 2010:
(A) Gender Related Developed Index (GDI)
(B) Gender Inequality Index (GII)
(C) Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
(D) Inequality adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI)
Ans: (B)
84. What is the Bread Winner Paradigm?
(A) Man is the main bread winner
(B) Woman is the main bread winner
(C) Women headed families
(D) Elder people lead the family
Ans: (A)
85. Assertion (A): The impact of globalisation and technology on rural women is negative.
Reason (R): Women of rural areas are displaced due toupgradation of technology, automation and adoption of high-tech.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct (R) is the correct explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation.
Ans: (B)
86. Assertion (A): The average Indian women bear her first child before she is 22 years old.
Reason (R): Women have little control over her own fertility and reproductive health.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (B)
87. Match the List – I and List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Oestrogen i. Iron deficiency
b. Anaemia ii. Diabetics
c. Insulin iii. Contraceptive
d. IUD iv. Female Hormone
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: (A)
88. Match the List – I with List – II given below:
List – I List – II
(Prominent women) (Organizations)
a. Chanda Kochhar i. Bicon India Ltd.
b. Indra Nooyi ii. ICICI Bank
c. Ekta Kapoor iii. Pepsico
d. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw iv. T.V. Serials
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) i ii iv iii
Ans: (A)
89. Assertion (A): The difference between male and female reproductive systems have always been an important consideration in health care delivery.
Reason (R): Around the world half a million women continue to die each year as a direct consequence of pregnancy and child birth.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (C)
90. How can gender disparities in pay scales be reduced?
(A) Integrating jobs, instituting pay equity and job evaluation
(B) Job evaluation, job satisfaction and pay as per work.
(C) Creating capital accumulation and assets.
(D) Partnership and following biometric system
Ans: (A)
91. The Child Marriage Act amended in ____ year raised the minimum age of marriage for girls from 15 to 18 years
(A) 1986
(B) 1976
(C) 1929
(D) 1991
Ans: (B)
92. What are the key issues to be taken through monitoring and social / community credit for girl child development?
(i) Prevention of female foeticide / infanticide
(ii) Health and nutrition
(iii) Education for the girl child
(iv) Abolition of child marriage, exploitation and violence
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) only
(B) (i) only
(C) (iii) and (iv) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ans: (D)
93. Identify the inappropriate technology from the given:
(A) Capital saving technology
(B) Labour intensive technology
(C) Indigenous technology
(D) Capital intensive technology
Ans: (D)
94. Assertion (A): Women share double the burden as producers of human race as well as supporters and sustainers of human life.
Reason (R): Women’s contribution in the economic sphere remain invisible.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false (R) is true.
Ans: (A)
95. Who is the present Chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board?
(A) Prema Cariappa
(B) Krishna Tirath
(C) Mohini Giri
(D) Meira Kumar
Ans: (A)
96. What are the measures adopted by the Ministry of HRD to enhance the number of women scientists?
(A) Ninth Five Year Plan emphasized on Science and Technology.
(B) Establishment of independent scientific commission for women.
(C) Enhancement of fellowships / scholarships for women scientists under the Eleventh Five Year Plan.
(D) Sixth Five Year Plan gave priority for women scientists.
Ans: (C)
97. Among the following States which one has literacy rate below 90% according to 2011 census
(A) Kerala
(B) Mizoram
(C) Lakshadweep
(D) Goa
Ans: (D)
98. Among the following, which pair is not correctly matched?
(A) Medha Patkar – Narmada Bachao Andolan
(B) Sarla Behen – Chipko Movement
(C) Arundhati Roy – Feminist Movement
(D) Ela Bhatt – SEWA Movement
Ans: (C)
99. What do you mean by gender-neutral technology?
(A) Gender – balanced technology
(B) Technology, providing priority to women’s role
(C) Technology, providing priority to men’s role
(D) Technology, providing priority to technical people
Ans: (A)
100. An NGO seeking foreign funding must be registered under:
(i) Registration under Companies Act 1956.
(ii) Registration under societies registration act 1860
(iii) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
(iv) Registration under Central Social Welfare Board.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(C) (iii) only
(D) (i) and (iv) only
Ans: (C)