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WOMEN STUDIES MCQs
1. Which of the following was of greatest concern to First Wave Feminism?
(A) Women’s Standpoint Theory
(B) Women’s capacity for emotional work
(C) Women’s struggle for political rights
(D) Women’s struggle for economic equality
Ans: (C)
2. Which of the following is not an action proposed by radical feminism as a means to defeat patriarchy?
(A) Women coming to recognize their own values and strengths
(B) Women uniting across their differences and forming a sisterhood of trust
(C) Women joining female networks in the workplace
(D) Women uniting across classes to overthrow the capitalist system
Ans: (D)
3. Sexism is most prevalent in _____ societies.
(A) Patriarchal
(B) Matriarchal
(C) Ethnocentric
(D) Egalitarian
Ans: (A)
4. Which of the following play major role in construction, presentation, representation and repression of women in modern society?
(A) Religion
(B) Culture
(C) Media
(D) Social System
Ans: (C)
5. The protagonists of the Reformist movement on women’s issues in India were:
(A) Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sri Aurobindo
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(D) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Vijaylaxmi Pandit
Ans: (A)
6. Mark the correct answer about caste from the following:
(i) Caste sets the socio-cultural milieu for the individual
(ii) Caste is a localized phenomenon
(iii) Caste and religion are hard core of Hindu society
(iv) Caste is universal
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(C) only (i)
(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (A)
7. Match the List-I with List-II:
List – I List – II
(a) Hypothesis (i) Reasoning from particular to general
(b) Inductive (ii) Reasoning from general to particular
(c) Observation (iii) Tentative assumption
(d) Deductive (iv) Empirical findings
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: (B)
8. Match the following from List-I and List-II:
List – I (Author) List – II (Book)
(a) Jean Bethke Elshtain (i) Socialism and Feminism
(b) Toni Morrison (ii) Public Man, Private Woman
(c) Susan Griffin (iii) Pornography and Silence
(d) Barbara Easter (iv) Beloved
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Ans: (C)
9. Social survey does not aim at:
(A) Collection of data related to the social aspects of a community.
(B) Study of social problems regarding women.
(C) Formulation of laws on the basis of collected data.
(D) Utilization of knowledge acquired to teach the young researchers.
Ans: (D)
10. Assertion (A): Globalization has paved a way for IT women professionals to earn more.
Reason (R): Over a period time, the IT women professionals are facing health and occupational hazards.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is not the explanation for (A).
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (B)
11. Match the following List-I with List-II regarding the programmes offered for the development of higher education in India:
List – I (Fellowships) List – II (Target group)
(a) Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship (i) Minority students
(b) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad National Fellowship (ii) Single girl child
(c) UGC Fellowships (iii) SC/ST students
(d) Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowships (iv) Students with Disabilities
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (B)
12. Which is incorrect statement about the policy of sanctioning loan by Rashtriya Mahila Kosh with effect from April 2013?
(A) It provides micro finance to economically weaker women through IMOs.
(B) It has reduced interest rate i.e., from 8% to 6% for IMOs.
(C) It has reduced interest rate i.e., from 14% to 12% to all the women.
(D) It has reduced interest rate i.e., from 18% to 14% for women beneficiaries.
Ans: (C)
13. Match List-I with List-II:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
(a) Vina Mazumdar (i) Women and Science: Selected Essays
(b) Lotika Sarkar (ii) Symbols of Power
(c) Maithreyi Krishnaraj (iii) Law and Status of Women in India
(d) Neera Desai and Vibhuti Patel (iv) Change and Challenge in the International Decade
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: (B)
14. Which statement on hypothesis is wrong?
(A) It states a logical relationship between facts.
(B) It is a proposition.
(C) It is a necessary link between theory and investigation.
(D) It is an initial step in scientific research.
Ans: (A)
15. Who coined the slogan “The Personal is Political” which became synonymous with the Second Wave Feminism?
(A) Gamal Abdel Nasser
(B) Simon de Beauvoir
(C) Carol Hanisch
(D) Susan B. Anthony
Ans: (C)
16. Match India’s ranking (List-II) with the Gender Gap Index Indicators (List-I) as determined by World Economic Forum (2012):
List – I (Indicators) List – II (Ranking)
(a) The position of women in economic participation and opportunity (i) 17th
(b) Educational attainment (ii) 134th
(c) Health and Survival (iii) 121st
(d) Political Empowerment (iv) 123rd
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) and (i)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) and (iv)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (A)
17. Sex is a/an _______ because a person is born with it ; Gender is a/an _______ because it has to be learned.
(A) achieved; ascribed
(B) ascribed; achieved
(C) master; achieved
(D) achieved; master
Ans: (B)
18. ‘Feminisation of labour’, means:
(A) Less women in all kinds of jobs
(B) More women in less kinds of jobs
(C) No women in jobs
(D) More women in all kinds of jobs
Ans: (D)
19. “To go for a walk with one’s eyes open is enough to demonstrate that humanity is divided into two classes of individuals whose clothes, faces, bodies, smiles and occupations are manifestly different.” What is the difference?
(A) Gender differentiation
(B) Sex differentiation
(C) Women and women differentiation
(D) Men and men differentiation
Ans: (B)
20. Match the following items from List-I with the year in List-II:
List – I List – II
(a) UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (i) 2009
(b) UN Action on Sexual Violence in Conflict “Stop Rape Now” (ii) 2000
(c) UN Security Council Resolution 1889 (iii) 2007
(d) UNITE to end violence against women campaign (iv) 2008
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Ans: (A)
21. “Investing in women is not only the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing to do.” Who made this statement?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Ban ki Moon
(C) Brinda Karat
(D) Sushama Swaraj
Ans: (B)
22. ALEAP is an organization working for
(A) Education Development among women
(B) Entrepreneurship Development among women
(C) Eradication of poverty among women
(D) Increasing enrolment rate of girls in primary schools
Ans: (B)
23. Which dimensions are considered to calculate the Gender Inequality Index (GII)?
(A) Long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living
(B) Health, education and standard of living
(C) Health, empowerment and labour market
(D) Gross national income, education and health
Ans: (C)
24. Major causes for maternal deaths are:
(A) Severe bleeding, Anaemia, Infections, Eclampsia, unsafe abortions
(B) Physical Health Problems
(C) Mental Health Problems
(D) General Public Health Problems
Ans: (A)
25. The main obstacles for women’s education in India are:
(i) Inadequate school facilities
(ii) Shortage of female teachers
(iii) Inadequate English medium schools
(iv) Gender bias in school curriculum
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(C) (iv) only
(D) (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (A)
26. Which approach of feminism views that women’s oppression as women is caused not only by living in a class society, but also in classless societies?
(A) Socialist
(B) Radical
(C) Marxist
(D) Liberal
Ans: (A)
27. What are the new challenges for women besides the persistent problems of women in the 21st century?
(i) Gender and Development
(ii) Global Trade Technology
(iii) The Ascent of Market Ideology
(iv) Decline of Welfare State
Codes:
(A) (iii) and (iv) only
(B) (i) and (ii) only
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (D)
28. Match the following from List-I and List-II:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
(a) Naila Kabeer (i) Writing caste, writing gender: Reading Dalit Women’s Testimonies
(b) Vina Mazumdar (ii) Reversed Realities
(c) Kirti Singh (iii) Separated and Divorced Women in India
(d) Sharmila Rege (iv) Memories of a Rolling Stone
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: (B)
29. Match the List-I (Authors) with List-II (Books):
List – I List – II
(a) Betty Friedan (i) The Second Sex
(b) Mary Wollstone Craft (ii) Women’s Estate
(c) Simon de Beauvoir (iii) The Feminine Mystique
(d) Juliet Mitchell (iv) A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: (D)
30. Match the List-I (Concepts) with List-II (Explanations):
List – I List – II
(a) Gender role stereotypes (i) Beliefs about the differences between men and women
(b) Gender role traits (ii) Personality Characteristics in the masculine and feminine domains
(c) Gender identity (iii) One’s cognitive representation of gender
(d) Gender schema (iv) One’s sense of oneself as a man or a woman
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Ans: (C)
31. Nancy Kleiber and Linda Light’s method of feminist research which combines the use of three elements of research i.e. research on women, by women and for women is termed as:
(A) Ethnomethodology
(B) Action Research
(C) Feminist Research
(D) Interactive Methodology
Ans: (D)
32. Match the List-I with List-II:
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Philosophers)
(a) Separatism (i) Marge Piercy
(b) Mattapoisett (ii) Marilyn Frye
(c) Pre-oedipal (iii) Betty Friedan
(d) Male clones (iv) Sigmund Freud
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (A)
33. The book ‘Sexual Politics’ was written by whom?
(A) Kate Millet
(B) Mary Wollstone Craft
(C) Catharine Mackinnon
(D) Mary Daly
Ans: (A)
34. First Woman President in the World:
(A) Pratibha Patil
(B) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(C) Isabel Perin
(D) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ans: (C)
35. Assertion (A): Sexual harassment at workplace is a personal problem of women.
Reason (R): Women keep silent about sexual harassment to protect the perpetrator.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (D)
16. Why was a sharp decline in Women Work Participation Rate (WWPR) during the Census of 1971? Choose the correct answer:
(A) The participation rate of women work was low.
(B) The definition of ‘women work’ was changed.
(C) The definition of ‘work’ was revised.
(D) Most of the women opt education rather than work during the period.
Ans: (C)
37. How many women were ‘missing’ in the world as per the World Development Report 2012?
(A) Nearly 4 million
(B) 6 million only
(C) 3 million only
(D) 2 million only
Ans: (A)
38. Select the title of the World Development Report 2012 from the following:
(A) Engendering development through Gender equality, resources and voice.
(B) Equality and development.
(C) Gender equality and development.
(D) Gender equality and gender justice.
Ans: (C)
39. The effective coverage of the Maternity Benefit Act (1961) was measured by the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS, 2009). Choose the correct one from the following:
(A) 15%
(B) 20%
(C) 16%
(D) 25%
Ans: (C)
40. Which of the following are not correct regarding the Parliamentary Committee on the Empowerment of Women?
(i) The Committee is chaired by the Prime Minister of India.
(ii) The Members are appointed by the President of India.
(iii) It has equal number of members from both the Houses of Parliament.
(iv) It has members in the ratio of 2:1 from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (iv)
(B) (iv) only
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Ans: (D)
41. Changes to the natural greenhouse effect are a result of which of the following man-made emissions of Green House Gases?
(A) Nitro Oxide (N2O)
(B) Hydro and Perfluoro carbons
(C) Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6)
(D) All the above
Ans: (D)
42. Arrange the following chronologically:
(i) World Conference on Education for All
(ii) World Conference on Human Rights
(iii) Third UN World Conference on Women
(iv) International Conference on Population and Development
Codes:
(A) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(D) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
Ans: (B)
43. Identify the programme which does not aim at the development of girl child:
(A) Balika Samriddhi Yojana
(B) Kishor Balika Scheme
(C) Mahila Samakhya
(D) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Ans: (C)
44. What is not covered by the Domestic Violence Act?
(A) Women in live in relationships
(B) Marital rape
(C) Women who are sisters, single women
(D) Mothers, widows
Ans: (B)
45. Among the following States which have Infant Mortality Rate higher than ‘59’ according to 2010 SRS data in India?
(i) Odisha
(ii) M.P.
(iii) U.P.
(iv) Bihar
Codes:
(A) (ii) and (i)
(B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (iv) and (ii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (B)
46. Which of the following variables is the most critical for those who focus on gender oppression theory?
(A) Power
(B) Money
(C) Mothering
(D) Culture
Ans: (A)
47. ‘Anyone who knows anything of history, knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine ferment. Social position of women can be measured exactly, by the social position of fair sex”. Who among the following made the statement?
(A) Shulamith Firestone
(B) Mary Daly
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Betty Freidan
Ans: (C)
48. Match the List – I with List – II as given below:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
(a) Mary Daly i. The Subjection of Women
(b) John Stuart Mill ii. Feminist Politics and Human Nature
(c) Maria Mies iii. Beyond God the Father
(d) Alison Jaggar iv. Indian Women and Patriarchy
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) i iii ii iv
Ans: (A)
49. Who describes the development of Feminist theory as having three phases?
i. ‘Feminist Critique’
ii. ‘Gynocriticism’
iii. ‘Gender Theory’
(A) Neera Desai
(B) Juliet Mitchell
(C) Simone de Beauvoir
(D) Elaine Showalter
Ans: (D)
50. Which of the following statement is incorrect about hypothesis?
(A) It is essential for every research design.
(B) It is a statement which is yet to be tested.
(C) It is derived from the existing theories of the concerned issue.
(D) It can be null also.
Ans: (A)
(A) Women’s Standpoint Theory
(B) Women’s capacity for emotional work
(C) Women’s struggle for political rights
(D) Women’s struggle for economic equality
Ans: (C)
2. Which of the following is not an action proposed by radical feminism as a means to defeat patriarchy?
(A) Women coming to recognize their own values and strengths
(B) Women uniting across their differences and forming a sisterhood of trust
(C) Women joining female networks in the workplace
(D) Women uniting across classes to overthrow the capitalist system
Ans: (D)
3. Sexism is most prevalent in _____ societies.
(A) Patriarchal
(B) Matriarchal
(C) Ethnocentric
(D) Egalitarian
Ans: (A)
4. Which of the following play major role in construction, presentation, representation and repression of women in modern society?
(A) Religion
(B) Culture
(C) Media
(D) Social System
Ans: (C)
5. The protagonists of the Reformist movement on women’s issues in India were:
(A) Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sri Aurobindo
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(D) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Vijaylaxmi Pandit
Ans: (A)
6. Mark the correct answer about caste from the following:
(i) Caste sets the socio-cultural milieu for the individual
(ii) Caste is a localized phenomenon
(iii) Caste and religion are hard core of Hindu society
(iv) Caste is universal
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(C) only (i)
(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (A)
7. Match the List-I with List-II:
List – I List – II
(a) Hypothesis (i) Reasoning from particular to general
(b) Inductive (ii) Reasoning from general to particular
(c) Observation (iii) Tentative assumption
(d) Deductive (iv) Empirical findings
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: (B)
8. Match the following from List-I and List-II:
List – I (Author) List – II (Book)
(a) Jean Bethke Elshtain (i) Socialism and Feminism
(b) Toni Morrison (ii) Public Man, Private Woman
(c) Susan Griffin (iii) Pornography and Silence
(d) Barbara Easter (iv) Beloved
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Ans: (C)
9. Social survey does not aim at:
(A) Collection of data related to the social aspects of a community.
(B) Study of social problems regarding women.
(C) Formulation of laws on the basis of collected data.
(D) Utilization of knowledge acquired to teach the young researchers.
Ans: (D)
10. Assertion (A): Globalization has paved a way for IT women professionals to earn more.
Reason (R): Over a period time, the IT women professionals are facing health and occupational hazards.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is not the explanation for (A).
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (B)
11. Match the following List-I with List-II regarding the programmes offered for the development of higher education in India:
List – I (Fellowships) List – II (Target group)
(a) Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship (i) Minority students
(b) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad National Fellowship (ii) Single girl child
(c) UGC Fellowships (iii) SC/ST students
(d) Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowships (iv) Students with Disabilities
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (B)
12. Which is incorrect statement about the policy of sanctioning loan by Rashtriya Mahila Kosh with effect from April 2013?
(A) It provides micro finance to economically weaker women through IMOs.
(B) It has reduced interest rate i.e., from 8% to 6% for IMOs.
(C) It has reduced interest rate i.e., from 14% to 12% to all the women.
(D) It has reduced interest rate i.e., from 18% to 14% for women beneficiaries.
Ans: (C)
13. Match List-I with List-II:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
(a) Vina Mazumdar (i) Women and Science: Selected Essays
(b) Lotika Sarkar (ii) Symbols of Power
(c) Maithreyi Krishnaraj (iii) Law and Status of Women in India
(d) Neera Desai and Vibhuti Patel (iv) Change and Challenge in the International Decade
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: (B)
14. Which statement on hypothesis is wrong?
(A) It states a logical relationship between facts.
(B) It is a proposition.
(C) It is a necessary link between theory and investigation.
(D) It is an initial step in scientific research.
Ans: (A)
15. Who coined the slogan “The Personal is Political” which became synonymous with the Second Wave Feminism?
(A) Gamal Abdel Nasser
(B) Simon de Beauvoir
(C) Carol Hanisch
(D) Susan B. Anthony
Ans: (C)
16. Match India’s ranking (List-II) with the Gender Gap Index Indicators (List-I) as determined by World Economic Forum (2012):
List – I (Indicators) List – II (Ranking)
(a) The position of women in economic participation and opportunity (i) 17th
(b) Educational attainment (ii) 134th
(c) Health and Survival (iii) 121st
(d) Political Empowerment (iv) 123rd
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) and (i)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) and (iv)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (A)
17. Sex is a/an _______ because a person is born with it ; Gender is a/an _______ because it has to be learned.
(A) achieved; ascribed
(B) ascribed; achieved
(C) master; achieved
(D) achieved; master
Ans: (B)
18. ‘Feminisation of labour’, means:
(A) Less women in all kinds of jobs
(B) More women in less kinds of jobs
(C) No women in jobs
(D) More women in all kinds of jobs
Ans: (D)
19. “To go for a walk with one’s eyes open is enough to demonstrate that humanity is divided into two classes of individuals whose clothes, faces, bodies, smiles and occupations are manifestly different.” What is the difference?
(A) Gender differentiation
(B) Sex differentiation
(C) Women and women differentiation
(D) Men and men differentiation
Ans: (B)
20. Match the following items from List-I with the year in List-II:
List – I List – II
(a) UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (i) 2009
(b) UN Action on Sexual Violence in Conflict “Stop Rape Now” (ii) 2000
(c) UN Security Council Resolution 1889 (iii) 2007
(d) UNITE to end violence against women campaign (iv) 2008
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Ans: (A)
21. “Investing in women is not only the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing to do.” Who made this statement?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Ban ki Moon
(C) Brinda Karat
(D) Sushama Swaraj
Ans: (B)
22. ALEAP is an organization working for
(A) Education Development among women
(B) Entrepreneurship Development among women
(C) Eradication of poverty among women
(D) Increasing enrolment rate of girls in primary schools
Ans: (B)
23. Which dimensions are considered to calculate the Gender Inequality Index (GII)?
(A) Long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living
(B) Health, education and standard of living
(C) Health, empowerment and labour market
(D) Gross national income, education and health
Ans: (C)
24. Major causes for maternal deaths are:
(A) Severe bleeding, Anaemia, Infections, Eclampsia, unsafe abortions
(B) Physical Health Problems
(C) Mental Health Problems
(D) General Public Health Problems
Ans: (A)
25. The main obstacles for women’s education in India are:
(i) Inadequate school facilities
(ii) Shortage of female teachers
(iii) Inadequate English medium schools
(iv) Gender bias in school curriculum
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(C) (iv) only
(D) (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (A)
26. Which approach of feminism views that women’s oppression as women is caused not only by living in a class society, but also in classless societies?
(A) Socialist
(B) Radical
(C) Marxist
(D) Liberal
Ans: (A)
27. What are the new challenges for women besides the persistent problems of women in the 21st century?
(i) Gender and Development
(ii) Global Trade Technology
(iii) The Ascent of Market Ideology
(iv) Decline of Welfare State
Codes:
(A) (iii) and (iv) only
(B) (i) and (ii) only
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (D)
28. Match the following from List-I and List-II:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
(a) Naila Kabeer (i) Writing caste, writing gender: Reading Dalit Women’s Testimonies
(b) Vina Mazumdar (ii) Reversed Realities
(c) Kirti Singh (iii) Separated and Divorced Women in India
(d) Sharmila Rege (iv) Memories of a Rolling Stone
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: (B)
29. Match the List-I (Authors) with List-II (Books):
List – I List – II
(a) Betty Friedan (i) The Second Sex
(b) Mary Wollstone Craft (ii) Women’s Estate
(c) Simon de Beauvoir (iii) The Feminine Mystique
(d) Juliet Mitchell (iv) A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: (D)
30. Match the List-I (Concepts) with List-II (Explanations):
List – I List – II
(a) Gender role stereotypes (i) Beliefs about the differences between men and women
(b) Gender role traits (ii) Personality Characteristics in the masculine and feminine domains
(c) Gender identity (iii) One’s cognitive representation of gender
(d) Gender schema (iv) One’s sense of oneself as a man or a woman
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Ans: (C)
31. Nancy Kleiber and Linda Light’s method of feminist research which combines the use of three elements of research i.e. research on women, by women and for women is termed as:
(A) Ethnomethodology
(B) Action Research
(C) Feminist Research
(D) Interactive Methodology
Ans: (D)
32. Match the List-I with List-II:
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Philosophers)
(a) Separatism (i) Marge Piercy
(b) Mattapoisett (ii) Marilyn Frye
(c) Pre-oedipal (iii) Betty Friedan
(d) Male clones (iv) Sigmund Freud
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (A)
33. The book ‘Sexual Politics’ was written by whom?
(A) Kate Millet
(B) Mary Wollstone Craft
(C) Catharine Mackinnon
(D) Mary Daly
Ans: (A)
34. First Woman President in the World:
(A) Pratibha Patil
(B) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(C) Isabel Perin
(D) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ans: (C)
35. Assertion (A): Sexual harassment at workplace is a personal problem of women.
Reason (R): Women keep silent about sexual harassment to protect the perpetrator.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: (D)
16. Why was a sharp decline in Women Work Participation Rate (WWPR) during the Census of 1971? Choose the correct answer:
(A) The participation rate of women work was low.
(B) The definition of ‘women work’ was changed.
(C) The definition of ‘work’ was revised.
(D) Most of the women opt education rather than work during the period.
Ans: (C)
37. How many women were ‘missing’ in the world as per the World Development Report 2012?
(A) Nearly 4 million
(B) 6 million only
(C) 3 million only
(D) 2 million only
Ans: (A)
38. Select the title of the World Development Report 2012 from the following:
(A) Engendering development through Gender equality, resources and voice.
(B) Equality and development.
(C) Gender equality and development.
(D) Gender equality and gender justice.
Ans: (C)
39. The effective coverage of the Maternity Benefit Act (1961) was measured by the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS, 2009). Choose the correct one from the following:
(A) 15%
(B) 20%
(C) 16%
(D) 25%
Ans: (C)
40. Which of the following are not correct regarding the Parliamentary Committee on the Empowerment of Women?
(i) The Committee is chaired by the Prime Minister of India.
(ii) The Members are appointed by the President of India.
(iii) It has equal number of members from both the Houses of Parliament.
(iv) It has members in the ratio of 2:1 from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (iv)
(B) (iv) only
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Ans: (D)
41. Changes to the natural greenhouse effect are a result of which of the following man-made emissions of Green House Gases?
(A) Nitro Oxide (N2O)
(B) Hydro and Perfluoro carbons
(C) Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6)
(D) All the above
Ans: (D)
42. Arrange the following chronologically:
(i) World Conference on Education for All
(ii) World Conference on Human Rights
(iii) Third UN World Conference on Women
(iv) International Conference on Population and Development
Codes:
(A) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(D) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
Ans: (B)
43. Identify the programme which does not aim at the development of girl child:
(A) Balika Samriddhi Yojana
(B) Kishor Balika Scheme
(C) Mahila Samakhya
(D) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Ans: (C)
44. What is not covered by the Domestic Violence Act?
(A) Women in live in relationships
(B) Marital rape
(C) Women who are sisters, single women
(D) Mothers, widows
Ans: (B)
45. Among the following States which have Infant Mortality Rate higher than ‘59’ according to 2010 SRS data in India?
(i) Odisha
(ii) M.P.
(iii) U.P.
(iv) Bihar
Codes:
(A) (ii) and (i)
(B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (iv) and (ii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (B)
46. Which of the following variables is the most critical for those who focus on gender oppression theory?
(A) Power
(B) Money
(C) Mothering
(D) Culture
Ans: (A)
47. ‘Anyone who knows anything of history, knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine ferment. Social position of women can be measured exactly, by the social position of fair sex”. Who among the following made the statement?
(A) Shulamith Firestone
(B) Mary Daly
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Betty Freidan
Ans: (C)
48. Match the List – I with List – II as given below:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
(a) Mary Daly i. The Subjection of Women
(b) John Stuart Mill ii. Feminist Politics and Human Nature
(c) Maria Mies iii. Beyond God the Father
(d) Alison Jaggar iv. Indian Women and Patriarchy
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) i iii ii iv
Ans: (A)
49. Who describes the development of Feminist theory as having three phases?
i. ‘Feminist Critique’
ii. ‘Gynocriticism’
iii. ‘Gender Theory’
(A) Neera Desai
(B) Juliet Mitchell
(C) Simone de Beauvoir
(D) Elaine Showalter
Ans: (D)
50. Which of the following statement is incorrect about hypothesis?
(A) It is essential for every research design.
(B) It is a statement which is yet to be tested.
(C) It is derived from the existing theories of the concerned issue.
(D) It can be null also.
Ans: (A)
51. What are the major goals of the National Plan of Action for the SAARC decade of the Girl Child (1991-2000)?
(A) Development, Prosperity and Peace
(B) Survival, Protection and Development
(C) Sustainability, Protection and Peace
(D) Survival, Empowerment and Justice
Ans: (B)
52. Which of the following Feminist Academicians hold that the pursuit of post-modern thought has led to a decline in radical feminism?
(A) S.C. Dube
(B) Satish Deshpande
(C) Maithreyi Krishnaraj
(D) C. Lakshmanna
Ans: (C)
53. Who led the suffrage movement for women in India?
(A) Ushaben Mehta
(B) Radha Kumar
(C) Sucheta Kriplani
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (D)
54. Assertion (A): Women’s Studies lay bare the politics of knowledge creation.
Reason (R): It questions the value neutrality by disciplinary perspectives.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct (R) is false.
(B) (R) is correct (A) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: (D)
55. Match the following:
Column – I Column – II
(Policy) (Year)
(a) Towards Equality (i) 1988
(b) Shramshakti (ii) 1988-2000
(c) National Perspective Plan (iii) 2001
(d) National Health Policy (iv) 1974
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Ans: (C)
56. Which of the following is not a goal of the Eleventh Five Year Plan?
(A) Organisation of Mahila Mandals
(B) Gender empowerment and equity
(C) Gender Budgeting
(D) Gender Mainstreaming
Ans: (A)
57. Match the List-I (leaders) and List-II (Social organizations):
List – I List – II
(a) Pandita Ramabai (i) Arya Samaj
(b) Sarala Devi Chaudharani (ii) Bharat Stri Maha Mandal
(c) Annie Besant (iii) Arya Mahila Samaj
(d) Dayananda Saraswathy (iv) Theosophical Society
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Ans: (A)
58. Which of the following Second World Conference on Human Rights held in June 1993 has acknowledged categorically that?
(A) Children Rights are Women’s Rights.
(B) Girl Child Rights are Women’s Rights.
(C) Women’s Rights is Human Rights.
(D) Men’s Rights are Women’s Rights.
Ans: (C)
59. Assertion (A): Wife’s economic status is an important factor in domestic decision-making.
Reason (R): When women lack monetary resources to bargain for power they either use covert influence to determine the outcome of a decision or subordinate themselves to the husband’s domination.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (A)
60. Which of the following is not a Millennium Development Goal?
(A) Develop a global partnership for development.
(B) Environmental sustainability
(C) Ensure equal participation of women.
(D) Improve maternal health.
Ans: (C)
61. Among the following women who was not associated with ‘Women’s India Association’ which was formed in 1917.
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Dorothy Jinarjadasa
(C) Margaret Cousine
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (D)
62. What is the objective of 11th Five Year Plan of India?
(A) Gender Equality
(B) Women Empowerment
(C) Inclusive Growth
(D) Education Development
Ans: (C)
63. “Women are much more likely to engage in practical rather than strategic actions”. Who comments?
(A) Molyneux
(B) McIver
(C) Talcot Parsons
(D) Anderson
Ans: (A)
64. The main organizing tool of women’s liberation movement is
(A) Consciousness rising
(B) Skill training
(C) Equality in education
(D) Identifying the potentiality of women
Ans: (A)
65. Match the names of feminists with their writings:
List – I List – II
(a) Women’s Estate (i) Mary Daly
(b) Marxism and the oppression of women (ii) Andrea Dworkin
(c) Pure Lust (iii) Lisa Vogel
(d) Woman hating (iv) Juliet Mitchell
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (A)
66. Trans-gender theory belongs to
(A) Socialist Feminism
(B) Post-Modern Feminism
(C) Liberal Feminism
(D) Marxist Feminism
Ans: (B)
67. Match the items from List – I and List – II:
List – I List – II
(a) Rama Mehta (i) Inside the Haveli
(b) Leela Dube (ii) Women’s Rule in Economic Development
(c) Ursula Sharma (iii) Kinship, family and socialization in South and South-East Asia
(d) Esther Boserup (iv) Women, work and property in North-West India.
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Ans: (C)
68. Which of the following statement is not correct in respect of women and technology?
(A) The experimental result of lab extension is not reaching to the agricultural women workers in the field.
(B) Technology is always undermining the problems of rural women workers.
(C) Scientists and technocrats are not realising the traditional knowledge of women.
(D) New technologies are always women friendly.
Ans: (D)
69. Match List – I with List – II given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Mudaliar Commission (i) Women’s Education
(b) Durgabai Deshmukh Committee (ii) National Policy on Education 1966
(c) Hansa Mehta Committee (iii) Differentiation in curricula for Boys and Girls
(d) Kothari Commission (iv) Secondary Education
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (A)
70. What are Maria Mies’ methodological guidelines for feminist research?
(i) Conscious bias towards women’s struggles for social change.
(ii) Value-free research
(iii) Conscientization of the researcher about the issue.
(iv) Conscientization of the researched about the issue.
Mark the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iii), (iv) only
(C) (i) only
(D) (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (B)
Read the following passage and answer the questions: (Q. No. 71 to 75)
The family is not a closed community: its isolation is qualified by communications set up with other social units; they have not merely an ‘interior’ within which the couple is shut away; it is also the expression of that couple’s standard of life, its financial status, its taste, and thus the home must need be on view to other people. It is essentially the woman’s part to direct this social life. The man is joined to the community, as producer and citizen, by bonds of an organic solidarity based upon the division of labour; the couple is a social unit, defined by the family, the class, the circle, and the race to which it belongs, attached by bonds of a mechanical solidarity to groups of corresponding social situation; the wife can embody this relation most purely, for the husband’s professional associations are often out of tune with his social standing, whereas the wife, with no occupational demands, can confine herself to the society of her equals. Furthermore she has the leisure to keep up, by ‘paying calls’ and having ‘at-homes’, those relations which are of no practical use and which, of course, are important only in classes whose members are intent upon holding their rank in the social scale – that is to say, who consider themselves superior to certain others. She delights in the display of her ‘interior’, even of her own appearance, which her husband and children do not notice because they are familiar with them. Her social duty, which is to ‘make a good show’, combines with her, and pleasure in letting herself, be seen. She must ‘make a good show’ where she is herself concerned; in the house, attending to her work, she is merely clothed; to go out, to receive, she ‘dresses up’. Formal attire has a double function: it indicates the social standing of the woman (her standard of living, wealth and the social circle), it is also feminine narcissism in concrete form; it is uniform and an adornment; by means of it the woman who is deprived of doing anything fells that she expresses what she is. To care for her beauty, to dress up, is a kind of work that enables her to take possession of her person as she takes possession of her home through housework; her ego then seems chosen and recreated by herself. Social custom furthers this tendency to identify herself with her appearance.
71. The family is a social unit marked by the bonds of
(A) Organic solidarity
(B) Mechanical solidarity
(C) Both organic and mechanical solidarity
(D) Financial solidarity
Ans: (B)
72. The solidarity based on the division of labour in the community is termed as
(A) Mechanical solidarity
(B) Professional solidarity
(C) Organic solidarity
(D) All of the above
Ans: (C)
73. Why does the woman dress up, when she goes out?
(i) To show her social standing
(ii) Feminine narcissism
(iii) Social duty
(iv) To take possession of her husband
Mark the correct code below:
(A) (i) only
(B) (ii) and (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ans: (D)
74. Assertion (A): The role of wife of ‘paying calls’ and having ‘at homes’ the relationships are significant for those classes whose members intend to hold some rank in the social scale.
Reason (R): It helps the wives (with no occupational demands) having occupational benefit for themselves.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (B)
75. Assertion (A): The family is not a closed community.
Reason (R): From other social units, its isolation is approved and qualified and the members of a family live independently.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true, (R) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (A)
76. When the researcher wants to know the impact of some variable on the target population, which research design can be appropriately applicable?
(A) Exploratory
(B) Experimental
(C) Diagnostic
(D) Descriptive
Ans: (B)
77. Find out the correct sequence concerning various steps to conduct research effectively:
i. Developing hypothesis
ii. Data analysis
iii. Preparation of report
iv. Formulating research problem
Codes:
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: (D)
78. Gender sensitive curriculum refers to that type of curriculum which
(A) has separate provision for women students
(B) excludes Mathematics and Physical Science
(C) attempts to challenge the gender stereotypes
(D) includes only women’s issues
Ans: (C)
79. Which of the pair is not correctly matched?
(A) Of Women Born – Adrienne Rich
(B) The Dialectic of Sex – Shulamith Firestone
(C) The Origin of the Family, Private property and State – Karl Marx
(D) Feminist Politics and Human Nature – Alison Jaggar
Ans: (C)
80. Match the List – I with List – II as given below:
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Definition)
(a) Femaleness i. An ideological position which advocates equality of gender and potential of women
(b) Femininity ii. Physical and biological differentiation between man and woman
(c) Feminism iii. Social and cultural construction of women in relation to institutionalized roles
(d) Essentialism iv. The conviction that men are men and women are women and there is no way to change either’s nature
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Ans: (B)
81. The book ‘Sexual Politics’ is written by
(A) Mary Wollstone Craft
(B) Kate Millet
(C) Catharine MacKinnon
(D) Mary Daly
Ans: (B)
82. Women’s Studies is a discipline that advocates
(A) Women’s superiority over men
(B) Preservation of cultural identity
(C) Suppression of the male voice
(D) An egalitarian human society
Ans: (D)
83. Match the following from List – I and List – II:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
(a) Susan Brownmiller i. Women Estate
(b) Juliet Mitchell ii. Against our Will: Men, Women and Rape
(c) Marge Piercy iii. The Ethics of Ambiguity
(d) Simone De’Beauvoir iv. Women on the Edge of Time
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii i ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii ii i iv
Ans: (C)
84. Which one of the following is pioneer in developing gender sensitive budget initiative?
(A) Asia
(B) Australia
(C) Europe
(D) Africa
Ans: (B)
85. Arrange the following Commissions in chronological sequence:
i. The National Committee on Women’s Education
ii. D.S. Kothari Commission
iii. Yashpal Committee Report
iv. National Knowledge Commission
Codes:
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii i ii
Ans: (B)
86. Main workers are those workers who work for the major of the reference period which is
(A) Eight months or more
(B) Four months or more
(C) Six months or more
(D) Nine months or more
Ans: (C)
87. ‘Women’s Component Plan’ was initiated in which Five Year Plan?
(A) 6th Five Year Plan
(B) 7th Five Year Plan
(C) 5th Five Year Plan
(D) 9th Five Year Plan
Ans: (D)
88. Which approach of feminism is based on the premise that both men and women are born and are gifted with the same rational faculties so the women should not be denied equality of opportunity in all those activities which are open to men?
(A) Existentialism
(B) Socialist
(C) Post-modern
(D) Liberal
Ans: (D)
89. Who among the following has been founder members of Women’s World Banking?
(A) Ella Bhatt
(B) Promilla Kapur
(C) Devaki Jain
(D) Maithreyi Krishnaraj
Ans: (A)
90. Mark the incorrect answer of ‘Sexual Harassment’ as defined in Visakha Judgement?
(A) Unwelcome sexually determined behaviour
(B) Showing pornography
(C) Extending invitation
(D) Sexually offensive physical contact or advances
Ans: (C)
91. Which is the correct chronological sequence of enactments of the following Acts?
i. Muslim Women (Protection of Right on Divorce) Act
ii. Family Courts Act
iii. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
iv. Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act
Mark the correct sequence from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) ii iv iii i
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: (D)
92. In the organized sector, there are certain laws which enjoin the employer to make provision for creches if a certain number of women are employed in their establishments:
i. Factories Act
ii. Plantation Labour Act
iii. Contract Labour Act
iv. Inter-state Migrant Workers Act
Codes:
(A) i only
(B) iv only
(C) i, ii, iii & iv
(D) i, ii & iv
Ans: (C)
93. Sahitya Academy Award winner among the following women is
(A) Shobha De
(B) Amrita Patel
(C) Amrita Pritam
(D) Kishwar Desai
Ans: (C)
94. India ranks in Human Development Index (2013) at
(A) 132
(B) 136
(C) 131
(D) 128
Ans: (B)
95. Match the goals (List – I) with Five Year Plans (List – II) of India:
List – I List – II
(a) Women’s Empowerment i. Eleventh Five Year Plan
(b) Women and Development ii. Sixth Five Year Plan
(c) Inclusive Growth iii. Tenth Five Year Plan
(d) Advancement of Gender Equality iv. Ninth Five Year Plan
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Ans: (B)
96. ____ refers to an inclusive world-wide movement to end sexism and sexist oppression by empowering women.
(A) Anti sexism
(B) Feminism
(C) Gyno centrism
(D) Male-bashing
Ans: (B)
97. Which approach is appropriate for adequate understanding the political orientation of feminism?
(i) Liberal Feminism
(ii) Socialist Feminism
(iii) Radical Feminism
(iv) Post modern Feminism
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (iv) only
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (i) and (iv)
Ans: (A)
98. Which of the following is an incorrect statement about Liberal feminism?
(A) Women have equal rational capacities like men
(B) Women and men should have equal sexual rights
(C) Women and men should be given same educational opportunities
(D) Women and men should get equal civil and political rights
Ans: (B)
99. What is incorrect about unified system theory?
(A) Capitalism and patriarchy are one and the same.
(B) Gender division of labour is a unifying concept.
(C) Patriarchy and capitalism as forms of social relations are distinct from each other.
(D) Women’s oppression as woman is observed in classless society also.
Ans: (C)
100. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Feminist Theory?
(A) Feminist Theory treats women as the central subject of investigation.
(B) Feminist Theory promotes activism on behalf of women.
(C) Feminist Theory is multicultural in orientation.
(D) Feminist Theory advocates a linear understanding of the historical experiences of women.
Ans: (D)
(A) Development, Prosperity and Peace
(B) Survival, Protection and Development
(C) Sustainability, Protection and Peace
(D) Survival, Empowerment and Justice
Ans: (B)
52. Which of the following Feminist Academicians hold that the pursuit of post-modern thought has led to a decline in radical feminism?
(A) S.C. Dube
(B) Satish Deshpande
(C) Maithreyi Krishnaraj
(D) C. Lakshmanna
Ans: (C)
53. Who led the suffrage movement for women in India?
(A) Ushaben Mehta
(B) Radha Kumar
(C) Sucheta Kriplani
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (D)
54. Assertion (A): Women’s Studies lay bare the politics of knowledge creation.
Reason (R): It questions the value neutrality by disciplinary perspectives.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct (R) is false.
(B) (R) is correct (A) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: (D)
55. Match the following:
Column – I Column – II
(Policy) (Year)
(a) Towards Equality (i) 1988
(b) Shramshakti (ii) 1988-2000
(c) National Perspective Plan (iii) 2001
(d) National Health Policy (iv) 1974
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Ans: (C)
56. Which of the following is not a goal of the Eleventh Five Year Plan?
(A) Organisation of Mahila Mandals
(B) Gender empowerment and equity
(C) Gender Budgeting
(D) Gender Mainstreaming
Ans: (A)
57. Match the List-I (leaders) and List-II (Social organizations):
List – I List – II
(a) Pandita Ramabai (i) Arya Samaj
(b) Sarala Devi Chaudharani (ii) Bharat Stri Maha Mandal
(c) Annie Besant (iii) Arya Mahila Samaj
(d) Dayananda Saraswathy (iv) Theosophical Society
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Ans: (A)
58. Which of the following Second World Conference on Human Rights held in June 1993 has acknowledged categorically that?
(A) Children Rights are Women’s Rights.
(B) Girl Child Rights are Women’s Rights.
(C) Women’s Rights is Human Rights.
(D) Men’s Rights are Women’s Rights.
Ans: (C)
59. Assertion (A): Wife’s economic status is an important factor in domestic decision-making.
Reason (R): When women lack monetary resources to bargain for power they either use covert influence to determine the outcome of a decision or subordinate themselves to the husband’s domination.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (A)
60. Which of the following is not a Millennium Development Goal?
(A) Develop a global partnership for development.
(B) Environmental sustainability
(C) Ensure equal participation of women.
(D) Improve maternal health.
Ans: (C)
61. Among the following women who was not associated with ‘Women’s India Association’ which was formed in 1917.
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Dorothy Jinarjadasa
(C) Margaret Cousine
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (D)
62. What is the objective of 11th Five Year Plan of India?
(A) Gender Equality
(B) Women Empowerment
(C) Inclusive Growth
(D) Education Development
Ans: (C)
63. “Women are much more likely to engage in practical rather than strategic actions”. Who comments?
(A) Molyneux
(B) McIver
(C) Talcot Parsons
(D) Anderson
Ans: (A)
64. The main organizing tool of women’s liberation movement is
(A) Consciousness rising
(B) Skill training
(C) Equality in education
(D) Identifying the potentiality of women
Ans: (A)
65. Match the names of feminists with their writings:
List – I List – II
(a) Women’s Estate (i) Mary Daly
(b) Marxism and the oppression of women (ii) Andrea Dworkin
(c) Pure Lust (iii) Lisa Vogel
(d) Woman hating (iv) Juliet Mitchell
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (A)
66. Trans-gender theory belongs to
(A) Socialist Feminism
(B) Post-Modern Feminism
(C) Liberal Feminism
(D) Marxist Feminism
Ans: (B)
67. Match the items from List – I and List – II:
List – I List – II
(a) Rama Mehta (i) Inside the Haveli
(b) Leela Dube (ii) Women’s Rule in Economic Development
(c) Ursula Sharma (iii) Kinship, family and socialization in South and South-East Asia
(d) Esther Boserup (iv) Women, work and property in North-West India.
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Ans: (C)
68. Which of the following statement is not correct in respect of women and technology?
(A) The experimental result of lab extension is not reaching to the agricultural women workers in the field.
(B) Technology is always undermining the problems of rural women workers.
(C) Scientists and technocrats are not realising the traditional knowledge of women.
(D) New technologies are always women friendly.
Ans: (D)
69. Match List – I with List – II given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Mudaliar Commission (i) Women’s Education
(b) Durgabai Deshmukh Committee (ii) National Policy on Education 1966
(c) Hansa Mehta Committee (iii) Differentiation in curricula for Boys and Girls
(d) Kothari Commission (iv) Secondary Education
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: (A)
70. What are Maria Mies’ methodological guidelines for feminist research?
(i) Conscious bias towards women’s struggles for social change.
(ii) Value-free research
(iii) Conscientization of the researcher about the issue.
(iv) Conscientization of the researched about the issue.
Mark the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iii), (iv) only
(C) (i) only
(D) (iii) and (iv) only
Ans: (B)
Read the following passage and answer the questions: (Q. No. 71 to 75)
The family is not a closed community: its isolation is qualified by communications set up with other social units; they have not merely an ‘interior’ within which the couple is shut away; it is also the expression of that couple’s standard of life, its financial status, its taste, and thus the home must need be on view to other people. It is essentially the woman’s part to direct this social life. The man is joined to the community, as producer and citizen, by bonds of an organic solidarity based upon the division of labour; the couple is a social unit, defined by the family, the class, the circle, and the race to which it belongs, attached by bonds of a mechanical solidarity to groups of corresponding social situation; the wife can embody this relation most purely, for the husband’s professional associations are often out of tune with his social standing, whereas the wife, with no occupational demands, can confine herself to the society of her equals. Furthermore she has the leisure to keep up, by ‘paying calls’ and having ‘at-homes’, those relations which are of no practical use and which, of course, are important only in classes whose members are intent upon holding their rank in the social scale – that is to say, who consider themselves superior to certain others. She delights in the display of her ‘interior’, even of her own appearance, which her husband and children do not notice because they are familiar with them. Her social duty, which is to ‘make a good show’, combines with her, and pleasure in letting herself, be seen. She must ‘make a good show’ where she is herself concerned; in the house, attending to her work, she is merely clothed; to go out, to receive, she ‘dresses up’. Formal attire has a double function: it indicates the social standing of the woman (her standard of living, wealth and the social circle), it is also feminine narcissism in concrete form; it is uniform and an adornment; by means of it the woman who is deprived of doing anything fells that she expresses what she is. To care for her beauty, to dress up, is a kind of work that enables her to take possession of her person as she takes possession of her home through housework; her ego then seems chosen and recreated by herself. Social custom furthers this tendency to identify herself with her appearance.
71. The family is a social unit marked by the bonds of
(A) Organic solidarity
(B) Mechanical solidarity
(C) Both organic and mechanical solidarity
(D) Financial solidarity
Ans: (B)
72. The solidarity based on the division of labour in the community is termed as
(A) Mechanical solidarity
(B) Professional solidarity
(C) Organic solidarity
(D) All of the above
Ans: (C)
73. Why does the woman dress up, when she goes out?
(i) To show her social standing
(ii) Feminine narcissism
(iii) Social duty
(iv) To take possession of her husband
Mark the correct code below:
(A) (i) only
(B) (ii) and (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ans: (D)
74. Assertion (A): The role of wife of ‘paying calls’ and having ‘at homes’ the relationships are significant for those classes whose members intend to hold some rank in the social scale.
Reason (R): It helps the wives (with no occupational demands) having occupational benefit for themselves.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (B)
75. Assertion (A): The family is not a closed community.
Reason (R): From other social units, its isolation is approved and qualified and the members of a family live independently.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true, (R) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (A)
76. When the researcher wants to know the impact of some variable on the target population, which research design can be appropriately applicable?
(A) Exploratory
(B) Experimental
(C) Diagnostic
(D) Descriptive
Ans: (B)
77. Find out the correct sequence concerning various steps to conduct research effectively:
i. Developing hypothesis
ii. Data analysis
iii. Preparation of report
iv. Formulating research problem
Codes:
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: (D)
78. Gender sensitive curriculum refers to that type of curriculum which
(A) has separate provision for women students
(B) excludes Mathematics and Physical Science
(C) attempts to challenge the gender stereotypes
(D) includes only women’s issues
Ans: (C)
79. Which of the pair is not correctly matched?
(A) Of Women Born – Adrienne Rich
(B) The Dialectic of Sex – Shulamith Firestone
(C) The Origin of the Family, Private property and State – Karl Marx
(D) Feminist Politics and Human Nature – Alison Jaggar
Ans: (C)
80. Match the List – I with List – II as given below:
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Definition)
(a) Femaleness i. An ideological position which advocates equality of gender and potential of women
(b) Femininity ii. Physical and biological differentiation between man and woman
(c) Feminism iii. Social and cultural construction of women in relation to institutionalized roles
(d) Essentialism iv. The conviction that men are men and women are women and there is no way to change either’s nature
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Ans: (B)
81. The book ‘Sexual Politics’ is written by
(A) Mary Wollstone Craft
(B) Kate Millet
(C) Catharine MacKinnon
(D) Mary Daly
Ans: (B)
82. Women’s Studies is a discipline that advocates
(A) Women’s superiority over men
(B) Preservation of cultural identity
(C) Suppression of the male voice
(D) An egalitarian human society
Ans: (D)
83. Match the following from List – I and List – II:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
(a) Susan Brownmiller i. Women Estate
(b) Juliet Mitchell ii. Against our Will: Men, Women and Rape
(c) Marge Piercy iii. The Ethics of Ambiguity
(d) Simone De’Beauvoir iv. Women on the Edge of Time
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii i ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii ii i iv
Ans: (C)
84. Which one of the following is pioneer in developing gender sensitive budget initiative?
(A) Asia
(B) Australia
(C) Europe
(D) Africa
Ans: (B)
85. Arrange the following Commissions in chronological sequence:
i. The National Committee on Women’s Education
ii. D.S. Kothari Commission
iii. Yashpal Committee Report
iv. National Knowledge Commission
Codes:
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii i ii
Ans: (B)
86. Main workers are those workers who work for the major of the reference period which is
(A) Eight months or more
(B) Four months or more
(C) Six months or more
(D) Nine months or more
Ans: (C)
87. ‘Women’s Component Plan’ was initiated in which Five Year Plan?
(A) 6th Five Year Plan
(B) 7th Five Year Plan
(C) 5th Five Year Plan
(D) 9th Five Year Plan
Ans: (D)
88. Which approach of feminism is based on the premise that both men and women are born and are gifted with the same rational faculties so the women should not be denied equality of opportunity in all those activities which are open to men?
(A) Existentialism
(B) Socialist
(C) Post-modern
(D) Liberal
Ans: (D)
89. Who among the following has been founder members of Women’s World Banking?
(A) Ella Bhatt
(B) Promilla Kapur
(C) Devaki Jain
(D) Maithreyi Krishnaraj
Ans: (A)
90. Mark the incorrect answer of ‘Sexual Harassment’ as defined in Visakha Judgement?
(A) Unwelcome sexually determined behaviour
(B) Showing pornography
(C) Extending invitation
(D) Sexually offensive physical contact or advances
Ans: (C)
91. Which is the correct chronological sequence of enactments of the following Acts?
i. Muslim Women (Protection of Right on Divorce) Act
ii. Family Courts Act
iii. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
iv. Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act
Mark the correct sequence from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) ii iv iii i
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: (D)
92. In the organized sector, there are certain laws which enjoin the employer to make provision for creches if a certain number of women are employed in their establishments:
i. Factories Act
ii. Plantation Labour Act
iii. Contract Labour Act
iv. Inter-state Migrant Workers Act
Codes:
(A) i only
(B) iv only
(C) i, ii, iii & iv
(D) i, ii & iv
Ans: (C)
93. Sahitya Academy Award winner among the following women is
(A) Shobha De
(B) Amrita Patel
(C) Amrita Pritam
(D) Kishwar Desai
Ans: (C)
94. India ranks in Human Development Index (2013) at
(A) 132
(B) 136
(C) 131
(D) 128
Ans: (B)
95. Match the goals (List – I) with Five Year Plans (List – II) of India:
List – I List – II
(a) Women’s Empowerment i. Eleventh Five Year Plan
(b) Women and Development ii. Sixth Five Year Plan
(c) Inclusive Growth iii. Tenth Five Year Plan
(d) Advancement of Gender Equality iv. Ninth Five Year Plan
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Ans: (B)
96. ____ refers to an inclusive world-wide movement to end sexism and sexist oppression by empowering women.
(A) Anti sexism
(B) Feminism
(C) Gyno centrism
(D) Male-bashing
Ans: (B)
97. Which approach is appropriate for adequate understanding the political orientation of feminism?
(i) Liberal Feminism
(ii) Socialist Feminism
(iii) Radical Feminism
(iv) Post modern Feminism
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (iv) only
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (i) and (iv)
Ans: (A)
98. Which of the following is an incorrect statement about Liberal feminism?
(A) Women have equal rational capacities like men
(B) Women and men should have equal sexual rights
(C) Women and men should be given same educational opportunities
(D) Women and men should get equal civil and political rights
Ans: (B)
99. What is incorrect about unified system theory?
(A) Capitalism and patriarchy are one and the same.
(B) Gender division of labour is a unifying concept.
(C) Patriarchy and capitalism as forms of social relations are distinct from each other.
(D) Women’s oppression as woman is observed in classless society also.
Ans: (C)
100. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Feminist Theory?
(A) Feminist Theory treats women as the central subject of investigation.
(B) Feminist Theory promotes activism on behalf of women.
(C) Feminist Theory is multicultural in orientation.
(D) Feminist Theory advocates a linear understanding of the historical experiences of women.
Ans: (D)