University ofHyderabad
Centre for Women's Studies
Entrance Examination: June 2011

M. Phil Gender Studies Time 2 Hours Maximum Marks 75
Hall Ticket No.
l. This question paper ofthree parts. Part Part Band Part C. Allparts are to be attempted.
2.
PartA should be answered in the question paper itself. Each question carries 1 mark. It should be noted that there is negative marking of1/3for every wrong answer in Part A. The negative marking is onlyfor Part A.

3.
Part Band C should be answered in a separate answer book
provided and, ifnecessary, using additional answer books.



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Part-A
(Marks: 1 x 25 25)
The questions thatfollow havefourplausibleanswers qfwhich ONEis correct. Indicate the answer by writing the alphabet correspondingto the correctanswer in the brackets providedattheendof each question.
There is a negative marking of 113 fUI e"ery wrong answer.
1. Who among th. following is • noted civil rights activist from Pakistan?
Taslima Nasrin Arona AsafAli Jamila Nishat A'lIlIa Johangir Answer
2. The association devoted to the advancement ofscicnce among women in developing
countries is:
International academy for women in science United Nations consortium for women in science United Notions forum for women's devdopmcnt Third world organization for women in science Answer
3. Which among the following is considcred to be a landmark in Indian cinema portraying. woman's search for identity and fulfilment?
Bhoomika Farzania Raja Deewar Answer
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4. Whoistheauthor ofthefeministclassicThc Femininc Mystiquc?
Simone de Benuvoir Betty Freidan Gennaine Greer Anmdbnti Roy ADswer(
S. Who among the following was an Africno Americ:m abolit;onist as well as women's rights nctivist ofthe 19th Centwy?
Sojourner Truth Oprah Winfiy RosaParb Condolcezza Rice ADswer(
6.
Who is the flfSl and so far tho: only black actress to win an Oscar as best actress in a leading role"

Naomi Campbell Oprah Winfry Halle Berry Jndn Pinkett Smith ADswer(

7.
Who among the following has become an icon ofstruggle against military repression in Monipw?

Agatha K. Sangma !rom Sharmi1a Moirangthem Londhoni Temsula Ao Answer

8.
Which case galvanized the women's movement into asking for reforms orthe criminn11aw dealing with rope?


Mnthrua Bhanwari devi 1mrana Nidhi Gupta ADswer(
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9.
Who among the following is known for her struggle against statc-sponsored communal violence in Gujamt?

Mallika Sarabhai Saroj Pathak Tcesta SctaJvad Anita Desai Answer

10.
Which book explores the relationship b.:lween hislory, gc-ndcr and multiple versions buill around an embodiment of'Indian ""manhood'?


aj Train 10 Pamlan bj Chokher Bali cj Women in Early Indian Societies SaIamJa/a: TexIs. Rendings, Hislories Answer
I J. Whichofthefollowingfilmsdealswiththeconditions oftheHinduwidow?
aj Fire bj lVaier cj Sholay lIa;:aar Chaurosi lei Maa Answer
12. Who ""'ong the following bas wrilten extensively aboul the histories and struggles of tribal communities?
Jhwnpa Lahiri Mabaswela Devi Gayatri Chakravorly Spivak Arundhali Roy Answer
13. Which Government Agency is responsible for looking after the interests ofthe women oflndian origin who are employed abroad as domestic workers?
ProlcctorofEmigrants Ministry ofWomcn and Child Welfare Labour Commissioner Ministry ofHwnan Resources An...er(
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14. Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
The deposed PresidentofMyanmar
Nobel Laurcale and human rights activist from Myanmar
South East Asian novelist
Grccnpcacc activist An...er(
15. Who is the author ofBacklash: The Undeclared War Against American Women?
Virginia Woolf
Elaine Showwalter
Naomi Wolf
Susan Faludi An....r(

16. Sexual Aggression:
Includes stalking and obscene phone calls
Is usuaIIy committed by n stronger or unknown per.;on
Is gender symmetrical
None ofthe above An...er(
17. Whichofthefollowingfocused onwomen'ssuffiage?
First wave feminism Second wave feminism Third wave feminism Radical feminism Auw.r(
18. Who wrote A Vindication ofthe Rights ofWoman?
Toni Morrison Mary Wollstonecrnft Mary Shelley Hannah Arendt An....r(
19. Who among the following is a noted ecofeminist?
Vandana Shiva Nirma1a Banerjee Shautn Sinha Bina Agnrwa1 An...er(
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20. Whiehofthe foUowing texts acted as a acted as a catalyst for the fOlllldation and promotion ofWomcn's Studies in India?
A Space Within the Struggle Repart ofthe Commillee on the Status ofWomen in India Women and Society in India Women Writing in India Answer
21. Who has figured ot the centre of=tdebates OIOWld gender. sexual violence and euthanasia in India?
Anma SlIlInbaug Dr. Death Kanelllln ClIlIndravanshi K. Vcnkatesh Anm'er(
22. Whoistheleader oftheAdivasiGothra MDhaSabha in the Wayanad region ofKcrnla?
Tulasi Munda Birsa Munda CKJanu Shibu Son:n Answer
23. Which Indian feminist historian has rcscarched extensively on the women's wing ofthe Rashtriya Swayamscva1< S80gb
Romila Thapar Kumkwn Roy Tanika Sarl<ar Janaki Nair ADswer(
24. Wh o wrote The We..... ofMy Life-A Dalil W oman's Memoir?
Sara Joseph Unnila Pawar Barna Kumud Pawde Answer

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25. Which ofthe following led to debates about the extent ofbaving different civil codes for different religions in India?
Radhika Talwar case
Shah Bano case
eJ Jessica Lal case
Visakha case An.wer( J

PortH Writeshortnotes on anyjil'e ofthefollo...ingquestions.
1.
Transgcnder sludies.

2.
The gcndcred nature oflanguage

3.
Your idea ofa New Woman

4.
RoJe ofwomen joumalists in visual media


S. Women's bodies as the site ofviolence during the Partition.
6.
Development through the lens ofgender.

7.
Gendcred Division ofLabour

8.
The Domestic Violence Act of2005

9.
Empowering women through science

10.
Factors delrimcntal for women's access to management positions


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Write an essay on Dny one oftllefollowing questions. x25 25)
I. Write an essay on the beauty myth and cosmetology. OUTunderstandingofthepasthasbeenprimarily from amulepcrsp.:etiveand
women's voices arc lIot heard. EInhorn1'>.
3. Globalization has opened Up a ofopportunities for women but has also initiated
new fonns of oppression. Discus!';.
4. What do you think arc some ofthe issues in balancing home and work for women?
5. Examine some ofthe issues taken up by the women's movement in India.
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