UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES

ENTRANCEExAMINATION: 0(JrHJUNE,2012
M.PHIL. -GENDER STuDIES

Time 2 hours Maximum Marks: 75
Hall Ticket No.
1.
This question Paper consists of three parts. Part Part Band Part C. All parts are to be attempted.

2.
Part A should be answered in the question paper itself. Each question carries 1 mark. It should be noted that there is negative marking of 1/3 for every wrong answer in Part A. The negative mark is onlyfor Part A.

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


PART-A
(Marks: lx 25= 25)
The questions thatfollow havefourplausibleanswers ofwhichONEis correct. Indicate the answer by writing the alphabet corresponding to the correct answer in the brackets provided at the end ofeach question.
Note: There is a negative marking of 1/3 for every wrong answer.
1. Who is the chairperson ofthe Children's Film Society of India?
Shabana Azmi Mamata Bannerjee Anoushka Shankar Nandita Das Answer
2.
Who among the following is known for her involvement in environmental causes?

Kiran Desai KiranBedi Arundhati Roy Rornila Thapar Answer

3.
Who has gained fame as a young dalit poet and activist from Tarnilnadu?

Baby Kamble Meena Kandasamy Bama Kumud Pawde Answer

4.
Who was part ofthe group that prepared the landmark report titled Towards Equality: Report ofthe Committee on the Status of Women in India?


Vina Mazumdar Betty Friedan Germaine Greer Flavia Agnes Answer
5.
Who is a founder of the Ms. Magazine?

Audre Lorde Gloria Steinem Rosa Parks Oprah Winfry Answer

6.
Who received an Oscar for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady?

Meryl Streep Mary Wollstonecraft Grace Kelly Kate Millett Answer

7.
Oneoftherecipients oftheNobelPeacePrizein 2011 was:

Irom Sharmila Tawakkol Karman Dalai Lama Mahasweta Devi Answer

8.
Which actress from the early years of Indian cinema earned fame for her daring stunts?


Helen Nadia Devika Rani Savitri Answer
9. Who has written The Autobiography ofa Sex Worker?
Githa Hariharan Saroj Pathak Amitabh Ghosh Nalini Jameela Answer
10. Which Indian female atWete was stripped ofher silver medal won at the Asian games of 2006 for failing a controversial gender test?
Anju Bobby George Santhi Soundarajan Harwant Kaur Mithali Raj Answer
11. Virgina Woolfs A Room a/One's Own is about
Women and property rights Marital relationships A space for women writers Liberated women Answer
12. Who among the following was one ofthe fIrst female doctors of India?
Arona Asaf Ali Vijaylaksmi Pandit Kadambini Ganguly Sarojini Naidu Answer
13. Which writer embraced Islam and assumed the name Suraiyya?
Anita Desai Kamala Das ShobhaDe Ambai Answer
14. Second Wave Feminism focused on
Voting rights for women Working hours Marriage laws Family, reproduction, sexuality Answer
15. CommodifIcation means
The barter system Trafficking Representing women as sex objects Consumerism Answer
16. Womanism is a concept proposed by
Alice Walker Hillary Clinton Third wave feminism Radical feminism Answer

17. Which of the following focused on women's suffrage?
First wave feminism Second wave feminism Third wave feminism Radical feminism Answer
18. Who among the following is a gay rights activist?
Karan Johar Ashok Row Kavi Arundhati Roy P. Sainath Answer
19. Which is the first state to grant 'third gender' status to transgenders?
Assam West Bengal Kerala Tamilnadu Answer

20.
Which of the following was recently decriminalized by the High Court legalizing homosexuality?

Section 144 Section 377 Section 498a Section 121 Answer

21.
Who among the following drafted the Hindu Code Bil in 1949 proposing substantial rights to women?

Babasaheb Ambedkar Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Ram Jethmalani Muthulakshmi Reddy Answer

22.
Whowasthefirstwomanjudge oftheSupremeCourt ofIndia?


Sujata V. Manohar Fathima Beevi RumaPal Leila Seth Answer
23. Who wrote The Second Sex?
Kate Millett Sojourner Truth Betty Friedan Simone de Beauvoir Answer
24.
Who among the following was associated with Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement?

Maneka Gandhi Sheila Dixit Kiran Bedi Vandana Shiva Answer

25.
The leader ofthe Bahujan Samaj Party, Mayawati currently holds the position of:


ChiefMinister Member ofRajyaSabha Governor None ofthe above Answer

PART-B
Write short notes on any four ofthe following.
1.
Women's magazines

2.
Women in conflict zones

3.
Special Economic Zones and gender

4.
Representation ofwomen in television serials

5.
Queer politics in India

6.
Women in call centres

7.
Trafficking ofwomen

8.
Superwoman syndrome



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PART-C

Write an Essay on any two ofthe following: (2x15=30)
1.
How do globalized ideas of fashion and the body impact women belonging to different castes, communities and regions? Discuss with reference to contemporary contexts.

2.
The discipline of science is premised on objectivity, yet women within the field remain largely invisible. Provide a reasoned critique.

3.
What are the social and cultural determinants of women in leadership positions in the corporate sector?

4.
Write an essay on the role of women in a local movement in India against the state/globalization!environmental intrusion.

5.
Write an essay on the idea of 'Bharat Mata' (Mother India) and how it has been used in dominant cultural discourses, textbooks and visual media.