1. Which feminist thought suggests that gender equality can be realized by eliminating the cultural notion of gender

(A)Socialist feminism


(B)Post modern feminism


Radical feminism


(D)Neo classical feminism



2. AYUSH is a part of Health Programme.

(A)NFHS


(B)NRHM


(C)RCH


(D)NACO



3. Gender Roles

(A)are result of differences in biological aptitude.


(B)are roles ascribed by men and women.


(C)roles assigned by the society to each sex.


(D)roles assigned by the society to men.



4. Who was the first Indian Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State

Smt. Jayalalitha


(B)Sheila Dikshit


(C)Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani


(D)Sarojini Naidu



5. Choose the correct expansion of UNIFEM

(A)United Nations Development Fund for Women


(B)United Nations International Fund for Women


(C)United Nations International Fund for Education of Women


(D)United Nations Development Fund for Education of Women



6. Which one of the given issues is not raised by the women's organisations in the post independence period

(A)Lack of maternity benefit.


(B)Lack of child care provisions.


(C)Wage discrimination between men and women.


(D)Replacement of male workers with female workers.



7. Match the List I (Authors) with List II (Books)

List I List II

a.Juliet 1. The History of Mitchell Doing

b.Radha 2. The Second Sex Kumar

c.Maithreyee 3. Women's Estate Choudari

d.Simone de 4. Indian Women's Beauvoir Movement


Codes
a b c d

1 4 2


4 1 2


1 2 3


1 3 4



8. Arrange the chronological sequence of the legislations according to their year of enactment

i. Domestic Violence Bill
ii. Juvenile Justice Act
iii. Child Labour (Prohibition and Protection) Act
iv. National Commission for Women Act

Codes

iv, ii, i


ii, iv


ii, iii


ii, iii, iv

9. Among the following pair which is not correctly matched

(A)Krishna Teerath Minister for Women and Child Welfare


Medha Eco-Feminist Patkar


Jayanti Chairperson, NCW Patnaik


Vandana Booker Prize Shiva Winner



10. Assertion In India, large percentage of women can not take decision independently not even related to their own life.

Reason In India, large percentage of women do not have political power.

Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation for


(B)Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation for


(C)Both and are false.


is true, is false.



11. Which States have Literacy Rate above 90% as per 2011 census

(A)Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram


(B)Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram


(C)Kerala, Manipur, Goa


(D)Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram



12. Assertion Teaching of feminism and women's studies in India has been depending on western feminist theory.

Reason The body of theoretical knowledge based on empirical research have not been established in India.

Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation for


(B)Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation for


(C)Both and are false.


(D)Both and are true.



13. Arrange the following chronologically according to the year

i. New Population Policy of India
ii. Towards Equality
iii. National Empowerment Policy for Women.
iv. Shram Shakti Report

ii iii iv


iii i iv


i ii iii


iv i iii



14. According to the Marriage Act, in which year the minimum age at marriage has been raised to 18 years for girls

(A)1961


(B)1981


(C)1975


(D)1978



15. Assertion Mental health is an important dimension of women's health.

Reason Mental health is viewed as interface between domestic violence and health.

Codes

(A)Both and are false.


(B)Both and are true.


is false, is true.


is false, is true.



16. Reproductive rights include the rights of all individual and couples

i. Reproduction free of discrimination.
ii. Reproduction without coercision and violence.
iii. Reproduction without wedlock.
iv. Reproduction without safe motherhood.

Codes

and iv only correct.


and iii only correct.


and ii only correct.


ii and iv only correct.

17. Marxist feminist attempt to explain how

i. gender relations operate in a society.
ii. gender relations are universal.
iii. gender relations are connected with processes of production and reproduction.
iv. gender relations are crucial for property.

Codes

and iii only


ii, iv only


iii, iv only


and iv only



18. Assertion Gender budgeting focuses on women.

Reason Nearly two third of illiterate people in the world are women.

Codes

(A)Both and are false.


is true, is false.


(C)Both and are true.


(D)Both and are true and the correct explanation for



19. Match List I (Thinkers) with List II(View)

List I List II

a.Clara Zetkin,Juliet Mitchel 1. Liberty of education and employment

b.Jane Flax,Margaret Benston 2. Women's work outside home and domestic work

c. Mary Wollstone Craft, Betty Friedan 3. Equality in terms of women's rights for reproduction

d.Kate Millet,Mary Daly 4. Equality with reference to masculine and feminine traits

Codes
a b c d

1 2 4


2 4 3


2 3 4


2 1 4



20. Friedrich Engels in his book "The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State", said

(A)Women's sub-ordination was biological.


(B)The overthrow of mother right constituted the world historic defeat of the female sex.


(C)Biology is destiny.


(D)Invisibility of women's work in pre-history period.



21. Assertion Laws do not automatically change social structure.

Reason Laws are generally improperly enforced and are subject to the executive control of the State.

Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation for


(B)Both and are true, and is not the correct explanation for


(C)Both and are false.


is true, is false.



22. Which is not the form of qualitative research

(A)Case study


(B)Oral history


(C)Survey


(D)Focus group discussion



23. What is the expansion for IWRAW

(A)Indian Women's Association for Women's Rights.


(B)International Women's Rights Action Watch.


(C)International Women's Rights and Welfare Association.


(D)Indian Women's Rights Action Watch.

24. Among the following which pair is not correctly matched

(A)Women in -Neera Desai Modern India


(B)Manushi -Madhu Kishwar


(C)Second Stage -BettyFriedan


(D)Women and -Uma Society Chakravarti



25. List out the group of autonomous organisations under Ministry of Women and Child Development

(A)NIPCCD, NCW, CSWB


(B)NIPCCD, CSWB, DWCRA


RMK, NRHM


NIPCCD, NRHM



26. Among the following pair which is correctly matched

(A)Sarala Devi Founder of Chaudhuri Bharat Stree Mahamandal



Kamala Devi- Founder of Chattopadhyay Indian Association for Women's Studies



Vina Founder of Mazumdar Women India Association



(D)Sarojini Naidu Founder of National Council for Women


27. Assertion Women and girls bear more consequences of gender basedviolence as compared with that of men.

Reason Women and girls are the primary target for gender based violence.

Codes

(A)Both and are false.


is true, is false.


(C)Both and are true, is the correct explanation for


(D)Both and are true.



28. Arrange chronologically the following Chairpersons of National Commission for Women from present to past

(A)Mohini Giri, Jayanti Patnaik, Girija Vyas, Poornima Advani.


(B)Girija Vyas, Poornima Advani, Mohini Giri, Jayanti Patnaik.


(C)Girija Vyas, Jayanti Patnaik, Mohini Giri, Poornima Advani.


(D)Girija Vyas, Mohini Giri, Poornima Advani, Jayanti Patnaik.



29. Which pair of feminist advocated interactive methodology

(A)Margret Eichler and Rose Mary Tong


(B)Nancy Kleiber and Linda Light


(C)Mary Maynard and Arlie Russell


(D)Hanley and Marilyn J.



30. Arrange the chronological sequence of the establishments according to the year of their initiation.

i. Dept. of Women and Child Development
ii. National Perspective Plan for Women
iii. UGC-Centres for Women's Studies
iv. Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan

Codes

ii, iii, iv


iii, iv


ii, iv


iii, ii, iv



31. 'Women's Component Plan' was initiated in which five year plan

6th five year plan


(B)7th five year plan


(C)5th five year plan


(D)9th five year plan

32. Among the following which is not an objective of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh

advise the government on all policy matters affecting women.


promote the provision of micro credit to poor women.


demonstrate and replicate participatory approach in the organisation of women's group.


link with thrift and savings with credit.



33. Assertion The self help group of women have been found very effective in organizing and sensitizing women.

Reason The self help group of women are supported by educated women.

Codes

(A)Both and are true.


(B)Both and are false.


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



34. The chief barriers of female education in India are

i. Shortage of female teachers.
ii. Inadequate school facilities.
iii. Gender bias in school curriculum.
iv. Inadequate English schools.

Codes

ii only


ii, and iii only


only


and iv only



35. Which International Conference had the thrust on the concept of empowerment

(A)Mexico


Beijing


(C)Copenhagen


Nairobi



36. The Department of Women and Child Development provides for the schemes.

i. Short stay homes for women and girls.
ii. Hostels for working women.
iii. Condensed courses of education for elderly women.
iv. Family Counselling Centres.

Codes

ii, iii only


iii, and iv only


ii, and iv only


iii, only



37. Match the following from List I (Authors) and List II (Books)

List I List II

a. Pandita RamaBai 1. Recasting Women Essays in Colonial History
b. Neera Desai 2. High Caste Hindu Women
c. Sangari. K 3. Decade of Women's Movement in India
d. K. Jayawandana 4. Feminism and Nationalism in Third World

Codes
a b c d

3 1 4


3 2 4


2 1 3


1 2 3



38. Which Social Reformer viewed "The subjugation of women as an instrument for maintaining Brahminical dominance in Indian society"

(A)Jyotiba Phule


(B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy


(C)I.C. Vidya Sagar


(D)Karve


39. What are the indicators used for calculating the dimension long and healthy life' of Human DevelopmentIndex

i. 7+ Literacy Rate
ii. Infant Mortality Rate
iii. Life expectancy at age I
iv. Maternal Mortality Rate

Codes

ii, iii and iv are correct.


and iii are correct.


iii, and iv are correct.


only correct.



40. According to the National Rural Employment Gaurantee Act, the percentage of women beneficiaries shall be




75





100



41. Which article of the Constitution of India provides 'The State to make any special provision in favour of women and children'

(A)Article 14


Article 39


(C)Article 19


Article 15



42. Among the following which is not an ideology of feminism

(A)Identifying the existing social realities from the standpoint of women.


(B)Questioning the gender blindness of mainstream theories.


(C)Questioning the power of dominant classes.


(D)Promoting the replacement of dominant classes.



43. Women's studies became an academic discipline during

(A)Second wave feminism


(B)First wave feminism


Third wave feminism


(D)Fourth wave feminism



44. Name the Crèche Scheme introduced by the Ministry of Women and Child Development for the children of working mothers in 2006.

(A)Rajiv Gandhi National CrecheScheme


(B)Indira Gandhi National Creche Scheme


(C)Sishu Vikas Creche Scheme


(D)Jawahar National Creche Scheme



45. Queer theory relates to

i. gay and lesbian politics.
ii. question of usefulness of gendered binary distinctions.
iii. promotion of heterosexuality.
iv. promotion of sexual identities.

Codes

and iv only correct


ii and iv are correct


and ii are correct


ii, iii and iv are correct



46. Read the following paragraph and answer question numbers 46 to 50.

The increasing participation of women in the waged labour force has brought into focus a number of gender related issues, including inequality and sexual harassment at the work place. However, what constitutes sexual harassment, especially in the less severe form, is still being debated (Wise and Stanley, 1987, Ramazanoglu, 1987). The term sexual harassment, came first into use in 1974 during a Cornell University course on "Women and Work" in which women were encouraged to talk about their experiences in the work force (Farley, 1978 Unlike rape, sexual harassment had occurred for centuries without being named, as such (Bulsarnik, 1978, Backhouse and Cohen, 1978, Farley 1978, this has important implications. In Mc Kinnon's words lacking a teem to express it, sexual harassment was literally unspeakable which made a generalized shared and social definition of it inaccessible. The unnamed could not be mistaken for the non-existant.
That sexual harassment could be prevalent and yet nameless is a paradox. This may be understandable in the context of the private/public split, the "desexualization" of organisations, and "male sexual prerogative". The private/public division is featured prominently in much feminist literature. There it is viewed as crucial in understanding gender relation and power allocation between men and women and between adult and children (Elshtain, 1981. Stacey and Price 1981. Hamilton, 1978). Until this century men have dominated the public realm, women have been identified with the private realm, unpaid labour biological functions and nature (Sydie, 1988).This is not to say that men have not been also dominant in the private domain. The private/public split is crucial in understanding how sexuality view. As Hearn and Parkin comment. "Sexuality is often considered primarily biological and socially part of the private domain. Both these assumptions have been disputed." Until very recently organisations have been viewed as "desexualized" apparently inhabited, the words of Hearn and Parkin by " a bread of strange, a sexual eunuch figures". This portrayal, it is argued is partly related to the way organisational theorists have neglected the more general issue of gender. This avoidance has been described as "bizarre". In addition, the process of asexual portryal of organisation and their desexualization have involved a number of developments. These include Privatizing sexuality, rationality and control over the body and time.

46. According to Elshtain the use of private and public division in feminist literature is useful in

i. understanding gender relations between men and women.
ii. understanding power allocation between men and women.
iii. understanding the relations in private realm.
iv. understanding the relations in public realm.

Codes

(A)iii and iv only correct.


and iii only correct.


and ii only correct.


ii and iii only correct.



47. Assertion Sexuality is of ten considered primarily biological and socially the part of private domain.

Reason Men dominate over women in sexual relations.

Codes

is true, is false.


is true, is false.


and both are false.


and both are true.



48. The term 'Bizarre' is associated with

(A)inclusion of sexual harassment issues at workplace.


(B)exclusion of sexual harassment issues at workplace.


(C)desexualization of workplace.


(D)advocacy against sexual harassment at workplace.



49. Sexual harassment at work place prevalent and yet nameless because

i. of biological division of labour.
ii. of male sexual prerogative.
iii. of male dominance at work place.
iv. women do not accept sexual harassment as normal behaviour of men.

Codes

and ii are correct.


and iii are correct.


(C)iii and iv are correct.


ii and iii are correct.



50. What is the need for the term 'sexual harassment'?

i. Sexual harassment remained unspeakable for centuries.
ii. Sexual harassment being prevalent but nameless.
iii. Increased workforce participation of women in wage labour.
iv. Sexual harassment reduces the women's workforce participation.

Codes

and ii only correct.


ii and iii only correct.


(C)iii and iv only correct.


only correct.