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Subject women studies
Paper paper 2
Exam / Course ugc net national eligibility test
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Organization university grants commission
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Exam Date December, 2015
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Question Paper

1 Who was one of the first feminists to write on pornography

Ruth Vanita

Carole Gilligam

Miriam Shiver

Susem Griffin

2 Feminist research actively seeks to remove the power imbalance between

Patriarchy and feminism

Researcher and subject

Social inclusion and power relationship

Power and politics

3 What is correct about feminist and participatory approaches of research
Both agree that the voices of the marginal groups in traditional research were not taken care of.
Both believe in diversity in society as well as in the construction of social knowledge.
Both pose a challenge to the conventional disciplinary boundaries.
Both question the notion that traditional social research was value free.
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4 Linguist sexism is a problem studied primarily by analysts using perspective.

Feminist

Interactionist

Functionalist

Conflict

5 Among the following liberal feminist who had the view that "so long as a woman is permitted to enter and leave the labour market at will, she is fully liberated"

J.S. Mill

Harriet Taylor

Betty Friedan

Elizabeth Holtzman

6 Assertion :Women's studies began with high hopes about the transformative potential of new knowledge to remove invisibility of women.

Reason :Women's studies failed to realize that knowledge is not enough to counter centuries of prejudice, inbuilt biases and rigid ways of thinking.

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Both and are true

Both and are false

Both and are true, is the correct explanation for

is true is false

7 Who made the statement "women are not powerless because they are faminine, rather they are feminine because they are powerless, because it is a way of dealing with the requirements of subordination"

Eve Ensler

Sarojini Naidu

Kathy E. Fergoson

Sherry Ortner

8 Which is not correct about Gender responsive Budget

Gender Budgeting does not seek to create a separate Budget but to provide affirmative action to address the specific needs of women.

Gender Budgeting is an accounting exercise or say a process to ensure that benefits of development should reach all the minorities.

Gender Budgeting involves dissection of the Government budget to establish its gender­differential impacts and to translate gender commitments into budgetary commitments.

Gender Budgeting entails maintaining a gender perspective at various stages like programmes/policy formulation etc.


9 Who argued that "The inferior position of women is attributed to the institution of private property"

Karl Mark

Dalla Costa

Clara Zetkin

Engels

10 In which data collection technique, the researcher has the maximum degree of personal involvement with the respondents

Unstructured interview

Structured interview

Participant observation

Mailed Questionnaire

11 Honour killing has been explained as a brutal and barbaric death meeted out to a woman on bringing dishonour to the family, class or community by
marrying against the wishes of the parents.
having extra marital and pre­marital relations
entering into a wedlock within the same gotra or outside one's caste or community
violating the social codes laid down by the caste panchayats
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12 What is covered in 'sexual harassment at work place'
Sexual comments
Physical advances
Demands for sexual favour
Exposure to pornography
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13 In 2000, the UN security council passed resolution 1325 that call for

The exclusion of women from all combating forces, both in military and para­military structures.

The full and equal participation of women in all peace and security initiatives.

Women's equal participation in efforts' of war.

The exclusion of men from all peace building processes.

14 Match List I and List II

List I(Women entrepreneurs) List II (Designation)

Indira Nooyi and CEO ICICI Bank
Naica Lal Kidwai (ii)Chairperson and CEO PEPSICO
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (iii)Country head, HSBC, India
Chanda Kocher Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited

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15 Arrange the following in chronological order of their implementation
PCPNDT Act
MTP Act
Child Marriage Restraint Amendment Act
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act
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16 Assertion :Social entrepreneurs seek to transform societies at large rather than transforming their profit margin.

Reason :The Internet and social networking websites have been used as a pivotal resources for the success of social entrepreneurship.
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Both and are false

is true is false

Both and are true is not the correct explanation for

Both and are true is the correct explanation for

17 Arrange in sequence the steps in the construction of Index in Research
Selecting possible items
Scoring the index
Examining the empirical relationship
Index validation
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18 Self Help Groups are
Urban­town based financial intermediary committees of 10­12 local­women and men.
Fast emerging as a promising tool for promoting income generating enterprise.
An informal arrangement for credit supply to the poor.
A viable alternative to achieve objectives of rural development through community participation.
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19 Match List I with List II

List I (Concept) List II (Meaning)

Gender Redistribution Policies Do not distinguish between the different needs to women and men in their formation and implementation.
Gender Roles Aims to transform the existing distribution of resources and responsibilities in order to create a more equal relationship between women and men.
Gender Division of Labour Learned behaviour in a given society/ community, or other special groups that condition activities, tasks and responsibilities are perceived as male and female.
Gender Blind Policies Allocation of different jobs or types of work to men and women usually by tradition or culture.

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20 Male stereo types projected in the media include
real man, successful
athletic, Mr. Muscle
Seducer with beautiful women by his side
Homosexual man
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21 Match the following

List I List II
National Policy on Older Persons 2001
National Policy on Empowerment of Women 1986
National Policy on Education 2014
National .outh Policy 1999

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22 Urban Work Force Participation Rate of females in India (2011) is

25%

17.8%

15.4%

29%

23 Match List I and List II

List I List II
Equal protection of men and women Act
Prohibition of discrimination on Act 1. grounds of religion/caste/sex
Prohibition of discrimination at work place Act 15
Provision of reservation in employment for Act 14 backward class citizens
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24 Which of the following statement is not an exposure of 'androcentric bias' in research

Recording the experience of female only

Assuming what applies to males as equally applicable to females

Considering the experience of men as more important

Considering the image of man for human beings

25 Arrange chronologically the following Schemes/Policy of Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ujjawala
Support to Training and Employment Programme
National Mission for Empowerment of Women
National Early Childhood Care and Education Policy
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26 Assertion Gender based violence leads to devastating and long term mental and physical malfunctioning in women and can even lead to death.

Reason Inter ventional and psychological therapies are needed to help women experiencing violence.
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Both and are correct and is the correct explanation for

Both and are wrong

Both and are correct but is not the correct explanation for

is correct but is wrong

27 Which of the following is not correct about Ecofeminism

Believes that there is a direct connection between oppression of nature and subordination of women.

Focus on patriarchal oppression and social constructions relating to women and environment.

Women are closer to nature than men.

Connections between environment and women are due to the gender division of labour

28 Match List I with List II

List I(Name of the Author) List II (Name of the Books)

Simon de Beauvoir A Vindication of the Rights of Women
J.S. Mill The Dialectic of Sex
Mary Wollstonecraft The Subjection of Women
Shulamith Firestone The Second Sex

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29 Which of the following is correct

Sustainable Development Goals have 1. Goals and 15. Targets

Sustainable Development Goals have 12 Goals and 1.. Targets

Sustainable Development Goals have 1. Goals and 1.. Targets

Sustainable Development Goals have 1. Goals and 1.. Targets

30 Which countries have highest ranks in Gender Related Development Index according to 2014

Scandinavian Countries
European Countries
Asian Countries Latin American Countries

31 Match List I with List II

List I List II
Foetus Failure to conceive after at least one year of unprotected coitus.
Fertilization Product of conception starting from completion of embryonic development (at 8 completed weeks after fertilization) until birth or abortion.
Gamete Penetration of the ovum by the spermatozoon and fusion of genetic materials resulting in the development of zygote.
Infertility Oocytes and sperms.

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32 Which of the following pair is not correctly matched

Neonatal Mortality ­Deaths occurring the first four weeks after birth

Perinatal Mortality ­Deaths in the first week of life after birth

Fetal Death ­Death of foetus after 2. or more weeks of gestation

Post Neonatal Death ­Death between 2.th day of life and first birth day

33 Match List I with List II

List I(Data source for policy formulation etc List II (Areas)

NSSO Principal data collecting, processing and dissemination agency that also monitors and supervises the National Statistical System.
CSO It is a focal agency of the government of India in the area of developmental planning and program implementation.
NFHS Ministry of Health and family welfare in collaboration with the Registrar General of India collect data concerning TFR, IMR and MMR.
AHS Large scale multi­round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India.

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34 "Corporate company's sense of responsibility towards the community and environment" is known as

Social Entrepreneurship

Corporate Community Network

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Community Responsibility

35 Assertion :Gendered discrimination is multi dimensional, therefore complex to tackle at any one level.

Reason :Bias is rampant in the Indian Socio­economic structure since the Vedic times and therefore deep rooted.
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Both and are correct, but is not an explanation for

Both and are wrong

is correct and is wrong

Both and are correct is the correct explanation for

36 Assertion The globalisation process allowed different export processing zones (EPZs) who employ mostly young women and fire them first.

Reason In India women accounted for nearly .2 percent of the EPZ workers in the age 20­2. age group who are inexperienced and unaware of their women rights.
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is true and is false

Both and is true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true but is not the correct explanation of

is false and is true

37 Meira Paibi is

A movement

A self­help group

An association

A terrorist group

38 Which is correct about 'Values'
Values exist at different levels of generality of abstraction.
Values tend to be hierarchically arranged.
Values are explicit and implicit in varying degrees.
Values often are in conflict with each other.
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39 Match the List I (Women) and List II (their Fields of importance)

List I (Women) List II (Field of Importance)

Rita Banarji Winner of Sahitya Akademi award for Literature
Sarala Devi Choudarani Founder of the 50 Million Missing Campaign
Amrita Pritam Founder of Bharat Stree Mahamandal
Pandita Ramabai Social reformer in British India
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40 Justice Verma committee recomendations included
Voyerism is punishable with upto seven years in jail
All marriages in India should be mandatorily be registered
An eminent need to review the continuation of AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act)
Any officer who fails to register a case of rape reported to her/him or attempts to about its investigation commits a punishable offence
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41 UNIFEM's analysis of the feminist includes which group of "Seven

Power, Privilege, Permission, Paradox, Psychic Armour, Psychic Pressure Cooker and Past Experience

Patriarchy, Persistence, Psychological safeguard, Physiological well being, Privilege, Paradox and Past Experience

Patriarchal Power, Privilege, Permission, Paradox, Psychic Armour, Psychic Power Cooker (Masculinity) and Paradox

Power, Paradox, Permission, Past Experience, Physiological well being, Psychic Power and Privilege

42 Development was first identified as a process of expanding freedoms equally for all people by

Heidi Hartmann

Martha Nussbaum

Amartya Sen

Casandra Balchin

43 Which are the statutory bodies under the Ministry of Women and Child Development
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
National Commission for Women
Central Social Welfare Board
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
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44 Suggested amendments to the compulsory registration of marriage by the NCW are

Suitable amendment to the PCPNDT Act
To explore the possibility of amending the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1... in which provisions exist for voluntary registration of all marriages
Suitable amendment of the Hindu Marriage Act 1.55
It could be modeled on the provisions of the Parsee Marriage and Divorce Act 1.3.
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45 What is the name of the scheme which was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to combat trafficking on 4th December, 200. and is being implemented mainly through NGOs. The scheme has five components ­Prevention, Rescue, Rehabitation, Re­Integration and Repatriation of trafficked victims for commercial sexual exploitation.

Ujjawala

SABLA

Swadhar

Swa­shakti

46 Percentage increase in literacy rate in India among females from 2001 to 2011 census is

15%

10%

22%



47 Who was the author of the book, Decade of Women's Movement in India'

Vandana Shiva

Neera Desai

Vina Mazumdar

Bina Agarwal

48 Match the List I with List II

List I (Theories) List II (Name of feminists)

Cyborg Gayatri Spivak
Transversal Politics Nira­.uval Davis
Strategic Essentialism Patricia Hill Collin
The partiality of stand points Donna Haraways
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49 The Ministry of Women and Child Development formulated the National Policy on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in

(1)2011

2012

2013

2014

50 The 'One Stop Centres' will be providing the following services to the victims of Gender based violence
Medical assistance
Police assistance
Financial assistance
Counselling
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