1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Feminist Theory

Feminist Theory treats women as the central subject of investigation.

Feminist Theory promotes activism on behalf of women.

Feminist Theory is multicultural in orientation.

Feminist Theory advocates a linear understanding of the historical experiences of women.

2. What is central in the different approaches of feminism

i. Women and their existential situation as central to social progress.
ii. In all historically recorded societies, men appear to have absolute power over women.
iii. Existential state of women can be changed.
iv. Women will never be released from the clutches of age-old slavery.

Codes
ii, iii and iv

ii and iii only

ii only

i and iii only

3. Which of the following acknowledges that women experience oppression in a variety of ways according to class, race, ethnicity, region and sexual preference

Cultural materialism

Inter sectionality theory

Socialist feminism

Liberal feminism

4. feminists seek to expand the characteristic of Feminist Theory rights of women through legislation.


Radical

Liberal

Socialist

Capitalist


5. Androgynous persons show activism on behalf of women. traits.

Positive masculine and feminine

Negative masculine

Positive feminine

Positive masculine
6. 'Nature' as the 'Feminine Principle' is reflection of ideas from which feminism

Post modern feminism

Marxist feminism

Eco feminism

Liberal feminism

7. Mark the correct answer about Women's Studies from the following

i. It is narratives of women by women.

ii. It is a Social Science.

iii. It is collection of Studies on Women issues.

iv. It is an academic discipline.

Codes
iii and iv only

ii and iii only

iv only

ii and iv only

8. When a researcher assumes a role in the group under study and maintains a low profile as observer is known as

Observation

Non-participant observation

Quasi-participant observation

Participant observation


9. What among the following does make the first Women's Studies Centre in India an unique one

i. Direct concern of UGC for the establishment of the Centre.
ii. It was started in a Women's University.
iii It was initiated by the University itself.
iv UGC saw the centre as an adjunct to Women's Education. Mark the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes

ii and iv


ii, iii and iv


iv only


ii and iii only



10. Write the descending sequence of the Feminist Movement in the world relating to the Adult Franchise. Match the List I with List II
List I (Countries) List II (Movement)

Britain i. Second wave feminism
United States of America ii. National Freedom Movement
India iii. Quaker Movement
French iv. Suffrage Movement

Codes


i ii iii iv


iii iv i ii


iv iii ii i


i ii iv iii



11. Match the List I with List II

List I List II
Action Research i. Questionnaire
Qualitative Data ii. Planning and Launching Programme
Exploratory Research iii. Analysis of Insights
Quantitative Data iv. Oral History
Codes


ii iv iii i

ii iii iv i


i ii iv iii


iii iv ii i



12. Which one of the following is not a bar diagram
Broken Bars

Histograms

Pie-Diagrams

Deviation Bars



13. The year 1961 in India was famous for passing an Act for

Punishing rapist


Banning female foeticide


Prevention of Domestic Violence


Prohibition of Dowry



14. Which State has the lowest child sex ratio

Haryana


Punjab


Gujarat


Rajasthan

15. Which of the following statements regarding the Parliamentary Committee on Women are correct
i. The members of the Committee are nominated by the Minister for Women and Child Development.
ii. The Minister for Women and Child Development is the ex-officio member of the Committee.
iii. The Committee has members from both the Houses of Parliament.
iv. The Chairperson of the Committee is appointed by the Speaker.

Codes

i and iv


iii and iv


i and ii


ii and iii



16. Union Territory with lowest sex ratio

Chandigarh

Delhi


Daman and Diu


Pondicherry



17. Write the sequence of the following Acts in descending order

i. The Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act.
ii. The Factories Act
iii. The Maternity Benefit Act
iv. The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act
Codes


ii, iii and iv


ii, iv, iii and i


iii, ii, iv and i


iv, iii, ii and i



18. Match List I with List II
List I (Schools of Feminist Thought) List II (Ideologies)

Socialist i. Resistance to heterosexual relationship
Liberal ii. Economic Independence
Marxist iii. Right to vote for women
Radical iv. Attack on bourgeois morality

Codes

i ii iv iii


ii iii iv i


ii iii i iv


iii i iv ii



19. Identify the reasons for the existence of wage gap between males and females

i. The education level of employed women has been lower than that of employed men.
ii. Women's stock of human capital is high.
iii. Women are specialised in traditional skills.
iv. Women's market skills decline when they remain out of labour force.
Codes

i and ii are correct.


ii, iii and iv are correct.


iii and iv are correct.


iii and iv are correct.



20. Arrange the following chronologically

i. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.
ii. Convention on the Political Rights of Women.
iii. Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency Armed Conflict.
iv. Optional Protocol to CEDAW
Codes

ii, iii, iv

ii, iv, iii

iii, ii, iv

iv, ii, iii


21. TAI stands for

Technology Achievement Index


Technology Assessment Indicator


Technological Average Index


Technological Awareness Indicator



22. The purpose of providing education to women is to

i. Enhance their self-image.
ii. Enhance their knowledge for marital success.
iii. Enable them to think critically and participate in decision-making.
iv. Enable them to play their traditional role effectively.
Codes

ii, iii and iv


ii and iii only


ii, iii and iv only


i and iii only



23. Which one of the following is a disadvantage of Cluster sampling

Variation of cluster size may increase the bias


It can cover large population and large areas.

Cost of this method is much less.


It does not take more time.



24. Write the reasons for deficit of female births.

i. Deficit of female births, deaths from excess female mortality due to son preference.
ii. Poor institutions of public health and service delivery causes a heavy burden on girls and women.
iii. Poor sanitation and water supply.
iv. HIV/AIDS risks have compounded the deaths of women.
Codes

ii, iii and iv only


i and iv only


ii, iii and iv only


ii, iii and i only



25. Who was the Founder of Social Welfare Board in India

Raja Ram Mohan Roy


Durgabai Deshmukh


Sarojini Naidu


Saraladevi Choudharani



26. Who advocate the concept of 'Comparable-worth discrimination' in relation to women's work

Treiman and Hartmann


Kraut and Luna


Marshall


Gary Becker



27. What is the correct expansion of ICRW

International Committee on Research of Women


International Centre for the Research on Women


International Conference on Research of Women


International Committee for Research on Women



28. The life expectancy at birth for females in low-income countries rose from

45 years to 70 years


50 years to 80 years


60 years to 67 years


48 years to 69 years



29. "Women now represent 40% of the global labour force, 43% of the world agricultural labour force and more than ½ of the World's University Students' stated by which report

United National Development Report, 2012


World Development Report, 2012


Human Development Report, 2012


Gender Development Report, 2012


30. Punishment for gang rape under Section 376 D of IPC is

Death Sentence


Rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than 20 years


Rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than 20 years but which may extend to life, meaning the remainder of that person's natural life.


Rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life and liable to fine.



31. The institutional manifestations of patriarchy can be seen in

i. Media
ii. Medical health practices and systems
iii. Political process
iv. Government and its various areas of control
Codes

ii and iii are correct.


iii and iv are correct.


ii, iii and iv are correct.


only ii is correct.



32. Which Article of the Constitution makes the Right to Education a Fundamental Right

Article 19

Article 39

Article 21 A

Article 51 A



33. Identify the reason for feminization of employment in global agriculture from the following

A change from traditional crops to sericulture.


A change from traditional crops to horticulture, floriculture, protein-rich meats and processed foods.


A change in food markets.


A change from traditional crops to sericulture and multi culture.



34. National Policy for Senior Citizens was made in

2012

2009

2011

2013



35. Arrange the following chronologically

i. SAARC convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for prostitution.
ii. Convention on the Nationality of Married Women.
iii. United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
iv. Maternity Protection Convention
Codes

ii, iii, iv


ii, iv, iii


iii, ii, iv


iii, ii, iv



36. Random sample technique is more applicable if the target population is

Homogeneous


Heterogeneous


Both Homogeneous and Heterogeneous


Heterogeneous across set and age only



37. The most essential step in making interview, a successful method of data collection is

Appropriate interview schedule


Arranging secondary information on the topic of research


Establishing rapport with the respondents.


Having accurate research design



38. Match the List I with the List II

List I List II

Power-over i. Motivation


Power-to ii. Domination


Power-with iii. Enabling to solve


Power- iv. Organising for within community work


Codes


i ii iii iv


ii iii iv i


iii ii i iv


iv i iii ii



39. Assertion Entrepreneurship among women in small scale sector is gradually increasing.

Reason There is positive and favourable environment in the society for promoting entrepreneurship among women.
Codes

Both and are true and is correct explanation for


Both and are true and is not correct explanation for


Both and are false.


is false and is true.



40. The National Commission for Women has initiated 'Mahila Adhikar Abhiyan'. Identify the incorrect answer about the Abhiyan

i. It seeks to empower Dalit andTribal Women only.
ii. It seeks to empower with information about their entitlements.
iii. The campaign aims to empowerwomen of rural and remote areas of the country about various government schemes.
iv. This programme was implemented exclusively in four States viz., Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Kerala.
Codes

ii, iii and iv only


ii and iii only


i only


iv and ii only



41. M.S. Rao distinguishes three levels of structural changes in a social movement.

Revolution, Reformation and Transformation


Transformation, Reformation and Revolution


Reformation, Transformation and Revolution


Revolution, Evolution and Transformation



42. Gross Enrolement Ratio of girls in Higher Education (2012) is

20.9 percent

16.5 percent

18.8 percent

17.4 percent



43. The demand for skilled workers in which sector will be more by 2015

Auto Sector


Construction Sector


Health Care Sector


Banking and Financial Services



44. Which factor is responsible for low status of women in India

Changes in the family system

Female foeticide


Patriarchal system for society


Women liberation movement



45. Assertion Entrepreneurship Development Training Programmes are encouraging women to start their own enterprises.

Reason Many Institutions and Organisations are imparting Entrepreneurship Development Training Programmes.
Codes

Both and are correct, is correct explanation of


is false and is correct and is not a correct explanation of


Both and are false.


is true and is false.



46. Percentage of Main Female Workers to Total Workers (2011) is

59.6


65.1


54.7


78.4



47. Gender Parity Index at the Higher Education Level (2012) is

1.01


.99


.79


.86



48. The year 1961 in India is famous for passing an Act for

Banning Female Foeticide


Prevention of Domestic violence


Prohibition of Dowry


Stopping Child Marriage



49. Match List I with List II
List I (Leader) List II (Political Party)

Jayalalitha i. Congress


Mamta ii. TMC Bannerjee


Sonia Gandhi iii. BSP


Mayawati iv. AIADMK


Codes


iv ii i iii


ii iv i iii


iii i ii iv


iii ii iv i



50. Vulnerable women can protect themselves from their HIV/AIDS infected husbands by adopting which one of the following
Anti-Retroviral Therapy


Injection Drug Use


CD4 Test


Female Condom



51. Match the List I with List II

List I(Aims) List II (Movements)

Fighting alcoholism i. Chipko Movement
Widow Remarriage ii. Narmada Bachao Movement
Awareness on Forest Protection iii. Anti-Arrack Movement
Rehabilitation of displaced persons iv. Social Reform Movement
Codes



iii iv i ii

i iii ii iv


ii iv i iii


i ii iii iv



52. Percentage of rural female marginal workers of total workers in India (2011) is

41.8


60.5


69.4


44.4



53. What is the development agenda of the Panches and Sarpanches to bring change in India

Nutrition, education, health, water and employment


Dowry problems, environment issues and reproductive health


Day care centres, old age homes, orphanages


Water, employment and power supply

59.6

65.1

54.7

78.4




54. Mark the correct answer about the personal laws that govern women

i. The Hindu Succession Act
ii. The Maternity Benefit Act
iii. Custody and Guardianship Act
iv. Equal Remuneration Act
Codes

ii and iii only


i and iv only


i and iii only


ii and iii only



55. Which State has the highest percentage of Women MPs

Uttar Pradesh


Maharashtra

Madhya Pradesh


West Bengal



56. "Equal access to education for women and girls will be ensured" this was stated in the

National Policy 1992 on Education


National Policy 2001 for the Empowerment of Women


National Policy 1986 of Education


National Adult 1978 Education Programme



57. National Adult Education Programme is based on

Selective approach


Mass approach


Area approach


Mass as well as selective approach



58. Match List I with List II

List I List II
Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls i. Ujjawala
Scheme for Women in Difficult Circumstances ii. SABLA
Scheme for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Victims of Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation iii. Swayamsiddha
Holistic Empowerment of Women in a sustainable manner iv. Swadhar

Codes


i ii iv iii


ii iv i iii


iii iv i ii


iv ii i iii



59. First Indian Women to win a medal in an Olympic event

Kiran Bedi


Karnam Malleshwari


Mc Mary Kom

P.T. Usha


60. Assertion Female literacy is improved at all levels of education.

Reason There is still a high rate of SC/ST female drop outs in school education.
Codes

Both and are true.


is true and is false.


Both and are true and

is the correct explanation of


is false and is true.



61. Assertion Sex discrimination creates a pay gap for women workers in the un organised sector.

Reason Employers follow the cultural beliefs of the society and devalue women's work.
Codes

is true and is false.


Both and are false.


is false and is true.


Both and are true, is the correct explanation for



62. Assertion Documentation of sex-disaggregated data is essential for women's development.

Reason Collection and presentation of sex-disaggregated data is not necessary to prepare suitable policies for women.
Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation for


Both and are true and is not the correct explanation of


Both and are false.


is true and is false.



63. Assertion In many of the advertisements women's body, smile, curves are used only as commodities to sell other commodities.

Reason No doubt a bare female body attracts but it is by no means creative advertising.
Codes

is false, is true.


is true, is false.


Both and are true and is not the correct explanation for


Both and are false and


is the correct explanation for

64. Assertion The phenomenon of prostitution is largely concentrated in large cities.

Reason Women enter prostitution to get relief from economic distress, both individual and familial.
Codes

Both and are wrong but is the explanation of


is correct but is wrong and is not the correct explanation of


Both and are correct and is the correct explanation of


is wrong but is correct and is not the correct explanation of


65. Assertion Everyday thousands of women and teenaged girls in India become victims of trafficking.

Reason Rural women and girls are under the grip of large scale unemployment, poverty and dowry demand.
Codes

is false and is correct.


Both and are correct and is the correct explanation for


Both and are false.


Both and are correct and is not the correct explanation for



66. SEWA was started in

1977


1972


1970


1971



67. Assertion One of the reasons for honour killing is inter-caste and inter-religious marriage.

Reason Women and men willing to marry beyond own caste and religion are to be discouraged.
Codes

is true, is false and is not the correct explanation for


is false, is true and is the correct explanation for


Both and are true and is not the correct explanation for


Both and are false.



68. Dalit women face triple discrimination. Identify the correct one.

Economic, social and political status


Caste, class and gender status


Religion, caste and political status


Ethnic, communal and political status



69. Which of the following is an agency of socialization
Social stratification


Society


Family


Community



70. Which Report highlights the persistent gap between women's expanding capabilities and limited opportunities

Concept and Measurement of Human Development, 1990


Global Dimension of Human Development, 1992


Gender and Human Development, 1995


Globalisation with a Human Face, 1999



71. The members of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee constituted by the Government of India were

Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Sujata Manohar and Justice Leila Seth


Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Krishna Iyer and Justice Sujata Manohar


Justice Fatima Beevi, Justice Leila Seth and Justice J.S. Verma


Justice J.S. Verma, Justice Leila Seth and Gopal Subramanium


The politics of language has played an important role in promoting and strengthening the subordination of women, especially in highly stratified societies. In India, the virtual invisibility of women inSocial Science literature, agriculturalSciences/Economics as well as national planning and the educational process could certainly be traced to the gradualdis appearance (from non-use of a feminine form in the word for peasants indifferent Indian languages when such forms continued for all the traditional artisanal or service sector occupations(barber, weaver etc.) The loss of this vocabulary is symptomatic of the processes unleashed in colonial India. It is well-known that agricultural surplus was the primary source of 'revenue' earning in colonial India. The marginalisation of women in the "official" records of the Department of Revenue and Agriculture highlights the "erasure" of women from the most visible domain of economic activity and the patriarchal bias that went into the casting of the Indian peasant as male. Contradictorily, the Indian Census recorded decade after decade that the largest numbers of women workers were in agriculture, sometimes outnumbering men in the category of landless agricultural labourers. Terms like gender gap/disparities, gender-main streaming reflect a lack of understanding that subordination of women has been an advancing process historically a dynamic that is by no means over for all. To suggest that all that is required is for women to catch up with men is to ignore or underplay the transformative role of the ideology and agenda of the "Gender Revolution" of the twentieth century. In other regions, such criticisms came from women's organisations, occasionally from under-resourced and ill-equipped State agencies(for example Commissions) who complained of their status as unwanted children by the mainstream of governance.

72. The marginalization of women in the official records of the Department of Revenue and Agriculture is due to

Patriarchal bias in the existing vocabulary.


Gender disparities


Gender bias in women's organizations


Status of women as unwanted children.


73. Invisibility of women in national planning is due to

Largely women indulge in unpaid work.


Women are landless labourers.


Women only do the supportive work for men.


The lack of feminine vocabulary for women's occupations.


74. "The subordination of women has been an advancing process historically" cannot be understood by the terms like

i. Gender Gap
ii. Gender Disparities
iii. Gender Mainstreaming
iv. Gender Revolution
Codes

iii iv only

ii, iii iv

i ii only

ii, iii only


75. Assertion The politics of language has promoted and strengthened the sub ordination of women in stratified societies.

Reason Large number of women workers have been in the category of landless agricultural labourers.
Codes

Both and are correct and(R) is the correct explanation of


is correct but is wrong and is not the correct explanation of


Both and are correct and is not the correct explanation of


Both and are wrong and is the correct explanation of