1 How does women's studies affect students as individuals
Students get the scientific knowledge about the power relations between men and women.
Students get appraised of the feminist perspective of the social issues.
Women's studies courses are structured to encourage students to speak.
Women's studies creates a link between voice, empowerment, self- esteem and critical thinking.

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2 The objectives of the National Commission for women are
to review the Constitutional and legal safeguards for women.
to recommend remedial legislative measures for the cause of women.
to facilitate redressal of grievances of women.
to advise the government on all policy matters affecting women.

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3 Assertion Globalization promises to remove backwardness of women through a world wide exchange of information, investments and skills.
Reason The existing differences between women's and men's access to knowledge, skills and responsibilities lead to gender inequality.

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4 Match List I with List II
List I List II
(Sports women) (Sport)
Saina Nehwal Track and field
Anita Sood Badminton
Anju Bobby George Swimming
Koneru Hempy Chess

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5 What are the major components under the SABLA programme to empower adolescent girls in India
Nutrition
Non Nutrition
Money Cash Back
Shelter

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6 After tubectomy which part of the female reproductive system remains blocked

Uterus

Vagina

Fallopian tube

Cervical canal

7 Match List I with List II
List I List II
(Concepts) (Meaning)
Gender Segregation Individual's beliefs and actions that are rooted in anti-female prejudice and stereotype beliefs
Individual Sexism Process of learning the social expectations and attitudes associated with one's sex.
Gender socialisation Set of rules, both overt and implied, that discriminate against women and afford better opportunities to men at work
Institutional sexism Physical, Legal and Cultural separation of people according to their biological sex.

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8 Who said that women are producers first and are consumers next. Women as such "constitute a class which is responsible for the production of simple use values and whose activities are associated with home and family"

Jane Flax

Margaret Benston

Heidi Hartmann

Juliet Mitchell

9 Under which of the following Articles of the Constitution, does the state provide for free and compulsory education to all the children in the age group of 6-14 years

Article 21

Article 21A

Article 32

Article 14

10 Assertion All socio-political structures and institutions in all the civilized societies have been instrumental in reinforcing gender inequality.
Reason Women have been generally dubbed as 'non-political' 'non-productive', 'private' and 'emotional'

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11 Match List I with List II
List I List II
Misogyny Involving the treatment of the sexes socially and biologically discrete groups instead of treating them as overlapping characteristics
Androcentricity Hatred or dislike of women or girls
Androgyny View of world from a male perspective
Sexual Dichotomism The combination of masculine and feminine characteristics

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12 Which state has started the programme 'Mana Bhavita' in the year 2015

Jammu and Kashmir

Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

13 Match the List I with List II
List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
Simon de Beauvoir A Vindication of the Rights of women
John Stuart mill The Dialectic of sex
Mary Wollestonecraft (iii) The subjection of women
Shulamith Firestone The second sex

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14 Highest unmet need for family planning in women below 25 years of age is

Spacing the births

Limiting the births

Delaying the first pregnancy

Treatment of complications of contraceptive methods

15 Concept of deals with
How men look at women
How women look at themselves
How women look at other woman
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16 It is a method of instruction which encourages the transformation of students from passive recipients of knowledge to active knowers who see themselves as agents of social change.

Focussed Group Discussions

Androgogy

Pedagogy

Participant observation

17 Assertion School enrolments have shown an upward trend over the past decades yet retention and transitions to successive cycles of education are a matter of concern.
Reason Girls are often responsible for care of siblings, a chore that accounts for adolescent girls dropping out of schools.

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18 Transvestism requires a change of

sexual orientation

gender identity

clothes

anatomy

19 According to WHO, which one of the following is not a major criteria for AIDS

Weight loss more than 10%

Persistent cough for more than one months

Fever for more than one months

Diarrhoea for more than one months

20 Gender roles refer to
Chromosomal differences that cause inevitable differences in the behavior of men and women.
Hormonal differences that cause inevitable difference in the behavior of women.
The rights, responsibilities, expectation and relationships of women and men.
Subordination of women based on the assumption of superiority of men.

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21 Who wrote that
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. No biological, psychological or economic state determines the figure that the human female presents in society; it is civilisation as a whole that produces this creature, intermediate between male and eunuch, which is described as feminine, only the intervention of someone else can establish an individual as another

Karen Horney

Clara Thompson

Alfred Adler

Simone de Beauvoir

22 What is correct about survey research
It aims at collection of data related to social aspects of a community.
It can be census as well as sample based.
It is workable method of qualitative research.
It always collects information from each element in the population.

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23 The Criteria for Feminist Research is that
It understands that all research is essentially value driven and always results in some kind of new action or practice.
It is driven by the interests of the women whose problematic situation was the reason for raising the research question.
It questions the reproduction and perpetuation of power relationships that subordinate women
It is research that is conducted by women

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24 Match List I with List II
List I List II
Liberal Feminists The others
Post Modern Feminists Equal Rights approach
Socialist Feminists Ending of capitalism
Existentialist Feminists Deconstructionist approach

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25 Assertion Women are overloaded with work, value of which is not socially and economically recognised.
Reason The focus on monetary terms clearly downplays women's unpaid domestic work contribution.

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26 Vertical segregation in the labour market refer's to

Men and women being concentrated in different occupations in the labour market

Women combining paid employment with domestic labour

How gender interacts with social categories (ethinicity) to create division in the labour market

Men occuping higher positions than women in the same occupation

27 Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched

Kishori Sanooh group of average 15-25 Adolescent Girls from the village

ARSH -Adolescent reproduction and sexual health

Sakhi and Saheli -The adolescent girls who are selected from out of school and of the same group

ASHA -Association of scientific health activists

28 Economic abuse' under the protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 includes
disposal of household effects, any alienation of assests whether movable or immovable
deprivation of all or any economic or financial resources to which the agrieved person is entiled under law
prohibition on restrictions to continued access to resources on facilities which the agrieved person is entiled to
disposal of Stridhan or any other property jointly or separately owned by the agrieved person.

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29 Which is the first state to implement 50 percent quota for women in Panchayat Raj Institutions in the year 2005

Kerala

Assam

Bihar

Uttarakhand

30 Women are over represented because it often provides greater flexibility to meet family responsibilities.

Private sector

Public sector

Contingent

Semi skilled

31 Who said that
"The overthrow of mother right was the world historical defeat of the female sex. The man took the command in home also the woman was degraded and reduced to servitude she became the slave of his lust and a mere instrument for the production of his children"

Jane Flax

Margaret Benston

Michale Barrett

Frederick Engels

32 When did the shift in the approach from 'welfare to development' of women take place in the Indian planning

First Five Year Plan

Sixth Five Year Plan

Ninth Five Year Plan

Twelth Five Year Plan

33 Match List I with List II
List I List II
(Leading Social Entrepreneurs) (New Approaches)
Susan B. Anthony Founder of land gift movement (India)
Maria Montessori Fought for women's Rights
Florence Nightingale Invented Montessori early childhood education (Italy)
Acharya Vinoba Bhave Founder of Modern Nursing School

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34 Assertion Violation of women's human rights are often linked to their sexuality and reproductive roles.
Reason Women are frequently treated as commodities and are pushed into marriage, trafficking and sexual slavery.

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35 Match List I with List II
List I List II (Academicians) (Narratives)
Maithreyi Krishnaraj From Cycleshed to Powerhouse
Pam Rajput Being a woman is not enough
Regina Papa Crossing Boundary Politics
Surinder Jetley Blazing a Quarter Century Trail

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36 Match List I with List II
List I List II
Lalithambika Antharjavam Editor of 'stree swetcha', who launched an anti liquor movement and succeeded -in getting total prohibitions in a state in India in 1..4
Savitribai Phule Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and member Constituent Assembly of India and Planning Commission in India
Malladi Subbamma Indian Author and social reformer whose book 'Agnisakshi' won the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1976
Durgabai Deshmukh Indian Social reformer and Poet who played a significant role in improving women's rights during British rule

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37 Which of the following ILO convention deals with 'decent work for domestic workers'

169

183

159

189

38 Match List I with List II
List I List II
(Film Directors) (Name of films)
Mira Nair Monsoon wedding
Aparna Sen Fire
Shyam Bengal The Japanese wife
Deepa Mehta Ankur

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39 Match List I with List II
List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
Paulo Freire 'Pedagogy of the oppressed'
Patli Lather 'Getting smart Feminist Research and Pedagogy'
Bell Hooks 'Teaching to Trangress Education as the Practice of freedom'
Henry Giroux ON Critical Pedagogy

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40 In the 'Protection of children from sexual offences Act' 2012 a person abets an offence,
Instigates any person to do that offence
Intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the doing of that offence
Engages with one or more other person in any conspiracy for doing that offence
Protects the child from being a victim of the offence

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41 Which is the year of the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence

1989

1991

1995

1993

42 Match List I with List II
List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
Kate Millett The female Eunuch
Germaine Greer Sexual Politics
Simone De Beauvior The second sex
Robin Morgan Sisterhood is powerful

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43 Who is the author of the publication of the National Commission for Women 'The Unfinished Agenda' Towards Equality

Devaki Jain

C.P. Sujaya

Nirmala Banerjee

Sarla Gopalan

44 Which of the following falls in the category of third generation of human rights

Environmental Rights

Civil and Political Rights

Economic Rights

Social and cultural Right

45 Which of the following occupations has the largest gap between men and women at workplace

Personal Service Occupation

Skilled jobs

Administrative

Professional Occupations

46 Assertion Women's work is greatly undervalued in economic terms and it leads to a major gap in national income account system.
Reason The household and community work has an intrinsic use value that is not captured by its value for exchange

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47 Which status is a position in a social system that is beyond an individual's control

Achieved status

Ascribed status

Acquired status

Social status

48 Transgenders in India have fought for and got voting rights in the year

2002

2014

1994

1996

49 Match List I with List II
List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
Ester Boserup Patriarchy and Accumulation on a world scale women in the International Division of labour
Padmini Swaminathan Women's Role in Economic Development
Meira Mies Women and work
Devaki Jain and Pam Rajput Narratives from the women's studies family Recreating knowledge

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50 Which of the following is not correctly matched

KumKum Roy -Women in Early Indian Societies

Ruth Vanita -Marriage, Migration and Gender

KumKum Sangari -The Names of Violence

Vandana Shiva -Stolen Harvest The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply

51 Apparel Export Promotion Council Vs. A.K. Chopra judgement relates with

Women's representation

Sexual harassment of women at work place

Maternity benefits to women

Women's Rights to Property

52 Who of the following were involved with issues of education for women during the pre­independent India
Sarala Devi Chowdhury
Begum Rokeya
Sister Nivedita
Sarojini Naidu

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53 Assertion Feminisation of Poverty does not relates to higher levels of Poverty alone.
Reason Feminisation is a process. 'Highest Poverty' is a state.

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54 Who said this "Nature is to culture as female is to male".

Sherry Ortner

Maria R. Ortner

Diane Elson

Linda Mayoux

55 Who from the following unfurled the Indian National Flag for the first time at the International Socialist conference in stuttgart (Germany)

Sarojini Naidu

Lakshmi Sahgal

Madam Cama

Annie Besant

56 The term Patriarchy implies
Males holding primary power
Males Predominate in roles of Political Leadership
Subordination of men
In the domain of family fathers or father figures hold authority over women and children

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57 What are the major challenge faced by Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) in PRIs
Enhancing knowledge and skills of EWRs for negotiating appropriate solutions.
Attaining functional literacy in a fast track mode and low receptivity of training
Sexual harassment and insecurity to attend the meetings away from villages
Domesticated women conditioned by non-patriarchal values encourages the initiatives being taken by them

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58 Who said this "Women are not powerless because they are feminine rather they are feminine because they are powerless, because it is a way of dealing with the requirements of subordination".

Elson, D and N. Cagatay

Kathy E. Ferguson

Pearson R

Harding S

59 Who among the following is not an entrepreneur

Indira Nooyi

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Ekta Kapoor

Kalpana Shah

60 What are the advantages provided by MGNREGS to the women wage seekers
Equal wages will be provided to both men and women
Atleast one-third beneficiaries shall be women
Worksite facilities such as drinking water, crech (mobile) and shade should be provided
Dwelling unit is provided with a smokeless chulha

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61 Gni coefficient
is a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent income distribution of a nation's residents.
is commonly used measure of inequality
measures the inequality among values of a frequency distribution
measures a coefficient of demand and supply

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62 Who initiated the 'One Billion Rising Movement', the campain to end violence against women and promote justice and gender equality for women

Eve Ensler

Astrid Henry

Shira Tarrant

Barbara Findlen

63 What is true for laparoscopic tubectomy
Haemoglobin percentage should not be less than 8
Not advisable for post-partum patients up to 6 weeks.
It can be done as a concurrent procedure to MTP.
It is a temporary method of contraception.

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64 The movement called the "Rising of 20,000" was related to

Trade Union Movement

Women's Suffrage Movement

Abolition Movement

LGBT Movement

65 Which of the following identifies an 'infant at risk'
Birth weight less than 2.5 kg
Weight below .0% of expected weight
Failure to gain weight during three successive months
Infant not taking breast feed after one year of age

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66 Impact of programmes of the international financial institutions on gender are being monitored by 'Gender Action' a group founded in 2002 by

Grace Abbott, American Social Worker

Ester Boserup, Denmark Economist

Eliane Zuckesman, former world bank economist

Komla Bhasin, SANGAT, South Asian Feminist Network

67 Denominator of maternal mortality rate is

Mid-year Population

1000 total births

1000 live births

Total pregnant females

68 Which among the following districts.cities has the lowest female literacy rate as per Census 2011

Kishanganj

Purnia

Budaun

Jaisalmer

69 Males in a joint family up to four generations, who acquire a right by birth are known as

Progeny

Interstate

Coparceners

Heir

70 What is the rank of India with regard to Gender Inequality Index as per 2011 Human Development Report

111

121

134

125

Read the following paragraph and answer questions number (71 to 75)

In women's oral traditions in India, never mind where you are, you are all sisters in sorrow. Though the singers may wear different clothes, cook very different food, speak different languages, when they sing the story of Rama, they echo one another. Translated into English, the songs sound startlingly similar. I have used women's work songs and ritual songs from Marathi, Telugu, Maithili and Bengali....

While weeding, sowing, husking or grinding, or preparing for a wedding, women all across the subcontinent sing these songs. These are connected with different moments of a woman's life, and here Sita is the name of one who grows up in neglect, attains puberty, gets married, gets pregnant, is abandoned and gives birth. They call it the Ramayana but it is of Sita that they sing.

In women's retellings, the Rama myth is blasted automatically though probably unwittingly. Here Rama comes through as a harsh, uncaring and weak-willed husband, far cry from the maryada purushottama, but sita is no rebel she is still the yielding suffering wife, though she speaks to her friends of her sufferings, of injustice, of loneliness and sorrow. Even Chandrabati, who Chastises Rama under her own name let Sita remain the timid Hindu heroine.

The topics that interest men do not interest women. They leave out the details of war, Rama's glory, the details of brahminical rituals, etc. and sing of abandonment and injustice, and of weddings, pregnancy and childbirth. Naturally, the songs centre around Sita, rather than Rama. The Ramayana sung by the mainstream bards has little in common with the women's songs. Women sing privately for themselves, male bards sing for the public. Their approaches to the epic and to the act of singing are totally different. The professional bard sings of Rama. The village woman sings of Sita.

71. Oral tradition by women reflect topics of interest only to women since
the songs tell stories of Rama
the songs narrate the abadonment and injustice towards women
the songs do not relate details of war
the songs could be sung by women while working

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72. The traditional songs by women are generally sung at/by

Both men and women professional bards in public and private gatherings

Women bards only in times of distress

Women at any time and occassion

Men at public gatherings only

73. In the Ramayana rendered by women Rama emerges as

maryada purushottama

as a rebel and dominating husband

as a counterpoise to docile Sita

as a weak willed and uncaring husband

74. Sita in the oral tradition emerges as
Happy, carefree and contented
Neglected, abandoned and lonely
Suffering, denied justice and yielding
Joyous, loved and cared for

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75. Assertion The oral traditional songs sung by women across India are generally songs of sorrow.
Reason The women throughout the country suffer in their lives and therefore reflect their sorrow in their songs
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