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(1)

Assertion (A) : Gender balance is a premium not a penalty for the global economy.

Reason (R) : From the boardroom to the C-suite, female leaders around the world are seriously scarce.

Which of the following is correct ?

Codes :
(1) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(3) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(4) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(2) Under Sub-section (5) of Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the Magistrate is mandated to dispose of every application received under Sub-section (1) within a period of ______ days from the date of first hearing :
(1) 30 days
(2) 45 days
(3) 60 days
(4) 90 days
Answer: 60 days

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(3)

Assertion (A) : Jobs provide income and support, human dignity and economic security but the job framework is restrictive for women.

Reason (R) : Development fails to capture many kinds of work that are more flexible and invisible including care work and voluntary work done by women.

Which of the following is correct ?

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(4) Which of the following feminist argued that women’s liberation is possible only through the changes in ‘Production, Reproduction, Sexuality and Socialization of children along with changes in women’s psyche’ ?
(1) Alison Jaggar
(2) Iris Young
(3) Clara Zetkin
(4) Juliet Mitchel
Answer: Juliet Mitchel
(5) Who made the following statement ?

“As long as the women of India do not take part in public life there can be no salvation for the country.”

(1) Subhash Chandra Bose
(2) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
(6) Who has initiated the campaign ‘Socialization of Domestic Labour’ ?
(1) Margaret Benston
(2) Margaret Atwood
(3) Mariarosa Dalla Costa
(4) Friedrich Engels
Answer: Margaret Benston
(7) Which are the factors that may affect Gender Empowerment Measure ?

I. Social structure of a country

II. Level of urbanization

III. Literacy rate

IV. Media

Which of the following is correct ?

Codes :
(1) I only is correct.
(2) II and III only are correct.
(3) III only is correct.
(4) I, II and III only are correct.
Answer: I, II and III only are correct.
(8) What is incorrect about unified systems theory under socialist feminism ?
(1) Patriarchy and Capitalism as forms of social relations are distinct from each other.
(2) Gender division of labour is a unifying concept to analyse women’s subordination.
(3) Capitalism and Patriarchy are one and the same.
(4) Used the concept of alienation to explain women’s subordination.
Answer: Patriarchy and Capitalism as forms of social relations are distinct from each other.
(9) Under which article of the Constitution, a duty is stipulated “to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women” ?
(1) Art. 39
(2) Art. 15
(3) Art. 51A(b)
(4) Art. 51A(e)
Answer: Art. 51A(e)
(10) The CEDAW Committee has _____ experts as its members.
(1) 43
(2) 31
(3) 33
(4) 23
Answer: 23
(11) The gender-environment relations do not have valuable ramifications with regard to which of the following ?
(1) Management & Distribution of resources & responsibilities.
(2) Day-to-day life and well-being of people.
(3) Understanding of nature between men and women.
(4) Bio-diversity.
Answer: Bio-diversity.
(12) Which of the following sections of Indian Penal Code deals with adultery ?
(1) Section 377
(2) Section 402
(3) Section 435
(4) Section 497
Answer: Section 497
(13) Zaveri sisters as dancers are famous in the field of
(1) Kuchipudi
(2) Manipuri dance
(3) Odissi
(4) Kathak
Answer: Manipuri dance
(14) The Green belt movement was one of the first major efforts to incorporate the links between gender and natural resources within a grass root environmental campaign. Which of the following statements is not true of the Green belt movement ?
(1) It was launched in Kenya on Earth Day in 1977.
(2) It mobilised women to plant indigenous trees.
(3) It was launched in Zambia on Earth Day in 1977.
(4) Wangaari Mathai was associated with it.
Answer: It was launched in Zambia on Earth Day in 1977.
(15) The Registration of NGO’s can be made under which of the following Acts ?

I. Societies Registration Act – 1860

II.Companies Act – 1956

III. The Indian Trust Act –1882

IV. Civil Societies Act –1890

Codes :
(1) I and IV only
(2) I, II and III only
(3) II, III and IV only
(4) I, II and IV only
Answer: I, II and III only

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