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(1) Which pair of the following is not correctly matched ?
(1) Environmental Protection Act – 1986
(2) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - 2005
(3) Consumer Protection Act – 1986
(4) Special Marriage Act – 1964
Answer: Special Marriage Act – 1964
(2) The highest levels of Gender Equality and Empowerment on all the selected MDG indicators was recorded in :
(1) South Africa, UK and Ghana.
(2) UK, France and Argentina
(3) Argentina, Costa Rica and South Africa
(4) Spain, Italy and Argentina
Answer: Argentina, Costa Rica and South Africa

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(3) The PCPNDT Act regulates the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques like ultrasound and amniocentesis by allowing their use only to detect :

(a) metabolic disorders

(b) genetic abnormalities

(c) sex of the foetus

(d) chromosomal abnormalities

Codes :
(1) (b) and (d) only
(2) (c) only
(3) (a), (b) and (d) only
(4) (a), (b) and (c) only
Answer: (a), (b) and (d) only
(4) Arrange the following Millennium Development Goals in a descending order :

(a) To achieve Universal Primary Education

(b) To Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

(c) To develop Global Partnerships for Development

(d) Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases

Codes :
(1) (c), (d), (a), (b)
(2) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(3) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(4) (d), (b), (c), (a)
Answer: (c), (d), (a), (b)
(5) Feminist Economics stands for :
(1) Economics that deals with women who are rebels.
(2) Economics deals with the feminine component in the study of Economics.
(3) Economics that deals with issues relating to gender in general and women in particular.
(4) Economics that deals with feminism.
Answer: Economics that deals with issues relating to gender in general and women in particular.
(6) Arrange Chronologically the organizations according to the year of establishment :

(a) Bharat Stri Mahamandal

(b) Bharat Stri Parishad

(c) National Council of Women in India

(d) Women’s India Association

Codes :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (b), (a), (c), (d)
(3) (b), (a), (d), (c)
(4) (d), (c), (a), (b)
Answer: (b), (a), (d), (c)
(7)

Assertion (A) : Feminist Research Insists that scientist and subject are interdependent rather than independent.

Reason (R) : Feminist Research aims ‘knowledge for its own sake’

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct
(2) Both (A) and (R) are wrong
(3) (A) is wrong (R) is correct
(4) (A) is correct (R) is wrong
Answer: (A) is correct (R) is wrong
(8) How did the relationship between economic development and women’s economic activity was shown ?
(1) ‘U’ Shape
(2) ‘Z’ Shape
(3) ‘Y’ Shape
(4) ‘C’ Shape
Answer: ‘U’ Shape
(9) Who said “If women’s work were accurately reflected in national statistics, it would shatter the myth that men are the bread winner of the world” ?
(1) Amartya Sen
(2) Mahbub Ul Haq
(3) Mohammad Yunus
(4) Robert Putnam
Answer: Mahbub Ul Haq
(10) “Gender lens” refers to :

(a) Working to make ‘gender’ visible in social phenomena

(b) Creating awareness about gender

(c) Providing visibility to gender issues

(d) Criticising the social order on the basis of gender

Codes :
(1) (c) and (d) only
(2) (b) and (c) only
(3) (a) and (c) only
(4) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
Answer: (b) and (c) only
(11) ‘Patriarchy is rooted in the biological inequality of the sexes’ has been stated by :
(1) Frederich Engles in ‘The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State’
(2) August Bebel in ‘Women Under Socialism’
(3) Karl Marx and Frederich Engles in ‘The German Ideology’
(4) Shulamith Firestone in ‘The Dialectics of Sex’
Answer: Shulamith Firestone in ‘The Dialectics of Sex’
(12) According to the National Commission for Women which state has identified the highest number of Devadasis ?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Karnataka
(4) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Karnataka
(13) Which of the following offences have been incorporated into the Indian Penal Code as per Criminal Law Ordinance of 2013 ?

(a) Acid attack

(b) Stalking

(c) Voyeurism

(d) Marital rape

Codes :
(1) (a), (b) and (d) are correct
(2) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (a) and (d) are correct
(4) (a), (b), (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (a), (b) and (c) are correct
(14) Indian Journal of Gender Studies is published by :
(1) Kali for Women
(2) Zubaan Books
(3) Women Press
(4) Sage Publications
Answer: Sage Publications
(15) Arrange the schools of feminist thought in their order of origin :

(a) Radical Feminism

(b) Socialist Feminism

(c) Marxist Feminism

(d) Liberal Feminism

Codes :
(1) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
(2) (d), (c), (b) and (a)
(3) (b), (c), (a) and (d)
(4) (c), (b), (d) and (a)
Answer: (d), (c), (b) and (a)

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