Deck 1: Womens Studies and Empowerment in India: A Historical Perspective

Question 1

Women's movement in India began in the year ;

A)1974-1975
B)1975-1976
C)1976-1977
D)1977-1978

Answer 1

1974-1975

Question 2

The Research Centre for Women Studies (RCWS) in India was set up in

A)1974
B)1976
C)1940
D)1980

Answer 2

1974

Question 3

The Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS) in India was founded in

A)1976
B)1978
C)1980
D)1986

Answer 3

1980

Question 4

In which year did the UGC bring out the guidelines for development of women studies in Indian Universities and Colleges ?

A)1986
B)1987
C)1988
D)1989

Question 5

The Indian Association for Women Studies (IAWS) was set up on

A)October 28, 1982
B)September 23, 1988
C)August 28, 1982
D)November 23, 1982

Question 6

The committee on the status of women in India released a report in

A)1971
B)1972
C)1973
D)1974

Question 7

The first national conference on women's studies was held in the year

A)1981
B)1982
C)1983
D)1984

Question 8

Who among the following feminists referred women's studies to as 'the academic arm of women's movement, a potent instrument playing a deliberate and active role in the battle for people's minds' and 'autonomy continues to be battle cry of both'?

A)Uma Chakravarti
B)Neera Desai
C)Veena Mazumdar
D)Maithreyi Krishnaraja

Question 9

Which chairperson of the UGC gave a fresh perspective to women's studies by widening the agenda of the programme, strengthening the role of the participants and giving greater academic credibility to the programme?

A)Armaity Desai
B)Madhuri Shah
C)Yash Pal
D)Virander Singh

Question 10

Which of the following feminist thinkers believed that 'female subordination is rooted in a set of customary and legal constraints that block women's entrance and success in the public world'?

A)Liberal feminist
B)Cultural feminist
C)Marxist feminist
D)Radical feminist

Question 11

After whose name was the women's division of the Indian National Army named?

A)Chand Bibi
B)Rani Jhansi
C)Sultana Rajia
D)Aralyabai

Question 12

In which year did the women's movement emerge and had a strong impact on colleges and universities to start women's studies as an academic discipline?

A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1990s

Question 13

In which of the following Five Year Plans for the first time in the history of planned development in India, the empowerment of women was adopted as one of the objectives?

A)7th Five Year plan
B)8th Five Year Plan
C)9th Five Year Plan
D)10th Five Year Plan

Question 14

Which committee has recommended the establishment of 'National Commission for Women?

A)Committee on status of women in India
B)Parliamentary committee for women
C)High power committee for women
D)National Empowerment Committee for Women

Question 15

Which of the following is India's first women photo-journalist?

A)Homai Vyarawalla
B)Shobana Bhartia
C)Arundhati Roy
D)Leela Menon

Question 16

Which of the following structural variables determine women's work in India?

A)Regional differences
B)Labour market
C)The family, caste, class and region
D)All of the above

Question 17

Which constitutional amendment states that the total number of seats to be filled in Panchayats and Municipalities will be reserved for women and should not be less than one third of the total number of seats?

A)73rd & 74th Constitutional Amendment Act
B)102nd Constitutional Amendment Act
C)103rd Constitutional Amendment Act
D)104th Constitutional Amendment Act

Question 18

Which of the following are the major objectives of 'Beti Bachao Beti Pachao Yojana'?

A)Prevention of gender based sex selective abortion
B)Ensuring survival and protection of girl child
C)Ensuring education and participation of girl child
D)All of the above

Question 19

Which of the following universities first started a course on women's studies?

A)Oxford university
B)S.N.D.T. University
C)Cornell University
D)San Diego State University

Question 20

Which of the following Universities first started a course on women's studies in India?

A)SNDT Women's University
B)Delhi University
C)Jawaharlal Nehru University
D)Banaras Hindu University

Question 21

Who said the following :'Educate your women first and leave them themselves, then they will tell you what reforms are necessary for them'

A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Dr. BR. Ambedkar
D)Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 22

Who was the Minister of Women and Child Development when the National Policy on Empowerment of Women was framed?

A)Krishna Tirath
B)Renuka Choudhary
C)Manela Sanjay Gandhi
D)Sumitra Mahajan

Question 23

As per 'Sukanya Samridi Yojana' the parents of girl children can open an account for a girl child up to the age of

A)5 years
B)10 years
C)15 years
D)18 years

Question 24

The 2016 Women Economic Forum (WEF) has been hosted by which of the following countries?

A)India
B)Brazil
C)South Africa
D)Russia

Question 25

The protagonists of the Reformist movement on women's issues in India were

A)Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)Jawaharla Nehru and Sri Aurobindo
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Gandhiji
D)Vijaylaxmi Pandit and Gandhiji