Deck 4: Feminist and Ecofeminist Literature and Concepts in History and Society

Question 1

The term Eco feminism coined by

A)francoise d eaubonne
B)vandana shiva
C)ann oakley
D)shulamith firestone

Answer 1

francoise d eaubonne

Question 2

Eco Feminism was further developed by

A)ynesta kimg
B)vandana shiva
C)ann oakley
D)shulamith firestone.

Answer 2

ynesta kimg

Question 3

Maria Mies belongs to

A)radical feminism
B)social feminism
C)eco feminism
D)liberal feminism

Answer 3

eco feminism

Question 4

'Staying alive: women,ecology and development' written by

A)francoise d eaubonne
B)vandana shiva
C)ann oakley
D)shulamith firestone

Question 5

The work won the Jessie Bernard award for sociologists for women in society(1979)

A)the second sex
B)the reproduction of mothering
C)introduction to contemporary social theory
D)encyclopedia of social theory

Question 6

In which work Ann Oakley attacks G.p Murdock and Talcott Parsons .

A).interpretation on sxual division of labor
B)housewife
C)the sociology of house work
D)encyclopedia of social theory

Question 7

Bodies that matter: on the discursive limits of sex written by

A)ann oakley
B)judith butler
C)shulamith fire stone
D)julia kristeva

Question 8

Powers of horror:an essay on Abjection written by

A)ann oakley
B)judith butler
C)shulamith fire stone
D)julia kristeva

Question 9

in Uttar Pradesh ,for instance, it is said that just as a she goat may be milked at any time at one's will, so can a Chamar woman be enjoyed any time one's discretion

A)leela dube
B)itawati karve
C)vandans shiva
D)uma chakravarthi

Question 10

Reference to a period of goddess' worship existed in Europe and other countries back to

A)7000 b.c
B)6000b.c
C)5000 b.c
D)4000b.c

Question 11

Robort .J. Stoller was

A)anthropologist
B)sociologist
C)psychoanalyst
D)scientist

Question 12

Which five year plan emphasis on women development by constitutional safeguards like property rights, Hindu succession act

A)6th
B)7th
C)8th
D)10th

Question 13

Who is the author of vindication fo the rights of Women (1792)?

A)Gerda Lerner
B)Mary Wollstonecraft
C)Virginia Wolf
D)Margaret Fuller

Question 14

Who said ' one is not born a woman but becomes one'?

A)Simone de Beauvoir
B)Virginia wolf
C)Luce Irigary
D)Betty Friedan

Question 15

Who is the author of The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State (1884)?

A)Frederick Engels
B)Lenin
C)Betty Freidan
D)Luce Irigaray

Question 16

The Creation of patriarchy is written by-

A)Virginia Wolf
B)Gerda Lerne
C)Uma chakravarti
D)V.Geeta

Question 17

When did A.S.Altekar's work, The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization publish?

A)1956
B)1967
C)1987
D)1985

Question 18

Whose name is associated with the movement Navdanya?

A)Pratiksha Baxi
B)Vandana shiva
C)Irom Sharmila
D)Leela Dube

Question 19

Who coined the term ecofeminism?

A)Francoise d' Eabonne
B)Charlene Spretnak
C)Greta Gaard
D)Lori Gruen

Question 20

Who questioned the Altekarian paradigm in the context of Indian women?

A)Vijaya Ramaswamy
B)Maithreyi Krishnaraj
C)Uma Chakravarti
D)Kirti Sha

Question 21

Which Brahmanical text described a woman, a sudra, a dog, and a crow are the embodiments of untruth, sin, and darkness.?

A)Satapatha Brahmana
B)Vishnu purana
C)Aitereya Brhamana
D)Naradasmriti

Question 22

Who wrote 'stridharmapadhati'?

A)Sage Narada
B)Treyambaka
C)Manu
D)Agastya

Question 23

What is the main instrument through which the patriarchal Brahmanical society subordinated women in the opinion of Uma Chakravarti?

A)idea of female seclusion
B)keeping the women illiterate
C)idea of pativratadharma
D)rituals

Question 24

Which Indian historian applied the theoretical formulations of Gerda Lerner in Indian contexts for the first time?

A)Kumkum Sangari
B)Bina Agarwal
C)Uma Chakravarti
D)Vina Majumdar