Deck 2: Womens Studies and Gender Equality in India

Question 1

Which of the following is correct with regard to women's studies curriculum?

A)The study of subjects relating to women, their roles in history and their contributions to society
B)The multi-disciplinary study of the social status and societal contributions of women and the relationship between power and gender disparity
C)A critical instrument to study reality from the standpoint of women
D)All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

What is the strength of the Indian Women's Studies movement?

A)Diversity within women's studies in terms of sources of research, information, documentation and action
B)Women's studies centres are being supported by the University Grants Commission
C)Some women's studies centres have also been funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research
D)All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following are duties of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005?

A)Assisting the magistrate in the discharge of his/her functions
B)To ensure that the assumed person is provided legal aid under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
C)To get the aggrieved person medically examined if she has sustained bodily injuries
D)All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides that 'not less than one-third (including number of seats reserved for women belonging to SC and ST) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct elections in every municipality shall be reserved for women and seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a municipality'?

A)Article 243T(B)
B)Article 243 P
C)Article 243 R
D)Article 243Y

Question 5

In which of the following dates did a delegation of women met 'the erstwhile viceroy Frederic Thesiger to demand voting rights for women'?

A)March 24, 1917
B)December 18, 1917
C)November 18, 1916
D)March 21, 1921

Question 6

Under which section of Criminal Procedure Code can a woman not be called to the police station for interrogation?

A)Section 160
B)Section 158
C)Section 163
D)Section 166

Question 7

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'?

A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Subhash Chandra Bose
C)Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
D)Mahatma Gandhi

Question 8

After 1977, the women's movement developed quite differently from the earlier movement. Autonomous women's groups emerged in the country. In the beginning, which were their basic common issues?

A)Oppression, exploitation and patriarchy
B)Equality, empowerment and employment
C)Patriarchy, power and protection
D)Participation, reservation and development

Question 9

Which are the statutory bodies under the Ministry of Women and Child Development?

A)National Commission for women
B)National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
C)Both (a) and (b)
D)None of the above

Question 10

Who was the author of the book 'A decade of Women's Movement in India'?

A)Vandana Shiva
B)Neera Desai
C)Vina Mazumdar
D)Bina Agarwal

Question 11

The Ministry of Women and Child Development formulated The National Policy on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in :

A)2011
B)2012
C)2013
D)2014

Question 12

What is correct about women's studies?

A)Few men take interest in women's studies
B)Women's studies is a social science
C)Both(a) and (b)
D)None of the above

Question 13

How does women's studies affect students as individuals?

A)Students get the scientific knowledge about the power relation between men and women
B)Students get appraised of the feminist perspective of the social issues
C)Women's studies courses are structural to encourage students to speak
D)All of the above

Question 14

The need for women's studies was realized when concerned women and men noticed ______

A)The presence of women in higher education curriculum
B)The ways in which women were systematically excluded from many positions of power and authority
C)The way masculinity and femininity interacted with each other and come closer
D)The way history courses taught only about women as leaders in wars

Question 15

Which of the following states first launched transgender policy in India?

A)Tamil Nadu
B)Maharashtra
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Kerala

Question 16

Which of the following indicator is used to measure the changes in the status and roles of women and men over a period of time?

A)Gender Empowerment Indicator
B)Gender Sensitive Indicator
C)Gender Inequality Indicator
D)Gender Disaggregated Indicator

Question 17

Which of the following variable is most critical for those who focus on gender oppression theory?

A)Power
B)Money
C)Mothering
D)Culture

Question 18

In which year was the Global Gender Gap Index first introduced?

A)2002
B)2004
C)2006
D)2007

Question 19

The anatomical and other biological differences between males and females that are determined at the moment of conception denote the ___ of the individual

A)masculinity
B)femininity
C)sex
D)gender

Question 20

_____ is a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male or female.

A)feminism
B)gender identity
C)sex
D)gender

Question 21

Transvestites, drag queens, drag king and intersected individuals can be included in the broad category of

A)homosexuals
B)transexuals
C)transgendered individuals
D)bisexuals

Question 22

Which perspective argues that men and women perform separate, specialized and complementary roles to maintain cohesiveness within families and the wider society?

A)feminist
B)functionalist
C)symbolic interactionist
D)conflict theorist

Question 23

Personal sense of one's own gender is called

A)sex
B)gender
C)gender identity
D)third gender

Question 24

What is gender?

A)Word that stands for men only
B)Word that stands for women only
C)It tells if a person is male or female
D)It is another word for feminism