Soft Core Paper: WOMEN’S STUDIES

MODEL QUESTIONS WITH KEY ANSWERS

1. Which feminist thought suggests that gender equality can be realized by eliminating the
cultural notion of gender?
(A) Socialist feminism
(B) Post-modern feminism
(C) Radical feminism
(D) Neo classical feminism
Ans: (C)

2. ____ Year was declared as International Women’s Year.

(A) 1960
(B) 1965
(C) 1970
(D) 1975
Ans: (D)

3. Who was the first Indian Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State?
(A) Smt. Jayalalitha
(B) Sheila Dikshit
(C) Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: (C)

4. Choose the correct expansion of UNIFEM:

(A) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(B) United Nations International Fund for Women
(C) United Nations International Fund for Education of Women
(D) United Nations Development Fund for Education of Women
Ans: (B)

5. Match the List-I and List-II :

List-I (Feminism) List-II (Ideology)

Reforming Social Institutions
(a) Liberals (1)
and Individual Rights
Abolition of Male Controlled
(b) Marxist (2)
Female Sexuality

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 Restructuring of Personal and
(c) Radicals (3)
Public Experiences
(d) Socialists (4) Abolition of Private Property
(A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
(B) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
(C) a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
(D) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
Ans: (C)

6. The National Policy for the Empowerment of Women was passed in ____.
(A) 1971
(B) 1981
(C) 1991
(D) 2001
Ans: (D)

7. The process of inculcating gender behaviour is called ______.

(A) Socialization
(B) Genderization
(C) Feminization
(D) None of the above
Ans: (A)

8. Which one of the given issues is not raised by the women’s organisations in the post-
independence period?
(A) Lack of maternity benefit.
(B) Lack of child care provisions.
(C) Wage discrimination between men and women.
(D) Replacement of male workers with female workers.
Ans: (D)

9. Which of the following is not duty of the protection officer according to the Protection of
Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005?
(A) Ensuring that the aggrieved person is provided legal aid under the legal services
authorities Act, 1987
(B) Make the domestic incident report
(C) Assist the magistrate in the discharge of her/his functions under the Act
(D) Coordinate between the services provided by concerned ministries and NGO’s
Ans: (D)

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10. Arrange the chronological sequence of the legislations according to their year of enactment:
i. Domestic Violence Bill
ii. Juvenile Justice Act
iii. Child Labour (Prohibition and Protection) Act
iv. National Commission for Women Act
(A) iii, iv, ii, i
(B) iii, i, ii, iv
(C) iv, i, ii, iii
(D) i, ii, iii, iv
Ans: (A)

11. Which is not the gender implication of digital divide?

(A) Women represent 10% of researchers and 5% of managers in areas of technology.
(B) Lack of training does not allow them to participate in technology process.
(C) Become better wives and better mothers.
(D) Access to and use of the internet is limited.
Ans: (C)

12. Which States have Literacy Rate above 90% as per 2011 census?
(A) Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram
(B) Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram
(C) Kerala, Manipur, Goa
(D) Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram
Ans: (B)

13. The National Commission for Women was established in the year ____.
(A) 1990
(B) 1991
(C) 1992
(D) 1993
Ans: (C)

14. Gender Roles:

(A) Are result of differences in biological aptitude
(B) Are roles ascribed to men and women
(C) Roles assigned by the society to each sex
(D) Roles assigned by the society to men
Ans: (C)

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15. Assertion (A): Teaching of feminism and women’s studies in India has been depending on
western feminist theory.
Reason (R): The body of theoretical knowledge based on empirical research have not been
established in India.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true.
Ans: (A)

16. Arrange the following chronologically according to the year:

i. New Population Policy of India
ii. Towards Equality
iii. National Empowerment Policy for Women
iv. Shram Shakti Report
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: (D)

17. According to the Marriage Act, in which year the minimum age at marriage has been raised
to 18 years for girls?
(A) 1961
(B) 1981
(C) 1975
(D) 1978
Ans: (D)

18. _______ link gender inequality and women’s oppression to the capitalist system of
production.
(A) Liberal Feminists
(B) Marxist Feminists
(C) Radical Feminists
(D) None of the above
Ans: (B)

19. The book ‘Second Sex’ was authored by ____.

(A) Jane Austen
(B) Mark Twain

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 (C) Ellen Key
(D) Simone De Beauvoir
Ans: (D)

20. Marxist feminist attempt to explain how

i. Gender relations operate in a society.
ii. Gender relations are universal.
iii. Gender relations are connected with processes of production and reproduction.
iv. Gender relations are crucial for property.
(A) i and iii only
(B) i, ii, iv only
(C) i, iii, iv only
(D) ii and iv only
Ans: (A)

21. Assertion (A): Sexuality is often considered primarily biological and socially the part of
private domain.
Reason (R): Men dominate over women in sexual relations.
(A) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(B) (R) is true, (A) is false.
(C) (A) and (R) both are false.
(D) (A) and (R) both are true.
Ans: (D)

22. Stree Shakthi Yojane was launched in Karnataka by ____.

(A) Kumara Swamy
(B) S.M. Krishna
(C) Ramakrishna Hegde
(D) Yediyurappa
Ans: (B)

23. Assertion (A): Gender budgeting focuses on women.

Reason (R): Nearly two third of illiterate people in the world are women.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (C)

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24. The third World Women’s Congress was held at ______.
(A) Geneva
(B) Beijing
(C) Nairobi
(D) Paris
Ans: (C)

25. Assertion (A): Laws do not automatically change social structure.

Reason (R): Laws are generally improperly enforced and are subject to the executive control
of the State.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is true, (R) is false.
Ans: (A)

26. Assertion (A): Education is a strong vehicle of women’s equality and empowerment.
Reason (R): Resource mobilization and management of mass education is a challenge of
Indian educators.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is true (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) (A) is false (R) is true.
Ans: (C)

27. Which is not the form of qualitative research?

(A) Case study
(B) Oral history
(C) Survey
(D) Focus group discussion
Ans: (C)

28. What is the expansion for IWRAW?

(A) Indian Women’s Association for Women’s Rights.
(B) International Women’s Rights Action Watch.
(C) International Women’s Rights and Welfare Association.
(D) Indian Women’s Rights Action Watch.
Ans: (B)

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29. Equal remuneration Act was passed in the year _____.
(A) 1966
(B) 1976
(C) 1986
(D) 1996
Ans: (B)

30. The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 seeks to ban the depiction of
women in any form which is:
(i) Indecent for women
(ii) Denigrating to women
(iii) Corrupting or injure the public morality of women
(iv) To deprive the women from certain set roles.
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (i) and (ii) only
(C) (ii) and (iii) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (A)

31. The chief barriers of female education in India are:

i. Shortage of female teachers.
ii. Inadequate school facilities.
iii. Gender bias in school curriculum.
iv. Inadequate English schools.
(A) i, ii only
(B) i, ii, and iii only
(C) iv only
(D) iii, and iv only
Ans: (B)

32. List out the group of autonomous organizations under Ministry of Women and Child
Development:
(A) NIPCCD, NCW, CSWB
(B) NIPCCD, CSWB, DWCRA
(C) NCW, RMK, NRHM
(D) CSWB, NIPCCD, NRHM
Ans: (A)

33. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act was enacted in the year ____.
(A) 1951

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 (B) 1961
(C) 1971
(D) 1981
Ans: (C)

34. Assertion (A): Women and girls bear more consequences of gender based violence as
compared with that of men.
Reason (R): Women and girls are the primary target for gender based violence.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true.
Ans: (C)

35. Arrange chronologically the following Chairpersons of National Commission for Women
from present to past:
(A) Mohini Giri, Jayanti Patnaik, Girija Vyas, Poornima Advani.
(B) Girija Vyas, Poornima Advani, Mohini Giri, Jayanti Patnaik.
(C) Girija Vyas, Jayanti Patnaik, Mohini Giri, Poornima Advani.
(D) Girija Vyas, Mohini Giri, Poornima Advani, Jayanti Patnaik.
Ans: (B)

36. Arrange the chronological sequence of the establishments according to the year of their
initiation.
i. Dept. of Women and Child Development
ii. National Perspective Plan for Women
iii. UGC-Centres for Women’s Studies
iv. Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan
(A) i, ii, iii, iv
(B) ii, i, iii, iv
(C) iii, i, ii, iv
(D) i, iii, ii, iv
Ans: (A)

37. According to 2011 census sex ratio of women in India is ____ for 1000 men.
(A) 940
(B) 943
(C) 930
(D) 933
Ans: (B)

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38. ‘Women’s Component Plan’ was initiated in which five year plan?
(A) 6th five year plan
(B) 7th five year plan
(C) 5th five year plan
(D) 9th five year plan
Ans: (D)

39. Swa-Shakthi Scheme was launched by the Government of India in the year ____.
(A) 1975
(B) 1987
(C) 1999
(D) 2005
Ans: (C)

40. Among the following which is not an objective of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh?
(A) To advise the government on all policy matters affecting women.
(B) To promote the provision of micro credit to poor women.
(C) To demonstrate and replicate participatory approach in the organization of women’s
group.
(D) To link with thrift and savings with credit.
Ans: (A)

41. ‘Women must be under the control of their father, brother, husband and son’ was said by
_________.
(A) Kautilya
(B) Manu
(C) Parashara
(D) Vashishta
Ans: (B)

42. The reason for low literacy rate of Dalit females is due to
(A) Continued monopolization of resources by middle and upper class groups.
(B) The stronger influence of casteism in the rural areas
(C) The control of Dalit customs over Dalit women.
(D) All the above
Ans: (D)

43. Assertion (A): The self-help group of women have been found very effective in organizing
and sensitizing women.
Reason (R): The self-help group of women are supported by educated women.

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 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: (C)

44. The chief barriers of female education in India are:

i. Shortage of female teachers.
ii. Inadequate school facilities.
iii. Gender bias in school curriculum.
iv. Inadequate English schools.
(A) i, ii only
(B) i, ii, and iii only
(C) iv only
(D) iii, and iv only
Ans: (B)

45. Which of the following structural variables determine women’s work in India ?
(i) Regional Differences
(ii) Labour Market
(iii) The Family, Caste, Class
(iv) Religion

(A) i, ii, iii and iv

(B) iii and iv only
(C) ii and iv only
(D) ii, iii, iv only
Ans: (A)

46. Which International Conference had the thrust on the concept of empowerment?
(A) Mexico
(B) Beijing
(C) Copenhagen
(D) Nairobi
Ans: (D)

47. The Department of Women and Child Development provides for the schemes.
i. Short stay homes for women and girls.
ii. Hostels for working women.
iii. Condensed courses of education for elderly women.

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 iv. Family Counselling Centres.
(A) i, ii, iii only
(B) ii, iii, and iv only
(C) i, ii, and iv only
(D) i, iii, only
Ans: (C)

48. SHG stands for ______.

(A) Self House Group
(B) Self Help Group
(C) Swach Home Group
(D) None of the above
Ans: (B)

49. Which Social Reformer viewed “The subjugation of women as an instrument for maintaining
Brahminical dominance in Indian society”?
(A) Jyotiba Phule
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) I.C. Vidya Sagar
(D) Karve
Ans: (A)

50. According to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the percentage of women
beneficiaries shall be:
(A) 50 %
(B) 75 %
(C) 33 %
(D) 100 %
Ans: (C)

51. The word ‘Gender’ is _____________ construction.

(A) Biological
(B) Social
(C) Economic
(D) Political
Ans: (B)

52. Child Sex Ratio according to 2011 census is

(A) 900
(B) 914

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 (C) 924
(D) 940
Ans: (B)

53. Which article of the Constitution of India provides ‘The State to make any special provision
in favour of women and children’?
(A) Article 14 (A)
(B) Article 39 (C)
(C) Article 19 (2)
(D) Article 15 (3)
Ans: (D)

54. Among the following which is not an ideology of feminism?

(A) Identifying the existing social realities from the standpoint of women.
(B) Questioning the gender blindness of mainstream theories.
(C) Questioning the power of dominant classes.
(D) Promoting the replacement of dominant classes.
Ans: (D)

55. Women’s studies became an academic discipline during:

(A) Second wave feminism
(B) First wave feminism
(C) Third wave feminism
(D) Fourth wave feminism
Ans: (A)

56. Panchayat Raj Act that makes provision for reservation of women in local bodies was
amended in the year _____.
(A) 1973
(B) 1983
(C) 1993
(D) 2003
Ans: (C)

57. Name the Crèche Scheme introduced by the Ministry of Women and Child Development for
the children of working mothers in 2006.
(A) Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme
(B) Indira Gandhi National Creche Scheme
(C) Sishu Vikas Creche Scheme

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 (D) Jawahar National Creche Scheme
Ans: (A)

58. Which of the following is not related to Women Studies?

(A) Gender equity
(B) Gender sensitization
(C) Interdisciplinary study of women
(D) Subjugation of Men
Ans: (D)

59. Male domination in the society is referred to as _________.

(A) Monarchy
(B) Oligarchy
(C) Patriarchy
(D) Anarchy
Ans: (C)

60. What do you mean by ‘Glass ceiling’?

(i) The invisible barrier preventing women from ascending to leadership positions.
(ii) Gender constraints
(iii) Chilly climate
(iv) Lack of social capital
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (iii) and (ii) are false
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) Only (iii) is correct
Ans: (C)

61. Which of the following are the major objectives of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana’?
(a) Prevention of Gender based sex selective abortion.
(b) Ensuring survival and protection of girl child.
(c) Ensuring vocational training to girl child.
(d) Ensuring education and participation of the girl child.

(A) (a), (b) and (d) only

(B) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
(C) (b), (c) and (d) only
(D) (b) and (d) only
Ans: (A)

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62. Arrange the chronological sequence of the legislations according to their year of enactment:
i. Domestic Violence Bill
ii. Juvenile Justice Act
iii. Child Labour (Prohibition and Protection) Act
iv. National Commission for Women Act
(A) iii, iv, ii, i
(B) iii, i, ii, iv
(C) iv, i, ii, iii
(D) i, ii, iii, iv
Ans: (A)

63. Which National Education Policy gave impetus to women’s studies in India?
(A) Kothari Commission 1964-66
(B) National Educational Policy 1986
(C) Recent Education Policy
(D) Education Commission of 1882
Ans: (B)

64. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

(A) Laws are adequate but women need to engage with law.
(B) Recognition and de-recognition disqualify women with disabilities from accessing legal
rights.
(C) Personal laws and politics hinder the development of a uniform civil code.
(D) Indian women experience uniform citizenship rights.
Ans: (D)

65. Assertion (A) : Sex traffickers always target women and girl children.
Reason (R) : Sex trafficking is a major form of violence against women and has adverse
effects on women’s physical, psychological and sexual health.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct
(B) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct
Ans: (A)

66. What is included in reproductive activities?

(i) Marketing
(ii) Food preparation
(iii) Child care and education
(iv) Health care and home maintenance.

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 Mark the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (iii) only
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv) only
(D) (i) and (ii) only
Ans: (C)

67. Feminist Research aims to

(A) Research on women, by men and for women.
(B) Research for women, by women and on women.
(C) Research on women, about women, and of women.
(D) Research of women by women and for women.
Ans: (C)

68. Which is not the gender implication of digital divide?

(A) Women represent 10% of researchers and 5% of managers in areas of technology.
(B) Lack of training does not allow them to participate in technology process.
(C) Become better wives and better mothers.
(D) Access to and use of the internet is limited.
Ans: (C)

69. Match the paradigm shifts in planning for women’s advancement through Five Year Plans:
List – I List – II
(Plan Period) (Paradigm Shifts)
a. 6th Plan i. Beneficiary oriented programme
th
b. 7 Plan ii. Women and Development
th
c. 8 Plan iii. From development to empowerment
th
d. 11 Plan iv. Gender empowerment and gender equity
(A) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
(C) a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv
(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
Ans: (B)

70. Assertion (A): Education is a strong vehicle of women’s equality and empowerment.
Reason (R): Resource mobilization and management of mass education is a challenge of
Indian educators.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is true (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.

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 (D) (A) is false (R) is true.
Ans: (C)

71. What is the main focus of gender budget initiatives in India?

(A) Women Component Plan
(B) Complimentary role for effective convergence
(C) Proper utilization and monitoring of funds from various development sectors.
(D) All of the above
Ans: (D)

72. What is the main reason for women being increasingly pushed to the unorganized sector?
(i) Lack of the opportunity to acquire skills and training which could facilitate occupational
shifts.
(ii) Unequal structural conditions.
(iii) Women have to bear the major burden of domestic chores.
(iv) Women lost jobs due to globalization processes.
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii) and (i) are false.
(C) (iv) and (i) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
Ans: (D)

73. Assertion (A): The Hindu Succession Act 1956 has failed to reduce social inequalities among
women.
Reason (R): Religious traditions and customary practices came in conflict with the act.
(A) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are ture.
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (B)

74. Which is the correct chronological sequence of stages of development of feminist research?
(i) Research on gender as an organizing principle in all social systems.
(ii) Research on sex differences based on biological properties of individuals.
(iii) Research based on men’s experiences.
(iv) Research on individual level sex roles and socialization.
Mark the correct sequence from the codes given below:
(A) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(B) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(C) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

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 (D) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
Ans: (D)

75. The reason for low literacy rate of Dalit females is due to
(A) Continued monopolization of resources by middle and upper class groups.
(B) The stronger influence of casteism in the rural areas
(C) The control of Dalit customs over Dalit women.
(D) All the above
Ans: (D)

76. Muted group theory speaks about the women’s

(A) Educational status
(B) Occupational status
(C) Domination
(D) Silence
Ans: (D)

77. Which National Education Policy gave impetus to women’s studies in India?
(A) Kothari Commission 1964-66
(B) National Educational Policy 1986
(C) Recent Education Policy
(D) Education Commission of 1882
Ans: (B)

78. Arrange the chronological sequence of the following programmes and acts related to children
on the basis of the year.
(i) Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act
(ii) Integrated Child Development Services
(iii) Sarva Shiksha Abhian
(iv) Commission for Protection of Child Right Act
(A) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(B) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
Ans: (B)

79. Women are highly concentrated in low paying jobs. This exemplifies _______.
(A) Matriarchy
(B) Sexual Harassment
(C) Feminization of Poverty

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 (D) Institutional Sexism
Ans: (D)

80. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was launched in the 9th Five Year Plan to
(A) Bridge all the gender and social gaps in education.
(B) Universalization of Elementary Education
(C) Education for all.
(D) Education for the weaker sections.
Ans: (B)

81. Which of the following is not an indicator for calculating Human Development Index?
(A) Long and Healthy Life
(B) Dimension of Knowledge
(C) Participation in Decision Making
(D) Decent Standard of Living
Ans: (C)

82. Match the following from List – I and List – II

List – I List – II
(Name of Leaders) (Name of the Country)
a. Sirimavo Bandaranaike i. Pakistan
b. Margaret Thatcher ii. Sri Lanka
c. Benazir Bhutto iii. Ireland
d. Mary Robinson iv. Britain
(A) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
(B) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
(C) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
(D) a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii
Ans: (D)

83. CSWI (1974) denotes as ____.

(A) Council on the Status of Women in India
(B) Committee on the Status of Women in India
(C) Centre on the Status of Women in India
(D) Commission on the Status of Women in India
Ans: (B)

84. Who was the chairperson of the National Commission for Self Employed Women in 1987?
(A) Vina Mazumdar
(B) Ela Bhat

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 (C) Madhuri Sha
(D) Armati Desai
Ans: (B)

85. Assertion (A): One of the constraints faced by women entrepreneurs is the lack of confidence
among women.
Reason (R): Members of the family and society are not supportive to the entrepreneurial
growth of women.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the explanation for (A).
Ans: (A)

86. National Commission for Child Rights was established in the year
(A) 1993
(B) 2003
(C) 2001
(D) 2007
Ans: (C)

87. The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 seeks to ban the depiction of
women in any form which is:
(i) Indecent for women
(ii) Denigrating to women
(iii) Corrupting or injure the public morality of women
(iv) To deprive the women from certain set roles.
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (i) and (ii) only
(C) (ii) and (iii) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: (A)

88. Which of the Five Year Plans stressed the need for National Policy for the empowerment of
women?
(A) Seventh
(B) Ninth
(C) Fifth
(D) Sixth
Ans: (B)

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89. Assertion (A): Sexism refers to the belief or attitude that one sex is inferior and less valuable
than the other.
Reason (R): Sexism widely prevails in Indian society.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
Ans: (D)

90. Child Sex Ratio according to 2011 census is

(A) 900
(B) 914
(C) 924
(D) 940
Ans: (B)

91. Choose the correct expansion of UNIFEM:

(A) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(B) United Nations International Fund for Women
(C) United Nations International Fund for Education of Women
(D) United Nations Development Fund for Education of Women
Ans: (B)

92. Feminist Research aims to

(A) Research on women, by men and for women.
(B) Research for women, by women and on women.
(C) Research on women, about women, and of women.
(D) Research of women by women and for women.
Ans: (C)

93. Among the following which is not an objective of National Commission for Women?
(A) Recommends the punishment for offenders of crime.
(B) Recommends remedial legislative measures.
(C) Review of constitutional and legal safeguards for women.
(D) Advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.
Ans: (A)

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94. What is correct about Women’s Studies Movement?
(a) The Women’s Studies Movement has made some major breakthrough in the content of
research as well as in the methodologies employed.
(b) Its aim has been to outdo the men in power hierarchy and ensure more power for women.
(c) It got momentum by the support of Government.
(d) It has appraised the social scientists of the existence of gender as a form of social
inequality.
(A) (a), (c) and (d) only
(B) (b), (c) and (d) only
(C) (b) only
(D) (a) and (d) only
Ans: (A)

95. Assertion (A) : Even in twenty first century, democratic transition processes have failed to
end violence against women and to restore respect and recognition for women as human.
Reason (R) : To counteract the perpetration of human rights abuses under many dictatorial
regimes of the twentieth century, women adopted the strategy to use the human rights
framework to advance women’s rights.
(A) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not correct explanation for (A)
(D) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
Ans: (C)

96. Assertion (A) : The promotion of women’s human rights bears on the question of whether the
current hierarchy of rights, with civil and political rights at the pinnacle, is justifiable. Reason
(R) : There is tremendous potential in the women’s movement to put all types of rights
together, as well as to be a force for a much more powerful understanding of human rights as
indivisible.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Ans: (A)

97. SAARC year of Girl Child was observed in the year ______.
(A) 1999
(B) 1990
(C) 1986
(D) 1976
Ans: (B)

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98. International Women’s Day is celebrated on ______.
(A) Mother’s Day
(B) Father’s Day
(C) Women’s Day
(D) Children’s Day
Ans: (C)

99. Expand NPAW

(A) National Plan of Action for Women
(B) New Policy of Awareness for Women
(C) National Policy of Agreement for Women
(D) None of the above
Ans: (A)

100. The first Women President of India is ______.

(A) Smt. Indira Gabndhi
(B) Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(C) Smt. Prathibha Patil
(D) Sushma Swaraj
Ans: (C)

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