UGC NET/JRF EXAM, June-2020 WOMEN’S STUDIES

Total Questions: 100

1. Which of the following terms is used in the Psycho-analytical theory for the 'Symbolic representation of male-centredness."

Correct Answer: B. Phallocentrism

2. Which one of the following world conventions excluded women delegates just because they were females. This led them to organize the Seneca falls convention.

Correct Answer: C. Anti-slavery Convention

3. In which year was the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act signed into a Law?

Correct Answer: A. 2019

4. Who is the founder of 'Navdanya', which campaigns for biodiversity and speaks against corporate control of foods and seeds?

Correct Answer: C. Naila Kabeer

5. Who said, "persuade women to endeavour to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste, are almost synonymous with epithets of weakness?

Correct Answer: A. Mary Wollstonecraft

6. Among the following, which is NOT an ideology of feminism?

Correct Answer: D. Promoting the dominant classes

7. Identify the National Committee which first emphasized the need to recognize women's education as a major concern in education:

Correct Answer: B. Durgabai Deshmukh Commission (1958)

8. Which one of the following perspectives are used to study linguistic sexism?

Correct Answer: A. Structural Feminist

9. What are the five domains of Women Empowerment Index (WEI)?

Correct Answer: A. Politics, Health, Education, Livelihood, Empowerment

10. What is the dress code of Anganwadi workers?

Correct Answer: C. Pink Sari