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

Total Questions: 100

81. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): In the last two decades Women Studies have been replaced by Gender studies.

Reason (R): Gender studies understand gender relations in a holistic way.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

82. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Feminist economics is no longer an emerging paradigm within economics; most feminist economics would confidently state that it is no longer in its infancy.

Reason (R): By now orthodox economics has to accept that feminist economics is an undisputed player within the discipline, academia, scholarship and policy circles.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

83. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Women in Development (WID) approach was not successful in integrating women in mainstream.

Reason (R): WID ignored diversity and did not examine the process of gendering and therefore further marginalized women.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

84. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Women are powerful agents of change and continue to make an increasing and significant contribution to sustainable development.

Reason (R): Women make a considerable contribution to livelihoods, family well-being, natural resource management, food security which are important assets for sustainable development.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

85. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Strategic gender needs enable women to do existing work better without challenging the division of labour.

Statement II: Women are less rational than men.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

86. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: In India, all forms of sexual abuse that a child faces are not reported most of the time.

Statement II: The subject of child sex abuse is still a taboo in India.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

87. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: A structuralist explanation arguing that health outcomes are mainly the direct result of the impact of material conditions and in particular of the unequal access to resources related to welfare regimes.

Statement II: Class and gender are inscribed in our bodies and accounts for the socioeconomic gradients in health.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

88. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 proposed the formal concept of equality where the spouses were deemed equal.

Statement II: The enactment of the 1955 Act granted Hindu Women the right to divorce by mutual consent.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is false

89. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Mental health is an important dimension of women's health.
Reason (R): Mental health is viewed as an interface between domestic violence and health.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

90. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: India's Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) has witnessed a rapid decline and is the lowest among its South Asian counterparts.

Statement II: Women in India are for the most part, employed in low paying jobs with little or no scope for labour mobility.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true