UGC NET/JRF EXAM, June-2021 WOMEN’S STUDIES

Total Questions: 100

41. R.W. Connell's concept of 'Patriarchal Dividend' refers to:

(a) Honour and Prestige and material dividends, men get under patriarchy
(b) The dividend is universally distributed among men and women
(c) Not all men receive the same share of the patriarchal dividend
(d) All men gain in the same way or in the same degree

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (c) only

42. As per Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012:

(a) The Act defines a child as a person under the age of 18
(b) The Act is gender neutral
(c) It makes provisions for avoiding the revictimisation of the child at the hands of law
(d) A male below 21 years of age and a woman below 18 years of age would be considered children

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b), (c) only

43. Gender sensitization is a basic requirement:

(a) to understand the sensitive needs of all genders
(b) examine the personal attitudes and beliefs and question the social realities
(c) to reinforce gender stereotypes in all spheres
(d) to establish patriarchy in every day life

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (a) and (b) only

44. Womanism refers to:

(a) challenging universalistic assumptions of white feminism
(b) acknowledges the importance of family
(c) women centred vision of liberation and engagement resisting oppressive agencies
(d) about supremacy of black women
(e) celebrates the sexuality and strength of black women and recognises they are survivors of violence and abuse

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (a), (b), (c), (e) only

45. he report of the committee on the status of women (1974) made the following recommendations:

(a) Equality not merely for Justice but for development
(b) Focus on Women's empowerment
(c) Marriage and Motherhood should not be a disability
(d) Maternity leave for working women to be increased from 12 weeks to 26 weeks

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b), (c) only

46. Which of the following are non-probability sampling method?

(a) Purposive sampling
(b) Snowball sampling
(c) Cluster sampling
(d) Stratified sampling

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b) only

47. How is a adultery perceived by law in India?

(a) It is a criminal offence
(b) It can be a ground for civil issues like Divorce
(c) It is not a criminal offence
(d) Only a man who had consensual sexual intercourse with wife of another could be punished

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (b), (c) only

48. The transgender (Protection of Rights) Act 2019 was met with protest by transgender people on grounds of:

(a) Lesser punishment for crimes against transgender people
(b) Absence of provisions on mandatory reservations for transgender people
(c) requirement of applications to be made to the district Magistrate for issuance of transgender certificate
(d) criminalization of begging

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b), (c) only

49. Which of the following are correct about Ethnographic Research?

(a) It is a survey method
(b) Investigation through observation
(c) Collect and interpret descriptive data
(d) Study of people in their environment

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (b), (c), (d) only

50. Which of the following are the characteristics of grounded theory in Research?

(a) It is a 'Systematic Methodology largely applied to qualitative research'
(b) Involves formulation theories
(c) Involves the application of Inductive reasoning
(d) It is a deductive model used for testing the hypotheses

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (a), (b), (c) only