UGC NET/JRF EXAM, JUNE-2025 WOMEN’S STUDIES

Let's correctly match the International Conventions and Declarations (List D) with their respective years of adoption (List II):

A. The European Convention on Preventing & Combating Violence against Women & Domestic Violence → IV. 2011 - Known as the Istanbul Convention, adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011, it is the most comprehensive treaty on gender-based violence in Europe.

B. The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment & Eradication of Violence against Women→ IШ. 1994 - Also known as the Convention of Belém do Pará, adopted by the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1994, it was the first binding regional treaty on violence against women.

C. Maputo Protocol → I. 2003 - Officially titled the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, adopted by the African Union in 2003.

D. The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) → II. 2004 Adopted by ASEAN in 2004, promoting regional cooperation to combat violence against women.

Let's correctly match the Books (List I) with their Authors (List II):

A. Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom → IV. Kathryn Kolbert - Co-authored by Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay, this 2021 book examines the U.S. struggle for reproductive rights post-Roe v. Wade.

B. Bodies on the Line: At the Frontlines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America → I. Lauren Rankin - Written by Lauren Rankin (2022), this book documents abortion clinic defenders and their activism in protecting access to reproductive healthcare.

C. Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty → II. Dorothy Roberts - A seminal 1997 work by Dorothy Roberts, exploring racialized reproductive politics and control over Black women's bodies.

D. Our Bodies, Ourselves → III. Boston Women's Health Book Collective - A pioneering 1970s feminist health manual by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, empowering women through knowledge about their bodies.

Let's correctly match the Concepts (List I) with their corresponding Themes (List II):

A. Economic Development → III. Efficient integration of women's work - Focuses on incorporating women's labor into the economy and recognizing their contribution to development.

B. Equality → IV. Legal Rights - Seeks gender parity through laws, reforms, and rights-based frameworks.

C. Empowerment → II. Women's group mobilization - Involves collective organization, participation, and decisionmaking for women's agency.

D. Welfare → I. Focus on health, population, and housing programmes - Traditionally centered on women's welfare-oriented roles, focusing on family and basic needs.

Let's correctly match the Research Methods (List I) with their Characteristics (List II):

A. Oral History → III. Subjective reconstruction of one's life & meaning - Oral history collects personal narratives to reconstruct experiences and social realities.

B. Survey → IV. Quantitative - Surveys rely on structured questions and large samples, emphasizing numerical data and statistical analysis.

C. Focus Group Discussions→II. Decentering the subject - Focus groups use group interactions to bring out multiple perspectives, shifting focus from individual to collective discourse.

D. Ethnography → I. Long-term study of people - Ethnography involves immersive, long-term observation and participation within a community.

Let's match the Concepts (List I) with their Authors (List II):

A. Performativity → II. Judith Butler - Introduced in Gender Trouble (1990); gender is not innate but performed through repeated social acts.

В. Immanence & Transcendence → IV. Simone de Beauvoir - From The Second Sex (1949); explores how women are confined to "immanence" while men pursue "transcendence."

C. Semiotic dimension of language → I. Julia Kristeva – In Revolution in Poetic Language (1974), she distinguishes between the semiotic (pre-linguistic) and symbolic (structured) aspects of language.

D. Textual Sexism → III. Kate Millett - In Sexual Politics (1970), Millett exposed patriarchal biases in literary texts.

Let's match the Approaches to Development (List I) with their Characteristics (List II):

A. WID (Women in Development) → IV. Modernization Theory - Emerged in the 1970s; emphasized integrating women into development projects driven by modernization.

B. WAD (Women and Development) → III. Dependency Theory - Critiques WID; linked women's oppression to global capitalist structures and economic dependencу.

C. GAD (Gender and Development) → I. Influenced by Socialist Theory - Stresses transforming gender relations and power structures, not just including women.

D. GED (Gender and Environment Development) → II. Centers Environment - Highlights women's critical role in sustainable environmental management and ecofeminist thought.

Let's correctly match the Five-Year Plans (List I) with their respective Focus Areas (List II):

A. Sixth Plan (1980-1985) → IV. Multidisciplinary approach with a focus on health, education, and employment - This plan was the first to include a separate chapter on women and development, focusing on welfare and development through multiple sectors.

B. Seventh Plan (1985–1990) → I. Bringing women into the mainstream of national development - The focus shifted from welfare to integration and participation of women in national development processes.

C. Eighth Plan (1992-1997) → II. Paradigm shift from development to empowerment and benefits to women - Marked a transition from treating women as beneficiaries to recognizing them as active agents of change.

D. Ninth Plan (1997–2002) → III. Empowerment of women as its strategic objective - For the first time, empowerment was explicitly identified as the central objective of planning for women.

Let's correctly match the Authors (List I) with their Publications (List II):

A. Sharmita Ray → I. Women Doctors' Masterful Manoeuverings: Colonial Bengal, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries - Examines how early Indian women doctors navigated colonial hierarchies and gender barriers within the medical profession in Bengal.

B. Samiksha Sehrawat → II. Feminising Empire: The Association of Medical Women in India and the Campaign to Found a Women's Medical Service - Analyzes British women doctors' efforts to establish women's medical services in India under the colonial framework.

C. Grace Stapleton → IV. Pelvic Measurements in Indian Women - Reflects colonial medical and anthropometric studies focusing on gendered and racialized representations of Indian women's bodies.

D. Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English → III. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers - A seminal feminist text revealing how patriarchal medicine displaced women healers and midwives throughout history.

Let's correctly match the Environmental and Ecological Movements (List I) with their Associated Leaders (List II):

A. Green Belt Movement → III. Wangari Maathai - A Kenyan environmentalist, Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 to promote tree planting, environmental conservation, and women's empowerment.

B. The Navdanya Movement → IV. Vandana Shiva - Indian ecofeminist Vandana Shiva launched the Navdanya Movement in 1987 to protect biodiversity, seed sovereignty, and promote organic farming.

C. Birdman of India → II. Salim Ali - Renowned ornithologist Salim Ali is known as the Birdman of India for his pioneering work in ornithology and conservation.

D. Waterman of India →I. Rajendra Singh - Environmentalist Rajendra Singh earned this title for his efforts in water conservation and revival of rivers through traditional rainwater harvesting in Rajasthan.

Let's correctly match the Authors (List I) with their Key Works/Concepts (List II):

A. Bina Agarwal → II. Women and Agriculture - Bina Agarwal's influential research focuses on gender, land rights, and women's participation in agriculture and environmental sustainability.

B. Mary Wollstonecraft → IV. Women's Rights and Education - In her seminal 1792 work A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft advocates for education and equality for women.

C. Kamla Bhasin → III. Relevance of Feminism in South Asia - Kamla Bhasin wrote extensively on South Asian feminism, emphasizing local contexts, gender justice, and empowerment.

D. Germaine Greer → I. The Female Eunuch - Germaine Greer's 1970 book challenged traditional gender norms and became a foundational text of secondwave feminism.