UGC NET/JRF EXAM, Women’s Studies, December-2019*

Total Questions: 100

81. Sequence the following steps involved in the Research Process:

(a) Sampling
(b) Data Collection
(c) Preparing research design
(d) Hypothesis testing

Choose the correct option:

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

82. Arrange the following tools of data collection in ascending order as per the involvement of the researcher with the respondents:

Correct Answer: C. Questionnaire, Interview, Case Study, Participative Observation

83. Arrange the following committees/ commissions related to education chronologically:

(a) Radha Krishnan Committeе
(b) Durgabai Deshmukh Committee
(c) Hansa Mehta Committee
(d) Mudaliar Commission

Choose the correct answer:

Correct Answer: C. (a), (d), (b), (c)

84. Assertion (A): Feminist history refers to the re-reading and re-interpretations of history from a feminist perspective.

Reason (R): History of feminism outlines the origins and evolution of the feminist movement.

Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are correct (R) is not the correet explanation of (A)

85. Assertion (A): The women's studies movement has outdone the men in power hierarchy and has ensured more power for women.

Reason (R): The women's studies movement has made some major break through, in the content of research as well as in the methodologies employed.

Choose the correct answer:

Correct Answer: D. (A) is wrong (R) is correct

86. Assertion (A): Oppressive lives of women are not only shaped by gender alone but by other elements as racism, classism etc.

Reason (R): Black women have a unique perspective on the oppression of the world unlike white women.

Choose the correct option:

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

87. Assertion (A): Gender equality demands substantive transformation, a set of policies and conditions created by the state that facilitates the reallocation of resources.

Reason (R): Gender relations are power relations, women lacking power lack access to and control over their own labour mobility, sexuality and fertility.

Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

88. Assertion (A): Feminist stand point knowledge attempts to replace the view from nowhere.

Reason (R): A Feminist approach to epistemology seeks to establish knowledge production from a women's perspective.

Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: D. Both (A) and (R) are correct

89. Assertion (A): In most of the crimes, women are not able to register FIR.

Reason (R): Under zero FIR, first information report can be filed only in a police station under the territorial jurisdiction where the incident of crime happened.

Choose the correct answer:

Correct Answer: C. (A) is correct and (R) is wrong

90. Assertion (A): Widows in India represent one of the most disadvantaged groups of women.

Reason (R): The stigma of widowhood is very much prevalent in many parts of India. Choose the correct answer:

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