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

Total Questions: 100

11. Which of the following focuses on how modern societies discriminated against women?

Correct Answer: B. Feminism

12. Which was the path breaking report on gender inequality in India?

Correct Answer: C. Towards Equality

13. "Within the family he is bourgeois and the wife represents the proletariat." Who said this?

Correct Answer: C. Frederick Engels

14. Theory of matriarchy was used as explanation for 'Women's Post' by:

Correct Answer: A. Simone de Beauvoir

15. Why are women treated as secondary citizens?

Correct Answer: D. Patriarchal society prevails

16. Who among the following is the author of the book, The Laugh of the Medusa?

Correct Answer: D. Helene Cixous

17. Which among the following are underlying beliefs of all feminism?

(a) Women are being oppressed
(b) Women's oppression is man-made
(c) Women themselves must resolve their issues
(d) Gender division of labour places an unfair burden on women

Choose the correct option:

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

18. Who among the following is NOT regarded as a French post structuralist feminist?

Correct Answer: A. Caroline Kauffmann

19. Francoise d'Eaubonne is associated with which feminism?

Correct Answer: D. Ecofeminism

20. Which branch of feminism asserts that gender differences are not based on biology and that women and men should have the same rights and same educational opportunities?

Correct Answer: B. Liberal