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Gender Studies | Set 2
1. Who introduced PhD programme in women’s history?
A. Gerda Lerner
B. Simone de Beavou
C. Virginia Wolf
D. Betty Friden
Correct : A. Gerda Lerner
2. Who is the author of the book Second Sex?
A. Gerda Lerner
B. Mary Wollstonecraft
C. Virginia Wolf
D. Simone de Beavou*
Correct : D. Simone de Beavou*
3. Who disclosed for the first time ‘woman all through history is defined as the ‘other’ of man who takes the privilege of being the ‘self’‘?
A. Betty Friedan
B. Joan Scott
C. Simone de Beavou
D. Virginia Wolf
Correct : C. Simone de Beavou
4. Author of the article ‘Can the subaltern speak?’
A. Frantz Fannon
B. Home Babha
C. Gayatri Spivak
D. Antonio Gramsci
Correct : C. Gayatri Spivak
5. Author of the book A Field of One's Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia?
A. Bina Agarwal
B. Kirti K.Sha
C. Uma chakravarti
D. Gayatri Spivak
Correct : A. Bina Agarwal
6. Who observed that the lack of women’s property rights as the reason for the domestic violence against women.?
A. Vina Majumdar
B. Kumkum Sangari
C. Bina Agarwal
D. vandana Shiva
Correct : C. Bina Agarwal
7. Name the author of the work Public Secrets of Law: Rape Trials in India (2014)?
A. Pratiksha Baxi
B. Bina Agarwal
C. vijaya Ramaswami
D. sudesh Vaid
Correct : A. Pratiksha Baxi
8. Where does women studies begin as an academic discipline ?
A. France
B. USA
C. Switzerland
D. England
Correct : B. USA
9. Name the author of Walking naked. Women, society, spirituality in south India?
A. Bina Agarwal
B. Mandakranta Bose
C. Vijaya Ramaswami
D. Sudesh Vaid
Correct : C. Vijaya Ramaswami
10. Who is the founder of the 50 million Missing Campaign?
A. Prem Chowdhry
B. Rita Banerji
C. Jasodhara Bagchi
D. Mira Dutta gupta
Correct : B. Rita Banerji
11. Who among the following are the founders of Manushi?
A. Madhu Kishwar
B. Ruth Vanita
C. Vina majumdar
D. madhu Kishwar & Ruth
Correct : D. madhu Kishwar & Ruth
12. Who among the following is the founding Director of Centre for Women’s Development Studies(CWDS) , New Delhi?
A. Vina Majumdar
B. Vandana Shiva
C. Bina Agarwal
D. Uma Narayan
Correct : A. Vina Majumdar
13. Who is the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for literature?
A. Amrita Pritam
B. nayanthara Seghal
C. Asra Nomani
D. Gita Mehta
Correct : A. Amrita Pritam
14. What is the purpose of the Honour for Women National Campaign?
A. End gender discrimination
B. end violence against women
C. end caste system
Correct : B. end violence against women
15. Activist whose name is not associated with the work of LGBT ?
A. Medha Patkar
B. anjali goplan
C. Celina Jaitely
D. Tista Das
Correct : A. Medha Patkar
16. Who is the founder of Naz Foundation( India)Trust?
A. Shakuntala Devi
B. Pablo Ganguli
C. Anjali Goplan
D. Sona Giani
Correct : C. Anjali Goplan
17. Name the author of Dalit women talk differently. A critique of ‘difference’ and towards a dalit feminist stand point position?
A. Sharmila Rege
B. Anjali Gopalan
C. Shakuntala Devi
D. Medha Pathkar
Correct : A. Sharmila Rege
18. Author of the Feminine Mystique (1963)?
A. Betty Friedan
B. Luce Irigarary
C. Mary Wollstonecraft
D. Simone de Beavour
Correct : A. Betty Friedan
19. Which is the article against gender discrimination?
A. Artcile 14
B. Article 15
C. Article 17
D. Article 20
Correct : B. Article 15
20. When did the national commission for Women establish?
A. 1992
B. 1994
C. 1996
D. 1998
Correct : A. 1992
21. Who was the first head of the National Commission for Women?
A. Jayanti Patnaik
B. Girija Vyas
C. Lalitha Kumaramangalam
D. Mohini Giri
Correct : A. Jayanti Patnaik
22. Which is the monthly newsletter of National commission for women?
A. Rashtra Mahila
B. India Calling
C. Manushi
D. women
Correct : A. Rashtra Mahila
23. SANGRAM is popular among ---
A. transgenders
B. men
C. women
D. sex workers
Correct : D. sex workers
24. Which two cities in India have the largest brothel based sex industry?
A. Kolkata & Chennai
B. Mumbai & Kolkata*
C. Mumbai & Goa
D. Bangalore &
Correct : B. Mumbai & Kolkata*
25. What is Sonagachi known for?
A. red-light district
B. handicraft
C. silk industry
D. child labour
Correct : A. red-light district
26. Who is Sunita Narain?
A. Environmentalist
B. historian
C. economist
D. legal right activist
Correct : A. Environmentalist
27. What is common among Vandana shiva, Menaka Gandhi and Sunita Narain?
A. Politicians
B. academicians
C. stand for the protection of environmen
D. legal
Correct : C. stand for the protection of environmen
28. Sanghamitra is associated with which community?
A. LGBT
B. lesbians
C. homosexuals
D. bisexuals
Correct : A. LGBT
29. With which activities that Ruth Manorma involved?
A. eradication of prostitution
B. Dalit activis
C. environmental protection
D. eradication of child labour
Correct : B. Dalit activis
30. Who was the pioneer Indian feminist scholar made contributions in anthropological explorations in gender?
A. Leela Dube
B. Angana p.Chatterjee
C. Iravati Karve
D. Neera Desai
Correct : A. Leela Dube