KUET 2023 Question Paper M.A. Gender Studies

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ENTRANCE TEST-2023
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

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GENDER STUDIES

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1. Which is NOT related to Women’s Studies? 6. What is Cis-Gender?
(A) Gender Equality
(A) Individuals assigned female at birth and then
(B) Consciousness Rising
identify themselves as girls or women once they
(C) Subjugation of men
grow up
(D) Interdisciplinary Study of women
2 Arrange the following initiatives with regard to (B) Individuals assigned male at birth and then
Women’s Studies in India in chronological order: identify themselves as boys or men once they
(a) Establishment of Indian Association of grow up
Women’s Studies.
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(b) First National Conference on Women’s Studies
(D) None of the Above
(c) Publication of “Towards Equality Report”
(d) Second National Education Policy 7. Which Feminist among the following is most
Code: associated with Second Wave of Feminism?
(A) (a), (b), (c ), (d) (A) Mary Wollstonecraft
(B) (c), (b), (a), (d)
(B) Kate Millet
(C) (b), (a), (c), (d)
(C) Angela Davis
(D) (d), (b), (c), (a)
3. Women Studies is an academic field which examines (D) Christine Di Pizan
and studies: 8. Which was the First Country in the world that
(A) Socio-Cultural Construction of Gender officially announced Women’s Voting Rights?
(B) Relation between Power and Gender
(A) USA
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(B) New Zealand
(D) None of the Above
4. Which of the following Feminist Critics used the (C) UK
expression ‘Gynocriticism’ for the first time? (D) India
(A) Kate Millet
9. “Female subordination is rooted in a set of customary
(B) Simone de Beauvoir
and legal constraints that block Women’s entrance
(C) Elaine Showalter
and success in the public world” is an argument of
(D) Mary Ellmann
which of the following?
5. The first Wave of feminism corresponds to:
(A) Women Suffrage (A) Marxist feminist
(B) Right for Abortion (B) Cultural feminist
(C) Reservation for Employment
(C) Liberal feminist
(D) Reservation for Education
(D) Radical feminist

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10. The Constitution of India provides women 14. What does the term consanguineous mean?
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fundamental rights to not be discriminated on the (A) Of the same blood
grounds of sex under Article____ and get equal (B) Of the same origin
protection under the law according to Article______. (C) Of the same ancestry
(A) Article 11and 12 respectively (D) All the above

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(C) Article 15 and Article14 respectively a Man of lower caste is known as:

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(A) Shakuntala (D) Endogamy
(B) Tessy Thomas 16. Who has authored the book “Second Sex”?
(C) Sushma Swaraj (A) Simon de Beauvoir
(D) None of the Above (B) Wollstonecraft

12. Towards Equality Report, the document that laid (C) Laura Cereta

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(D) None of the Above
(C) Report on Economic Growth of Women
(D) None of the Above 18. The “Global Gender Gap Index” ranking to the
Countries is given by:
13. Which of the following statements are true regarding
Feminist Movements? (A) World Economic Forum
(B) UN Human Rights Council

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(B) Agitations demanded enhancing the political 19. In 2022, India was ranked …………out of 146

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educational and career opportunities. (A) 135
(C) There were agitations in different countries for (B) 130
the extension of voting rights to Women. (C) 120
(D) All of the above. (D) 129

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20. Which of the following is the objective of National 25. Sugandha Devi, who issued coins with the figure of
Education Policy NEP-2020? seated Lakshmi, was a Queen of :
(A) Ensuring Universal Access at all levels of School
(A) Kashmir
Education
(B) Reforms in School Education (B) Karnataka
(C) Equitable and Inclusive Education (C) Patna
(D) All of the above (D) Delhi
21. Sex Ratio of India in 2022, as per National Family 26. Which School of Hindu Philosophy did Lal-Ded
Health Survey (NFHS-5) was: follow at the peak of her potency?
(A) 1010 (A) Shaivism

(B) 1020 (B) Brahmanism
(C) Vatsun
(C) 1030
(D) None of the above
(D) 1040
27. The Commission on Status of Women (CSW) first
22. Which state has the lowest sex ratio in India?
met at the Lake Success, New York in?
(A) Haryana
(A) December, 1998
(B) Punjab
(C) Jammu and Kashmir (B) February, 1947
(D) Assam (C) January, 2000
23. Who is credited with the very famous slogan, (D) None of the above
“Personal is Political”?
28. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place
(A) Simone de Beauvoir (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, (PoSH
(B) Shulamith Firestone
Act) came into existence in the year?
(C) Carol Hanisch
(A) 2015
(D) Friedrich Nietzsche
(B) 2013
24. Which of the following is /are true regarding
Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016? (C) 2012
(1) The Bill allows single parents to opt for altruistic (D) 2011
surrogacy.
29. The Provision for making Domestic Incident Reports
(2) The Bill doesn t allow unmarried couples to
has been mentioned by which of the following?
opt for surrogacy.
(A) Only (1) (A) Special Marriage Act, 1954

(B) Only (2) (B) Domestic Violence Act, 2005
(C) Both (1) and (2) (C) Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
(D) Neither (1) nor (2) (D) Indian Divorce Act, 1969

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30. Dowry Prohibition Act, came into existence in the 36. The Indian Council of Social Science Research
year : (ICSSR) in 1976 initiated a Program in Women
(A) 1961 Studies with which of the following Objectives?
(B) 1981 (A) Initiate Policy Change
(C) 1999 (B) Develop New Perspectives in Social Science
(D) 1988 Concepts, Methods and Theories
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37. The book Feministic Mystique is written by

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(A) Kamla Nehru
(B) Betty Friedan
introduced in the Parliament on:
(C) Juliet Mitchell
(A) September 12, 1999
(D) Arundhati Roy
(B) September 12, 1996
(C) December 12, 1996 38. Who is the Author of Book ‘Demystification of Law
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(A) Nandita Haksar
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(D) 108 Constitutional Amendment Bill Women, the phrase “Glass-Ceiling” was first coined
34. According to the 73rd Amendment Act, out of the by:
total number of seats to be filled by the Direct (A) Rachel Speght
Elections for Local Self-Governing bodies is:
(B) Marilyn Loden
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(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Smt. Mohini Giri
(B) Atmaram Pandurang
(C) S.C Hills (C) Smt. Mehbooba Mufti

(D) None of the Above (D) None of the Above

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41. National Commission for Women (NCW) was 46. Which scheme was launched by the Jammu and
Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission (JKRLM) for
established in the year: Women s self-dependency and self-sufficiency in the
(A) 1992 year of 2018?
(B) 1982 (A) UDAAN
(B) TITLEE
(C) 1993
(C) PEHCHAN
(D) 2002 (D) UMEED
42. In order to promote the welfare of girl child the 47. Which State/UT of India has the Highest Female
Literacy Rate?
Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme (SSY) was launched
(A) Gujarat
in:
(B) Kerala
(A) 2015 (C) Andhra Pradesh
(B) 2014 (D) Rajasthan
(C) 2011 48. Descriptive Research involves:
(A) Qualitative Approach
(D) 2010
(B) Quantitative Approach
43. National Commission for Women came into existence (C) Both (A) and (B)
by: (D) None of the Above
(A) An Amendment in the Constitution of India 49. Feminist Research endeavors:
(A) Issues related to Power and Oppression
(B) A decision of the Union Cabinet
(B) Religious Divide
(C) An Act passed by the Parliament (C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) An order of the President of India (D) None of the above
44. Who launched the Second phase of Ujjawala Yojana 50. Given below are two statements:
or Ujjawala 2.0 Scheme? Statement I: A Research Design is blueprint that
guides the use of a Research Method and Analysis
(A) Nitin Gadkari of Data.
(B) Nirmala Sitharaman Statement II: A Research Design is no way connected
with the Expression of Causal Relations between
(C) Narendra Modi Variables.
(D) None of the Above In light of the answers from the above statements,
choose the most appropriate options given below.
45. What is Full Form of PCOS?
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(A) Pre-Conceived Ovary Syndrome (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(B) Post-Conceived Ovary Syndrome (C) Statement I is correct and Statement II is
incorrect
(C) Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome
(D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is
(D) Para Cystic Ovary Syndrome correct

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51. Who among the following is considered as India’s 56. What is ‘Gender Mainstreaming’?
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First Woman Teacher? (A) Integrating Gender Equality Perspectives
(A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Integrating Gender Specific Policies and
Programmes
(B) Jyotiba Phule
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(C) Begum Akbar Jahan Abdullah (D) One stop Centre Scheme
(D) Hari Singh 58. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural
53. The Book “Women’s Role in Development” is written Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) was launched
by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD),
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54. What is Gendered Division of Labour? 59. On the eve of International Women’s Day-2022, two
(A) It is based on Gender-structured Conceptions Kashmiri Women _____and_____ were conferred
of Appropriate Work with “Nari Shakti Puruskar.”
(A) Nasira Akhtar and Sandhya Dhar
(B) It has led to an increase in women’s
compensation worldwide (B) Hafeeza Bano and Neelofar Akhatar

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(A) 2010-11
(B) 2001-02
(C) It is considered same as Sex (C) 2007-08
(D) All of the Above (D) 2005-06

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