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ENTRANCE TEST-2021
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

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GENDER STUDIES
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1. Which of the following hormones is absent in men ? 8. In which of the following societies class dimensions
(A) Testoserone are relatively insignificant ?
(B) Estrogen (A) Capitalist society
(C) Progestrone (B) Feudal society
(D) None of the above
(C) Pre-capitalist society
2. The term that is used to describe what it means to be
(D) None of the above
feminine and masculine is :
(A) Sex 9. Gender based violence is ——————.
(B) Gender (A) A human rights violation within all societies
(C) Both (A) and (B) (B) Phenomenon rooted in gender inequality
(D) Intersex (C) Violence directed against a person because of
3. The primary agents of gender socialisation are : their gender
(A) Parents and schools (D) All of the above
(B) Peers and Media 10. Domestic violence against women includes :
(C) Both (A) and (B) (A) Dowry Deaths
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
(B) Cruelty by Husband
4. The process of handling boys and girls differently as
(C) Rape and molestation by family members
infants (for example giving more attention to the girl’s
hair) is called : (D) All of the above
(A) Manipulation 11. Rape, Abduction, murder is an example of_______.
(B) Construction (A) Political violence
(C) Cannalization (B) Criminal violence
(D) Normalisation (C) Domestic violence
5. A marriage where a boy of upper caste marries a girl (D) All of the above
of lower caste is called : 12. The Domestic Violence Act 2005 directs, ‘any person
(A) Anuloma who has reason to believe that an act of domestic
(B) Pratiloma
violence has been, or is being, or is likely to be
(C) Both (A) and (B)
committed, may give information about it to the
(D) None of the above
6. Dalit’s or untouchables are : concerned ______________.
(A) The people who didn’t fit in the four varnas of (A) Police Officer
caste system (B) Probation Officer
(B) The people who fit in the fourth varna of caste (C) Protection Officer
system (D) Magistrate
(C) The people who are not Hindus 13. Which of the following movements has helped to
(D) All the above break the silence surrounding sexual harassment and
7. Which of the following was prerogative of only Rajput assault through social media ?
Royal women ?
(A) #MeToo movement
(A) Sati
(B) #Women’s march
(B) Jauhar
(C) Neither (C) Women’s suffrage movement
(D) Both (A) and (B) (D) LGBT movement

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14. Who commits the murder in an honour killing ? 19. Which scheme was launched by the Government of
(A) Neighbour India in 2004 for setting up residential schools at upper
(B) Family members primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the
SC, ST, OBC and minorities in difficult areas ?
(C) Enemy
(A) Sukanya Yojana
(D) Unknown
(B) Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)
15. Major cause for honour Killings in India is _____.
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(C) Unemployment
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16. In India, the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal
(C) 1947
Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of (D) 1953
Misuse) Act, was enacted in the year_______. 21. Which of the following measures includes details on
(A) 1994 gender wise gross enrolment ratio in higher education
(B) 1996 for all categories, SC and ST ?
(C) 1894 (A) Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)
(B) Gross Education Ratio (GER)
(D) 1984
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active programmes to further women’s development.
(A) NPE 1986
(D) None of the above
(B) NPE1968
18. There are three ways for Muslim women to get (C) NPE 1992
divorce. In this regard which of the following is in- (D) NPE 2020
correct statement ? 23. As per 2011 Census, the child sex ratio in Jammu
(A) Under Khula a woman goes to court to seek and Kashmir is_______.

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(A) death within the first year of life
(B) late foetal deaths (28 weeks of gestation to birth)
(D) Under Khula a husband’s consent is not (C) death during the first 7 days of life
(D) death during the first 28 days of life
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25. Which of the below schemes is a safe motherhood 30. Which year was declared as International Women’s
intervention under the National Rural Health Mission Year by UN and where?
(NRHM) being implemented with the objective of (A) 1975
reducing maternal and neo-natal mortality? (B) 1977
(A) Janani Suraksha Yojana (C) 1985
(B) LaQshya (D) 1995
(C) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana 31. IAWS stands for :
(PMMVY) (A) International Association of Women’s Studies
(D) Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (B) Indian Association of Women’ s Studies
(PMSMA) (C) Indian Association of Women’s Society
26. What is the term that is used to define the hard-to- (D) International Association of Women’s society
see informal barriers that keep women from getting 32. Arrange the following chronologically according to
promotions, pay raises, and further opportunities ? the year:
(A) Glass-ceiling
i. New Population Policy of India
(B) Glass –elevator
ii. Towards Equality
(C) Invisible barrier
iii. National Empowerment Policy for Women.
(D) Glazed roof
iv. Shram Shakti Report
27. The positive association between educational
(A) i , ii, iii, iv
attainment and labor force participation could be due
(B) ii, iii, i, iv
to which of the following reasons?
(C) iv , i, ii, iii
(A) Women who invest in education are those most
likely to enter and remain in the labor force in (D) ii, iv, i, iii
order to recoup their return on that investment 33. Which female photojournalist from Kashmir won Peter
(B) Women who anticipate long labor force Mackler Award for ethical and courageous journalism,
attachment are most likely to pursue higher 2020?
education (A) Nayeema Ahmad Mehjoor
(C) Both (A) and (B) (B) Aarti Tikoo
(D) Neither (A) nor (B) (C) Masrat Zehra
28. Institutionally, Women’s Studies entered the university (D) Safina Nabi
system with the establishment of the Research Centre 34. Zubaan is a ______.
for Women’s Studies (RCWS) at : (A) Magazine
(A) The SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai (B) Publishing House
(B) University of Delhi (C) Journal
(C) University of Kolkata (D) Newsletter
(D) ICSSR 35. Which five year Plan initiated ‘Women’s Component
29. Vina Mazumdar was the founder director of ______.. Plan’ in India?
(A) Centre for Women’s Development Studies (A) 6th five year plan
(B) Research Centre for Women’s Studies (B) 7th five year plan
(C) Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies (C) 5th five year plan
(D) Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies (D) 9th five year plan
Centre

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36. The gender gap in the domestic division of labour is 43. Which Indian woman headed the UN General
slowly narrowing because________. Assembly and when ?
(A) New technologies such as washing machines, (A) Sarojini Naidu , 1953
hoovers and fridge-freezers have reduced the (B) Indira Gandhi , 1949
amount of housework (C) Suchitra Kriplani, 1971
(B) more women are in paid work (D) Vijaya Laxmi Pundit , 1953
(C) both (A) and (B)
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45. Which one of the following is the first Kashmiri woman
(C) Ramayana to win Sahitya Akademi Award ?
(D) None of the above
(A) Neerja Matoo
38. Razia Sultan was the daughter of ________.
(B) Naseem Shifai
(A) Ruknuddin Feroze Shah
(C) Ather Zia
(B) Shams-us-din Iltutmish
(D) Nighat Sahiba
(C) Muizzudin Bahram Shah
46. The chronicle of Kashmiri’s early Kings which also
(D) Jamal-ud-din Yaqut
acquaints us to prominent Queens of Kashmir is
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(D) Sarla Devi Chaudhrani – Khilafat Movement
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Which of the following led to the foundation for the
Indian National Flag ? Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(A) BiAmman (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ?
(B) Annie Besant (A) UGC guidelines
(C) Aruna Asif Ali (B) Vishaka Guidelines
(D) SurayyaTayabji (C) CEDAW
41. Medha Patekar is associated With ___________. (D) National Commission for Women

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(A) Annie Besant
(B) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
(POSCO) Act
(B) Sarla Devi (C) The Protection of Women from Domestic
(C) Indira Gandhi Violence Act 2005
(D) Sarojini Naidu (D) None of the Above

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49. In India Child Marriage is a _________. 55. Ladli Beti- A Jammu & Kashmir Government
(A) Non bailable Offence sponsored social assistance scheme meant for new
(B) Cognizable offence born girl child of the Union Territories of J&K and
(C) Baliable Offence Ladakh born on or after ________.
(D) Both (A) and (B) (A) 1st April 2015
50. Which article of Indian Constitution says, ‘The State (B) 1st April 2014
shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a uniform civil (C) 1st May 2015
code throughout the territory of India’ ? (D) 1st May 2014
(A) 43 56. Gender Budgeting :
(B) 35 i. Is not a separate budget for Women
(C) 44 ii. Is about spending the same on women and men
(D) 51 (A) Both i and ii are correct
51. How much reservation is provided for women in (B) Only i is correct
Panchayat under 73rd and 74th Amendment of Indian (C) Both i and ii are incorrect
Constitution? (D) Only ii is correct
(A) One third of the positions are reserved for 57. The process whereby people move from the
women countryside to towns and cities is known as :
(B) 50% of positions are reserved for women (A) Colonization
(C) One third of the positions are reserved for (B) Urbanization
women in Rural areas only (C) Emigration
(D) One fourth of the positions are reserved for (D) None of the above
women 58. Research to study the effect of certain policies, plans
52. What was the name of the organisation that Pandita and programmes;
Ramabai established for widows in colonial India : (A) Applied research
(A) Sharda Sadan (B) Descriptive research
(B) Mahila Morcha (C) Evaluation research
(C) Mahila Mandal (D) Causal research
(D) None 59. Which is the first stage of research process ?
53. Who among the following women were associated (A) Research design
with Bhakti Movement ? (B) Analysis of data
(A) Mira Bai (C) Identification of research problem
(B) Janaki (D) Literature review
(C) Akkamahadevi 60. Find the mean in the following numbers: 19, 21, 18,
(D) All of these 17, 18, 22, 46
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Women in India ? (B) 19
(A) Ms. Rekha Sharma (C) 16
(B) Lalitha Kumaramangalam (D) 25
(C) Girja Vyas
(D) V. Mohini Giri

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