Odisha CPET 2021 Question Paper Gender Studies Women Studies

Set-1
M.A. Gender Studies/Women’s Studies Common Entrance Test, 2021
Time Allowed = 1 hour and 30 minutes Total Marks =70
(Each question carries 1 mark)

1.Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits any discrimination on the basis of
sex?
A. 12.
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15

2. Which of the following country was the first to give women the right to vote?
A. USA
B. Switzerland
C. New Zealand
D. Australia

3. Which state has highest number of women MPs?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Himachal Pradesh

4. Which of the following statement is true about women’s labour force participation
in India?
A. It is growing.
B. It is declining.
C. It is constant.
D. None of the above

5. What does the concept of Marginal worker imply?
A. Those who work for less than four months.
B. Those who work for less than six months.
C. Those who work for less than eight months.
D. Those who work for less than eleven months.

6. When was the Multi- dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) introduced in the Human
Development Report?
A. A.2010
B. 2009

C. C.2008
D. 2011

7. What does LPG stand for?
A. Liberal Processing Globalization
B. Liberalization Poverty Globalization
C. Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization
D. Low Pressured Gas

8. What is a provisional supposition called in a research?
A. Sample
B. Experiment
C. Conclusion
D. Hypothesis

9. Which of the following feminism stresses on women’s equality?
A. Liberal Feminism
B. Radical Feminism
C. Socialist Feminism
D. Eco Feminism

10. Which of the following pair is correctly matched?
A. Tara Ali Bag- Khilafat Movement
B. Aruna Asaf Ali- Quit India Movement
C. Madhuri Shah- Anti- arrack Movement
D. Mother Teresa- Swadeshi Movement

11. Who among the following was the first Woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?

A. Smt. Jayalalitha
B. Sheila Dikshit
C. Mrs. Sucheta Kripalini
D. Sarojini Naidu

12. Who was the mother of Abhimanyu in Mahabharat?
A. Draupadi
B. Ulupi
C. Chitrangada
D. Subhadra

13. How are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected?

A. The People
B. The members of the Lok Sabha
C. Elected members of the Legislative Assembly

D. Elected members of the Legislative Council

14. Who among the following wrote the ‘Laxmi Puran’?
A. Jagannath Das
B. Balaram Das
C. Sarala Das
D. None of the above

15. What does a Gender sensitive curriculum refer to?

A. A curriculum that has separate provision for women students.
B. A curriculum that excludes Mathematics and Physical Science
C. A curriculum that attempts to challenge the gender stereotypes.
D. A curriculum that includes only women’s issues.

16. Who among the following is a Sahitya Academy Award winner?

A. Shobha De
B. Amrita Saxsena
C. Amrita Pritam
D. Kishwar Desai

17. Which country declares National Holiday on ‘Women’s Day’?

A. America
B. Russia
C. China
D. India

18. Which State has the lowest child sex ratio?

A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Gujarat
D. Rajasthan

19. Which Article of the Constitution makes the Right to Education a Fundamental
Right?

A. Article 19
B. Article 39
C. Article 21 A
D. Article 51 A

20. Who among the following is associated with track and field events?

A. Ashwini Ponnappa
B. Geetika Jakhar
C. Mithali Raj
D. Dutee Chand

21. Which of the regions of India have low prevalence of female infanticide and
female foeticide?

A. North Eastern Region
B. South Central Region
C. North West Region
D. Southern Region

22. What for, the UNO nominated ‘Malala’ as UN Ambassador?

A. To promote Girls’ Safety and Security
B. To promote Girls’ Rights
C. To promote Girls’ Education
D. To promote Girls’ nutrition

23. Who among the following is the first Woman to receive Bharat Ratna Award?

A. Mother Teresa
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Aruna Asaf Ali

24. Which period was declared as the UN Development Decade for women?

A. A.1975 – 85
B. 1985 – 95
C. 1991 – 2000
D. 2001 – 2011

25. In which year the Hindu Marriage Act was passed?
A. 1950
B. 1952
C. 1955
D. 1956

26. Which of the following is an urban problem?

A. Slums

B. Poverty
C. Unemployment
D. All the above

27. Who among the following led the Narmada Bachao movement?

A. Medha Patekar
B. Neera Desai
C. Sunderlal Bahuguna
D. Sibu Soren

28. Which of the following institutions does not serve the women exclusively?

A. State Commission for women
B. State Human Rights Commission
C. Mahila Banks
D. Mahila Police stations

29. Which among the following states produces rubber in large quantities?
A. Assam
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Karnataka

30.Which of the following is a permanent feature of a representative form of
government
A. Voting.
B. Decision Making.
C. Military Force.
D. None of The Above.

31. Who defined democracy as “Government of the people, by the people, for the
people”?
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Lord Bryce
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Laski

32. Who among the following considers poverty as a result of exploitation and not of
scarcity?
A. Weber
B. Plato
C. Marx
D. Pareto

33. Which of the following factors may bring changes in marriage system?
A. Traditional values
B. Customs
C. Folkways
D. Modern education

34. What is the full form of OBC?
A. Other Backward Class
B. Other Backward Caste
C. Over Backward Class
D. Over Backward Caste

35. When women bear the disproportionate burdens of poverty, what is it called?
A. Poverty among women
B. Unequal poverty
C. Additional poverty
D. Feminisation of poverty

36. Which of the following health programme aims at improving the health status
of women, adolescents, and children?
A. RMNCH+A
B. ICDS
C. IRDP
D. ORS

37. Who among the following is responsible for the immunization of the pregnant
ladies?
A. ASHA workers
B. Anganwadi workers
C. Village level workers
D. Both a and b

38. What is the nature of the Constitution of India?
A. Flexible
B. Rigid
C. Partly rigid and partly flexible
D. None of the above

39. Which of the following is the highest civilian award in India?
A. Padma Vibhusan
B. Padma Vhusan
C. Padma Shree
D. Bharat Ratna

40. Who among the following was the prominent ‘Subaltern’ thinker?
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Bell Hook
C. Gayatri Spivak
D. Anita Desai

41. To which country does Sirimavo Bandaranaike belong?
A. Sri Lanka
B. India
C. Pakistan
D. Great Britain

42. What does Gender Role stereotypes refer to?
A. Beliefs about differences between Men and Women
B. As it is revealed by the society
C. Gender identity
D. None of the above

43. Who among the following was the first women to win the title of international
grand master in chess?
A. P.V. Sindhu
B. Bachenderi Pal
C. Punita Arora
D. Bhagyashree Thipse

44. With which health programme AYUSH is associated?

A. NFHS
B. NRHM
C. RCH
D. NACO

45. Among the following women whose name is closely associated with Central
Social Welfare Board?

A. Dr. Annie Besant
B. Aruna Asaf Ali
C. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D. Durgabai Deshmukh

46.In which year, the Equal Remuneration Act was enacted?
A. 1956
B. 1966

C. 1976
D. 1986

47. Which of the following is used in pencils?
A. Graphite
B. Silicon
C. Sulphite
D. Dolomite

48.What is the chemical formula for water?
A. Na AIO2
B. H2O
C. AI2O3
D. NH3

49. What is the common name for washing soda?
A. Sodium Carbonate
B. Sodium Bicarbonate
C. Calcium Carbonate
D. Calcium Bicarbonate

50. Which among the following Kavya of Sanskrit, deal with court intrigues & access
to power of Chandragupta Maurya?
A. Mrichhakatika
B. Ritusamhara
C. Kumarasambhava
D. Mudrarakshahsa

51. Which king started the organization of Kumbh fair at Allahabad?

A. Harshavardhana
B. Dhruvasena Ii
C. Narshimhvarman
D. Akabar

52. What does Upanishads deal with?
A. Politics
B. Philosophy
C. Medicine
D. Social life

53. Which among the following is a place in Larkana district of Sind province in
Pakistan?

A. Alamgirpur
B. Harappa
C. Rangapur
D. Mohenjo-Daro

54. Who was the main male God worshipped by Indus people?
A. Lord Vishnu
B. Vishnu
C. Brahma
D. Indra

55. Which organisation in India makes National Income estimates?

A. Planning Commission
B. Reserve Bank of India
C. Central statistical organisation
D. Indian statistical Institute

56.Who has authored the book 'Freedom Behind Bars '?
A. Kiran Bedi
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Sobha Dey
D. Arundhati Ray

57. Who has authored the Book “Guide”?
A. Sobha Dey
B. Munshi Premchand
C. R.K.Narayan
D. None of the above

58. Who has authored the the famous book ' The Daughter of the East ' ?
A. Ms. Tashlima Nasrin
B. Mrs. Benazir Bhutto
C. Sobha Dey
D. Arundhati Ray

59.Where is the Union Budget is always presented first?
A. Union Cabinet
A. The Lok Sabha
B. The Rajya Sabha
C. Joint Session of the Parliament

60. Which institution is considered as the guardian of fundamental Rights in India?

A. The Supreme Court
B. The Parliament
C. The Constitution
D. All the above

61. Which among the following is a socially constructed phenomena, that shifts and
changes over time?
A. Gender
B. Femininity
C. Masculinity
D. All the above

62. ‘Aravanis’ or ‘Hijras’ is a term associated with----------

A. Devadasis
B. Transgenders
C. Lesbians
D. Bisexuals

63. How many goals are there in SDG?
A. 13.
B. 15
C. 16.
D. 17

64. Which of the following explains ‘Crude birth Rate’?

A. Number of children below five years of age per thousand of women in the
reproductive age group per year.
B. Number of births per thousand of women in the reproductive age group per
year.
C. Number of births per thousand of the population per year.
D. Total number of births per year in the country.

65. Watson and Skinner both contributed to which school of psychology?

A. Functionalism
B. Cognitive
C. Socio-cultural
D. Behaviourism

66. Mark the correct answer about Gender Studies from the following.

A. It is a Social Science
B. It is an academic discipline
C. Both a and b
D. It is narratives of women by women

67. What is a person who supports feminism is called?

A. Feminist
B. Female
C. Male feminists
D. None

68. Whose prophecy was “One People, One State, One leader”?

A. Stalin
B. Hitler
C. Lenin
D. Mussolini

69. Who wrote the famous feminist text ‘A Room of One’s Own’?
A. Simone De Beauvoir
B. Mary Wollstonecraft
C. Virginia Woolf
D. Joan Kelly

70. Which goal of the MDG dealt with gender equality and empowerment?

A. Goal-2
B. Goal-4
C. Goal-5
D. Goal-3