Odisha CPET 2022 Question Paper Women Gender Studies

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COMMON P.G. ENTRANCE TEST–2022 (CPET-2022)

Subject Code : 75 Test Booklet No.:

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1. Which day is celebrated as “International women’s day”?

(A) 25th November

(B) 1st December

(C) 8th March

(D) 11th July

2. What was the theme of International Women’s Day,2022?

(A) “Let’s all choose to challenge.”

(B) “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”.

(C) “Each for equality”.

(D) “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.”

3. Who is known as the “Missile Woman of India”?

(A) Tessy Thomas

(B) Mallika Sarabhai

(C) Sunita Williams

(D) None of these

(A) One Stop Centre Scheme

(B) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

(C) SWADHAR Scheme

(D) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

5. In which of the following places the Chipko Movement was initiated?

(A) Patna

(B) Trichur

(C) Garhwal region of the Himalayas

(D) Jharkhand

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1917?

(A) Madam Blavatsky

(B) Aruna Asif Ali

(C) Sarojini Naidu

(D) Annie Besant

7. Who set up the Bharat Stree Mohammandal?

(A) Annie Besant

(B) Meherbai Tata

(C) Saraladevi Chaudhurani

(D) Tarabai Shinde

8. In which year the Central Social Welfare Board was established?

(A) 1950

(B) 1951

(C) 1952

(D) 1953

9. What does the green colour in Indian National Flag signify?

(A) Valour

(C) Relation to soil and prosperity

(D) Truth

10. When was the “Non-cooperation Movement” launched?

(A) 1870

(B) 1942

(C) 1920

(D) 1921

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11. Who among the following reformers founded “Arya Samaj”?

(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(B) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

(C) Atmaram Pandurang

(D) Ishwarachandra Vidyasagar

12. Which of the following states has the highest Lok Sabha seats?

(A) West Bengal

(B) Odisha

(C) Bihar

(D) Maharashtra

13. Who among the following wrote “The German Ideology”?

(A) Lenin

(B) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

(C) Karl Marx

(D) Friedrich Engels

14. Name the online platform launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development
to support women entrepreneurs?

(A) Mahila E-haat

(B) Digital India

(C) One Stop Centre Scheme

(D) None of the above

15. When authority is held by females in a family, what is the type of family called?

(A) Joint

(B) Polygamy

(C) Patriarchal

(D) Matriarchal

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16. Which Ministry deals with the disadvantaged and marginalised communities of
India?

(A) The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

(B) The Ministry of Human Resource Development

(C) The Ministry of Tribal Welfare

(D) The Ministry of Home

17. In the Indian value system what is the order of the Purusarthas?

(A) Dharma, artha, kama and moksa

(B) Artha, kama, dharma and moksa

(C) Kama, artha, dharma and moksa

(D) Moksa, artha, kama and dharma

18. What is the killing of a newly born girl known as?

(A) Female infanticide

(B) Female foeticide

(C) Female suicide

(D) Female mortality

19. What is the custom of dedicating girls to the deity was known as?

(A) Sati

(B) Devadasi

(C) Sama

(D) None

20. Which of the Sustainable Development Goal aims at achieving Gender Equality and
Women Empowerment?

(A) Goal No. 5

(B) Goal No. 1

(C) Goal No. 7

(D) Goal No. 17

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21. A woman or a man who believes in “equal rights and opportunities for men and
women.” is called what?

(A) Feminist

(B) Patriarch

(C) Casteist

(D) Atheist

22. What does FAO stands for?

(A) Food and Agricultural Organization

(B) Financial Amenities Organization

(C) Federal Associative Organisation

(D) Field and Agriculture Opportunity

23. Where is India’s only Naval Aviation Museum located?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Kerala

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Goa

24. In which year India enacted her Disaster Management Act?

(A) 2000

(B) 2005

(C) 2006

(D) 2009

25. Where is The National Police Academy located in India?

(A) Bhubaneswar

(B) Dehradun

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Bangalore

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26. The Palk Strait separates India from which country?

(A) UAE

(B) Maldives

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Pakistan

27. In which of the following states, Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills are located?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Meghalaya

(C) Manipur

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

28. Which state has the highest literacy rate in India?

(A) Goa

(B) Kerala

(C) Mizoram

(D) Manipur

29. Which state is known as India’s Spice Garden?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Assam

(D) Andhra Pradesh

30. Which is the First University of India?

(A) University of Calcutta

(B) Delhi University

(C) Madras University

(D) Banaras Hindu University

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31. Who is known as the father of the Indian Green Revolution?

(A) V Kurien

(B) C Subramanian

(C) MS Swaminathan

(D) None of the above

(A) Times of India

(B) Hindustan Times

(C) Anandabazar Patrika

(D) The Hindu

33. Where is the largest shipyard in India located?

(A) Mumbai

(B) Visakhapatnam

(C) Kochi

(D) Chennai

34. What is meant by Social Justice?

(A) All should have the same Political Rights.

(B) All should have the same Economic Rights.

(C) All kinds of discrimination and privileges based on caste, colour, creed and sex
should be eliminated.

(D) All should have the right to freedom of religion.

35. What does MMR stand for?

(A) Maternal Morbidity Rate

(B) Maternal Mortality Rate

(C) Mother’s Morbidity Rate

(D) Mother’s Mortality Rate

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36. Which among the following is a socially constructed phenomenon/phenomena, that
shifts / shift and changes/change over time?

(A) Gender

(B) Femininity

(C) Masculinity

(D) All the above

37. Ignoring or failing to address the gender dimensions is called what?

(A) Gender discrimination

(B) Gender Blind

(C) Patriarchy

(D) Gender Oppression

38. Social structure that institutionalizes differentiation between males and females in
different spheres is called what?

(A) Masculinity

(B) Patriarchy

(C) Gender Discrimination

(D) Feminity

(A) Devadasis

(B) Transgenders

(C) Lesbians

(D) Bisexuals

40. What does VAW stand for?

(A) Value Added Work

(B) Value and Work

(C) Violence against Women

(D) Violence and Women

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(A) Mumtaz Mahal

(B) Razia Sultan

(C) Rani Lakshmi Bai

(D) None of the above

Indian National Congress?

(A) Sucheta Kriplani

(B) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

(C) Sarojini Naidu

(D) Annie Besant

(A) Sdj. Biju Patnaik

(B) Sdj. Nabakrushna Choudhury

(C) Sdj. Harekrushna Mahatab

(D) Sdj. Biswanath Das

44. In which year the famous Kalinga war was fought?

(A) 261 BC

(B) 265 BC

(C) 270 BC

(D) 296 BC

45. Who among the following was given the title of Kabi Samrata?

(A) Radhanath Ray

(B) Baladev Ratha

(C) Gopabandhu Dash

(D) Upendra Bhanja

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(A) Bodha Dayini

(B) Utkal Deepika

(C) Dainika Asha

(D) Kujibar Patra

47. How many Lok Sabha seats does Odisha have?

(A) 11 Seats

(B) 21 Seats

(C) 31 Seats

(D) 41 Seats

A. Nabakrushna Choudhury

B. Harekrushna Mahatab

C. Krushna Chandra Gajapati

D. Bishwanath Das

49. Sati (wife of Lord Shiv(A) happened to be the daughter of. whom?

(A) Kubera

(B) Daksha Prajapati

(C) Himavan

(D) None of the above

50. Which one is the feminine form of Lord Vishnu helping devas to retain their
immortality?

(A) Aditi

(B) Mohini

(C) Lakshmi

(D) Padma

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51. The Constitution of India does not provide for impeachment of which of the following?

(A) Chief Justice of India

(B) President of India

(C) Vice President of India

(D) Governor of an Indian State

52. Which Amendment Act introduced GST?

(A) 100

(B) 101

(C) 102

(D) 105

53. Who established the Atomic Energy Commission (AE(C) of India in 1948?

(A) P.K. Iyengar

(B) M.R. Srinivasan

(C) Vikram Sarabhai

(D) Homi Bhabha

54. Who was the Prime Minister of India during Indo-Pak War in 1965?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Indira Gandhi

(C) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(D) Rajiv Gandhi

55. Which is the oldest High Court in India?

(A) Bombay High Court

(B) Madras High Court

(C) Allahabad High Court

(D) Calcutta High Court

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56. What does Environment include?

(A) Abiotic component

(B) Biotic component

(C) Oxygen and Nitrogen

(D) Abiotic and Biotic component

57. What is/ are the impacts of Global warming?

(A) Increase in sea level

(B) Change in crop pattern

(C) Change in the coastal line

(D) All the above

58. Where was the Earth summit organised?

(A) At Rio

(B) At Brussels

(C) At Vienna

(D) At London

59. What does NFHS stand for?

(A) National Fertility Household Survey

(B) National Family Health Survey

(C) Natural Fertility and Health Survey

(D) None of the above

60. Which of the following festival is associated with Mother Goddess Durga?

(A) Navratri

(B) Durgastami

(C) Maha Navami

(D) All the above

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61. What is the Child Sex Ratio according to 2011 census?

(A) 900

(B) 914

(C) 924

(D) 940

62. What was the act of self–immolation committed by Rani Padmini called?

(A) Gauhar

(B) Jauhar

(C) Sati

(D) Sauhar

(A) Karnataka

(B) Orissa

(C) Kerala

(D) Manipur

64. Which of the Five-Year Plans stressed on the need for evolving a National Policy for
the empowerment of women?

(A) Seventh

(B) Ninth

(C) Fifth

(D) Sixth

65. In which year the Champaran Satyagraha was launched?

(A) 1917

(B) 1920

(C) 1927

(D) 1930

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66. Which article of the Indian Constitution makes reservation of seats for Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the States?

(A) Art. 46

(B) Art.330

(C) Art.332

(D) Art.338

(A) Theory

(B) Value

(C) Fact

(D) Hypothesis

68. In which year was the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act enacted in
India?

(A) 2001

(B) 2003

(C) 2005

(D) 2007

69. Who among the following authored the book “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”?

(A) Betty Friedan

(B) Mary Wollstonecraft

(C) Shulamith Firestone

(D) Neera Desai

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) West Bengal

(D) Rajasthan

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