McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) , Master of Arts in Sociology (MA Sociology) .
| 101. |
Who introduced PhD programme in women’s history? |
| A. | Gerda Lerner |
| B. | Simone de Beavou |
| C. | Virginia Wolf |
| D. | Betty Friden |
| Answer» A. Gerda Lerner | |
| 102. |
Who is the author of the book Second Sex? |
| A. | Gerda Lerner |
| B. | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| C. | Virginia Wolf |
| D. | Simone de Beavou* |
| Answer» D. Simone de Beavou* | |
| 103. |
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 |
| Answer» C. Simone de Beavou | |
| 104. |
Author of the article ‘Can the subaltern speak?’ |
| A. | Frantz Fannon |
| B. | Home Babha |
| C. | Gayatri Spivak |
| D. | Antonio Gramsci |
| Answer» C. Gayatri Spivak | |
| 105. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Bina Agarwal | |
| 106. |
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 |
| Answer» C. Bina Agarwal | |
| 107. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Pratiksha Baxi | |
| 108. |
Where does women studies begin as an academic discipline ? |
| A. | France |
| B. | USA |
| C. | Switzerland |
| D. | England |
| Answer» B. USA | |
| 109. |
Name the author of Walking naked. Women, society, spirituality in south India? |
| A. | Bina Agarwal |
| B. | Mandakranta Bose |
| C. | Vijaya Ramaswami |
| D. | Sudesh Vaid |
| Answer» C. Vijaya Ramaswami | |
| 110. |
Who is the founder of the 50 million Missing Campaign? |
| A. | Prem Chowdhry |
| B. | Rita Banerji |
| C. | Jasodhara Bagchi |
| D. | Mira Dutta gupta |
| Answer» B. Rita Banerji | |
| 111. |
Who among the following are the founders of Manushi? |
| A. | Madhu Kishwar |
| B. | Ruth Vanita |
| C. | Vina majumdar |
| D. | madhu Kishwar & Ruth |
| Answer» D. madhu Kishwar & Ruth | |
| 112. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Vina Majumdar | |
| 113. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Amrita Pritam | |
| 114. |
What is the purpose of the Honour for Women National Campaign? |
| A. | End gender discrimination |
| B. | end violence against women |
| C. | end caste system |
| Answer» B. end violence against women | |
| 115. |
Activist whose name is not associated with the work of LGBT ? |
| A. | Medha Patkar |
| B. | anjali goplan |
| C. | Celina Jaitely |
| D. | Tista Das |
| Answer» A. Medha Patkar | |
| 116. |
Who is the founder of Naz Foundation( India)Trust? |
| A. | Shakuntala Devi |
| B. | Pablo Ganguli |
| C. | Anjali Goplan |
| D. | Sona Giani |
| Answer» C. Anjali Goplan | |
| 117. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Sharmila Rege | |
| 118. |
Author of the Feminine Mystique (1963)? |
| A. | Betty Friedan |
| B. | Luce Irigarary |
| C. | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| D. | Simone de Beavour |
| Answer» A. Betty Friedan | |
| 119. |
Which is the article against gender discrimination? |
| A. | Artcile 14 |
| B. | Article 15 |
| C. | Article 17 |
| D. | Article 20 |
| Answer» B. Article 15 | |
| 120. |
When did the national commission for Women establish? |
| A. | 1992 |
| B. | 1994 |
| C. | 1996 |
| D. | 1998 |
| Answer» A. 1992 | |
| 121. |
Who was the first head of the National Commission for Women? |
| A. | Jayanti Patnaik |
| B. | Girija Vyas |
| C. | Lalitha Kumaramangalam |
| D. | Mohini Giri |
| Answer» A. Jayanti Patnaik | |
| 122. |
Which is the monthly newsletter of National commission for women? |
| A. | Rashtra Mahila |
| B. | India Calling |
| C. | Manushi |
| D. | women |
| Answer» A. Rashtra Mahila | |
| 123. |
SANGRAM is popular among --- |
| A. | transgenders |
| B. | men |
| C. | women |
| D. | sex workers |
| Answer» D. sex workers | |
| 124. |
Which two cities in India have the largest brothel based sex industry? |
| A. | Kolkata & Chennai |
| B. | Mumbai & Kolkata* |
| C. | Mumbai & Goa |
| D. | Bangalore & |
| Answer» B. Mumbai & Kolkata* | |
| 125. |
What is Sonagachi known for? |
| A. | red-light district |
| B. | handicraft |
| C. | silk industry |
| D. | child labour |
| Answer» A. red-light district | |
| 126. |
Who is Sunita Narain? |
| A. | Environmentalist |
| B. | historian |
| C. | economist |
| D. | legal right activist |
| Answer» A. Environmentalist | |
| 127. |
What is common among Vandana shiva, Menaka Gandhi and Sunita Narain? |
| A. | Politicians |
| B. | academicians |
| C. | stand for the protection of environmen |
| D. | legal |
| Answer» C. stand for the protection of environmen | |
| 128. |
Sanghamitra is associated with which community? |
| A. | LGBT |
| B. | lesbians |
| C. | homosexuals |
| D. | bisexuals |
| Answer» A. LGBT | |
| 129. |
With which activities that Ruth Manorma involved? |
| A. | eradication of prostitution |
| B. | Dalit activis |
| C. | environmental protection |
| D. | eradication of child labour |
| Answer» B. Dalit activis | |
| 130. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Leela Dube | |
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