University Grants Commission Women’s Studies Model Question Paper : www.ugcnetonline.in

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University Grants Commission
PAPER-II
Women’s Studies

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2) marks. Attempt all the questions.

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1. According to 2011 Census (Provisional), the lowest sex ratio is recorded in
(A) Chandigarh
(B) Daman and Diu
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Bihar

2. Among the following who is associated with Health movement ?
(A) Arundathi Roy
(B) Mira Shiva
(C) Kiran Desai
(D) Ela Bhatt

3. Which country is the first in South Asia to adopt a National Plan of Action on UN Security Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security ?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Nepal
(C) India
(D) Sri Lanka

4. The concept of alienation was important to
(A) Hegel
(B) Barrett
(C) Engles
(D) Marx

5. An understanding of how discourses of biological sex difference are mobilized, in a particular society at a particular moment, is the first stage in intervening in order to initiate change. Who affirms the above ?
(A) Lovibond
(B) Irigaray
(C) Cixous
(D) Weedon

6. Assertion (A) : Increasing population in the world puts pressure on the available resources on the planet.
Reason (R) : One-fourth of the world’s population living in the developed world consumes 80 per cent of the world’s resources.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

7. Assertion (A) : Women and girls suffer as a result of food discrimination.
Reason (R) : Food discrimination is only due to poverty and scarcity.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is wrong and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

8. Assertion (A) : Caste is a barrier to solidarity between women.
Reason (R) : Lower caste women suffer from illiteracy.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.

9. Assertion (A) : In a globalised world, media offers a lot of opportunities for employment for women.
Reason (R) : Women have struggled a lot to become visible in the media today.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

10. Assertion (A) : Women’s rights are human rights.
Reason (R) : Violence against women receives protection from the Constitution of India and International Conventions.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (R) is false.

11. Match from List I – the State/Union Territory with List II giving Sex Ratio as per Census 2011 :
List – I List – II
(a) Puducherry (i) 618
(b) Kerala (ii) 883
(c) J & K (iii) 1084
(d) Daman and Diu (iv) 1038
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

12. Match List – I (Authors) with List –
II (Books) :
List – I List – II
(a) Karin Kapadia (i) Women’s movements in the global era : The power of local feminisms
(b) Amrita Basu (ii) The violence of Development : The Politics of Identity, Gender and Social Inequalities in India
(c) Naila Kabeer (iii) Migrant Women and Work
(d) Anuja Aggarwal (iv) Reversed Realities
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

13. Match the establishment of the following UN bodies from List – I with List – II :
List – I List – II
(a) International Research and Training Institute for the Women (i) 1946
(b) Commission on the Status of Women (ii) 1984
(c) UNIFEM (iii) 2010
(d) UN Women for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (iv) 1983
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)