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Gender Studies GENDER STUDIES QUESTION BANK GENDER STUDIES BA HISTORY – CORE COURSE VI Semester CUCBCSS 2017 Admission onwards SCHOOLOF DISTANCE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT Prepared by: Smt.U.V Shakeela Dept. of History University CollegeThiruvananathapuram 1. Who is the author of vindication fo the rights of Women (1792)? a. Gerda Lerner b. Mary Wollstonecraft* c. Virginia Wolf d. Margaret Fuller 2. Who said ‘ one is not born a woman but becomes one’? a. Simone de Beauvoir b. Virginia wolf c. Luce Irigary d. Betty Friedan 3. Who is the author of The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State (1884)? a. Frederick Engels b. Lenin c. Betty Freidan d. Luce Irigaray 4. The Creation of patriarchy is written by— a. Virginia Wolf b.Gerda Lernerc. Uma chakravarti d. V.Geeta 5. When did A.S.Altekar’s work, The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization publish? a.1956 b.1967 c.1987 d.1985 6. Who wrote Vedic Ecology? a. Vandana Shiva b. Sunita Narayan c. Medha Patkar d. Leewla Dube 7. Whose name is associated with the movement Navdanya? a. Pratiksha Baxi b. Vandana shiva c.Irom Sharmila d. Leela Dube 8. Who coined the term ecofeminism? a. Francoise d’ Eabonne* b. Charlene Spretnak c.Greta Gaard d. Lori Gruen 9. Who questioned the Altekarian paradigm in the context of Indian women? a. Vijaya Ramaswamy b. Maithreyi Krishnaraj c. Uma Chakravarti d. Kirti Sha 10. What is true about Altekar’s view on women’s status in ancient India? a.constant degeneration of women from vedic times b. High status in rig vedic period c.No rights on property d. all of the above are correct. 11. What is true about feminist historians? a. women’s experiences are different b. critique the mainstream history c. reinterpret the existing sources d. All of the above are true* 12. Which Brahmanical text described a woman, a sudra, a dog, and a crow are the embodiments of untruth, sin, and darkness.? a. Satapatha Brahmana b. Vishnu purana c. Aitereya Brhamana d. Naradasmriti 13. Who wrote ‘stridharmapadhati’? a. Sage Narada b. Treyambaka c. Manu d. Agastya 14. What is the main instrument through which the patriarchal Brahmanical society subordinated women in the opinion of Uma Chakravarti? a. idea of female seclusion b. keeping the women illiterate c. idea of pativratadharma d.rituals 15. Which Indian historian applied the theoretical formulations of Gerda Lerner in Indian contexts for the first time? a. Kumkum Sangari b. Bina Agarwal c. Uma Chakravarti d. Vina Majumdar 16. Who introduced PhD programme in women’s history? a. Gerda Lerner b. Simone de Beavou c. Virginia Wolf d.Betty Friden 17. Who is the author of the book Second Sex? a.Gerda Lerner b. Mary Wollstonecraft c. Virginia Wolf d. Simone de Beavou* 18. 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 19. Author of the article ‘Can the subaltern speak?’ a. Frantz Fannon b. Home Babha c. Gayatri Spivak d. Antonio Gramsci 20. 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 21. 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 22. 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 23.Where does women studies begin as an academic discipline ? a. France b. USA c. Switzerland d. England 24. Which is the first University centre for women Studies in India a. SNDT women’s University b. Tata Institutue of social scienes c. CWDS, New Delhi d.ISST, New Delhi 25. Name the author of Walking naked. Women, society, spirituality in south India? a. Bina Agarwal b.Mandakranta Bose c. Vijaya Ramaswami d. Sudesh Vaid 26.Who is the founder of the 50 million Missing Campaign? a. Prem Chowdhry b. Rita Banerji c. Jasodhara Bagchi d. Mira Dutta gupta 27. Who among the following are the founders of Manushi? a. Madhu Kishwar b. Ruth Vanita c. Vina majumdar d. madhu Kishwar & Ruth Vanita 28. What is Manushi? a. An organization for women b. a journal about women and society c. Women’s Rescue Home d. Widow Home 29. 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 30. What is not true about Medha Pathkar? a. feminist social worker b. advocates for women’s rights c. environmentalist d. Feminist academician* 31.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 32. What is the purpose of the Honour for Women National Campaign? a. End gender discrimination b. end violence against women c. end caste system d. end female infanticide 33. Activist whose name is not associated with the work of LGBT ? a. Medha Patkar b. anjali goplan c. Celina Jaitely d. Tista Das 34. Who is the founder of Naz Foundation( India)Trust? a. Shakuntala Devi b. Pablo Ganguli c. Anjali Goplan d. Sona Giani 35.What is Zubaan? a. organization for Dalit women b. focuses on the publication of dalit women’s writings* c. legal awareness programme d. Body against child abuse. 36. 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 37. What is DAWNS? a. Dalit women’s network for solidarity b. organization for LGBT c. organization for lesbians d. legal aid cell 38.Author of the Feminine Mystique (1963)? a. Betty Friedan b. Luce Irigarary c. Mary Wollstonecraft d. Simone de Beavour 39. Which is the article against gender discrimination? a. Artcile 14 b. Article 15 c. Article 17 d. Article 20 40. When did the national commission for Women establish? a. 1992 b. 1994 c. 1996 d. 1998 41. Who was the first head of the National Commission for Women? a. Jayanti Patnaik b. Girija Vyas c.Lalitha Kumaramangalam d.Mohini Giri 42.Which is the monthly newsletter of National commission for women? a. Rashtra Mahila b. India Calling c. Manushi d. women 43. SANGRAM is popular among --- a. transgenders b. men c. women d. sex workers 44. Which two cities in India have the largest brothel based sex industry? a. Kolkata & Chennai b. Mumbai & Kolkata* c. Mumbai & Goa.d. Bangalore & Mumbai 45.What is Sonagachi known for? a. red-light district b. handicraft c. silk industry d. child labour 46. Who is Sunita Narain? a. Environmentalist b. historian c. economist d. legal right activist 47.What is common among Vandana shiva, Menaka Gandhi and Sunita Narain? a. Politicians b. academicians c. stand for the protection of environmentd. legal rights activists 48. Sanghamitra is associated with which community? a. LGBT b. lesbians c. homosexuals d. bisexuals 49. With which activities that Ruth Manorma involved? a. eradication of prostitution b. Dalit activismc. environmental protection d. eradication of child labour 50. 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 Answers 1.b 2.a 3.a 4.b 5.a 6.a7.b.8.a.9.c 10.d 11.d 12.a 13.b 14.c 15.c.16.a 17.d.18.c.19.c 20.a 21.c.22.a.23.b.24.a 25.c.26.b.27.d.28.b 29.a 30.d 31.a 32.b 33.a 34.c35.b 36.a 37.a 38.a 39.b 40.a 41.a 42.a 43.d.44.b 45.a46.a 47.c 48.a 49.b 50.a School of Distance Education Page 1.
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