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From points 17-25: You passed the exam but may not be a feminist.

From points 10-16: You failed the exam but may be a feminist.

From points 0-10: You failed the exam and are a feminist.

Answer key:

Common Paper 1: Cross Disciplinary Paper

In the classroom, the teacher sends the message either as words or images. The students are really

Encoders
Decoders
Agitators
Propagators

A is brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the husband of D. E is the father of A. D is related to E as

Daughter
Sister-in-law
Daughter-in-law
Sister

Namita and Samita are brilliant and studious. Anita and Kabita are obedient and irregular. Babita and Namita are irregular but brilliant. Samita and Kabita are regular and obedient.Who among them is/are brilliant, obedient, regular and studious?

Samita alone
Namita and Samita
Kabita alone
Anita alone

By which of the following proposition, the proposition ‘wise men are hardly afraid of death’ is contradicted?

Some wise men are afraid of death.
Some wise men are not afraid of death.
No wise men is afraid of death.
All wise men are afraid of death.

MOOC stands for

Media Online Open Course
Massachusetts Open Online Course
Massive Open Online Course
Myrind Open Online Course

In terms of total CO₂ emissions from a country, identify the correct sequence:

China > U.S.A. > India > Russia
U.S.A. > China > India > Russia
China > U.S.A. > Russia > India
U.S.A. > China > Russia > India

Instructional aids are used by the teacher to

glorify the class
attract the students
clarify the concepts
ensure discipline

The frequency distribution of a research data which is symmetrical in shape similar to a normal distribution but center peak is much higher, is

Skewed
Mesokurtic
Platykurtic
Leptokurtic

Papers 2 and 3: The Women’s Studies papers

Which of the following is not a characteristic of feminist research?

Researcher and subject are interdependent.
Observer and observed are not connected.
Subject and researcher are placed in the equal empirical level.
Science and nature are kept in harmony.

Match the States in List – I with their Anaemia among women in List – II as per NFHS III.

How many women are presiding over one of the Houses of the 189 Parliaments as on October 2014?

Only 20
Only 40
Only 35
Only 45

The Census data which is used and analysed for some feminist research problem is known as

Qualitative Data
Random Data
Secondary Data
Primary Data

List out the Indicators for the calculation of GEM:

i. Proportion of seats held by women in national Parliament.
ii. Proportion of women in the economic decision making.
iii. Proportion of women in the organized sector
iv. Proportion of female share of income.

i, ii and iii are correct.
i, ii, iii and iv are correct.
i and ii are correct.
i, ii and iv are correct.

As per NSSO reports in 2011-12 the Female Workforce Participation Rate in Rural Usual Status (UPSS) and Rural Principal Status (UPS) is:

32.7 (UPSS) and 24.7 (UPS)
29.9 (UPSS) and 23.1 (UPS)
24.0 (UPSS) and 17.6 (UPS)
34.0 (UPSS) and 24.8 (UPS)

As per NSSO reports in 2011-12, the Female Workforce Participation Rate in Urban Usual Status (UPSS) and Urban Principal Status (UPS) is

15.1 (UPSS) and 12 (UPS)
13.9 (UPSS) and 11.7 (UPS)
16.6 (UPSS) and 13.5 (UPS)
14.7 (UPSS) and 12.5 (UPS)

What is the title of the Act prohibiting sexual offences against children in India?

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
Prevention of Sexual Offences against Children Act, 2012
Prevention and Redressal in Sexual Offences against Children Act, 2012
Prohibition of Sexual Offences against Children Act, 2012

Match the List of Five Year Plans and their Strategies:

Which of the following is a development indicator for measuring women’s status?

GNP
GDI
HDI
PCI

Key components of Transformative Stand Alone Goal on Gender Equality and Empowerment being advocated by the UN Women for the Post-2015 Development Agenda are:

Freedom from Violence, Economic Employment and Women and Conflict Management
Capabilities and Resources, Women’s Rights and Women and Climate Change
Freedom from Violence, Capabilities and Resources and Voice, Leadership and Participation.
Gender Mainstreaming, Freedom from Violence, Voice, Leadership and Participation

Match the items in List – I with List – II:

Which Section of the Criminal Law provides death penalty to the repeat offender of gang rape?

376 B
376 E
276 E
374 B

One of the index benchmarks for determining the Gender Gap according to World Economic Forum is health and survival. India according to 2014 Gender Gap is at the following rank on this benchmark:

126
141
140
128

World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap ranking (2014) places India at

112th Rank
101st Rank
114th Rank
126th Rank

India ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in 1993 with two declarations and one reservation. With regard to which of the following articles of the Convention?

Articles 2(b), 5 and 28
Articles 5(a), 11(2)and 29
Articles 2(b), 5and 16(1)
Articles 5(a), 16(1)(2) and 29

The Ministry of Human and Child Development adopted the mission statement of Budgeting for Gender Equity in which year?

2004 – 2005
2002 – 2003
2001 – 2002
2000 – 2001

Assertion (A): Micro finance institutions, the micro-credit and SHG movement are the Sole Panacea for addressing poverty and women’s empowerment.
Reason (R): Majority of the women are adequately covered by the banking systems through SHG movement.

Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(A) is correct (R) is wrong.

Which of the following is not a manifestation of patriarchy?

Lack of inheritance rights for women
Sexual harassment of women at the workplace
Wife beating
Women and men working together in a healthy environment

Match the following from List – I and List – II:

Relative contributions of CO₂, CH₄, CFCs and N₂O towards global warming are:

50 %, 30 %, 10 % and 10 % respectively
60 %, 20 %, 14 % and 6 % respectively
40 %, 30 %, 20 % and 10 % respectively
10 %, 50 %, 30 % and 10 % respectively

Which of the following is correct about Liberal Feminists?

They maximise male/female difference but stress disparities in power, especially male dominance; focus on sexuality and sexual relations as key to patriarchal oppression; seek to use law to help women “take control of their own bodies”.

They maximise male/female difference, stress the positive value of women’s ‘different voice’ and emphasize the importance of incorporating this into the legal system; seek to recover and revalue women’s culture, especially maternal values.

They focus on individual rights and autonomy; minimise male/female difference; emphasize on equality of opportunity and promote strategies that tear down barriers, seek to extend to women the individual rights gained by men.

 They focus on material conditions and how these create oppressive societal structures, particularly class; emphasize effort to reform communities and institutions; stress social relations and responsibilities more than individual rights.

Which of the following proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN Open Working Group on SDGs relates to “Achieve Gender Equality and Empower all Women and Girls Everywhere”?

Goal 2
Goal 3
Goal 5
Goal 7

The concept of ‘Rights as trumps’ that sets a limit on state action was propagated by

Hohfield
John Rawls
Ronald Dworkin
Laski

Which General Recommendation of the CEDAW Committee deals with Women in Conflict Prevention, Conflict and Post Conflict Situations?

GR 19
GR 29
GR 23
GR 30

Which of following statement is incorrect about the Biosphere?

i.Biosphere is combination of lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere.
ii.Biosphere is missing at extreme of north and south pole.
iii. Organisms are uniformly present in Biosphere.
iv. Biosphere is combination of stratosphere and hydrosphere.

iii, ii and iv
iii and iv only
i and ii only
ii and iii only