Top 150+ Solved Sociology of Gender MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Women’s movement in India began in the year ;
a. 1974-1975
b. 1975-1976
c. 1976-1977
d. 1977-1978
Q. The Research Centre for Women Studies (RCWS) in India was set up in
a. 1974
b. 1976
c. 1940
d. 1980
Q. The Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS) in India was founded in
a. 1976
b. 1978
c. 1980
d. 1986
Q. In which year did the UGC bring out the guidelines for development of womenstudies in Indian Universities and Colleges ?
a. 1986
b. 1987
c. 1988
d. 1989
Q. The Indian Association for Women Studies (IAWS) was set up on
a. October 28, 1982
b. September 23, 1988
c. August 28, 1982
d. November 23, 1982
Q. The committee on the status of women in India released a report in
a. 1971
b. 1972
c. 1973
d. 1974
Q. The first national conference on women’s studies was held in the year
a. 1981
b. 1982
c. 1983
d. 1984
Q. Who among the following feminists referred women’s studies to as ‘the academic arm of women’s movement, a potent instrument playing a deliberate and active role in the battle for people’s minds’ and ‘autonomy continues to be battle cry of both’?
a. Uma Chakravarti
b. Neera Desai
c. Veena Mazumdar
d. Maithreyi Krishnaraja
Q. Which chairperson of the UGC gave a fresh perspective to women’s studies by widening the agenda of the programme, strengthening the role of the participants and giving greater academic credibility to the programme?
a. Armaity Desai
b. Madhuri Shah
c. Yash Pal
d. Virander Singh
Q. Which of the following feminist thinkers believed that ‘female subordination is rooted in a set of customary and legal constraints that block women’s entrance and success in the public world’?
a. Liberal feminist
b. Cultural feminist
c. Marxist feminist
d. Radical feminist
Q. After whose name was the women’s division of the Indian National Army named?
a. Chand Bibi
b. Rani Jhansi
c. Sultana Rajia
d. Aralyabai
Q. In which of the following Five Year Plans for the first time in the history of planned development in India, the empowerment of women was adopted as one of the objectives?
a. 7th Five Year plan
b. 8th Five Year Plan
c. 9th Five Year Plan
d. 10th Five Year Plan
Q. Which committee has recommended the establishment of ‘National Commission for Women?
a. Committee on status of women in India
b. Parliamentary committee for women
c. High power committee for women
d. National Empowerment Committee for Women
Q. Which of the following is India’s first women photo-journalist?
a. Homai Vyarawalla
b. Shobana Bhartia
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Leela Menon