Women Studies Objective Questions and Answers | Women Studies MCQs | Test Set 3

Assertion (A) : The Fordist norms of women dependent on the male bread-winner is being replaced by the increasing individualization of women under globalization process.

Reason (R) : The increasing integration of women in the labour market has promoted new definitions of gender roles and has led to changes in the social structure.

(a) Both the research designs are much more structured.

(b) Both differ little from exploratory research design.

(c) The research questions of these research designs are based on prior knowledge about the nature of research problem.

(d) Both the research designs are applicable to any type of research problem.

(a) 90% of all people living with HIV know their HIV status

(b) 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV infection receive antiretroviral therapy

(c) 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have palliative services

(d) 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression

Assertion (A) : Globalization in the process of integration of a country into world society will exacerabate gender equality.

Reason (R) : Women continue to engage in ‘unpaid’ work and increasingly participate in informal labour market which exclude women from ‘domestic political process’ and loss of control to global pressures.

(a) Centre for Women Development Studies

(b) Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies

(c) Institute of Social Studies

(d) Research centre for Women’s Studies SNDT Women’s University

Assertion (A) : Now-a-days even the parents of backward caste communities in small villages of India are able to achieve the desired family size and the desired gender composition of children.

Reason (R) : Now-a-days backward caste communities in the small villages have easy access to advance reproductive technology and abortion facilities.

(a) All India Democratic Women’s Association

(b) Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India

(c) Indian Association for women’s studies

(d) National Association of working women

(a) Women who are engaged directly with an employer

(b) Women who are engaged indirectly with a contractor, but she does not necessarily have to be a salaried employee.

(c) Women who visit to any workplace in the capacity of being a contract worker

(d) A student working as an intern with a firm

(a) The mandate of the scheme is to strengthen inter-sectoral convergence of programmes, Policies and schemes for women both at the centre and state.

(b) It was approved as a centrally sponsored scheme during eleventh plan.

(c) The scheme is now implemented on the basis of 60 : 40 centre state sharing of funds.

(d) Ministry of Human Resource Development is the Nodal Ministry of the scheme.

(a) Operational definitions bridge the conceptual theoretical level with the observational empirical level.

(b) Operational definitions are devised for the convenience of the researcher.

(c) Operational definitions create confusion in writing research report.

(d) Operational definitions provide for their empirical application.