Women in Changing India Question Bank_Exams & Test Prep (True False Answers)

Savitribai Phule

Tarabai Shinde 

Pandita Ramabai

Women in Changing India Question Bank

                                                                                                                

Section 1

Q.1     A) Explain the statements given below:

   

1. The real impetus to women’s education came from the social reform movement. (Text page study marker: Unit 5 Page 78 in SNDT_3139)

2. Myths about women nurture women’s subordination.
(Here myths mean untruths, proverbs, social norms – the unwritten rules and practices you learned, heard in your childhood, ideals that you were held up to. These may include stories from Indian mythology, but is not restricted to stories from epics.) 

3. Women’s health is a social issue. 

4. The existing social structure is defined as Patriarchal society.

5. There are very few women in Parliament and in the same state legislature assembly.

6. Religion and social conventions are different for men and women.

7. Indian laws are inadequate regarding women.

8. Economic participation of women has improved their status.

9. Girl child labourers get exploited in our community

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10. Mythological stories carry hidden messages in socialization of the girl child.

       
          B) State whether the following are True or False

1.  The two World Wars opened the gates of the job market to educated women in India (T)

2.  Dr Bhandarkar introduced the Hindu Code Bill in Parliament. 
 (F It was Dr. Ambedkar )

3. Women had no access to education nor a role in decision making at a societal level. (T)

4.  A woman’s life is useless until she gives birth to a girl child. (F)

5.  The work participation rate of women is highest in the tribal area of our country. (T) 

 6.  Amina Bibi is the first Woman Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

    (F  M. Fathima Beebi was, from 1989-1992)

7. The existing gender differences between men and women are biologically determined. (F) 

 8. Women are evaluated on the basis of their reproductive success  and on the basis of their relationship with men. (T)

 9. Woman-ness becomes an obstacle in performing any task. (F)

 10.Women’s access to education is limited despite the constitution’s guarantees. (T) 

 11. Voting is an important  indicator of women’s political awareness. (T) 

 

Skewed gender ratio in Haryana has led to even more child abuse and bride trafficking
SC has criminalized sex with minor wife

Q. 2 . Write Short Notes:

1.       Constitutional provisions for women

2.       Images of women in Media

3.       Matrilineal family

4.       Towards Equality Report

5.       Images of women in Communications media

6.       Organized sector

7.       Constitutional provisions for women

8.       Women’s organisations

Section II

1. Explain the social reform movement of the 19th century for the upliftment of women. 

2. What are the factors responsible for socialization? Describe socialization of the girl child in society 

3. Discuss in detail the hurdles on the road to women’s health

4. Women’s education is an “Instrument of Social Change” Discuss 

5. What are the major demands by women’s groups for reforms in personal law? 

6. State the various measures for countering violence against women 

7. Describe the role of women in Public Life.

8. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Women’s Movement in India? Explain 

9. Write in brief the social reform for women that took pale in the 19th century. 

10. What are the factors responsible for socialization? Describe with examples. 

11. What are the effects on women’s health due to gender-based discrimination? 

12. Analyze the economic contribution of women in the Indian economic system.

13. Explain the role of women’s education as an instrument of social change

14. Discuss the various measures for countering violence against women.

15. Describe the three phases of the Women’s Movement in India.

16. What are the things that every woman should do to make this a better world to grow.