UPSC Indian Society – Chapter 8: Role of Women and Women's Organisations (20 MCQs)

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UPSC Indian Society – Chapter 8: Role of Women and Women's Organisations (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: Indian Society. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The Women's Indian Association was founded in 1917 at:

Correct Answer: D [Madras]

Explanation:

Adyar.

2.  

The first woman president of the Indian National Congress was:

Correct Answer: B [Annie Besant]

Explanation:

1917.

3.  

SEWA, a union of women in the informal sector, was founded in 1972 by:

Correct Answer: C [Ela Bhatt]

Explanation:

Ela Bhatt founded the Self Employed Women's Association in Ahmedabad in 1972 as a trade union of informal-sector women.

4.  

The Progressive Organisation of Women (POW), one of the first groups of the new women's movement, was formed in 1974 in:

Correct Answer: B [Hyderabad]

Explanation:

the POW was formed in Hyderabad in 1974, the year of the Towards Equality report.

5.  

The All India Women's Conference held its first session in 1927 at:

Correct Answer: A [Pune]

Explanation:

The AIWC's first session met at Pune (Poona) in January 1927, convened on Margaret Cousins's initiative.

6.  

The Vishaka guidelines (1997) dealt with:

Correct Answer: C [sexual harassment at the workplace]

Explanation:

In Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan (1997) the Supreme Court laid down guidelines against sexual harassment of women at work.

7.  

Kudumbashree, a women's collective-based poverty eradication mission, belongs to:

Correct Answer: A [Keralam]

Explanation:

1998.

8.  

The Bharat Stree Mahamandal (1910) was founded by:

Correct Answer: D [Sarala Devi Chaudhurani]

Explanation:

Sarala Devi Chaudhurani founded the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in 1910, regarded as the first all-India women's organisation.

9.  

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1983 followed the campaign around the:

Correct Answer: D [Mathura case]

Explanation:

Protests over the Mathura custodial rape judgment and the 1979 open letter led to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1983.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. Fifteen women were members of the Constituent Assembly.
2. The National Commission for Women was set up in 1992.
3. The 106th Amendment reserves one-third of seats in the Rajya Sabha for women.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Fifteen women sat in the Constituent Assembly and the NCW came in 1992; the 106th Amendment excludes the Rajya Sabha.

11.  

Assertion (A): Reservation in panchayats has increased the number of women leaders at the grassroots.

Reason (R): The 73rd Amendment reserved at least one-third of seats and chairperson posts for women.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Both are true, and R explains A: one-third reservation under the 73rd Amendment brought many more women into panchayats.

12.  

Which province was the first to give women the vote on the same terms as men, in 1921?

Correct Answer: B [Madras]

Explanation:

Madras was the first province, in 1921, to let women vote on the same property terms as men.

13.  

The Rani of Jhansi Regiment of the INA was commanded by:

Correct Answer: A [Lakshmi Sahgal]

Explanation:

Captain Lakshmi Sahgal (née Swaminathan) commanded the Rani of Jhansi Regiment of Subhas Chandra Bose's INA.

14.  

The SHG–Bank Linkage Programme was started by NABARD in:

Correct Answer: C [1992]

Explanation:

NABARD launched the SHG–Bank Linkage Programme in 1992 to link savings groups of poor women to bank credit.

15.  

Savitribai Phule opened a school for girls in Pune in:

Correct Answer: B [1848]

Explanation:

Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule opened a school for girls at Bhide Wada, Pune, in 1848.

16.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. SEWA
2. All India Women's Conference
3. Kudumbashree
4. Women's Indian Association

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [4-2-1-3]

Explanation:

1917, 1927, 1972, 1998.

17.  

The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act was passed in:

Correct Answer: D [1987]

Explanation:

after Roop Kanwar's death.

18.  

The Justice Verma Committee (2013) recommended reforms in:

Correct Answer: A [laws on sexual offences]

Explanation:

Set up after the Nirbhaya case, the Justice Verma Committee proposed reform of laws on rape and other sexual offences.

19.  

The 1929 law that set a minimum age of marriage is popularly known as the:

Correct Answer: B [Sarda Act]

Explanation:

The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 is called the Sarda Act after Harbilas Sarda, who introduced the bill.

20.  

Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy is remembered for campaigning against:

Correct Answer: B [the devadasi system]

Explanation:

As a Madras legislator, Muthulakshmi Reddy campaigned to abolish the devadasi system of dedicating girls to temples.

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