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351.

Which of the following is not a four feminist approaches to educational intervention?

A. Ancient theory
B. Gender difference
C. Structural theory
D. Deconstructiv e theory
Answer» B. Gender difference
352.

For working towards gender equality in the classroom which strategy is correct?

A. inclusive language
B. exclusive practices
C. unequal tasks
D. away from fam
Answer» B. exclusive practices
353.

The term which literally means a 'pure and virtuous woman' is:

A. Abolished
B. Excluded
C. Sati
D. Satya
Answer» D. Satya
354.

Which is not  the scheme & programme for women empowerment?

A. SSA
B. Ladli
C. NCR
D. Kasturba Gandhi
Answer» D. Kasturba Gandhi
355.

It is one’s sense of one’s own gender. It is the result of socialization, but it also has a biological basis.

A. Gender identity
B. Sex
C. Sexuality
D. Transgender
Answer» B. Sex
356.

It is a social process in which both individual and other social processes are intrinsically related.

A. Social construction
B. Society
C. Relationship
D. Community
Answer» B. Society
357.

Which feminist philosophy is a version of feminism whose primary focus concerns, at least to some degree, Black women from within African contexts.

A. Radical
B. Postmodern
C. Black
D. White
Answer» D. White
358.

Which one is the formal agency of socialization?

A. Family
B. School
C. Peer
D. Neighbourhood
Answer» C. Peer
359.

Culturally Responsive Classroom Management approach can be used for:

A. Gender Stereotypes
B. Overcoming Gender Ster
C. eGender roles
D. Overcoming ge
Answer» C. eGender roles
360.

Who advocated the abolition of polygamy (a practice of a man having more than one wife) and child marriage?

A. Vivekanand
B. Raja RamMohan Roy
C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D. Bhimsen
Answer» C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
361.

"In my textbooks, I learned that only men are doctors." it is an example of:

A. Gender equality
B. Gender inequality
C. Reproducing Gender in S
D. Gender disparit
Answer» D. Gender disparit
362.

In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, in which Draupadi, daughter of the king of Panchala, is married to five

A. Polygamy
B. Polineal
C. Polyandry
D. Patriarchy
Answer» D. Patriarchy
363.

Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 states which law?

A. laws related to dowry
B. laws related to divorce
C. laws related to rape
D. laws related to
Answer» D. laws related to
364.

An umbrella term for people whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

A. cisgender
B. transgender
C. hetrosexual
D. sex
Answer» C. hetrosexual
365.

Dowry Prohibition Act came in which year?

A. 1961
B. 1963
C. 1965
D. 1968
Answer» B. 1963
366.

It refers to the biological characteristics or natural biological differences between men and women, for example, the differences in the organs related to reproduction.

A. sex
B. gender
C. sexuality
D. identity
Answer» B. gender
367.

Which feminism is a perspective within feminism that calls for a radical reordering of society in which male supremacy is eliminated in all social and economic contexts?

A. Radical
B. Postmodernists
C. Black
D. White
Answer» B. Postmodernists
368.

Who founded the Atmiya Sabha in 1815 and the Brahmo Samaj on 20th August 1828?

A. Vivekanand
B. Raja RamMohan Ro
C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D. Bhimsen
Answer» C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
369.

Who gave emphasis on the liberation of the Hindu Society by ‘Go back to the Veda’ ?

A. Arya samaj
B. Brahmo samaj
C. Ancient samaj
D. Education
Answer» B. Brahmo samaj
370.

The movie 'KI KA' is an example of:

A. Gender Stereotypes
B. Overcoming Gender Ster
C. eGender roles
D. Overcoming gender roles
Answer» C. eGender roles
371.

Who worked very hard for years to stop the practice of ‘Sati’.

A. Vivekanand
B. Raja RamMohan Roy
C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D. Bhimsen
Answer» C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
372.

It is the rule of the father over all women in the family and also over younger socially and economically subordinate males.

A. patriarchy
B. matriarchy
C. polygamy
D. matrilineal
Answer» B. matriarchy
373.

It is the personal sense of one’s own gender.

A. Gender Role
B. Sex
C. Gender stereotype
D. Gender identity
Answer» E.
374.

It was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. It focused on legal issues, primarily on gaining the right to vote.

A. First-wave feminism
B. Second-wave feminism
C. Third-wave feminism
D. Fourth- wave feminism
Answer» B. Second-wave feminism
375.

It refers to policies and measures designed to increase the degree of autonomy and self-determination in the lives of people and in communities in order to enable them to represent their interests in a responsible and self- determined way, acting (again) on their own authority.

A. Discrimination
B. Equality
C. Equity
D. Empowerment
Answer» E.
376.

…………….was nominated as a representative of lower castes in the SreeMulam Sabha in 1911.

A. ayyan kali
B. sri. narayana guru
C. chattampi swamikal
D. vagbhatananda
Answer» B. sri. narayana guru
377.

…………….was the leader of the ‘Kallu Mala Agitation’.

A. ayyan kali
B. sri. narayana guru
C. chattampi swamikal
D. vagbhatananda
Answer» B. sri. narayana guru
378.

Drawing inspiration from Narayana Guru, …………founded the SadhuJana Paripalana Sangham in 1906.

A. sri. narayana guru
B. pattom thanu pillai
C. ayyankali
D. chattampi swamikal
Answer» D. chattampi swamikal
379.

A Pulaya by birth, ………….gave leadership to the movement for socialadvancement of the oppressed classes in general and the Pulayas in particular.

A. chattampi swamikal
B. sri. narayana guru
C. ayyankali
D. vagbhatananda
Answer» D. vagbhatananda
380.

……………..was the founder of the Nair service society.

A. mannath padmanabhan
B. chattampi swamikal
C. ayyankali
D. pattom thanu pillai
Answer» B. chattampi swamikal
381.

In his work ‘Prachina Malayalam’, …………….has challenged some of thetraditional theories of Kerala History.

A. chattampi swamikal
B. sri. narayana guru
C. vagbhatananda
D. ayyankali
Answer» B. sri. narayana guru
382.

A great scholar and man of letters, ………..came to be calledVidyadhiraja.

A. chattampi swamikal
B. ayyankali
C. pattom thanu pillai
D. sri. narayana guru
Answer» B. ayyankali
383.

………………was a humanist and a liberal and started a journalAbhinava Keralam in 1921.

A. chattampi swamikal
B. vagbhatananda
C. sri. narayana guru
D. ayyankali
Answer» C. sri. narayana guru
384.

…………..founded the Atma Vidya Sangham, a major force of socialchange in Kerala.

A. vagbhatananda
B. chattampi swamikal
C. ayyankali
D. sri. narayana guru
Answer» B. chattampi swamikal
385.

Kunjikkannan Gurukkal, as vagbhatananda was known in early life,was born at Patyam village of Kannur district in an Ezhava family in……………..

A. 1885
B. 1929
C. 1931
D. 1938
Answer» B. 1929
386.

As a great orator of the time, he was conferred the title Vagbhatanandaby ……………of Alathur.

A. ayyankali
B. ram mohan roy
C. chattampi swamikal
D. sivananda yogi
Answer» E.
387.

…………………journal Atma Vidya Kahalam’ stood with the nationalistcause.

A. vagbhatananda’s
B. chattampi swamikal
C. ayyankali
D. sri. narayana guru
Answer» B. chattampi swamikal
388.

As a literary luminary, …………penned Darsanamala in Sanskrit,Jatimimamsa in Sanskrit and Malayalam and Siva Sathakom in Malayalam.

A. narayana guru
B. vagbhatananda
C. chattampi swamikal
D. ayyankali
Answer» B. vagbhatananda
389.

…………had a highly eclectic outlook in religions matters as is shown inthe saying ‘one caste, one Religion and one God’.

A. sri narayana guru
B. vagbhatananda
C. chattampi swamikal
D. ayyankali
Answer» B. vagbhatananda
390.

……………was the founder of the SNDP yogam (1903).

A. sri narayana guru
B. dr.palpu
C. kumaran asan
D. chattampi swamikal
Answer» B. dr.palpu
391.

……………….was born in the village of Chempazhanthy near Trivandrumand showed keen interests in Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy.

A. sri narayana guru
B. vagbhatananda
C. chattampi swamikal
D. ayyankali
Answer» B. vagbhatananda
392.

The Shanar agitation eventually led to the Royal Proclamation of 26thJuly………….., abolishing all restrictions in the matter of dress by Shanar women.

A. 1859
B. 1929
C. 1931
D. 1938
Answer» B. 1929
393.

…………..had already issued an order permitting the Shanar womenwho became converts to Christianity to wear upper jackets.

A. chattampi swamikal
B. vagbhatananda
C. col. munroe
D. ayyankali
Answer» D. ayyankali
394.

Having reached Kundara, ………………issued his famous proclamationon January 11, 1809 exhorting the people to rally, under his banner for a patriotic struggle against the British.

A. velu thampi
B. paliath achan
C. marthanda varma
D. sakthan thampuran
Answer» B. paliath achan
395.

Paliath Achan attacked the Residency at …………to capture Macaulay.

A. kozhikode
B. allapuzha
C. kollam
D. kochi
Answer» E.
396.

Velu Thampi entered into a secret deal with…………., the chief ministerof Kochi who too had similar grievances.

A. paliath achan
B. vagbhatananda
C. chattampi swamikal
D. macaulay
Answer» B. vagbhatananda
397.

Velu Thampi was elevated to the high office of Dalawa (1801) on theadvice of……………….

A. vagbhatananda
B. mathu tharakan
C. macaulay
D. t.h.baber
Answer» D. t.h.baber
398.

The revolt of…………, the Dalawa of Travancore, is a significant episodein the annals of Indian resistance movements against the British.

A. sankaran namputiri
B. bala rama varma
C. velu thampi
D. sankaranarayana chetty
Answer» D. sankaranarayana chetty
399.

…………….court was adorned by such literary luminaries as KunchanNambiar and Ramapurath Warrier.

A. dharmaraja’s
B. shakthan tampuran
C. bala rama varma
D. raja kesavadas
Answer» B. shakthan tampuran
400.

In Rama Varma, better known as Shakthan Tampuran, the state of ……………..had a remarkable.

A. guruvayur
B. thiruvitamkur
C. kochi
D. kozhikode
Answer» D. kozhikode