Women's Movement Concerns Quiz

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What are the essential components of women's studies according to the text?

Men's contribution to society, women's hobbies, history of industrialization
Women's participation in politics, women's fashion preferences, technological advancements
Women's contribution to the social process, women's perception of their own lives, roots of inequality (correct)
Biological differences between men and women, traditional family structures, economic policies

How should women's studies be defined according to the text?

Critical instrument for social and academic development (correct)
Only focusing on women's appearance
Avoid any involvement in social issues
Narrowly focused on studies about men

What was a key area where women's studies intervened?

Supporting the modernization theory
Encouraging rural living
Contesting the notion of development (correct)
Promoting traditional societies

What was the predominant theory put forth by United States social science during the 1950s and 1960s?

Modernization theory (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the catalyst for moving from traditional to nontraditional societies based on 'modernization' theory?

Improved communication and methods of governance (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was claimed to be the benefits of growth according to the 'modernization' theory?

'Filter' down to the poorer classes (B) Signup and view all the answers

What were the specific objectives of the Program of Women's Studies of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) as mentioned in the text?

To revive social debate on the women's question (D) Signup and view all the answers

In what year was the Program of Women's Studies of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) initiated?

1975 (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the objective of the Acharya Ramamurthy Committee appointed in 1989 as described in the text?

To reform the educational process (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of women's development received wider acceptance according to the text?

Organizing women at grass roots level (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of organizing women at the grass roots according to the text?

To expand their opportunities for participation (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the role of women's studies as highlighted in the Acharya Ramamurthy Committee report?

To revitalize and reform the educational process (C) Signup and view all the answers

What limitation confined the concerns of the women's movement mentioned in the text?

Focus on social problems affecting urban middle-class women (B) Signup and view all the answers

What brought new dynamism and directions to women's studies in the late 1970s?

Investigations into peasant women's history (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is identified as a significant issue that the women's movement brought into women's studies?

Violence against women (A) Signup and view all the answers

What turned women's studies into a major critic of the pattern of 'development'?

Marginalization in the educational process (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect drew women's studies closer to issues raised by ecological and environmental movements?

Investigations into peasant women (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is mentioned as one of the most significant new dimensions brought into women's studies by the women's movement?

Complex structures of domination (B) Signup and view all the answers