Indian-Women-Since-Independence UPSC Questions

Indian-Women-Since-Independence MCQ Questions

13.
In the Tebhaga peasant movement in Bengal in 1946-47, women had organized themselves on a separate platform of the _____
A.
Mohammad Bin Thuglaq
B.
Nari Bahini
C.
Amid Ansari
D.
Mahatma Gandhi
ANSWER :
B. Nari Bahini
14.
The village-level _____ (women’s self-defence committees) were formed which also took up the issue of domestic violence or wife-beating.
A.
Anti-price rise movement
B.
Salt Satyagraha
C.
Naxalite movement
D.
Mahila Atma Raksha Samitis
ANSWER :
D. Mahila Atma Raksha Samitis
15.
In another major Communist peasant struggle of that time in the _____ area of Hyderabad State from 1946-1950, women’s participation was also quite significant
A.
Telangana
B.
Guntur
C.
Chittoor
D.
None of the above
ANSWER :
A. Telangana
16.
In the anti-price rise movement of 1973-75, which was organized by Communist and Socialist women in the urban areas of _____, thousands of housewives joined in public rallies
A.
Madhya Pradesh
B.
Andhra Pradesh
C.
Maharashtra
D.
Tamil Nadu
ANSWER :
C. Maharashtra
17.
The movement spread to Gujarat where it meshed into the Nav Nirman movement influenced by Jayaprakash Narayan’s _____
A.
Final Revolution
B.
Total Revolution
C.
Final Representation
D.
Total Representation
ANSWER :
B. Total Revolution
18.
TLA stands for
A.
Tea Labour Association
B.
Tea Liquor Association
C.
Textile Liquor Association
D.
Textile Labour Association
ANSWER :
D. Textile Labour Association