(1) T(5th Sm.

)-Political Science-H/DSE-A-1/CBCS

2020
POLITICAL SCIENCE — HONOURS
Paper : DSE-A-1
(Gender and Politics)
Full Marks : 65
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words
as far as practicable.

The Second Sex

The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State

Towards Equality

CEDAW
SEWA

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The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Answer the following questions (each in single sentence) : 1×15

(a) What is the distinction between sex and gender?
(b) Who is the author of ‘The Second Sex’?
(c) How does gendered nature of power operate?
(d) Name a proponent of woman suffrage movement.
(e) What is ‘intersectional feminism’?
(f) Who wrote ‘The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State’?
(g) When was the ‘Towards Equality’ report published?
(h) What was the main subject of the Age of Consent Act, 1891?
(i) What is the subject of the Visakha Guideline?
(j) What is ‘feminization of work’?
(k) Mention an Act relating to the prevention of sex trafficking in India.
(l) What do you mean by matriarchal family?
(m) What is the full form of CEDAW?
(n) What is SEWA known for?
(o) What do you mean by ‘invisible labour’?
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Module - 1

2. Answer any one question (within 100 words) : 10×1

(a) What is understood by patriarchal culture?
(b) ‘Personal is political.’— Explain the statement.

3. Answer any one question (within 500 words) : 15×1

(a) What are the major arguments of liberal feminism?
(b) Do you think that patriarchy, gender and power are interrelated in the feminist perspective? Give
reasons for your answer.

Module - 2

4. Answer any one question (within 100 words) : 10×1

(a) Analyze the context of the emergence of autonomous women’s movements in India.
(b) Discuss the major demands of reproductive rights of women.

5. Answer any one question (within 500 words) : 15×1

(a) What role does the question of identity play in women’s movement in contemporary India?
(b) Discuss the relationship between reproductive labour and care labour.