Direction (Qs.1 to 8): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been highlighted for your attention.
The ominously increasing practice of female foeticide is made evident by the decreasing male: female ratio in most parts of the country. But this has not been enough to wake our nation out of a complacent slumber. Do we really fail to realise that this inhuman practice is unethical, immoral and illegal, having serious repercussions? Or, do we ignore the truth under the influence of some latent but more powerful forces than our individual subjectivity?
It is pre-evident that in our country the dominant ideology with respect to gender discourse is both patriarchal and patrilineal in nature. This male-dominant power dynamics constructs the rationale which formulates a kind of validation in the social psyche for gender disparity and even for gender-based crimes. It also creates a social mindset which considers boys assets and girls nothing more than a burden. The validating reasons are threefold. First, in our society descent and succession are through males. Sons carry forward not just the lineage but property rights as well. Secondly, only a son can beget spiritual benefits. The condition precedent for the attainment of moksha is the performance of cremation rites by the son. Last but not least, while a son's marriage brings dowry into the family, a girl is always associated with the term paraya dhan. Females are regarded only as temporary members of their natural family.
On the one hand, a daughter or woman is generally considered financially unproductive as her contribution is largely in the form of unremunerated family labor and, on the other, she alienates her parent's property on marriage. Even in the present context of working women, who are financially productive, social perception does not change because apart from a few initial years, for the whole of her life she earns not for her parental but marital home. It becomes extremely difficult to break through this nexus of sheer economics and traditional, cultural practices tangled with the status of females in our society.Question No : 1
Which of the following can be a suitable title for the passage?
(1) Truth alone triumphs
(2) The inevitable exploitation of women in Indian society
(3) The perennial system of patriarchy in India
(4) A repulsive mindset: boys are assets, girls a burden
(5) The crime of sexual objectificationQuestion No : 2
Which of the following carries the most SIMILAR meaning to the word ‘tangled’ as mentioned in the passage?
(1) Vestige
(2) Entwine
(3) Anachronistic
(4) Expurgate
(5) Officious
Question No : 3
Which of the following carries the most OPPOSITE meaning to the word ‘ominously’ as mentioned in the passage?
(1) Portentous
(2) Amorphous
(3) Rescind
(4) Propitious
(5) Umbrage
Question No : 4
According to the passage, which of the following is false?
(1) The logic that contrives the validation in the collective soul of gender incongruity and gender-based crimes is the patriarchal and patrilineal society.
(2) The male-dominant power dynamics constructs the rationale which formulates a kind of validation in the social psyche for gender parity and even for gender-based crimes
(3) The logic that contrives the validation in the collective soul of gender discordance and gender-based crimes is the patriarchal and patrilineal society
(4) The male-dominant power dynamics contrives the rationale which formulates a kind of validation in the social psyche for gender disparity and even for gender-based crimes
(5) None of the aboveQuestion No : 5
The increasing practice of female foetcide is _____
(1) Fraudulent
(2) Has humourless reverberation
(3) Has resulted in the decreasing male: female ratio
(4) Unconscionable and felonious
(5) All of the aboveQuestion No : 6
Which among the following convey the ‘threefold’ validating reasons as mentioned in the passage?
(I) First, sons carry forward the ancestry. Secondly, they are the only ones capable enough to bring about salvation to the parents. Lastly, the sons bring money to the family.
(II) First, only sons are entitled to family property. Secondly, only a son can generate spiritual benefits. Lastly, the marriage of a son brings money in the form of dowry.
(III) First, descent and succession are through males. Secondly, cremation rites can only be performed by the son. Lastly, the son’s marriage brings dowry into the family
(1) Only (II)
(2) Only (III)
(3) Both (II) and (III)
(4) Both (I) and (II)
(5) (I), (II) and (III)
Question No : 7
Which of the following rightfully, conveys the condition of women in our society?
(1) A daughter estrangers her parent’s property after marriage and is directed to listen and follow her husband at all times.
(2) It becomes extremely manageable for women to break through the cycle of sheer economics, traditional and cultural practices which do not allow women to be independent beings.
(3) A female is generally considered financially efficient and her major contribution is in the form of uncompensated family labor.
(4) According to social perceptions, first a women has to earn for her parental home and then for her marital home
(5) None of the aboveQuestion No : 8
Women are regarded as _____
(1) Unpaid labor of the family
(2) Financially and socially dependent
(3) Guests at their own parents’ place
(4) Temporary members of their natural family
(5) All of the above