[ 1 ] On the occasion musical programme is given by –
(A) the dance party
(B) by the male members of the family
(C) by the women and girls
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 2 ] The ceremony is held-
(A) only for boy
(B) only for girl
(C) for both
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 3 ] In Bangladesh children are looked after by the-
(A) father only
(B) mother only
(C) whole family
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 4 ] Who has written ‘A Child is Born!?
(A) B.Russell
(B) S. Naoya
(C) G. Greer.
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 5 ] During pregnancy the best place for the woman is-
(A) hotel Sudade
(B) in-laws-family
(C) her mother’s house
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 6 ] During pregnancy a woman prefers her mother’s house because-
(A) she gets proper care there
(B) she is neglected
(C) she feels freedom there
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 7 ] When baby is born, it is an occasion of joy for-
(A) the mother
(B) father
(C) strange
(D) the whole family
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 8 ] The naming ceremony is –
(A) bad
(B) lovely
(c) strange
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 9 ] The naming ceremony is held when the baby is-
(A) seven days old
(B) five days old
(C) the days old
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 10 ] New clothes are brought for –
(A) the baby
(B) the mother
(C) both
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 11 ] In traditional births infant and mother mortality is-
(A) lesser
(B) greater
(C) negligible
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 12 ] In traditional society a pregnant woman is primarily supported by –
(A) husband
(B) kinsfolk
(C) other members of society
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 13 ] In traditional society a woman lose her own name and is known as the mother of her first born child, but the West regards it is –
(A) good
(B) beneficial
(C) outrageous
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 14 ] Germaine Greer was born in –
(A) 1919
(B) 1929
(C) 1939
(D) 1949
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 15 ] Germaine Greer was educated in-
(A) Germany
(B) Australia
(C) U.S.A.
(D) England
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 16 ] Traditional method of child-birth is accepted –
(A) fearfully
(B) dengerously
(C)culturally and collectively
(D)None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 17 ] Germaine Greer has written the lesson –
(A) A Marriage Proposel
(B) A Child is Born
(C) The Earth
(D) The Artist
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 18 ] A …………. woman has to observe various taboos, rituals and customs.
(A) Ugly
(B) Wicked
(C) Pregnant
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 19 ] Germaine Greer is an ………….. … writer.
(A) Indian
(B) American
(C) British
(D) Australian
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 20 ] Germaine Greer is a famous ………..Writer.
(A) scientific
(B) feminist
(C) educational
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 21 ] In Bangladesh Rupthoka is a kind of —
(A) bread
(B) sweet dish
(C) fairy tales
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 22 ] Generally a pregnant woman is sent to her ……….. home for childbirth.
(A) parents
(B) relative
(C) doctor
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 23 ] In the ………… the husband wife due enjoy more freedom and individuality.
(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) West
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 24 ] …………. woman visit her mother’s house during pregnancy.
(A) An African
(B) An Indian
(C) A canadian
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 25 ] In …………. children under the age of five or six are looked after by the whole family.
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) China
(D) Russia
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 26 ] Sylheti woman and her child are given new dress on the day of the birth.
(A) 5th
(B) 6th
(C) 7th
(D) 8th
Answer ⇒ (C)
Short Answer Type Question
1. How are the ways of managing child-birth in traditional societies useful?
Ans. The ways of managing childbirth in traditional societies are many and varied. Their usefulness is found in the branches (off-shoots) of a family and it may be observed. It is so because from the fact that they are accepted culturally and collectively. It makes the mother free from mental burden reinventing the procedures.
2. Pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel that she is alone. Why?
Ans. It is so because the mother does not have the psychic burden of reinventing the procedures. Even through the potential catastrophes are alive approach to pregnancy which hems the pregnant woman about with taboos and, prohibitions helps make the anxiety manageable. In a traditional society childbirth is a family affair.
3. What is “truism of anthropologies” that the writer talks about?
Ans. The truism of anthropologies that newly married woman do not become member of their new family until they have borne a child, though after marriage they go to their mother-in-law’s house from their mother’s house.
4. What compels women to withdraw into silent opposition in international fora?
Ans. The tendency of those women who still live within a female society, is to withdraw into silent opposition when participating in international fora conducted in languages which they cannot speak with fluency.
5. Why had Sudanese women officials stopped going to international conferences?
Ans. Sudanese women officials stopped going to international conference because they were tired of being told about their own lives instead of being consulted.
6. Where do Sylheti women go to stay during the last stage of pregnancy?
Ans. She goes to her mother’s house for the last few months of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby’s life.
7. What is the impact of poverty in medical field?
Ans. Most of the poor patients have not got the expensive drugs, sparking equipments and lots of electricity, most of which they have not got in sufficient quantity, though the allopathic doctors are dependent upon these things.
8. What is the reward of pregnancy for a young Sylheti woman?
Ans. All the time she is looked after. The whole matter of pregnancy is one of celebration. When the baby is born it is an occasion of joy for the whole family. The naming caremony is lovely. It is held when the boy is seven days old. As such the reward of preganancy for a young sylheti woman is that the woman gets to go home to visit her mother and sister.