Question 1.
A communal mind often leads to a quest for political dominance of one’s:
(a) Own religious society
(b) Own religious community
(c) Own religious ideas
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (b) Own religious
community
A communal mind often leads to a quest for political dominance of one’s own religious community.

Question 2.
Our constitution:
(a) Gives a special status to one religion
(b) Does not give a special status to any religion
(c) Favours two religions
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (b) Does not give a special status to any religion
Our constitution does not give a special status to any religion.

Question 3.
The constitution:
(a) Does not prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion
(b) Prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion
(c) Allows only one religion
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (b) Prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion
The constitution prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion.

Question 4.
All societies have some kind of social inequality:
(a) And some form of division of labour
(b) And different castes
(c) And similar castes
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (a) And some form of division of labour
All societies have some kind of social inequality and some form of division of labour.

Question 5.
Caste’s and caste system in modern India:
(a) Not undergone many changes
(b) Have undergone some changes
(c) Have undergone great changes
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (c) Have undergone great changes
Caste’s and caste system in modern India have undergone great changes.

Question 6.
Some of the older aspects of caste:
(a) Do not persist
(b) Still persist
(c) Do not exist
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (b) Still persist
Some of the oldest aspects of caste still persist.

Question 7.
There is a disproportionately large presence of:
(а) ‘Middle caste’ among the urban middle classes in our country
(b) ‘Lower caste’ among the rural lower classes in our country
(c) ‘Upper caste’ among the urban middle classes in our country
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (c) ‘Upper caste’ among the urban middle classes in our country
There is a disproportionately large presence of ‘upper caste’ among the urban middle classes in our country.

Question 8.
In the case of communalism, casteism is rooted in the belief that:
(a) Caste is the sole basis of social community
(b) Religion is the sole basis of social community
(c) Modern education is necessary
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (a) Caste is the sole basis of social community
Casteism is rooted in the belief that caste is the sole basis of social community.

Question 9.
A ladder like formation in which all the caste groups are placed from the ‘highest’ to the lowest castes is known as:
(a) Caste ladder
(b) Occupational mobility
(c) Caste hierarchy
(d) All the above

Answer
Answer: (c) Caste hierarchy
It refers to caste hierarchy.

Question 10.
Universal adult franchise refers to:
(a) All the adult citizens of India
(b) One – person – one – vote
(c) Two – person – two – votes
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (b) One – person – one – vote
It refers to one – person – one – vote.

Question 11.
No parliamentary constituency in the country:
(a) Has a clear majority of one single vote
(b) Can win an election
(c) Can contest an election
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (a) Has a clear majority of one single vote
No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single vote.

Question 12.
When people say that a caste is a ‘vote bank’ of one party, it means:
(a) A small proportion of the voters from that caste vote for that party
(b) A large proportion of the voters from that caste do not vote for that party
(c) A large proportion of the voters from that caste vote for that party
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (c) A large proportion of the voters from that caste vote for that party
It means a large proportion of the voters from that caste vote for that party.

Question 13.
Some voters have more than one candidate from their caste:
(a) While some voters have no candidate from their caste
(b) While many voters have many candidates from their caste
(c) While many voters have no candidate from their caste
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (c) While many voters have no candidate from their caste
Some voters have more than one candidate from their caste while many voters have no candidate from their caste.

Question 14.
Gender division is not based on biology but on:
(a) Social expectations and stereotypes
(b) Hierarchical social division
(c) Can be both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (a) Social expectations and stereotypes
Gender division is actually, based on social expectations and stereo types and not on biology.

Question 15.
Boys and girls are brought up to believe that the main work of women is:
(a) Working outside
(b) To do housework
(c) To do housework and bringing up children
(d) None of the above

Answer
Answer: (c) To do housework and bringing up children
They are made to believe that the main work of women is to do housework and rear children.

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