Objective Questions:

Questions asked in Pre-boards and previous years boards

Q.1 The share of women in the state assemblies is less than:

a. 20%

b. 15%

c. 10%

d. 5%

Answer: b. 15%

Q.2 Which of the following Act says that equal wages should be paid for equal work?

a. Equal Remuneration Act

b. Equal Wages Act

c. Wages Act

d. Labor Code

Answer: a. Equal Remuneration Act

Q.3 What is the primary concern when religion is seen as the basis of a nation?

a. Promoting religious diversity

b. Fostering national unity

c. Encouraging religious tolerance

d. Creating potential dangers to nationalism

Answer: d. Creating potential dangers to nationalism

Q.4 In communal politics, what happens when one religion and its followers are pitted against another?

a. It fosters religious diversity

b. It promotes religious tolerance

c. It leads to communal politics

d. It creates potential dangers to nationalism

Answer: c. It leads to communal politics

Q.5 One-third seats are reserved for women in-

a. Lok Sabha

b. Panchayat

c. Government Jobs

d. State Assembly

Answer: b. Panchayat

Q.6 What does communalism involve in terms of social community?

a. Belief that followers of different religions belong to one community

b. Recognition of commonalities among followers of different religions

c. Belief in the equality of all religions

d. Belief that followers of different religions cannot belong to the same social community

Answer: d. Belief that followers of different religions cannot belong to the same social community.

Q.7 What is a common expression of communalism that involves religious prejudices and stereotypes?

a. Majoritarian dominance

b. Political mobilization on religious lines

c. Communal violence

d. Everyday beliefs

Answer: d. Everyday beliefs

Q.8 How did the makers of the Indian Constitution address the challenge of communalism?

A) By giving a special status to Hinduism

B) By choosing the model of a secular state

C) By promoting majoritarian dominance

D) By encouraging religious prejudice

Answer: b. By choosing the model of a secular state

Q.9 What is the primary concern when using religion in politics?

a. Promoting religious beliefs.
b. Ensuring equal treatment of all religions.
c. Regulating religious practices.
d. Establishing one religion as superior.

Answer: b. Ensuring equal treatment of all religions.

Q.10 What is the term used to describe using religion in politics in exclusive and partisan terms, leading to the dominance of one religious group over others?

a. Communalism.
b. Secularism.
c. Pluralism.
d. Populism.

Answer: a. Communalism.

Q.11 A person who does not discriminate others on the basis of religious beliefs is called _____________

a. Secular

b. Communalist

c. Feminist

d. Casteist

Answer: a. Secular

Q.12 Patriarchal society means__________

a. A society dominated by men

b. A society dominated by women

c. A society where there is equality between men and women

d. None of the above.

Answer: a. A society dominated by men

Q.13 Which of the following statement is true regarding caste and caste system in India?

a. Caste system has completely disappeared from contemporary India.

b. The Constitution of India prohibited any caste-based discrimination and laid the foundations of policies to reverse the injustices of the caste system.

c. Untouchability has ended completely from contemporary India.

d. Like gender and religion, caste division is universal.

Answer: b. The Constitution of India prohibited any caste-based discrimination and laid the foundations of policies to reverse the injustices of the caste system.

Q.14 Gender division stands for ___________

a. Biological differences between men and women

b. Unequal roles assigned by the society to men and women

c. Unequal child sex-ratio

d. Absence of voting rights for women

Answer: b. Unequal roles assigned by the society to men and women

Q.15 Following are the provisions of communal politics. Identify the incorrect one.

a. when state favors a particular religion.

b. It occurs when religion is not expressed in politics.

c. when the demand for only one religion is accepted.

d. one religion is presented superior to other.

Answer: b. It occurs when religion is not expressed in politics.

Q.16 Which of the following statement is not true?

a. The Constitution of India does not allows the state to intervene in the matter of religion in order to ensure equality within the religious communities.

b. Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion.

c. The Constitution provides to all individuals and communities freedom to profess, practice and propagate any religion, or not to follow any.

d. Both ‘A’ and ‘C’.

Answer: a. The Constitution of India does not allows the state to intervene in the matter of religion in order to ensure equality within the religious communities.

Q.17 The Equal Remuneration Act of _________ provides that equal wages should be paid to equal work.

a. 1986

b. 1976

c. 1966

d. 1972

Answer: b. 1976

Q.18 How communalism affects our lives?

a. It leads to poverty and uneducated society

b. It leads to political uncertainty and unrest in peoples life.

c. It leads to communal violence, riots and massacre.

d. None of these.

Answer: c. It leads to communal violence, riots and massacre.

Q.19 Which of the following statement is true regarding Feminist Movements?

a. A group which favors giving more power to working women at rural and urban level.

b. A movement that believes in giving exclusive rights to female in urban areas.

c. Radical women’s movements aimed at equality in personal and family life as well.

d. It is the practice of placing a feminine and masculine point of view in decision-making.

Answer: c. Radical women’s movements aimed at equality in personal and family life as well.

Q.20 Distinguishing feature of communalism is :

a. Followers of a particular religion must belong to one community.

b. Communalism leads to the belief that people belonging to different religions can live as equal citizens within one community.

c. A communal mind does not lead to quest for political dominance of one’s own religious community.

d. A secular constitution is sufficient combat communalism.

Answer: a. Followers of a particular religion must belong to one community.