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POLITICAL SCIENCE - Gender, Religion and Caste

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Q. 1
What is the main concern raised in the passage?
A
Lack of women in sports
B
Low representation of women in the legislature
C
Economic challenges in India
D
Education system issues
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Q. 2
In which year did the percentage of elected women members in Lok Sabha touch 12 percent for the first time?
A
2000
B
2014
C
2005
D
2020
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Q. 3
What is the percentage of women in state assemblies according to the passage?
A
More than 15%
B
20%
C
Less than 5%
D
10%
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Q. 4
In which of the following levels of government seats are not reserved for women?
A
Gram Panchayat
B
Block Samiti
C
Zila Parishad
D
Vidhan Sabha
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Q. 5
In which geographical regions are the averages for women's representation higher than India, according to the passage?
A
North America and Europe
B
Africa and Latin America
C
Asia and Australia
D
Middle East and Southeast Asia
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Q. 6
1/3 reservation of women in local bodies shows that:
A
It is good when social division becomes a political issue
B
Feminist organisations were demanding to reserve seats in local bodies
C
Parliament is very serious about gender equality
D
Political leaders want to give equal status to women in politics
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Q. 7
In which of the following years of Lok Sabha elections women got their highest representation?
A
2009
B
2014
C
2004
D
2019
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Q. 8
In which government bodies in India are one-third of seats reserved for women?
A
State Assemblies
B
Lok Sabha
C
Panchayats and municipalities
D
Cabinets
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Q. 9
What is the focus of the Panchayati Raj in addressing the issue of women's representation?
A
Reducing women's roles
B
Legal binding for men's representation
C
Ignoring the issue
D
Reserving one-third of seats for women
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Q. 10
What is the suggested solution to the problem of low women's representation in the legislature?
A
Legal binding for equal gender representation
B
Increasing the total number of seats
C
Relying on voluntary participation
D
Ignoring the issue
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Q. 11
According to the passage, what role does caste play in politics?
A
Caste has no impact on politics
B
Caste only causes conflicts
C
Caste can provide space for disadvantaged communities to demand power
D
Caste is irrelevant in decision making
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Q. 12
In what year did the percentage of elected women members in Lok Sabha touch 12 percent for the first time?
A
2000
B
2010
C
2014
D
2018
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Q. 13
How does India compare to other nations in terms of women's representation in politics?
A
India is ahead of many developing countries
B
India is among the top nations
C
India leads in women's political participation
D
India is in the bottom group worldwide
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Q. 14
Find out incorrect statement about caste in politics:
A
Caste in politics always produces positive results
B
Caste factor played important role in the formation of Central Government
C
Social reformers and laws have played important role to reduce casteism
D
Routes of casteism are visible in our society from ancient time
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Q. 15
What is suggested as a solution to the low representation of women in elected bodies in India?
A
Increase the number of political organizations
B
Legally mandate a fair proportion of women in elected bodies
C
Eliminate political and non-political organizations
D
Establish a caste-based quota system
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Q. 16
Which of the following is not correct about Dalits"?
A
A community which has been discriminated by high caste people
B
Dalits were considered 'untouchables' in Indian society
C
B. R. Ambedkar worked hard to ensure their political rights
D
Now the issues related to Dalits are not visible in rural areas
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Q. 17
According to the passage, what positive impact has caste politics had on disadvantaged communities?
A
Increased discrimination
B
Limited access to resources
C
Better access to decision making
D
Enhanced poverty
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Q. 18
The political party having its main objective of upliftment of lower caste people:
A
Communist Party of India
B
Bharatiya Janata Party
C
Indian National Congress
D
Bahujan Samaj Party
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Q. 19
What issues does the passage suggest might be overlooked when there is exclusive attention to caste politics?
A
Economic growth
B
Poverty, development, and corruption
C
Corruption
D
Access to land, resources, and opportunities
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Q. 20
At which of the following levels of politics, the caste factor is most visible?
A
Central level
B
State level
C
None of these
D
Local level
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Q. 21
In which of the following countries, the participation of women is not very large?
A
Finland
B
Sweden
C
Norway
D
India
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Q. 22
Choose any one of the following for the given statement—Sexual division of labour:
A
The role of women in politics is minimal in most societies.
B
All the domestic work is done by the women of the family.
C
Men do all the work outside home.
D
Women role in public life is minimal in most societies
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Q. 23
What is the basic issue of the feminist movement?
A
Economic equality for women
B
Civil rights
C
Demand for Social rights
D
All of these
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Q. 24
The Scheduled Tribes are often referred to as
A
Scavengers
B
Dalits
C
Outcastes
D
adivasis
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Q. 25
In which year the Equal Remuneration Act was passed. That equal wages should be paid to equal work.
A
1987
B
1966
C
1976
D
1986
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Q. 26
Which of these Acts provides that equal wages should be paid for equal work to both men and women?
A
Equality Act
B
Wages Equality Act
C
Equal Remuneration Act
D
Similar Wages Act
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Q. 27
Which of the following social reformers fought against caste system?
A
Jyotiba Phule
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
All of the above
D
B. R. Ambedkar
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Q. 28
Who said that religion can never be separated from politics?
A
Dr. Ambedkar
B
Pt.Nehru
C
Mahatma Gandhi
D
None of these
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Q. 29
When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to:
A
Biological difference 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 in democracies
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Q. 30
The leader who did not work who did not for the caste problem in india was
A
Jyothiba Phule
B
Matma Gandhi
C
B G.Tilak
D
DrAmbedkar
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Q. 31
Which one of the following is the basis of communal politics?
A
People of different religions may have the same interests.
B
People of different religions have different interests that involve conflicts.
C
People of different religions live in mutual co-operation.
D
People who follow different religions belong to the same social community.
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Q. 32
Indian society is of which type?
A
A patriarchal society
B
A fraternal society
C
None of the above
D
A matriarchal society
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Q. 33
Which region has the highest representation of women in their national Parliaments?
A
Asia
B
America
C
Africa
D
Nordic
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Q. 34
Which type of country India is?
A
Monarchy
B
Communalist
C
Secular
D
Dictator
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Q. 35
Name any two political leaders who fought against caste inequalities.
A
Dr. Manmohan Singh and Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil.
B
Mr. Nitesh Kumar and Mr. Narendra Modi.
C
Dr.S. Radhakrishnan and Shri Morarji Desai
D
Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar
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Q. 36
Which one of the following was the view of Mahatma Gandhi about religion ?
A
He was in favour of Hinduism.
B
He was an ardent supporter of Muslim Religion.
C
By religion, Gandhi meant for moral values that inform all religions.
D
He said that India should adopt Christianity.
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Q. 37
Which one of the following refers to a feminist?
A
The female labourers
B
The employer who employs female workers
C
A woman who does not believe in equal rights for women.
D
A woman or a man who believes in equal rights and opportunities for woman and man.
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Q. 38
Laws representing family matters such as marriage,divorce et(c) are known as
A
Civil laws
B
Criminal laws
C
Family laws
D
None of the above
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Q. 39
What is meant by the term 'Feminist'?
A
The qualities which are considered typical of women.
B
A person who believes in equal rights and opportunities for women and men.
C
The belief that men and women are unequal.
D
The man who looks like the woman.
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Q. 40
Choose the statement that is correct about the distinguishing feature of communalism.
A
Communalism leads to the belief that people belonging to different religions can live as equal citizens within one nation.
B
A communal mind does not lead to quest for political dominance of one's own religious community.
C
A secular constitution is sufficient combat communalism.
D
Followers of a particular religion must belong to one community.
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Q. 41
Which one of the following refers to gender division ?
A
The hierarchical unequal roles assigned to man and woman by the society.
B
Biological difference between man and woman.
C
The ratio of male child and female child.
D
The division between male labourers and female labourers.
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Q. 42
Identify the reason that is not true about the fact that caste alone cannot determine elections in India.
A
Political parties and candidates in elections make appeals to caste sentiments.
B
Some political parties are known to favour some castes
C
No party wins the votes of all the voters of a caste or community.
D
No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste.
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Q. 43
The system in which father is known as the head of the family
A
Monarchy
B
Patriarchy
C
Hierarchy
D
None of the above
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Q. 44
How long on average, an Indian woman works more than an average man every day?
A
Three hours
B
One hour
C
Four hours
D
Two hours
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Q. 45
An institution, in which one third of seats are reserved for women in India, is
A
Lok Sabha
B
Rajya Sabha
C
State Assemblies
D
Panchayati Raj
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Q. 46
Name any two countries where women’s participation in public life is very high.
A
Sri Lanka and Nepal
B
Pakistan and Bhutan
C
Sweden and Finland
D
South Africa and Maldives
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Q. 47
Which law among the following deal with family-related matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, etc?
A
Community
B
Civil
C
Religious
D
Family
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Q. 48
Which of the following country doesn’t has an official state language
A
INDIA
B
ENGLAND
C
SRI LANKA
D
ALL THE ABOVE
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Q. 49
The statement that is true regarding the feminist movement is
A
It strengthens relationship between man and woman .
B
It improves women’s role related to political mobilisation.
C
It does not give much liberty to women in society.
D
It does not provide equal opportunities for men and women.
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Q. 50
Which one of the following social reformers fought against caste inequalities.
A
Periyar Ramaswami Naiker
B
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
C
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Q. 51
Mark the correct statement of gender division.
A
Gender division is natural
B
It is unchangeable
C
Strictly based on biology
D
Gender division is based on social expectations and stereotypes.
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Q. 52
Mark the correct statement
A
Gandhiji advocated the cause of violence
B
Human rights groups create problems for religious minorities.
C
Communalism is unhealthy for the society and country.
D
Status of women has deteriorated over the years.
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Q. 53
In traditional societies, women were expected to do
A
public affairs
B
private jobs
C
paid jobs
D
None of these
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Q. 54
What is the average child sex ratio in India ?
A
923
B
926
C
935
D
933
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Q. 55
Which one of the following countries has the highest representation of women in their National Parliament?
A
India
B
Sweden
C
Australia
D
Russia
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Q. 56
Which one of the following is a form of communalism?
A
Communal Unity and integrity
B
Communal violence, riots and massacre.
C
Communal fraternity.
D
Communal harmony.
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Q. 57
What was the percentage of elected women members in Lok Sabha in 2009?
A
10
B
20
C
15
D
5
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Q. 58
The correct literacy rate of women in India is
A
45%
B
54%
C
61%
D
70%
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Q. 59
What is leading to the breakdown of caste hierarchy?
A
Large-scale urbanisation
B
Growth of literacy and education
C
Occupational mobility
D
All of the above
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Q. 60
Gender division in society is based on
A
social expectations
B
stereotypes
C
both (a) and (b)
D
None of these
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Q. 61
This concept is used to refer to a system that values men more and gives them power over women
A
Patriarchy
B
Monarchy
C
Polygamy
D
Dyarchy
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Q. 62
What is the literacy rate among women and men respectively in India?
A
54% and 76%
B
46% and 51%
C
76% and 85%
D
37% and 54%
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Q. 63
In India seats are reserved for women in
A
Lok sabha
B
State legislative assemblies
C
Panchayati Raj bodies
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Q. 64
Arrange the following in the correct sequence: (i) Social Reform Movement
(ii) Caste inequality
(iii) Caste system
(iv) Social community
A
iv-iii-ii-i
B
i-iv-ii-iii
C
i-ii-iii-iv
D
ii-i-iii-iv
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