Multiple choice

Which of the following communities has been notified as a religious community by the National Commission for Minorities?

  1. Sikhs

  2. Buddhists

  3. Zoroastrians

  4. Jains

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Explanation

The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Five religious communities, viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority communities by the Union Government. On January 20, 2014, the minority status was granted. 

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