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Gender, Religion and Caste

Gender, Religion and Caste

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Participation of women, in public life, is relatively low in countries like

  1. Norway
  2. Sweden
  3. Finland
  4. Bangladesh
  5. None of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Over the past few decades, sex ratio in India has

  1. not changed
  2. gone down
  3. increased
  4. shown a fluctuating trend
  5. none of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In India, seats are reserved for women in

  1. Lok Sabha
  2. State legislative assemblies
  3. Cabinets
  4. Panchayati Raj bodies
  5. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to

  1. biological difference between men and women
  2. unequal roles assigned by the society to men and women
  3. unequal child sex ratio
  4. absence of voting rights for women in democracies
  5. none of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

‘Sexual division of labour’ signifies that
A. Gender division emphasises upon division on the basis of nature of work
B. Division between men and women
C. Caste is the basis of gender division
D. Gender decides the division of work between men and women

  1. A, C and D
  2. A, B and D
  3. A and C
  4. D and A
  5. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Women in India are discriminated against in

  1. political life
  2. social life
  3. economic life
  4. all of these
  5. none of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Caste hierarchy means

  1. shift from one occupation to another
  2. a ladder like formation in which all the caste groups are placed from the 'highest' to the ‘lowest caste’
  3. religious equality
  4. communal harmony and peace on the basis of caste
  5. none of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the laws enacted by the Parliament, for the welfare of women.

  1. Special Marriage Act of 1955
  2. Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961
  3. Equal Remuneration Act of 1976
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements on the meaning of communal politics. Communal politics is based on the belief that:
A. One’s religion is superior to that of others.
B. People belonging to different religions can live together happily as equal citizens.
C. Followers of a particular religion constitute one community.
D. State power cannot be used to establish the domination of one religious group over others.
Which of the statements is/are correct?

  1. A, B, C and D
  2. A, B and D
  3. A and C only
  4. B and D only
  5. None of these
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