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Multiple choice political science contemporary issues in indian politics communalism, casteism and terrorism social problems and challenges diversity and discrimination

The term RAISON D' ETRE means ________________.

  1. reason for a thing's existence

  2. open space

  3. important

  4. none of these
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Explanation

In French, raison d'etre literally means "reason for being," and in English it means about the same. Someone's raison d'etre is the most important thing to them. For example: Android’s whole raison d’être is to be the more open alternative to Apple.

Multiple choice political science contemporary issues in indian politics communalism, casteism and terrorism social problems and challenges diversity and discrimination

Which national political party was established to represent the Bahujans?

  1. Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi

  2. Bharatiya Janata Party

  3. Communist Party of India

  4. Bahujan Samaj Party
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Explanation

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) or Majority People's Party is one of the only five prominent national political parties of India. The ideology of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the Bahujan Samaj, which comprises of the Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Religious Minorities such as Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Buddhists and account for over 85 percent of the country's total population.

Multiple choice political science contemporary issues in indian politics communalism, casteism and terrorism social problems and challenges diversity and discrimination

An organisation largely made up of government employees that campaigns against caste discrimination _____________.

  1. BAMCEF

  2. CEFBAM

  3. CORPUS

  4. CEFAMB
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Explanation

BAMCEF (Backward and Minorities Community Employees Federation) is an organisation largely made up of government employees that campaigns against caste discrimination. It addresses the problems of its members who suffer discrimination. But its principal concern is with social justice and social equality for the entire society. 

Multiple choice political science contemporary issues in indian politics communalism, casteism and terrorism social problems and challenges diversity and discrimination

What was the view of Mahatma Gandhi about religion?

  1. Religion above all things in the society

  2. It is the basic need for any country's growth and progress

  3. By religion, Gandhi meant moral values

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Gandhiji used to say that religion can never be separated from politics. He said that he didn't mean religion as any particular religion like Hinduism or Islam but moral values that inform all religion is actually a real religion. He believed that politics must be guided by ethics drawn from religion.

Multiple choice civics individual and society achieving equality moving towards equality diversity and discrimination

The government introduced free and compulsory education system for children in the age group of __________.

  1. 6 to 14 years

  2. 5 to 12 years

  3. 5 to 10 years

  4. 1 to 16 years
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Explanation

Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE) was enacted on 4th August 2009 by the parliament of India. This was inserted in Article 21-A of the constitution. Children in the age group of six to fourteen were given rights to full time elementary education of satisfactory and equitable quality in a formal school. Article 21-A and the RTE Act came into effect on 1st April 2010.   

Multiple choice civics individual and society achieving equality moving towards equality diversity and discrimination

Main purpose of the adult education is to _______________.

  1. Increase the number of schools

  2. Increase the number of teachers

  3. Remove illiteracy

  4. Increase the knowledge of the people
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Explanation

Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self–educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Purposes of adult education may vary, the general purposes of which are summarized as: 

  1. Vocational
  2. Remove illiteracy
  3. Social
  4. Recreational
  5. Self-development

Multiple choice civics individual and society achieving equality moving towards equality diversity and discrimination

What is Net-Reproduction rate?

  1. Number of deaths of children below one year of age per 1000 live birth

  2. Birth rate minus death rate

  3. Average age to which a person at the time of his birth is expected to live

  4. The rate at which women are replaced by daughter who will have children.
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Explanation

The Net Reproduction Rate (NRR) is a demographic measure representing the average number of daughters that would be born to a woman if she passed through her lifetime conforming to the age-specific fertility and mortality rates of a given year.

Multiple choice political science achieving equality moving towards equality diversity and discrimination concepts of individualism and society

What is/are the main problem or problems India faces?

  1. Inequality

  2. Poverty

  3. Illiteracy

  4. All of these
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Explanation

Though India is a democratic country and has achieved political equality still social and economic inequalities exist here. Some people are very rich and some are so poor that they can't afford two times meal for themselves. As some people are very poor as a result they are unable to give education to their children. This increases the number of illiterate people.