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Gender, Religion and Caste
The aspects are:
(1) For education, lesser resources are spent by parents on girl child. Thus, literacy among women is 54 per cent compared to 76 per cent among men. Similarly, a small proportion of girl students go for higher studies.
(2) The proportion of women among the highly paid and valuable jobs is still very small. Yet much of her work is not paid and, therefore, often not valued. On an average, an Indian women work one hour more than an average man every day.
(3) In many parts of India, parents prefer to have sons and find ways to have the girl child aborted before she is born, such sex-selective abortion led to a decline in child sex ratio.
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When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to
In India seats are reserved for women in
Consider the following statements on the meaning of communal politics. Communal politics is based on the belief that
(A) One 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?
Social divisions based on _________ are peculiar to India.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
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List-I |
List-II |
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1. A person who believes in equal rights and opportunities for women and men. |
A. Communalist |
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2. A person who says that religion is the principal basis of community. |
B. Feminist |
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3. A person who thinks that caste is the principal basis of community. |
C. Secularist |
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4. A person who does not discriminate others on the basis of religious beliefs. |
D. Castiest |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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(a) |
B |
C |
A |
D |
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(b) |
B |
A |
D |
C |
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(c) |
D |
C |
A |
B |
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(d) |
C |
A |
B |
D |
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Among the following which countries have high participation of women in public life?
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