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Gender, Religion and Caste
Describe the increasing role of women in public life.
The role played by women are:
(i) Women do all work inside the home such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, tailoring, looking after children etc.
(ii) In villages, women fetch water, collect fuel and work in the fields.
(iii) In urban areas, poor women work as domestic helper in middle class homes, while middle class women work in offices.
(iv) Now women are working as scientists, doctors, engineers, lawyers, managers and college and university teachers which were earlier not considered suitable for women.
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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?
What factor often plays decisive role in elections?
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