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Gender, Religion and Caste

    • Question 1
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    Mention different aspects of life in which women are discriminated or disadvantaged in India.

    Solution

    (i) Sexual division of labour at home and public places.
    (ii) Gender bias in distribution of income or remuneration.
    (iii) Gender bias in share of patriarchal or ancestral property.
    (iv) In the field of education and political representation.

    Question 2
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    State different forms of communal politics with one example each.

    Solution
    Forms of Communal Politics:
    (i) Expression of communalism in everyday beliefs
    (ii) Quest for political dominance of one's own religious community
    (iii) Political mobilisation on religious lines 

    Question 3
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    State how caste inequalities are still continuing in India.

    Solution

    Caste inequalities are still continuing in India through:
    (i)Hereditary occupational division 
    (ii)Marriages within the caste group
    (iii)Exclusion of and discrimination against the 'outcast' groups

    Question 4
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    State two reasons to say that caste alone cannot determine election results in India.

    Solution

    The reasons are :
    (i) No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste.
    (ii)Sitting MP or MLA frequently lose election in our country. That could not have happened if all caste and communities were frozen in their in their political preferences.

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