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Question : Which one of the following social reformers fought against caste inequalities.
(a) Periyar Ramaswami Naiker 
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy   
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer :  A

Question : Which one of the following was the view of Mahatma Gandhi about religion ?
(a) He was in favour of Hinduism.
(b) He was an ardent supporter of Muslim Religion.
(c) By religion, Gandhi meant for moral values that inform all religions.
(d) He said that India should adopt Christianity.
Answer :  C

Question : Name any two political leaders who fought against caste inequalities.
(a) Dr. Manmohan Singh and Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil.
(b) Mr. Nitesh Kumar and Mr. Narendra Modi.
(c) Dr.S. Radhakrishnan and Shri Morarji Desai
(d) Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar
Answer :  D

Question : What is the average child sex ratio in India ?
(a) 923
(b) 926
(c) 935
(d) 933
Answer :  D

Question : Which one of the following refers to gender division ?
(a) The hierarchical unequal roles assigned to man and woman by the society.
(b) Biological difference between man and woman.
(c) The ratio of male child and female child.
(d) The division between male labourers and female labourers.
Answer :  A

Question : Which one of the following is the basis of communal politics?
(a) People of different religions may have the same interests.
(b) People of different religions have different interests that involve conflicts.
(c) People of different religions live in mutual co-operation.
(d) People who follow different religions belong to the same social community.
Answer :  B

Question : Name any two countries where women’s participation in public life is very high.
(a) Sri Lanka and Nepal   
(b) Pakistan and Bhutan 
(c) Sweden and Finland   
(d) South Africa and Maldives
Answer :  C

Question : What is the literacy rate among women and men respectively in India?
(a) 54% and 76%   
(b) 46% and 51%   
(c) 76% and 85% 
(d) 37% and 54% 
Answer :  A

Question : Which one of the following is a form of communalism?
(a) Communal Unity and integrity. 
(b) Communal fraternity.
(c) Communal violence, riots and massacre.   
(d) Communal harmony.
Answer :  C

Question : Which one of the following refers to a feminist?
(a) The female labourers 
(b) The employer who employs female workers
(c) A woman who does not believe in equal rights for women.
(d) A woman or a man who believes in equal rights and opportunities for woman and man.
Answer :  D 

Question : An institution, in which one third of seats are reserved for women in India, is
(a) Lok Sabha 
(b) Rajya Sabha 
(c) State Assemblies 
(d) Panchayati Raj
Answer : D
 
Question : The correct literacy rate of women in India is
(a) 45% 
(b) 54% 
(c) 61% 
(d) 70%
Answer : B
 
Question : Choose any one of the following for the given statement—Sexual division of labour:
(a) The role of women in politics is minimal in most societies.
(b) All the domestic work is done by the women of the family.
(c) Men do all the work outside home.
(d) Women role in public life is minimal in most societies.
Answer : B
 
Question : This concept is used to refer to a system that values men more and gives them power over women
(a) Patriarchy 
(b) Monarchy 
(c) Polygamy 
(d) Dyarchy
Answer : A
 
Question : Mark the correct statement of gender division.
(a) Gender division is natural
(b) It is unchangeable
(c) Strictly based on biology
(d) Gender division is based on social expectations and stereotypes.
Answer : D
 
Question : The statement that is true regarding the feminist movement is
(a) It strengthens relationship between man and woman .
(b) It improves women’s role related to political mobilisation.
(c) It does not give much liberty to women in society.
(d) It does not provide equal opportunities for men and women.
Answer : B
 
Question : In traditional societies, women were expected to do
(a) public affairs 
(b) private jobs 
(c) paid jobs 
(d) None of these
Answer : D
 
Question : What is the basic issue of the feminist movement?
(a) Economic equality for women
(b) Civil rights
(c) Demand for Social rights 
(d) All of these
Answer : A
 
Question : Women's movement has argued that _____ of all religions discriminate agains women. So they have demanded that government should change these laws to make them more equitable.
(a) Men's Laws 
(b) Women's Laws 
(c) Labour Laws 
(d) Family Laws
Answer : D
 
Question : Mark the correct statement
(a) Gandhiji advocated the cause of violence.
(b) Human rights groups create problems for religious minorities.
(c) Communalism is unhealthy for the society and country.
(d) Status of women has deteriorated over the years.
Answer : C

Question. Laws representing family matters such as marriage,divorce et(c) are known as
(a) Civil laws
(b) Criminal laws
(c) Family laws
(d) None of the above
Answer : C

Question. The system in which father is known as the head of the family
(a) Monarchy
(b) Patriarchy
(c) Hierarchy
(d) None of the above
Answer : B

Question. Who said that religion can never be separated from politics?
(a) Dr. Ambedkar
(b) Pt.Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) None of these
Answer : C

Question. The leader who did not work who did not for the caste problem in india was
(a) Matma Gandhi
(b) Jyothiba Phule
(c) B G.Tilak
(d) DrAmbedkar
Answer : B

Question. In India seats are reserved for women in
(a) Lok sabha
(b) State legislative assemblies
(c) Panchayati Raj bodies
Answer : C

Question. The Scheduled Tribes are often referred to as
(a) Scavengers
(b) Dalits
(c) adivasis
(d) Outcastes
Answer : C

Question. Gender division in society is based on
(a) social expectations
(b) stereotypes
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer : C

Question. Which of the following country doesn’t has an official state language
(a) INDIA
(b) ENGLAND
(c) SRI LANKA
(d) ALL THE ABOVE
Answer : A

 

Short Answer Type Questions:

Question. Explain the factors responsible for low female literacy rate.
Answer : (1)Indian society is basically a patriarchal society where boys are given preference over the girls.
(2)The parents do not expense equally for both boys and girls. Boys are given more attention.
(3)It is a prevailing stereotype for women that even after getting well education, they have to do household jobs.

Question. What do you mean by secular state ? Give any two provisions that make India a secular state ?
Answer : A nation or state which keeps itself equidistant from different religious issues, and does not give protection to a particular religion.
(1) India is a country of diverse religions. It was the religions on the basis of which India was divided. Unlike Pakistan Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Christianity in England.
(2) The constitution provides to all individuals and communities freedom to profess practice and propagate any religion.

Question. In which country was the “Civil Rights Movement” Started? Name any leaders related to this movement?
Why did he start this movement?
Answer : America, Martin Luther King.
The purpose of this movement was to give end to the racial discrimination being practiced against the AfroAmericAnswer ;

Question. What do you mean by gender division? How is it linked with division of Labour in most of the societies?
Answer : Gender division simply refers to the division of work between the men and the women. Some work especially the households such as cooking, washing, cleaning, etc. are exclusively meant for the women while the man have some other defined areas of work.
(1) The gender division between the men and women does not mean that men cannot do household works.
They simply think that it is for women to attend the household works.
(2) The gender division also doesn’t mean that women do not work outside their home.

Question. Give three ill-effects of communalism in the society.
Answer : (1) A communal thought always tends to establish political dominance offer particular religious community.
(2) The country weakens when political parties are formed and political activities are conducted on the communal lines.
(3) One of the most ugly face of communalism emerges out in the form of riots, violence and homicides.

 

Long Answer Type Questions :

Question. Which factors are responsible for miserable and poor conditions of women in India? Explain.
Answer : (1) Sexual division of Labour. (2) Illiteracy
(3) Lack of Representation in politics. (4) Discrimination in Job.

Question. Write two positive and two negative impacts each of caste-politics relation in India.
Answer : (1) Positive Impacts
(i) Caste Politics relationship has helped people from Dalits and OBCs to gain better access to decision making.
(ii) Now people are making voice for the end of discrimination against particular castes for more dignity and more access to land, other resources and opportunities.
(2) Negative Impacts
(i) It can divert attention from other pressing issues like poverty, development and corruption. Sometimes a few underprivileged castes get more benefit while other underprivileged classes remain deprived.
(ii) Sometimes it also disrupts social harmony.

Question. What is feminist movement? What are the results of political expressions of gender divisions?
Answer : The feminist movement refers to the agitation demanding enhancing the political and legal status of movement.
(1) The gender issues or equality of men and women, as a result of feminist movement was raised in politics.
(2) The political expressions and political mobilization helped improve women’s role in public life.
(3) As a result of the expression of gender division in politics many legislations were passed by which women were empowered in the social, economic and political feels.

Question. Discuss any four facilities are given by the government to the backward classes.
Answer : (1) The people from the backward classes have been given reservation in the government jobs as per the their proportion in the population.
(2) To give them fair representation in the Vidhan Sabha and the Lok Sabha.
(3) To help them move forward in the field of higher education. The seats have been reserved for them.
(4) The constitution also prohibits any type of caste discrimination.

Question. Discuss any four steps taken by the government towards women empowerment and gender inequality.
Answer : (1) Women have less than 10% representation in the Indian legislature. In the State legislature their representation is even less than 5%.
(2) The provision of equal wages for women without any discrimination has been made under the Equal  Wages Act.
(3) There is a tendency of female infanticide in many parts of the country.
Domestic violence against women, their exploitation etc. always have been the part of daily news. In this regards, the government has brought Domestic Violence Act which proves and effective steps.

 

Important Questions NCERT Class 10 Social Science Chapter 4 Gender, Religion and Caste

Question : By what term is now the person known who believes in equal right and opportunities for women?
Answer : A feminist

Question : Which one of the following laws was enacted by the Government of India in October 2005?
(a) The Right to Property Act
(b) The Right to Education Act
(c) The Consumer Protection Act
(d) The Right to Information Act
Answer : (a) The Right to Property Act.

Question : Explain the status of women's representation in India's legislative bodies.
Answer : The status of women's representation in India's legislative bodies are as follows :
(i) Central Legislature : Less than 10% of its total strength are women.
(ii) State Legislature : Less than 5% of their total strength are women.
(iii) Panchayati Raj : One-third of the seats are reserved for women. There is a demand for similar reservation in the Parliament and assemblies.

Question : What is Communalism? How does it affect the political life of the people?
Answer : Communalism : When beliefs of one religion are presented as superior to those of other religions, when the demands of one religious group are formed in opposition to another and when state power is used to establish domination of one religious group over the rest, we call it as communalism.
Communalism is a hindrance in the functioning of our democracy because :
(i) Communalism leads to the belief that people belonging to different religions cannot live as equal citizens within one nation. Either, one of them has to dominate the rest or they have to form different nation.
(ii) Any attempt to bring all followers of one religion together is bound to suppress the voices of others.

Question : Explain the constitutional provisions that make India a secular state.
Answer : Secularism means no special status is given to any religion.
(i) There is no official religion for India unlike the status of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, or that of Islam is Pakistan.
(ii) The constitution provides freedom to practice and propagate any religion, or not to follow any.
(iii) The Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion.
(iv) The Constitution allows the state to intervene in the matters of religion to ensure equality within religious communities. For example, it bans untouchability.

Question : “Politics and social divisions should not be allowed to mix.” Justify the statement.'
Answer : It is absolutely correct to say that politics and social divisions should not be allowed to mix. This is because :
(i) It can make social divisions into political division and lead to conflict, violence or even disintegration of a country.
(ii) In Northern Ireland, there has been a violent and bitter ethno-political conflict for many years.
(iii) It caused disintegration of Yugoslavia into six independent countries.In Sri Lanka, when the ethno-social difference between Sinhalas and Tamils were politicized, the result was the Civil War in the country.

Question : Describe the adverse effects of caste in politics in India.
Answer : Adverse effects of caste in politics in India :
(i) Political parties try to use caste to gain votes.
(ii) Promise to take care of interests and demands of particular caste.
(iii) It leads to conflicts and tensions among various caste groups as some castes get discriminated against.

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