MCQ Questions for Class 10 Civics Chapter 4 Gender Religion and Caste with Answers

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Q1. Among the following, which countries have high participation of women in public life?

(a) Sweden and India
(b) Norway and Sri Lanka
(c) Nepal and Finland
(d) Sweden and Africa

(d) Sweden and Africa

Q2. The distinguishing feature of communalism is:

(a) Followers of a particular religion must belong to one community.
(b) Communalism leads to the belief that people belonging to different religions can live as equal citizens within one nation.
(c) A communal mind does not lead to quest for political dominance of one’s own religious community.
(d) A secular constitution is sufficient combat communalism.

(a) Followers of a particular religion must belong to one community.

Q3. Identify the statements which suggest that it is not politics that gets caste-ridden, it is the caste that gets politicised.

A. When governments are formed, political parties take care that representatives of different castes find a place in it.
B. Each caste group incorporates neighbouring castes which were earlier excluded.
C. Various caste groups enter into a coalition with other castes.
D. Political parties and candidates in elections make appeals to caste sentiments.

(a) A, B and D
(b) B, C and D
(c) B and C
(d) A and D

Q4. Identify two reasons that state that caste alone cannot determine elections in India.

A. No party wins the votes of all the voters of
a caste or community. i
B. Some political parties are known to favour some castes and are seen as their representatives.
C. No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste.
D. Mobilising and securing political support has brought new consciousness among the lower castes.

(a) A and C
(b) A and D
(c) B and C
(d) B and D

(a) A and C

Q5. When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to:

(a) Biological difference between men and women
(b) Unequal roles assigned by the society to men and women
(c) Unequal child sex ratio
(d) Absence of voting rights for women in democracies.

(b) Unequal roles assigned by the society to men and women

Q6. In India seats are reserved for women in:
A. Lok Sabha
B. State legislative assemblies
C. Cabinets
D. Panchayati Raj bodies

(a) A, B and D
(b) B, C and D
(c) B and C
(d) A and D

(a) A, B and D

Q7. Which among the following statements about India’s Constitution is wrong? It

(a) prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion.
(b) gives official status to one religion.
(c) provides to all individuals freedom to profess any religion.
(d) ensures equality of citizens within religious communities.

(b) gives official status to one religion.

Q8. In India, the representation of women in legislature has been

(a) moderate
(b) high
(c) low
(d) very low

(d) very low

Q9. The system where father is the head of the family is called

(a) hierarchy
(b) matriarchy
(c) patriarchy
(d) monarchy

Q10. Jotiba Phule was a/an

(a) social reformer
(b) political leader
(c) educationist
(d) environmentalist

(b) political leader

Q11. Which among the following statements about India’s Constitution is wrong? It

(b) gives official status to one religion.

Q12. When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to:

(a) Biological difference between men and women
(b) Unequal roles assigned by the society to men and women
(c) Unequal child sex ratio
(d) Absence of voting rights for women in democracies.

(a) Biological difference between men and women

Q13. The distinguishing feature of communalism is:

(a) Followers of a particular religion must belong to one community.

Q14. Which leaders worked for the elimination of caste system in India?

(a) Jotiba Phule, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi and Periyar Ram as warn Naicker
(b) Raja Ram Mohun Roy, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jotiba Phule, Periyar Ramaswami Naicker and Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Swami Vivekanand, Jotiba Phule and Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(a) Jotiba Phule, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi and Periyar Ram as warn Naicker

Q15. The constitution:

(a) Does not prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion
(b) Prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion
(c) Allows only one religion
(d) None of the above

Q16. Some of the older aspects of caste:

(a) Do not persist
(b) Still persist
(c) Do not exist
(d) None of the above

(b) Still persist

Q17. There is a disproportionately large presence of:

(a) ‘Middle caste’ among the urban middle classes in our country
(b) ‘Lower caste’ among the rural lower classes in our country
(c) ‘Upper caste’ among the urban middle classes in our country
(d) None of the above

Q18. All societies have some kind of social inequality:

(a) And some form of division of labour
(b) And different castes
(c) And similar castes
(d) None of the above

(a) And some form of division of labour

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