CBSE Class 10 Social Science Civics Gender Religion and Caste Assignment

Question. Communal politics is based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of :
(a) social community
(b) society
(c) people
(d) none of the above

Answer : B

Question. Communal politics is based on the idea of
(a) caste is the basis of social community
(b) religion and caste are the basis of social community
(c) religion is the basis of social community
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. The literacy rate among the women as compared to men in only:
(a) 54%
(b) 98%
(c) 68%
(d) 70%

Answer : A

Question. Choose the correct option about matriarchal society.
(a) Educated society
(b) Male dominated society
(c) Female dominated society
(d) Equal gender society

Answer : C

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. Gender means differentiation between male and female based on:
(a) sex
(b) society
(c) religion
(d) none of the above

Answer : A

Question. Which factor does not weaken the caste inequalities?
(a) Urbanisation
(b) Literacy growth
(c) Education
(d) Politics

Answer : D

Question. Most of the victims of communal riots in our country are
(a) people from religious minorities
(b) women and children
(c) illiterate people
(d) All of the above

Answer : A

Question. The gender division is mainly:
(a) private
(b) public
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of the above

Answer : C

Question. Women also do outside work like:
(a) fetching water
(b) collecting fuel
(c) working in fields
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question. Heredity, rituals, birth are the basis of
(a) economic system
(b) caste system
(c) racial division
(d) class system

Answer : B

Question. Urban areas have become particularly .......... for women.
(a) safe
(b) Unsafe
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of the above

Answer : B

Question. Literacy rate means ratio of
(a) educated people in a country
(b) uneducated people in a country
(c) educated women in the country
(d) All of the above

Answer : A

Question. Who among the following fought against caste inequalities?
(a) Periyar Ramaswami Naiker
(b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Jotiba Phule
(d) All of them

Answer : D

Question. It is believed that the main responsibility of a girl is to:
(a) take care of house
(b) look after children to cook
(c) to cook
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question. The hierarchical unequal roles assigned to men and women by the society is known as
(a) sex ratio
(b) equal wages ratio
(c) gender division
(d) male ratio

Answer : C

Question. Communalism problem is associated with
(a) religion
(b) caste
(c) secularism
(d) inequalities

Answer : A

Question. The participation of women in public life is very high in
(a) Sweden
(b) Norway
(c) Finland
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. Family law deals with
(a) marriage
(b) divorce
(c) adoption
(d) inheritance

Answer : D

Question. In 2011, sex ratio was
(a) 914
(b) 900
(c) 850
(d) 950

Answer : A

Question. The women’s movement is called:
(a) Women’s movement
(b) Female Agitation
(c) Feminist Movement
(d) none of the above

Answer : C

Question. Which is not a threat to Indian democracy?
(a) Low gender ratio
(b) Caste system
(c) Communalism
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. “Religion can never be separated from politics” is said by
(a) BR Ambedkar
(b) GK Gokhale
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Swami Vivekananda

Answer : C

Question. Which social division is unique to India?
(a) Economic division
(b) Caste division
(c) Racial division
(d) Religious division

Answer : B

FILL IN THE BLANK :

Question. Sex selective abortion led to a .......... in child sex ratio in the country to merely 914.

Answer : decline

Question. .......... of gender division has helped to improve women’s role in public life.

Answer : political expression

Question. Women’s movements have argued that .......... of all religious discriminate against women.

Answer : family laws

Question. Caste system was based on exclusion of and discrimination against the .......... groups.

Answer : outcaste

Question. A communal mind often leads to quest for .......... of one’s own religious community.

Answer : political dominance

TRUE/FALSE :

Question. Political parties and candidates hardly use caste sentiments.

Answer : False

Question. Shifting of population from rural to urban areas is known as migration.

Answer : False

Question. To a political party, ‘Vote Bank’ of a caste means a large proportion of the voters from the caste may probably vote for a particular party.

Answer : True

Question. In today’s scenario, we can claim that casteism has completely disappeared from our society and politics.

Answer : False

Question. How are boys and girls brought up in India for the division of labour?

Answer : True

ASSERTION AND REASON :

DIRECTION : Mark the option which is most suitable :
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Question. Assertion : A casteist is a person who thinks that caste is the principal basis of community.
Reason : All castes are equal and man-made.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion : Universal Adult Franchise gives right to vote to everyone.
Reason : Right to vote should be given to people of upper caste and class for taking wise decision.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion : Communal ism is based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of social community.
Reason : Caste should be kept away from politics.

Answer : B

Question. Assertion : Men and women should be given equal rights.
Reason : Men are superior to women physically and emotionally.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion : Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, provides that equal wages should be paid for equal work, irrespective of gender and caste.
Reason : Women are physically weak so they are righteously paid less than men.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion : Women face discrimination and disadvantage in India in many ways.
Reason : India is a patriarchal society.

Answer : A

Question. Assertion : Stereotypical gender roles for males and females helps in avoiding conflicts.
Reason : India is a matriarchal society.

Answer : D

Question. Assertion : Sometimes a caste group becomes vote bank for a party.
Reason : Selecting the candidate from same caste helps in ensuring better governance.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion : Sex-selective abortion led to decline of sex ratio in India.
Reason : Desire of for a male child makes Indian families abort girl.

Answer : A

Question. Assertion : India is a secular state.
Reason : Constitution gives freedom to everyone to profess, practice and propagate any religion without prejudices or any discrimination.

Answer : A

Answer : a. Gender division is a form of hierarchical social division based on social expectation and stereotypes.

b. Boys and girls are brought up to believe that the main responsibility of women is housework and bringing up children.

c. There is a sexual division of labour in most families where women do all the household chores and men work outside the home.

d. Majority of women do some paid work in addition to domestic labour both in rural and urban areas but work is not valued and does not get recognition.

e. Women constitute half of the humanity, their role in public life, especially politics is minimal in most societies.

f. In our country, women still lag behind men as ours is still a male dominated Patriarchal society.

Women face disadvantage, discrimination and oppression in various ways.

 

Answer :  No, I do not agree. The focus on caste in politics can sometimes give an impression that elections are all about caste and nothing else.

This is far from true because:

a. No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste. So, every candidate and party needs to win the confidence of more than one caste and community to win elections.

b. No party wins the votes of all the voters of a caste or community. When people say that a caste is a ’vote bank’ of one party, it usually means that a large proportion of the voters from the caste vote for the party.

c. Many political parties may put up candidates from the same caste (if that caste is believed to dominate the electorate in a particular constituency). Some voters have more than one candidate from their caste while many voters have no candidates from their caste.

d. The ruling party of the sitting MP or MLA frequently lose elections in our country. That could not have happened if all castes or communities were frozen in their political preferences.

 

Answer :  Secularism means no special status is given to any religion. It is just not an ideology of some parties or persons.

a. There is no official religion for the Indian states, unlike the status of Buddhism in Sri Lanka or that of Islam is Pakistan.

b. The constitution provides freedom to all to protest, practise and propagate any religion, or not to follow any,

c. The Constitution prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion.

d. The Constitution allows state to intervene in the matters of religion in order to ensure equality within religious communities. For example, it bans untouchability.

 

Answer :  Yes, I agree with the statement. Arguments:

a. Most people marry within their own caste or tribe.

b. Untouchability has not ended despite provisions in the constitution.

c. Effects of centuries of advantages and disadvantages continue to be felt today.

d. A large mass of low caste people s?till do not have access to education.

e. Caste is continued to be linked to economic status.

(Or any other relevant argument)

Note: Marks will also be awarded, if somebody disagrees and gives suitable arguments.

 

Answer :  In our country, women still lag much behind men despite some improvements since Independence.

Women face disadvantage, discrimination and oppression in various ways:

1. The literacy rate among women is only 54 percent as compared with 76 percent among men. 

2. Similarly, a smaller proportion of girl students go for higher studies. Girls are performing as well as boys in school. But they drop out because parents prefer to spend their resources for their boys’ education rather than spending equally on their sons and daughters.

3. The proportion of women among the highly paid and valued jobs is still very small. On an average, an Indian woman works one hour more than an average man everyday.

4. The Equal Remuneration Act provides that equal wages should be paid to equal work. However in almost all areas of work, from sports and cinema, to factories and fields, women are paid less than men, even when both do exactly the same work.

5. 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.

6. Woman face harassment, exploitation and violence on the domestic front.

 

Answer :  Influence of caste on politics:

a. While choosing candidates for election, political parties consider the caste composition of the voters to win support.

b. When the government is formed, political parties take care that representative from different castes find place in the government.

c. Political parties make appeal to the caste sentiments to win votes.

d. Some political parties are known to favour some particular caste.

e. Universal adult franchise and the principle of one-person one-vote have compelled the political leaders to bring caste sentiments into politics to muster support.

Question : Explain any five methods to raise the political representation of women in India.
Answer :  The political representation of women in India can be improved by adopting a holistic approach.
This would include :
(a) By improving the literacy rate. Presently the literacy amongst women is only 65.46% as compared to over 82% in men. This would improve the political awareness amongst women.
(b) The percentage of women in highly paid jobs is still very small. At many workplaces, women are paid less than men for the same job. When equal pay comes the voice of women will get strengthened.
(c) The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 removes discriminatory gender practices. The daughters now have equal right of inheritance to their father’s estate as sons. This definitely has increased the political power of females.
(d) The political representation of women had been very poor in the Indian legislatures. Even in the cabinet, the number of women ministers is very low. The political parties must give more representation to female candidates in union and state elections. The Supreme court of India must intervene in this matter.
(e) One-third of seats in local government bodies have been reserved for women candidates. This has helped in increasing women’s representation in panchayats and municipalities. There is a need to enhance this to 50%.
A bill for providing one-third reservation in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies has been pending in the Parliament for more than a decade. Political parties are yet to arrive at consensus on this issue.

Question : "The Government of India gives holidays for the festivals of most of the religions." Why is it so? Give your view point.
Answer :  It is so because :
(i) India is a secular state, there is no official religion in our country.
(ii) The Constitution provides us freedom to profess, practice and propagate any religion or not to follow any.
(iii) The Constitution prohibits discrimination on the ground of religion.

Question : What form does communalism take in politics?
Answer :  Communalism can take various forms in politics :
(i) The most common expression of communalism is in everyday beliefs. These involve spread of religious prejudices, stereotype of religious belief, in the superiority of one's religion over other religions. This is so common that we often fail to notice it, even when we do not believe in it.
(ii) It often leads to a quest for political dominance of one's own religious community, this takes the form of majoritarian dominance. For those belonging to the minority community, it leads to formation of a separate political unit.
(iii) Political mobilisation on religious lines is another frequent form of communalism. This involves the use of sacred symbols by religious leaders. Emotional appeals are made to bring the followers of one religion together in the political arena.
(iv) Sometimes communalism can lead to communal violence, riots and massacre.

Question : Literacy and urbanisation combined with economic growth have changed the value system of Indian society. Explain with reference to India's social problems.
Answer :  (i) The caste system is very old in India and was also very rigid at one point of time but due to rise in literacy and economic development the caste barriers are breaking down. People in urban areas who are literate mostly do not believe in inequality based on caste. It is accepted that all are equal. Rising economic status of backward castes has helped in eroding the caste barriers.
(ii) The problem of communalism has decreased and there is less violence in the name of religion. People who are literate mostly do not get swayed by appeal to religious emotions. Economic progress and urbanisation has greatly helped in spread of in spread of secularism.
(iii) The position of women too has improved with the spread of literacy among women. Now they can earn and be economically independent. This helps to increase self-esteem and decreases dependence on male members of society.
(iv) The system of dowry at the time of marriage is getting diluted due to literacy and economic development of women.
(v) The practice of child marriage is decreasing due to spread of literacy.
(vi) There is occupational mobility due to spread of urbanisation and literacy and people are free to follow the profession of their choice rather than follow hereditary professions.

Question : Caste has not still disappeared from contemporary India. Justify the statement.
Answer :  It is true the caste factor has still not disappeared from our society :
(i) Most people marry within their own caste or tribe.
(ii) Untouchability has not ended despite provisions in the constitution.
(iii) Effects of centuries of advantages to upper cast and disadvantages to lower castes continue to be felt today.
(iv) Large number of low caste people still do not have access to education.
(v) Caste is still linked to economic and social status.