CBSE Class 10 Social Science Gender Religion and Caste MCQs Set 03

Answer: (a) One hour

Explanation:
1. The survey found that Indian women, on average, work one hour more per day than men, once both paid and unpaid work are counted.

Teacher's Note:
a) Indian women work about one hour more daily than men on average.
b) This includes the large amount of unpaid household work women typically do.

Answer: (b) Punjab

Explanation:
1. Punjab recorded one of the lowest child sex ratios in India in the 2011 census, in this 800-875 range.

Teacher's Note:
a) Punjab had one of India's lowest child sex ratios (2011).
b) This reflects a severe and long-documented gender-selection problem in the state.

Answer: (c) Casteism and the Influence of Caste on Politics

Explanation:
1. The image reflects how caste identities influence and are mobilised within political processes.

Teacher's Note:
a) The image reflects caste's influence on political mobilisation.
b) This differs from gender-labour division or religious diversity, which the other options describe.

Answer: (b) Sweden – Scandinavian country

Explanation:
1. Sweden is correctly identified as a Scandinavian country; the other pairs misstate facts about the USA, Turkey's secular status, and atheism's actual meaning (disbelief in any religion, not belief in all).

Teacher's Note:
a) Sweden is genuinely a Scandinavian country.
b) The other pairs misstate facts: Turkey is secular, and atheism means disbelief, not belief in all religions.

Answer: (d) (I) and (IV)

Explanation:
1. Mandatory one-third seat reservation for women was constitutionally established for local bodies — Municipalities (I) and Panchayati Raj institutions (IV) — while equivalent reservation did not then exist for State Assemblies, the Lok Sabha, or ministerial cabinets.

Teacher's Note:
a) Women's one-third seat reservation applies to Municipalities and Panchayati Raj bodies.
b) It did not extend to State Assemblies, the Lok Sabha or cabinets at this constitutional stage.

Answer: (b) Higher than men

Explanation:
1. Women's dropout rates from education are higher than men's, contributing to the lower female literacy rate.

Teacher's Note:
a) Women's school dropout rates exceed men's.
b) This directly contributes to the lower overall female literacy rate.

Answer: (d) (I), (II) and (III) only

Explanation:
1. Statements I, II and III directly explain why caste alone can't decide elections (no single caste dominates votes or constituencies); statement IV instead describes a separate effect of caste politics, not a reason caste can't solely determine outcomes.

Teacher's Note:
a) I, II and III explain why no single caste can swing an election alone.
b) IV describes a different effect (rising caste consciousness), not a reason limiting caste's electoral power.

Answer: (b) (II), (III), (IV) and (I)

Explanation:
1. Haryana has historically had the lowest child sex ratio among these states (II), followed by Maharashtra (III), then Odisha (IV), with Kerala having the highest (I).

Teacher's Note:
a) Haryana has India's lowest child sex ratio; Kerala has among the highest.
b) Maharashtra and Odisha fall in between these two extremes.

Answer: (a) Caste is an important source of economic inequality because it regulates access to resources of various kinds

Explanation:
1. Caste genuinely regulates access to resources and opportunities, making it a real source of economic inequality, independent of the specific representation statistics or claims of unchanging relationships in the other options.

Teacher's Note:
a) Caste regulates access to resources, making it a real driver of economic inequality.
b) The relationship between caste and economic status has in fact changed over time, unlike option (d)'s claim.

Answer: (c) Religious minorities

Explanation:
1. Human rights groups have documented that religious minorities bear the brunt of communal violence in India.

Teacher's Note:
a) Religious minorities are disproportionately affected by communal riots.
b) This has been a recurring concern raised by human rights organisations.

Answer: (c) Men have more time to devote to themselves

Explanation:
1. When household work is factored in alongside income-generating work, women's total workload is higher, leaving men with comparatively more time for themselves.

Teacher's Note:
a) Counting both paid and unpaid work, women's total workload exceeds men's.
b) This leaves men relatively more time for themselves, despite similar reported leisure hours.

Answer: (d) Placing too much attention on caste can divert attention from other pressing issues like poverty, development and corruption

Explanation:
1. The core concern is that overemphasis on caste in politics distracts from addressing substantive issues like poverty, development and corruption.

Teacher's Note:
a) Excessive focus on caste can crowd out attention to poverty, development and corruption.
b) This is the main reason caste-only politics is considered unhealthy for democracy.

Answer: (b) Sexual division of labour

Explanation:
1. This describes the sexual division of labour, where household and outside work are rigidly assigned based on gender.

Teacher's Note:
a) This passage describes the sexual division of labour.
b) It reflects stereotyped gender roles assigning housework to women and outside work to men.

Answer: (a) Feminism

Explanation:
1. Kriti's belief in equal rights, shared responsibilities and equal opportunity for men and women reflects feminist ideology.

Teacher's Note:
a) Kriti's belief in equal rights and shared responsibilities is feminism.
b) This contrasts directly with Shree's traditional, patriarchal expectations.

Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Explanation:
1. Partisan religious representation in politics genuinely occurs when government authority favours one religious group over another, making R a correct explanation of A.

Teacher's Note:
a) Partisan religious politics arises when government favours one religious group over others.
b) Both statements are true, and R correctly explains how this partisan representation occurs.

Answer: (b) A person who believes in equal rights and opportunities for women and men

Explanation:
1. A feminist is someone, of any gender, who believes in equal rights and opportunities for men and women.

Teacher's Note:
a) Feminism is about equal rights, not about any one gender being superior.

Answer: (b) A patriarchal society

Explanation:
1. India is widely described as a patriarchal society, where men hold more power and authority than women in most spheres.

Teacher's Note:
a) Patriarchy is a key term in this chapter — learn its definition precisely.

Answer: (c) India

Explanation:
1. India has comparatively low female political representation, unlike the Nordic countries listed, which rank among the highest in the world.

Teacher's Note:
a) Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland) consistently rank highest for women's political representation.

Answer: (b) Equal Remuneration Act

Explanation:
1. The Equal Remuneration Act mandates equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender.

Teacher's Note:
a) This Act was passed in 1976 — a specific date worth remembering.

Answer: (a) One hour

Explanation:
1. An Indian woman works, on average, about one extra hour per day compared to a man, due to unpaid domestic labour on top of other work.

Teacher's Note:
a) This extra hour is largely unpaid housework, which is often not recognised as 'work' at all.

Answer: (b) 10%

Explanation:
1. Women made up about 10% of the Lok Sabha's elected members in 2009.

Teacher's Note:
a) This rose to about 12% in 2014 and higher still in 2019 — a slow upward trend worth tracking.

Answer: (b) 1976

Explanation:
1. The Equal Remuneration Act was passed in 1976.

Teacher's Note:
a) Pair this year with the Act's purpose: equal wages for equal work.

Answer: (d) Nordic (countries)

Explanation:
1. The Nordic countries (such as Sweden, Norway and Finland) have the highest share of women in their national parliaments.

Teacher's Note:
a) This fact pairs directly with the earlier question on countries with low vs high women's participation.

Answer: (a) Family law

Explanation:
1. Family laws specifically govern matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance.

Teacher's Note:
a) In India, each religious community generally follows its own distinct family law.

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

Explanation:
1. Gender division refers to the unequal roles and expectations society assigns to men and women, not the biological differences themselves.

Teacher's Note:
a) This distinguishes 'gender' (a social construct) from 'sex' (a biological fact).

Answer: (d) Secular

Explanation:
1. India is a secular country, with no official state religion.

Teacher's Note:
a) Secularism is a core constitutional principle covered throughout this chapter.

Answer: (c) Mahatma Gandhi

Explanation:
1. Mahatma Gandhi held this view — that the moral values common to religion should guide politics, not that religion and state should be fused.

Teacher's Note:
a) This reflects the 'positive role of religion in politics' as Gandhi saw it — ethics, not religious domination.

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

Explanation:
1. Communalism treats religion as the primary basis of social community, asserting that followers of a particular religion form a single, unified community.

Teacher's Note:
a) The other three options actually describe the OPPOSITE of what communalism means — read each option carefully.

Answer: (d) All of the above

Explanation:
1. All three factors — urbanisation, literacy/education, and occupational mobility — together contribute to the weakening of traditional caste hierarchy.

Teacher's Note:
a) Remember these three forces together, as they're often tested individually or combined.

Answer: (b) Some political parties are known to favour some castes

Explanation:
1. While some parties ARE perceived as favouring particular castes, this fact does not itself explain why caste CANNOT fully determine elections — the other three options are the real structural reasons.

Teacher's Note:
a) This is a 'find the exception' question — three options explain why caste isn't everything; one is simply a separate, true fact.

Answer: (d) All of the above

Explanation:
1. All three named reformers worked, in different ways, to oppose caste-based inequality and discrimination.

Teacher's Note:
a) Periyar Ramaswami Naicker is a fourth name often added to this list — worth remembering alongside these three.