GENDER, RELIGION & CASTE (IMPORTANT NTSE MCQ QUESTION WITH SOLUTION)

 GENDER, RELIGION & CASTE

Q-1. Social divisions based on …………. Are peculiar in India.

a) Caste

b) Religion

c) Political party

d) Gender

Ans. (a) caste

Q-2. Special marriage Act of 1954, later amended in …………..

a) 1976

b) 1977

c) 1978

d) 1979

Ans. (c) 1978

Q-3. …………. Seats in local government bodies are reserved for women.

a) Half

b) One third

c) One fifth

d) One sixth

Ans. (b) one third

Q-4. There are more than ………….. Elected women representatives in rural and urban local bodies.

a) Two lakhs

b) Three lakhs

c) Seven lakhs

d) Ten lakhs

Ans. (d) ten lakhs

Q-5. Women are not treated equally in terms of ………………

a) Economic status

b) Social status

c) Political status

d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

Q-6. Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 later amended in-

a) 1982

b) 1984

c) 1986

d) 1988

Ans. (b) 1984

Q-7. National commission for women was set up in …... towards the empowerment of women.

a) 1990

b) 1991

c) 1992

d) 1993

Ans. (c) 1992

Q-8. Identify the states where most district have child sex ratio below 850

a) Kerala

b) Karnataka

c) West Bengal

d) Punjab

Ans. (d) Punjab

Q-9. What percentage of Hindu religion population in India in 2001-

a) 80.5%

b) 60.2%

c) 65.7%

d) 90%

Ans. (a) 80.5%

Q-10. What were the two basis of back wardress under Mandal Commission?

a) Social and Education 

b) Social and Economic

c) Cultural and Religions

d) Linguistic and Religion

Ans. (a) Social and Education 

Q-11. The division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is referred to as__________.

a) The diversification of society

b) Multiculturalism

c) Social networking

d) Social stratification

Ans. (d) Social stratification

Q-12. A contractual system where someone sells his or her services for a specified period of time is called:

a) Bonded labour

b) Caste labour

c) Estate stratification

d) Slavery

Ans. (a) bonded labour

Q-13. India’s caste system was bases on______

a) Ethnicity

b) Religion

c) Race

d) Education

Ans. (b) Religion

Q-14. A system of social stratification consisting of three groups: the nobility, clergy and peasants is referred to as the __________ system.

a) Slavery

b) Estate

c) Class

d) Caste

Ans. (b) Estate

Q-15. ________ is a basis of stratification in every society in the world.

a) Class

b) Race

c) Gender

d) Age

Ans. (c) gender

Q-16. Karl Marx would argue that workers experience __________ when they mistakenly identify with the capitalist.

a) False class consciousness

b) Role strain

c) Class consciousness

d) Status unconsciousness

Ans. (b) Role strain

Q-17. A belief that justifies the way things are, such as the divine right of kings, is referred to a/an________.

a) Theory

b) Ideology

c) Hypothesis

d) Law

Ans. (b) Ideology

Q-18. The primary way by which the British maintain their class system from one generation to the next is through ___________.

a) Education 

b) Birth cohorts

c) Racial segregation 

d) Occupation

Ans. (a) Education

Q-19. The stratification system of the old Soviet Union was based upon:

a) Political position within the communist party

b) Inherited wealth

c) The elimination of all class distinctions

d) Ownership of the means of production

Ans. (a) Political position within the communist party

Q-20. Most of the nations from the former Soviet Union are considered to be among the ______.

a) Industrializing nations

b) Least Industrialized nations

c) Most Industrialized nations

d) Oil-rich, non- industrialized nations

Ans. (a) Industrializing nations

Q-21. Immanuel Wallenstein proposed a_________ theory to explain how global stratification developed.

a) Neo- colonialism 

b) World system

c) Dependency

d) Culture of poverty

Ans. (b) World system

Q-22. The maquiladoras are:

a) Death squads that hunt and kill the beggar children of Brazil

b) Elite members of Mexico’s newly emerging industrial capitalists.

c) Mexican migrant workers who cross the border to pick crops in the U.S.A

d) Assembly-for-export factories along the Mexican border.

Ans. (d) Assembly-for-export factories along the Mexican border.

Q-23. The practice by industrialized nations of controlling the least industrialized nations through debts owed to the most industrialized nations is referred to as__________.

a) Neocolonialism

b) Modernization

c) Capitalism

d) Imperialism

Ans. (a) Neocolonialism

Q-24. 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

Ans. (a) Periyar Ramaswami Naiker

Q-25. 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

Ans. (c) By religion, Gandhi meant for moral values that inform all Religions.

Q-26. Name any two political leaders who fought against caste inequalities.

a) Mr. Manmohan Singh and Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

b) Mr. Nitesh Kumar and Mr. Narendra Modi

c) Dr. S. Radhakrishna and Shri Morarji Desai 

d) Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar

Ans. (d) Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar

Q-27. What is the average child sex ratio in India?

a) 923

b) 926

c) 935

d) 933

Ans. (d) 933

Q-28. 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

Ans. (c) Sweden and Finland

Q-29. 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%

Ans. (a) 54% and 76%

Q-30. Which one of the following is a form of communalism?

a) Communal Unity and integrity

b) Communal fraternity

c) Communal violence riot and massacre

d) Communal harmony

Ans. (c) Communal violence riot and massacre