Gender, Religion and Caste MCQ Quiz

30 questions

1. What is gender division?

   1. Social division based on gender roles
   2. Parties may mobilise caste groups
   3. Mobilisation can strengthen or reshape identities
   4. Politicisation of religious identity

2. What is sexual division of labour?

   1. Discrimination and occupational segregation
   2. To improve opportunities for disadvantaged groups
   3. Seeking support against another religious group
   4. Work divided by gender

3. What is feminism?

   1. People also identify by class, region and occupation
   2. Equal rights and opportunities
   3. Gender inequality
   4. Movement for gender equality

4. What do feminist movements demand?

   1. Movement for gender equality
   2. To improve opportunities for disadvantaged groups
   3. Work divided by gender
   4. Equal rights and opportunities

5. What is communalism?

   1. Politicisation of religious identity
   2. Work divided by gender
   3. Equal religious freedom without an official state religion
   4. Disproportionate domestic and care work

6. What is secularism in India?

   1. Gender equality
   2. Social and economic inequalities persist
   3. Abolished it
   4. Equal religious freedom without an official state religion

7. What is caste hierarchy?

   1. Work divided by gender
   2. Birth-based graded social ranking
   3. Exclusion and group conflict
   4. Seeking support against another religious group

8. What is caste inequality based on?

   1. Birth-based status and unequal opportunities
   2. Parties may mobilise caste groups
   3. Gender inequality
   4. Groups can seek recognition and justice peacefully

9. What is untouchability?

   1. Social division based on gender roles
   2. Caste-based discriminatory practice
   3. Education, jobs and social opportunities
   4. Discrimination and occupational segregation

10. What did the Constitution do to untouchability?

    1. Abolished it
    2. Politicisation of religious identity
    3. Equal religious freedom without an official state religion
    4. Education, jobs and social opportunities

11. How can caste influence politics?

    1. Using religion as a political basis
    2. Parties may mobilise caste groups
    3. Abolished it
    4. Birth-based status and unequal opportunities

12. How can politics influence caste?

    1. To improve opportunities for disadvantaged groups
    2. Education, jobs and social opportunities
    3. Equal religious freedom without an official state religion
    4. Mobilisation can strengthen or reshape identities

13. What is communal politics?

    1. Using religion as a political basis
    2. It improves inclusion
    3. People also identify by class, region and occupation
    4. Groups can seek recognition and justice peacefully

14. What is a communal appeal?

    1. It improves inclusion
    2. Seeking support against another religious group
    3. Caste-based discriminatory practice
    4. Abolished it

15. Why is communalism dangerous?

    1. It can cause conflict and violence
    2. Equal religious freedom without an official state religion
    3. Parties may mobilise caste groups
    4. Exclusion and group conflict

16. Where can caste inequality remain visible?

    1. It improves inclusion
    2. Politicisation of religious identity
    3. Education, jobs and social opportunities
    4. Work divided by gender

17. Why is women’s political participation important?

    1. It can cause conflict and violence
    2. It improves inclusion
    3. Articulate demands
    4. Social division based on gender roles

18. What is a gender literacy gap?

    1. People also identify by class, region and occupation
    2. Gender inequality
    3. Parties may mobilise caste groups
    4. Discrimination and occupational segregation

19. What is a secular state?

    1. Gender equality
    2. Equal rights and opportunities
    3. Equal citizenship regardless of religion
    4. Work divided by gender

20. Why is caste not the only political identity?

    1. People also identify by class, region and occupation
    2. Exclusion and group conflict
    3. It can cause conflict and violence
    4. Groups can seek recognition and justice peacefully

21. Why do reservations exist?

    1. Work divided by gender
    2. Abolished it
    3. Movement for gender equality
    4. To improve opportunities for disadvantaged groups

22. What is the democratic approach to religious diversity?

    1. Education, jobs and social opportunities
    2. Using religion as a political basis
    3. Equal rights and opportunities
    4. Equal respect and rights

23. What is unpaid gender work?

    1. Social division based on gender roles
    2. Birth-based status and unequal opportunities
    3. Disproportionate domestic and care work
    4. Equal religious freedom without an official state religion

24. Why can women face wage inequality?

    1. Lower representation of women in political institutions
    2. Education, jobs and social opportunities
    3. Discrimination and occupational segregation
    4. To improve opportunities for disadvantaged groups

25. What can caste associations do positively?

    1. Politicisation of religious identity
    2. Articulate demands
    3. Education, jobs and social opportunities
    4. Birth-based graded social ranking

26. What is a negative effect of narrow caste politics?

    1. Social division based on gender roles
    2. People also identify by class, region and occupation
    3. Gender equality
    4. Exclusion and group conflict

27. Why does caste persist despite legal equality?

    1. Politicisation of religious identity
    2. Using religion as a political basis
    3. Lower representation of women in political institutions
    4. Social and economic inequalities persist

28. What is the main goal of feminist movements?

    1. Abolished it
    2. Articulate demands
    3. Gender equality
    4. Equal respect and rights

29. Why can social divisions be expressed democratically?

    1. Exclusion and group conflict
    2. Groups can seek recognition and justice peacefully
    3. Parties may mobilise caste groups
    4. Mobilisation can strengthen or reshape identities

30. What is a common form of gender inequality in public life?

    1. To improve opportunities for disadvantaged groups
    2. Groups can seek recognition and justice peacefully
    3. Lower representation of women in political institutions
    4. It can cause conflict and violence

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