WorksheetsGender caste and religion
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
A person who believes that religion is the principal basis of community
Communalist
Feminist
Secularist
Which among the following statements about India’s Constitution is wrong? I
prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion
gives official status to one religion.
provides to all individuals freedom to profess any religion
ensures equality of citizens within religious communities
Religion can never be separated from politics. What he meant by religion was not any particular religion like Hinduism or Islam but moral values that inform all religions. Who said it
JN. Nehru
Dr Ambedkar
MK Gandhi
Choose the incorrect statement
The most common expression of communalism is in everyday beliefs.
A communal mind often leads to a quest for political dominance of one’s own religious community
Political mobilisation on religious lines is another frequent form of communalism
Sometimes communalism takes its good form of communal violence, riots and massacre
The literacy rate among the men as compared to women is
98%
76%
54%
A system in which all work inside the home is either done by the women of the family, or organised by them through the domestic helpers.
Stereotypes
Domestic division of labour
Sexual division of labour
A person who believes in equal rights and opportunities for women and men
Communalist
Feminist
Secularist
Literally, rule by father, this concept is used to refer to a system that values men more and gives them power over women.
Monarchy
Caste hierarchy
Patriarchy
5. Women in India are discriminated in;
(a) Political life
(b) Social life
(c) Economic life
(d) All of the above
6. “Sexual Division of labour signifies, that
(i) Gender division emphasises division on the basis of nature of work.
(ii) Division between men and women.
(iii) Caste is the basis of Gender Division.
(iv) Work decides the division between men and women.
(a) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(b) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(c) (i) and (iii)
(d) (iv) and (i)
'Equal wages act' signifies :
Law that deal with family related matter.
Law provides that equal wages should be paid for equal jobs for both men and women.
An Act which signifies that all work inside the home is done by the women of the family.
