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According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in:Read the answer and worked solution →The era of coalition governments at the Centre began after:Read the answer and worked solution →The 2011 Census found how many major languages in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Scheduled Languages are listed in which Schedule of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Union List subjectsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the federal countriesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the federalism numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the federal termsRead the answer and worked solution →Union List or State ListRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three listsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Federalism bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A system where all work inside the home is done by or organised by women is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The gender division is based not on biology but on:Read the answer and worked solution →Radical women's movements aiming at equality in personal and family life are called:Read the answer and worked solution →In which countries is women's participation in public life very high, per the text?Read the answer and worked solution →A system that values men more and gives them power over women is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Literacy among Indian women is 54 per cent, compared with what among men?Read the answer and worked solution →The time use survey found an average woman works a little over how many hours a day?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act of 1976 provides that equal wages be paid for equal work?Read the answer and worked solution →Sex-selective abortion brought India's child sex ratio down to:Read the answer and worked solution →Elected women members in the Lok Sabha reached what share for the first time in 2019?Read the answer and worked solution →Women's share in state legislative assemblies is less than:Read the answer and worked solution →What share of seats in panchayats and municipalities is reserved for women?Read the answer and worked solution →More than how many elected women representatives sit in rural and urban local bodies?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhiji used to say that religion can never be separated from:Read the answer and worked solution →Laws dealing with marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Politics based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of social community is:Read the answer and worked solution →India and Pakistan suffered some of the worst communal riots at the time of:Read the answer and worked solution →To combat communalism, the makers of the Constitution chose which model?Read the answer and worked solution →

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According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in:

  1. 1965
  2. 1950
  3. 1975
  4. 1990
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Correct answer: A. 1965

1. Non-Hindi States demanded English continue. 2. The deadline was 1965. 3. Tamil Nadu saw a violent movement. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 2, Federalism._

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The era of coalition governments at the Centre began after:

  1. 2004
  2. 1990
  3. 1977
  4. 1967
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Correct answer: B. 1990

1. Regional parties rose in many States. 2. Coalitions began after 1990. 3. State autonomy gained respect. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 2, Federalism._

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The 2011 Census found how many major languages in India?

  1. 141
  2. 111
  3. 121
  4. 131
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Correct answer: C. 121

1. Over 1300 distinct mother tongues were recorded. 2. They grouped into 121 major languages. 3. 22 are Scheduled Languages. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 2, Federalism._

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