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UPSC CDS Indian Polity — practice questions — page 17

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Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Political parties 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 →Unlike India, which country gives Buddhism a special status?Read the answer and worked solution →To ensure equality within religious communities, the Constitution bans:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike gender and religion, which social division is special to India?Read the answer and worked solution →Scheduled Castes are commonly known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the social reformersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the secular provisionsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the gender numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the social division wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Gender or religionRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the social divisionsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Questions
  1. Answer
    750
    Question
    Parties registered with the Election Commission, more than
  2. Answer
    6
    Question
    Per cent of votes needed for recognition
  3. Answer
    2
    Question
    Assembly seats needed for a State party
  4. Answer
    4
    Question
    Lok Sabha seats needed for a national party
  5. Answer
    7
    Question
    Recognised national parties in 2018
  6. Answer
    303
    Question
    BJP members elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 6, Political Parties._

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Political parties bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Strongly committed to a party.
    Item
    Partisan
  2. Clue
    Party that runs government.
    Item
    Ruling party
  3. Clue
    Losers who criticise government.
    Item
    Opposition
  4. Clue
    Parties joining to contest polls.
    Item
    Alliance
  5. Clue
    Party with a unique symbol.
    Item
    Recognised
  6. Clue
    Only official candidates use it.
    Item
    Symbol
  7. Clue
    Forerunner of the BJP.
    Item
    Jana Sangh
  8. Clue
    Sambalpur MP, moral force idea.
    Item
    Kishenji
  9. Clue
    Dalits, adivasis, OBCs, minorities.
    Item
    Bahujan
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 6, Political Parties._

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A system where all work inside the home is done by or organised by women is called the:

  1. Sexual division of labour
  2. Patriarchal family rule
  3. Feminist organisation
  4. Communal mobilisation
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Correct answer: A. Sexual division of labour

1. Men do the work outside the home. 2. This is the sexual division of labour. 3. Women's paid work is still not valued. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 4, Gender, Religion and Caste._

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