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UPSC CDS Indian Polity — practice questions — page 8

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Slice the strugglesRead the answer and worked solution →Which rightRead the answer and worked solution →Which countryRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Citizenship bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In nineteenth century Europe nationalism unified small kingdoms into which two modern states?Read the answer and worked solution →Nationalism helped break up which two large empires in early twentieth century Europe?Read the answer and worked solution →The Quebecois seek separation from which country?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kurds are a separatist nationality in which countries?Read the answer and worked solution →Canada has both English and French speakers. What does this show about nations?Read the answer and worked solution →A nation is held together by the collective beliefs and imagination of its members. What kind of community is it called?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru wrote of the tremendous impress of oneness holding Indians together. In which book?Read the answer and worked solution →The Jewish people, though scattered, always claimed which land as their homeland?Read the answer and worked solution →What distinguishes a nation from other groups according to the fourth assumption?Read the answer and worked solution →Why should democracies imagine the nation in political rather than cultural terms?Read the answer and worked solution →What do nations seek when they claim the right to govern themselves and shape their future?Read the answer and worked solution →The idea of one culture, one state was used to redraw boundaries after which war?Read the answer and worked solution →What was one human cost of redrawing boundaries for one culture, one state?Read the answer and worked solution →The Basque region lies in which country?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of Basque people understand the Basque language today?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Spanish dictator banned the Basque language even in homes?Read the answer and worked solution →According to the text, where does the solution to self-determination demands lie?Read the answer and worked solution →Which document gives elaborate protection to religious, linguistic and cultural minorities in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Where should the loyalty of citizens in a democracy be directed, according to the text?Read the answer and worked solution →Which poet's words on nationalism close the discussion?Read the answer and worked solution →A nation is constituted by belief. Which comparison does the text use?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the separatistsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the nation marksRead the answer and worked solution →Run the nationalism factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the nations formedRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the struggles

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Does not match the category
  1. Cricket
  2. Cinema
  3. Tourism
  4. Trade
Matches the category
  1. French Rev
  2. S. Africa
  3. Civil Rts
  4. Dalit
  5. Women's
Instructions
Slice only the struggles for equal citizenship named.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 6, Citizenship._

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Which right

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Upper category
Civil
Lower category
Political
Items
  1. Category
    Civil
    Item
    Life
  2. Category
    Civil
    Item
    Liberty
  3. Category
    Civil
    Item
    Property
  4. Category
    Political
    Item
    Voting
  5. Category
    Political
    Item
    Contesting
  6. Category
    Political
    Item
    Governing
Instructions
Send each right to civil or political under Marshall.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 6, Citizenship._

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Which country

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Items
  1. Group
    France
    Item
    Turban ban
  2. Group
    France
    Item
    Head scarf
  3. Group
    France
    Item
    1789 revolt
  4. Group
    Germany
    Item
    Turkish kids
  5. Group
    Germany
    Item
    Guest workers
  6. Group
    S. Africa
    Item
    Pass laws
  7. Group
    S. Africa
    Item
    White rule
Groups
  1. Item
    France
  2. Item
    Germany
  3. Item
    S. Africa
Instructions
Drop each citizenship issue onto the country it belongs to.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 6, Citizenship._

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