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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 →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Gender, religion, caste bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Democracy promotes equality, enhances dignity, improves decisions, resolves conflicts and allows room to:Read the answer and worked solution →How many countries today claim to practise some kind of democratic politics?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Radical women's movements aiming at equality in personal and family life are called:

  1. Feminist
  2. Communal
  3. Secular
  4. Casteist
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Correct answer: A. Feminist

1. They demanded voting rights and legal status. 2. These are feminist movements. 3. A feminist can be a woman or a man. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 4, Gender, Religion and Caste._

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In which countries is women's participation in public life very high, per the text?

  1. China, Japan and Korea
  2. Sweden, Norway, Finland
  3. India, Pakistan and Nepal
  4. USA, UK and Canada
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Correct answer: B. Sweden, Norway, Finland

1. They are Scandinavian countries. 2. Sweden, Norway and Finland lead. 3. India still lags far behind. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 4, Gender, Religion and Caste._

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A system that values men more and gives them power over women is called:

  1. Secularism
  2. Federalism
  3. Patriarchy
  4. Feminism
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Correct answer: C. Patriarchy

1. Literally it means rule by father. 2. This is patriarchy. 3. India remains a patriarchal society. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 4, Gender, Religion and Caste._

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