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Community identities determined by birth and involving no choice are called:Read the answer and worked solution →In Max Weber's definition, a state successfully claims a monopoly of legitimate force in a:Read the answer and worked solution →The box on assimilation and integration policies is based on the UNDP Human Development Report of:Read the answer and worked solution →India's billion-plus people speak about how many languages and dialects?Read the answer and worked solution →India is the world's third largest Muslim country after Indonesia and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Report of the States Reorganisation Commission was implemented on:Read the answer and worked solution →Potti Sriramulu's fast unto death in October 1953 led to the creation of:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1956, the same year as the SRC, which country proclaimed Sinhala its sole official language?Read the answer and worked solution →The civil war in Sri Lanka raged from:Read the answer and worked solution →Chhattisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand were created as new states in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Finance Commission deciding tax sharing between Centre and States is set up every:Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader's book On Nationalism, first published in 1917, warned against exclusive nationalism?Read the answer and worked solution →In sociology a minority is more than a numerical distinction; it involves relative disadvantage and:Read the answer and worked solution →According to Census 2011, Hindus numbered about 966 million and formed what share of the population?Read the answer and worked solution →Muslims, the largest religious minority, numbered 172 million in 2011, or:Read the answer and worked solution →Which state had the highest Christian share, 88 per cent, in 2011?Read the answer and worked solution →Sikhs formed 1.7 per cent of India's population and a majority of what share in Punjab?Read the answer and worked solution →The highest proportion of Buddhists, 27 per cent, is found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Dr Ambedkar warned the Constituent Assembly that minorities are:Read the answer and worked solution →The anti-Sikh riots of Delhi took place in:Read the answer and worked solution →The anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat occurred in:Read the answer and worked solution →Whose poems synthesising Hindu and Muslim devotion are cherished symbols of pluralism?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the linguistic statesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the religion sharesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the diversity yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the diversity wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Majority or minorityRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the minority strongholdsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Cultural diversity bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Community identities determined by birth and involving no choice are called:

  1. Ascriptive
  2. Acquired
  3. Elective
  4. Professional
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Correct answer: A. Ascriptive

1. We pass no exam to belong to our family or religion. 2. Such identities are ascriptive. 3. They are hard to shake off. _Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 6, The Challenges of Cultural Diversity._

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In Max Weber's definition, a state successfully claims a monopoly of legitimate force in a:

  1. Trading network
  2. Particular territory
  3. Religious community
  4. Single language
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Correct answer: B. Particular territory

1. A state is a set of political-legal institutions. 2. Its monopoly of legitimate force is over a territory. 3. A nation is a community that acquires a state. _Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 6, The Challenges of Cultural Diversity._

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The box on assimilation and integration policies is based on the UNDP Human Development Report of:

  1. 2004
  2. 1994
  3. 2011
  4. 1990
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Correct answer: A. 2004

1. It dealt with culture and democracy. 2. The report is from 2004. 3. Most states have been suspicious of diversity. _Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 6, The Challenges of Cultural Diversity._

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