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The western idea that state and religion must stay out of each other's affairs is called:

AUniversal franchise
BMutual exclusion
CPrincipled distance
DAsymmetric federalism
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Mutual exclusion
1. Western secularism means mutual exclusion. 2. The state neither helps nor hinders religion. 3. India chose a different model. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._
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