Issues In Indian Politics Set 5
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This set of Issues in Indian Politics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Issues In Indian Politics Set 5
Q1 | Which of the following is not a regional party of India ?
- AIADMK
- Telugu Desam
- National Conference
- BJP
Q2 | During which of the following years the Congress party has faced serious electoralreverses?
- 1967
- 1977
- 1989
- All of these
Q3 | The communist party of India was established in the year
- 1935
- 1950
- 1893
- 1920
Q4 | In which year Communist party was divided into CPI and CPI(M)
- 1960
- 1964
- 1968
- 1972
Q5 | Who among the following believed that communalism came to India with theBritish?
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Gokhale
- Saradar Patel
- Tilak
Q6 | What is the most appropriate meaning the term secularism in the Indian context?
- Separation of religion from politics
- freedom of religion
- There shall not be any religion of the state.
- equality of all religions
Q7 | ----- means love of a particular region or state in preference to the country asawhole
- Nationalism
- Regionalism
- Ethinicism
- None of the above
Q8 | Which of the following are the important socio-economic factors of regionalimbalance in India?
- Capita income
- regional location of industries
- population below poverty line
- All of the above
Q9 | Communalism is opposed to :
- Secularism
- racial conflict
- Amity between classes
- All of the above
Q10 | Which is the following problems most fostered regionalism in India?
- Social
- Economic
- Religious
- Both (a) and (b)
Q11 | Caste system is
- Hierarchical
- Segmentary
- Marked by a dichotomy between purityand pollution
- all of the above
Q12 | Which of the following caste groups are regarded as the so called ‘twice born’?
- Brahmins
- kshatriyas
- vaishayas
- All of these
Q13 | It can be said that a castes conceives of India basically as a federation of
- States
- Jatis
- free and equal citizens
- tribes
Q14 | Democratic socialism is a modern version of
- Revisionism
- guild socialism
- Fabian socialism
- syndicalism
Q15 | Which of the following can play a vital role in removing regional disparity?
- Bureaucracy
- state
- civil servants
- judiciary
Q16 | Political crime can be described as
- Crime by politicians
- politically motivated law breaking behavior by altruistic individual’s
- crime committed in pursuit of politics
- All of the above
Q17 | As a political strategy, communalism is opposed to
- Nationalism
- regionalism
- localism
- internationalism
Q18 | Jawaharlal Nehru once described communalism as the Indian version of
- Fascism
- Apartheid
- Nazism
- None of the above
Q19 | Who is a leading Campion of the concept of the secular state
- Jawaharal Nehru
- Sarvakar
- Jinnah
- Tilak
Q20 | ‘Free India should be a non-communal secular state’. Who insisted that?
- Ambedkar
- Gandhi
- Jayaprakash Narayan
- Nehru
Q21 | “Communalism is a social phenomenon characterized by the religion of twocommunities, often leading to acrimony tension and even rioting between them” who said it?
- Abdul Ahammed
- Marx
- M. N Roy
- None of the above
Q22 | “A caste is a group of structural or potential kinsmen.” Who said?
- FG Bailey
- M N Srinivas
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- None of the above
Q23 | Caste in India is an endogamous kinship group known as
- Varna
- Religion
- Slave
- Jati
Q24 | What was the main motive of socio-religious movements
- To remove caste system
- to remove poverty
- to remove untouchability
- to remove child marriage
Q25 | People are usually classified into upper, middle and lower classes on the basis of
- Caste
- Clan
- Class
- Occupation