Question 1
Mention areas where women are disadvantaged in India.
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Education, pay, jobs, unpaid care work and political representation.
Answer
Education, pay, jobs, unpaid care work and political representation.
CLASS 10 · SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 3
Gender, Religion and Caste
Simple, student-friendly answers to all 12 end-of-chapter questions.
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Exercises
Textbook pages 44–45
Question 2
Name forms of communal politics and give an example of each.
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It can mean religious superiority, political dominance, religious mobilisation, or communal violence.
Answer
It can mean religious superiority, political dominance, religious mobilisation, or communal violence.
Question 3
How do caste inequalities continue in India?
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Past exclusion and current discrimination still affect education, work, resources and income.
Answer
Past exclusion and current discrimination still affect education, work, resources and income.
Question 4
Give two reasons caste alone cannot decide election results.
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Candidates need votes across groups; members of one caste do not all vote the same way.
Answer
Candidates need votes across groups; members of one caste do not all vote the same way.
Question 5
What is the status of women’s representation in India’s legislative bodies?
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Women are under-represented in Parliament and State Assemblies; local bodies have reservations.
Answer
Women are under-represented in Parliament and State Assemblies; local bodies have reservations.
Question 6
Name two constitutional provisions that make India secular.
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Freedom of religion and no state discrimination or official religion.
Answer
Freedom of religion and no state discrimination or official religion.
Question 7
When we speak of gender divisions, what do we usually mean?
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(b) Unequal social roles assigned to women and men.
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(b) Unequal social roles assigned to women and men.
Question 8
In India, seats are reserved for women in which bodies?
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(d) Panchayati Raj bodies.
Answer
(d) Panchayati Raj bodies.
Question 9
Which statements describe communal politics: A one religion superior; B equal living together; C followers form one community; D state power cannot dominate?
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(c) A and C.
Answer
(c) A and C.
Question 10
Which statement about India’s Constitution is wrong?
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(b) It gives official status to one religion.
Answer
(b) It gives official status to one religion.
Question 11
Social divisions based on ______ are peculiar to India.
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Caste.
Answer
Caste.
Question 12
Match: equal rights for women and men; religion as basis of community; caste as basis; no religious discrimination.
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B, A, D, C (option b).
Answer
B, A, D, C (option b).