Gender, Religion and Caste: Class 10 Important Questions with Answers

14 MCQs

1. Gender division is based on
   (a) biology (b) social expectations and stereotypes (c) religion (d) law
2. A system that values men more and gives them power over women
   (a) feminism (b) patriarchy (c) communalism (d) secularism
3. Women's literacy rate (NCERT)
   (a) 76% (b) 54% (c) 65% (d) 44%
4. The Equal Remuneration Act was passed in
   (a) 1956 (b) 1976 (c) 1992 (d) 2023
5. Child sex ratio in Census 2011
   (a) 940 (b) 919 (c) 850 (d) 800
6. Women in the Lok Sabha touched 14.36% in
   (a) 2009 (b) 2014 (c) 2019 (d) 2024
7. Elected women in local bodies are more than
   (a) 1 lakh (b) 5 lakh (c) 10 lakh (d) 36 lakh
8. Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam gives women ___ seats.
   (a) 25% (b) 33% (c) 50% (d) 14%
9. Official religion of Sri Lanka's state (NCERT)
   (a) Hinduism (b) Buddhism (c) Islam (d) none
10. The most common expression of communalism
    (a) riots (b) everyday beliefs (c) separate state (d) elections
11. Gandhiji meant by religion in politics
    (a) Hinduism (b) moral values of all religions (c) rituals (d) temples
12. A caste reformer from Tamil Nadu
    (a) Jotiba Phule (b) Periyar Ramaswami Naicker (c) Ambedkar (d) Vinoba Bhave
13. Scheduled Castes in 2011 were
    (a) 8.6% (b) 16.6% (c) 41% (d) 14.2%
14. Caste politics helped Dalits and OBCs to
    (a) avoid elections (b) gain better access to decision making (c) end all poverty (d) form separate states

1 (b) · 2 (b) · 3 (b) · 4 (b) · 5 (b) · 6 (c) · 7 (c) · 8 (b) · 9 (b) · 10 (b) · 11 (b) · 12 (b) · 13 (b) · 14 (b)

Assertion–Reason (4)

(a) Both true, R explains A. (b) Both true, R does not explain A. (c) A true, R false. (d) A false, R true.

1. A: Women's work is often not valued. R: Much of it is unpaid household work.
2. A: India is a secular state. R: The Constitution gives special status to the majority religion.
3. A: Caste alone cannot decide elections in India. R: No constituency has a clear majority of one caste.
4. A: Communalism threatens the very idea of India. R: Secularism is one of the foundations of the country.

Key: 1 (a) · 2 (c) · 3 (a) · 4 (a)