This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Civics > Understanding Secularism > Class 8 Civics Chapter 2 Understanding Secularism – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Civics Chapter 2 Understanding Secularism Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. THE COUNTRY HINDUSTAN (INDIA) HAS MAIN RELIGON AS WHAT? A) NONE OF THE ABOVE. B) MUSLIM. C) HINDU. D) BOTH A AND B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NONE OF THE ABOVE. 2. What is the name of this chapter A) Understanding secularism. B) Misunderstanding secularism. C) Understanding separation of powers. D) Chapter is nameles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding secularism. 3. The breaking up and decay of exposed rocks, by temperature changes, frost action, plants, animals and human activity. Called ..... A) Deposition. B) Weathering. C) Erosion. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weathering. 4. Indian State is not ruled by any particular religious group A) False. B) True. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. Why is it important to separate religion from the State? A) To ensure democratic functioning. B) To limit individual freedoms. C) To promote a single religion. D) To allow the State to enforce religious laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ensure democratic functioning. 6. What is one way the State supports religious communities? A) By limiting their freedoms. B) By enforcing religious laws. C) By granting rights to set up schools and colleges. D) By providing preferential treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By granting rights to set up schools and colleges. 7. Among the following which religion is the official religion of India? A) Islam. B) Hinduism. C) Sikhism. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 8. Which article in Constitution of India provides for Right to freedom of Religion? A) Article 15. B) Article 25. C) Article 29. D) Article 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article 25. 9. Separation of religion from the state means A) Socialism. B) Democracy. C) Secularism. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secularism. 10. In which year France passed a banning law for students? A) 2004. B) 2010. C) 2005. D) 2016. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2004. 11. Is indian secularism different from US Secularism? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What was the names of two non-secular countries? A) Saudi Arabia. B) Israel. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 13. What refers to the State's effort to influence a particular matter in accordance with the principles of the constitution? A) Coercion. B) Non-interference. C) Intervene. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intervene. 14. Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to Secularism in Indian Constitution?1. word 'secularism' was not mentioned in our Constitution when it was adopted2. Later on in 1976, word secular was incorporated in Preamble through 44$^{th}$ Amendment of Constitution A) 1 only. B) 2 only. C) Both 1 & 2. D) Neither 1 nor 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 only. 15. The Indian constitution does not mandate that the Indian state be secular A) True. B) False. C) Very true. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. What is the meaning of coercion? A) The action or practice of persuading someone by forcing him or her. B) The action taken for equality. C) Mental pressure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The action or practice of persuading someone by forcing him or her. 17. The state does not give exception for some laws for some religious communities A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. What could the tyranny of majority result in? A) Discrimination. B) Coercion. C) None of the above. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 19. What does the Indian Constitution allow individuals to do? A) Follow the State's religion. B) Live by their religious beliefs. C) Practice only one religion. D) Ignore all religious practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Live by their religious beliefs. 20. Which type of vegetation grows in the sandy soil of the desert? A) Coniferous trees. B) Grasslands. C) Cactus and thorny bushes. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cactus and thorny bushes. 21. What is the essence of secularism? A) Promotion of one religion. B) Ending all forms of religious domination. C) Strict enforcement of religious laws. D) Limiting individual freedoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ending all forms of religious domination. 22. Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of landslides? A) Earthquakes. B) Wind abrasion. C) Volcanic eruptions. D) Fires. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind abrasion. 23. Rajya Sabha has 266 members? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. How can the State intervene in religion-based personal laws? A) By promoting religious education. B) By ensuring equal inheritance rights. C) By limiting religious freedoms. D) By enforcing religious practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By ensuring equal inheritance rights. 25. The variation in duration of sunlight at different places is due to differences in A) Latitude. B) Altitude. C) Duration of the day and season. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. In the United States of America, most children in government schools have to begin their school day reciting the A) Pledge of Allegiance. B) Pledge of Democracy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pledge of Allegiance. 27. What does the term 'tyranny of the majority' refer to? A) Support for all religious practices. B) Equal representation of all religions. C) Dominance of one group over others. D) Protection of minority rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dominance of one group over others. 28. In Indian Secularism the state cannot intervene in religious affairs A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. What does secularism aim to prevent? A) The practice of multiple religions. B) Discrimination and domination based on religion. C) The freedom to change religions. D) Religious education in schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination and domination based on religion. 30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING VEGETATION IS GROWN IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL? A) GRASSLAND. B) FORESTS. C) SHRUBS. D) THORNY BUSHES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FORESTS. 31. In Feb 2004, which country has prohibited the wearing of conspicuous religious or political signs by the A) France. B) America. C) India. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 32. Soil erosion can be reduced by A) Agriculture cultivation. B) Crop management. C) Overgrazing. D) Forest harvesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crop management. 33. Identify the correct traditional dresses worn by different religion:-Sikhs, Jews, Islamic, Christians, Indian Ladies A) Pagri, Head Scarf, Skull Cap, Cross, Saree. B) Pagri, Head Scarf, Cross, Skull Cap, Saree. C) Pagri, Cross, Head Scarf, Skull Cap, Saree. D) Pagri, Skull Cap, Head Scarf, Cross, Saree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pagri, Head Scarf, Skull Cap, Cross, Saree. 34. What can we not do in government schools? A) Sing national anthem. B) Sing national song. C) Celebrate any religious festival. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celebrate any religious festival. 35. Due to what feature is ocean water unfit for human consumption? A) Poisonous. B) Water Temperature. C) Salinity. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salinity. 36. Which one was not a secular country? A) Israel. B) Belgium. C) India. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Israel. 37. What is Indian secularism? A) There is no Tyranny of one religion over another. B) Members do not dominate other members of the same religious group. C) State does not take away religious freedom of individual. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. What was the reason behind abolition of the evil practice of untouchability? A) To end the Muslims in India. B) To end the discrimination. C) To end the poverty. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To end the discrimination. 39. INDIA MANDATES THAT ITS STATES ARE A) SOCIALIST. B) SECULAR. C) EQUAL. D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. 40. As India is a secular country, it's government cannot A) Allow the4 citizens to practice and preach any religion of their choice. B) Ban things done in the name of religion that violate the rights of some citizens. C) Give grants to religious institutions. D) Celebrate religious festivals in its offices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celebrate religious festivals in its offices. 41. Sliding of huge debris, rocks and other material down the slope is known as: A) Volcanic Eruptions. B) Earthquake. C) Land slides. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land slides. 42. Cutting down of forest is known as: A) Plantation. B) Overgrazing. C) Deforestation. D) Afforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation. 43. What helps in prevention of floods in area where forests grow A) High temperature. B) Dry climate. C) High risk of land slides and sand storms. D) Water seeping into the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water seeping into the soil. 44. Democracy means:- A) Rule of king. B) Rule of minister. C) Rule of queen. D) Rule of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rule of people. 45. Are non-muslims allowed to make the temple in saudi arabia? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 46. What is the meaning of intervene A) To interfere with something. B) Bring about an agreement. C) Correlate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To interfere with something. 47. What is the status of U.S legislature in the matter of religion? A) Prohibit making new gender law. B) Prohibit making new reservation law. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 48. Which of the following one factors determines colour, texture, chemical properties of Soil. A) Parent Rock. B) Time. C) Relief. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parent Rock. 49. Indian constitution guarantees ..... to A) Fundamental rights. B) Fundamental duties. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 50. What is a potential harm of not separating religion from the State? A) Freedom to change religions. B) Increased religious tolerance. C) Tyranny of the majority. D) Protection of minority rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tyranny of the majority. 51. Which country does not allow Non muslims to build temples? A) India. B) Antarctica. C) Europe. D) Saudi Arabia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saudi Arabia. 52. Which of the following states has the two house legislature? A) Rajasthan. B) Karnataka. C) Gujarat. D) Odisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karnataka. 53. Government schools don't celebrate any ..... festivals in the school premises A) Religious. B) Cultural. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religious. 54. Most children in govt. schools have to begin their school day reciting the 'pledge of allegiance" . The children are of:- A) USA. B) Brazil. C) India. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 55. Steps that the government has taken to conserve plants and animals. A) Celebrate the Vanmahotsav and awareness programme. B) Established National parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. C) Banned hunting of animals. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 56. France passed a law banning students from wearing any conspicuous religious signs or symbols in year A) January 2004. B) December 2004. C) September 2004. D) February 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) February 2004. 57. In a secular state, one religious state does not ..... the other. A) Discriminate. B) Follow. C) Help. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discriminate. 58. Which country didn't allow non-Muslims to build their worship places? A) Pakistan. B) India. C) Saudi Arabia. D) Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saudi Arabia. 59. Why do Sikhs not wear a helmet when riding a bike? A) They like to pay fine. B) Wearing pagri is a very important part of their religion. The government has made exceptions for them. C) They have freedom. D) Because they don't want to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wearing pagri is a very important part of their religion. The government has made exceptions for them. 60. The most important aspect of secularism is its separation of religion from ..... power. A) State. B) Council. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCivics QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Civics Chapter 2 Understanding Secularism Quiz 1Class 8 Civics Chapter 2 Understanding Secularism Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books