Class 11 Political Science Chapter 8 Secularism Quiz 5 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is an example of religious discrimination?

Correct Answer: B) Denying a person a job due to their religion.

2. How can secularism contribute to the protection of individual rights?

Correct Answer: A) A-By ensuring that laws are not biased towards any specific religion.

3. We don't need to separate religion from state power to function democratically.

Correct Answer: A) False.

4. Which one of the following is a secular activity by the state?

Correct Answer: D) Passing laws to ban untouchability in religion.

5. Which of the following is not true about 'State' and 'Government'?

Correct Answer: C) The state is responsible for administering laws.

6. The students of which country begin their day with the 'Pledge of Allegiance'?

Correct Answer: B) USA.

7. The article which grants communities the right to preserve their distinct language, script and culture is?

Correct Answer: C) Article 29.

8. Who is the author of "What Secularism Is and Is Not?"

Correct Answer: A) Romila Thapar.

9. Which among the following statements is not true?

Correct Answer: D) Secularism denies religion.

10. Banning the practice of untouchability in India highlights the usage of the strategy of

Correct Answer: D) Intervention.

11. When religious discrimination takes place?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

12. What is the importance of secularism in a diverse society?

Correct Answer: A) A-It promotes tolerance and acceptance among different religious groups.

13. What is the authority in religious laws?

Correct Answer: B) Divinity.

14. The belief that reality is ultimately composed of one essential substance

Correct Answer: D) Monism.

15. What type of secularism is followed in India?

Correct Answer: C) State may intervene in religion to protect rights.

16. WHICH PROVIDES US WITH MANY EXAMPLES OF DISCRIMINATION, EXCLUTION, PERSECUTION ON THE GROUNDS OF RELIGION

Correct Answer: B) History.

17. Which religious community was ill-treated in Germany during the rule of Hitler?

Correct Answer: C) The Jews.

18. In India all the religions are treated

Correct Answer: B) Equally.

19. Separation of religion from state refers to

Correct Answer: A) Secularism.

20. Hitler had prosecuted ..... during his reign in Germany.

Correct Answer: C) Jews.