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What does the principle of separation in Indian secularism entail?
What does the principle of separation in Indian secularism entail?
- Independence of religion from politics
- Independence of politics from religion (correct)
- Complete interference of religion in politics
- Complete elimination of religion from society
Which activities are meant to be free from religious interference in Indian secularism?
Which activities are meant to be free from religious interference in Indian secularism?
- Religious reforms and traditions
- Religious teachings, beliefs, and practices
- State activity, political decision making, and policy choices (correct)
- Religious ceremonies, rituals, and festivals
What practices must be immediately outlawed according to the text?
What practices must be immediately outlawed according to the text?
- Wearing sacred threads, women not ploughing fields, religious ceremonies
- Political decision making, policy choices, state activities
- Untouchability, caste discriminations, polygamy, exclusion of women from public life (correct)
- Religious reforms, state interference in religion, women's rights
Which of the following is NOT a practice that is deemed offensive to the normative order of the Constitution in the text?
Which of the following is NOT a practice that is deemed offensive to the normative order of the Constitution in the text?
In Indian secularism, what can be tolerated for some time according to the text?
In Indian secularism, what can be tolerated for some time according to the text?
What is the underlying consensus of values in Indian secularism according to the text?
What is the underlying consensus of values in Indian secularism according to the text?
What does it mean for the state to be interventionist in a neutral sense?
What does it mean for the state to be interventionist in a neutral sense?
What is the role of the Indian Constitution in ensuring state neutrality?
What is the role of the Indian Constitution in ensuring state neutrality?
How does the text define secularism?
How does the text define secularism?
Why does secularism require different meanings and actions in various contexts?
Why does secularism require different meanings and actions in various contexts?
Why does the text mention Isaiah Berlin's idea of great liberating ideas turning into suffocating straightjackets?
Why does the text mention Isaiah Berlin's idea of great liberating ideas turning into suffocating straightjackets?
How is Indian secularism described in the text?
How is Indian secularism described in the text?
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