CBSE Class 10 Political Science Chapter 4 PDF

CBSE Class 10 Political Science Chapter 4 Gender, Religion and Caste Important Questions 1. What is the sexual division of labour? Explain with examples. 2. Has the caste system really disappeared from India? Justify with reasons. 3. Discuss all these perception...

CBSE Class 10 Political Science Chapter 4 Gender, Religion and Caste Important Questions 1. What is the sexual division of labour? Explain with examples. 2. Has the caste system really disappeared from India? Justify with reasons. 3. Discuss all these perceptions of an ideal woman that prevail in our society. Do you agree with any of these? If not, what is your image of an ideal woman? 4. Do you agree that the Caste system plays a role in shaping politics or deciding the candidates from a constituency? Justify the answer with reasons. 5. Explain the terms “Patriarchy” and “Feminist”? 6. Discuss the manifestation of the idea of secularism in the Indian Constitution. 7. In India, the proportion of women in the legislature has been very low. For example, the percentage of elected women members in Lok Sabha has touched 12% of its total strength for the first time in 2014. Their share in the state assemblies is less than 5%. Could you think of some reasons why women’s representation is so low in India? Do you think the Americas and Europe have achieved a satisfactory level of women’s representation? 8. If casteism and communalism are bad, what makes feminism a good thing? Why don’t we oppose all those who divide the society on any lines – caste, religion or gender? 9. Do the Constitution of India safeguard the principles of secularism in India? How? 10. Mention different aspects of life in which women are discriminated or disadvantaged in India 11. Define “Communalism”. 12. State different forms of communal politics with one example each. 13. Mention the type of works that are devalued by the Society. 14. State two reasons to say that caste alone cannot determine election results in India. 15. What is the role of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in fighting for Dalits? 16. Mention any two constitutional provisions that make India a secular state. 17. Discuss the educational status of women in India. 18. Social divisions based on _________ are peculiar to India. 19. Is it important to separate religion from the state? Why? 20. What led to the severe decline in child sex ratio? Discuss.