Gender, Religion and Caste
ENGLISH COACHING CENTER
Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU
and TMBU
(Gidhnii More Deoghar Jharkhand)
Important Questions of Gender,
Religion and Caste
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. Does the Constitution of India safeguard the principles
of secularism in India? How?
10. Mention different aspects of life in which women are
discriminated against or disadvantaged in India
11. Define “Communalism”.
12. State different forms of communal politics
with one example each.
13. Mention the type of work 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. State how caste inequalities are still continuing
in India.
19. Is it important to separate religion from the
state? Why?
20. What led to the severe decline in child sex ratio?
Discuss.
By Manoj Sir
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