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After Independence, the first state organized on the basis of language is.......

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  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Kerala

  3. Karnataka

  4. Andhra Pradesh

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

On October 1, 1953 Indian government was forced to create first linguistic state, known as Andhra state by separating the Telugu speaking areas from the Madras state. In December 1953 State Reorganisation Commission was appointed which submitted its report in September 1955. Officially on November 1, 1956 Andhra Pradesh came into existence

People with same religions can develop serious difference on the basis of the 

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  1. class.

  2. culture and language.

  3. views.

  4. ways of practical religions

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Correct Option: D

In which Article are Granted Languages included in the Indian Constitution?

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  1. Fifth

  2. Sixth

  3. Eighth

  4. Seventh

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution contains a list of 22 scheduled languages. They are Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. The Constitutional provisions relating to the 8th Schedule are in articles 344(1) and 351 of the Indian Constitution.  The Government of India is under an obligation to take measures for the development of these languages.

By neglecting the social service sectors like Public Health system, Public education and social security; the life of the poor is made __________.

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  1. Easy

  2. Difficult

  3. Simpler

  4. None

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Social services are a range of public services provided by the governmental and non-governmental organizations. Social services include the benefits and facilities such as education, health care. Food subsidies, social securities. The social workers attempt to eliminate hardships and suffering. They have a responsibility to help individuals, families, and group. The social services try to make life easy of peoples living in poverty. But neglecting the social services sectors like public education, health system, and social security, the life of the poor is made difficult.

According to National Family Health Survey-4 2015-16 (NFHS-4), rural women of Karnataka have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of _______.

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  1. 24.3

  2. 16.2

  3. 30

  4. 21.4

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. The Fourth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) was carried out in 2014-2015.NFHS-4 is the first survey in the NFHS series that has collected data from all 29 States and all 7 Union Territories. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. A high BMI can be an indicator of high body fatness. NFHS-4 provides that women in Karnataka have 24.2% BMI.

Article ________ provides for the Protection of Cultural rights of the minorities.

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  1. 21A

  2. 45

  3. 29

  4. 39

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Article 29 of the Constitution provides protection of interests of minorities. It's clause (1) provides that any section, if citizens in India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own, shall have the right to protect the same. The article also provides protection to religious minorities also.

After the 86th Amendment to the Constitution, Article _______ says free and compulsory education to all children between 6 and 14 years is fundamental right of the children.

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  1. 21A

  2. 45

  3. 86

  4. 29

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The 86th Amendment Act, 2002 to the Constitution inserted new Article 21A i.e., Right to education. This Article provides free and compulsory education to all children between 6-14years. The amendment act also amended Article 45(DPSP) and Article 51A(Fundamental Duties).

In which of the following are there Social Inequalities ?

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  1. Political participation

  2. Education

  3. Income sources

  4. All

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Social inequalities exist in every sphere of societal and individual life. It occurs in income sources due to differentiation of person on the basis of their social position, wealth accumulation by some elite class social group leads to social inequalities in income sources. 
Group of strata of people considered as a low class is not given due representation in the political system and because of the crowd of high-class people in politics, their participation remains very low.
Education inequality means insufficient education opportunities, funding resources, schools and teachers to socially excluded communities.

According to NFHS-4, __________ of the pregnant women suffer from anemia.

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  1. 45.2

  2. 60.2

  3. 339

  4. 45

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Anaemia is the most common nutritional deficiency disorder in the world. Large proportions of women in rural areas suffer from anemia. In Karnataka anemia is considerably higher in rural areas(46.2%) than in urban areas (43%). According to NFHS-4, 45.2% of the pregnant women suffer from anemia. The result of anemia are tragic. These include increased maternal and newborn mortality, impaired health and reduced working and productive capacity, etc.

There is more gender based inequality in access to __________.

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  1. School education

  2. Food

  3. Health facilties

  4. All

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Despite being advance technologically and monetary, yet women internationally face discrimination in various aspects of life. But the areas where gender discrimination is at peak are: 
School education, food, and health facilities. 
In India, the parents believe that educating girl child is a burden and nothing else. They believe that educating boy will provide their family support, whereas they think that girl is better uneducated.
Moreover, women also face discrimination in agricultural fields too. People believe farming is the job of a man and women job is to serve his man and not to earn. 
Lastly, women face higher disparities in health facilities, the fact that many cultural ideologies and practices have structured society in a way whereby women are more vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment, making them more prone to illnesses and early death