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__________ and the lack of resources continue to be a key reason why so many peoples lives in India are highly unequal.

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  1. Abundance

  2. Poverty

  3. Excess

  4. Surplus

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Poverty and the lack of resources are the key reasons why so many people live in India are highly unequal. In India, people are discriminated on the basis of religion, caste, class, society, gender etc. People are discriminated because of their social and cultural background as well as because they are women.

The victims of untouchability are the ____________.

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  1. Dalits

  2. Barbers

  3. Brahmins

  4. Politicians

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A fifth group existed outside the four-fold classification of varna system, that of the non-classified (avarnas) who did work that was and is still considered physically and ritually polluting such as cremation and the handling of dead bodies, removal and skinning of dead animals, removal and cleaning of human bodily fluids and excreta (manual scavenging), and basket
weaving. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama. Doing anything with dead cattle or cowhides was particularly unclean in Hinduism. Under Hindu beliefs, jobs that involved death corrupted the workers' souls, making them unfit to mingle with other people. Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest, barbers and politicians are professionals irrespective of caste, and brahmins are the highest upper caste. Hence, these are incorrect. 

The policy of segregation in South Africa is related with _______________.

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  1. Citizen right to use the public places.

  2. Separate public places for whites and blacks.

  3. Equal opportunities for whites and blacks.

  4. Restrictions on the whites.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The apartheid system was particularly oppressive for the blacks. They were forbidden from living in white areas. They could work in white areas only if they had a permit. Trains, buses, taxis, hotels, hospitals, schools and colleges, libraries, cinema halls, theatres, beaches, swimming pools, public toilets, were all separate for the whites and blacks. This was called segregation.

To work in the white living areas, the blacks were asked to carry _____________.

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  1. Identity card

  2. Permit card.

  3. Voter card.

  4. Citizenship card.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The apartheid system facilitated racial discrimination and segregation of people of mixed races and blacks from the whites who considered themselves superior. The Blacks were not allowed to work in whites living areas and they were forbidden from living in white areas. They could

work in white areas only if they had a permit.

The resolution to resolve" Deep Dispute" should come from ______________.

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  1. Parliament

  2. People

  3. Executive

  4. Judiciary

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Democratic conflict is resolved through mass mobilization. Sometimes the conflict may be resolved by using the existing institutions like the parliament or the judiciary. But when there is a deep dispute, very often these institutions themselves get involved in the dispute. The resolution has to come from outside, from the people.

Who are food-insecure?

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  1. Landless people with little or no land to depend on

  2. People employed in ill-paid occupations

  3. SCs, STs and OBCs

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

__________  occur according to the laws of nature.

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  1. The rising and setting of the sun

  2. The rising and falling of the tides

  3. The phases of the moon

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Things occur according to the law of nature are as follows:-

1. Falling of leaves from trees
2. Blooming of flowers
3. The rising and setting of the sun.
4. The phase of the moon.
5. The rising and falling of tides.
6. An occurrence of volcanoes and earthquake.
7. An occurrence of rain and snowfall.

It is incorrect to discriminate between boys and girls.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is true that there should be no discrimination between boys and girls. Equality is the concept that must prevail over any form of discrimination. Every boy and girl are born equal and free. The girls have the same rights as of the boys. It is against the law to discriminate on a gender basis.

Rules are meant for everybody. They apply equally to all. 

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The laws, rules, and regulation conduct governance and relations in society. They provide for the organised structure for shaping society. The rules are made with a view of their compliance by each and every member of the society to keep society and everyone's conduct well functioned. Laws are applied to each and everyone equally and no person can claim to be above the law.

We can change the laws of nature.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Natural laws are those principles which are supposed to have originated from some supreme source other than any political or worldly authority. Natural law opposes the idea that moral law is relative, subjective and changeable. Natural laws are applicable to all persons, since it is derived from inherent human nature.