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State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F). 
We feel secure with people who are very different from us.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India is a nation which has a different language, religion, culture, and customs. This makes India a diverse country. Sometimes diversity is not celebrated because we feel safe and secure with people who look, talk, dress and think like us.

Which of the following community was the latest to be notified as national minority?

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  1. lingayats

  2. Buddhist

  3. jains

  4. parsis

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

2014: National minority status granted
This made the Jain community which makes for 7 million or 0.4 percent of the population as per 2001 census, the sixth community to be designated this status as a "national minority", after Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis.

Indian constitution all recognise minorities on the basis of _______________.

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  1. religion

  2. caste

  3. population

  4. colour

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

There is only one article pertaining to the Minorities in the Constitution of India. Article 30 of the Constitution provides that all minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice. The Constitution thus envisages that minorities can be based on religion or language. Minorities are identified on the basis of percentage of the population of the Group to the total population

Articles 30 refers to only ________________.

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  1. Majority communities

  2. Minority communities

  3. Both the communities

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Article 30 refers to only minority communities because it states that the government shall not discriminate against any educational institution run by religious or linguistic minority.   

Which of the following is not a minority community?

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  1. Muslims

  2. chritians

  3. sikh

  4. Bihari

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The minority communities in india under the national comminion for minorites act 1992 are muslims, christains,sikhs,busddhist and parsis.

Articles 30 is clasified under which part of the indian constitution?

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  1. Part I

  2. Part II

  3. part IV

  4. Part III

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Article 30 refers to the minority community only and it comes under the part iii of he Indian constitution.

Article 29 grants protection to 

political science india's internal challenges internal challenges faced by india discrimination prejudice and discrimination

  1. Only minority community

  2. Only majority community

  3. Both minority and majority community

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Articles 29 grants protection to both religions minorities as well as linguistic minorities  

The index of modernization is _________.

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  1. The decrease in the number of cities.

  2. The increase in the number of towns.

  3. The growing population in rural areas.

  4. The stable population in rural areas

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Modernization is a way to leave behind the problems of traditionalism. It is a concept of sociology that refers to a process in which society goes through industrialization, urbanization and other social changes that completely transform the lives of individuals. The index of modernization can be judged through the increase in the number of towns. Today rural life is transforming into urban life. Nowadays people are more attracted to the concept of urbanization.

OBC is minority community?

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Minorities in the Indian context means minority religions - Muslims, Christians, Jains, Sikhs etc. SC, ST, OBC are not in minority. They are not minority castes, they predominantly belong to Hinduism and are Hindus.

National commission is made up of ______________.

political science india's internal challenges internal challenges faced by india discrimination prejudice and discrimination

  1. 1 president , 2 chairperson ,3 member

  2. 2 president ,2 chairperson

  3. 1 chairperson , 1 vice president , 5 member

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

National commission of minority affairs consist of towing members which are:-
1) A chair person
2) A vice-precedent
3) 5 members