TGPSC MPSO / ASO · Paper I · Topic 13

TGPSC MPSO / ASO Social Exclusion, Rights & Inclusive Policies questions with answers

4 questions from TGPSC ASO Paper I Mock 1 with answers. Try each one, then tap Show answer.

13.1Caste, tribe & social exclusionNotesPractise this chapter · Set 1 free

  1. Q1 Paper I Mock 1, Q91

    Which Chinese Buddhist pilgrim wrote that 'untouchables' had to sound a clapper in the streets so that people could avoid seeing them?

    1. AXuan Zang
    2. BI-Tsing
    3. CFa Xian
    4. DHui Li
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    Answer C. Fa Xian

    Fa Xian wrote that 'untouchables' had to sound a clapper in the streets; Xuan Zang later noted that executioners and scavengers lived outside the city.

    Source: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part 1, Kinship, Caste and Class

  2. Q2 Paper I Mock 1, Q93

    A caste group in a village gives up meat and liquor, adopts vegetarianism and the sacred thread, and begins to claim a higher rank in the local hierarchy. This is an example of:

    1. AWesternisation
    2. BSecularisation
    3. CParochialisation
    4. DSanskritisation
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    Answer D. Sanskritisation

    Adopting the customs of higher castes and then claiming a higher rank is Sanskritisation in Srinivas's sense.

    Source: Srinivas, Social Change in Modern India (1966)

13.2Women & genderNotesPractise this chapter · Set 1 free

  1. Q3 Paper I Mock 1, Q92

    Consider the following statements about reservation for women in Panchayats under Article 243D:

    I. Not less than one-third of the seats filled by direct election in every Panchayat are reserved for women.

    II. The seats reserved for women include seats reserved for women of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

    III. The Constitution itself mandates 50% reservation for women in all Panchayats.

    Which of the statements given above is/are INCORRECT?

    1. AI only
    2. BIII only
    3. CII and III only
    4. DI and III only
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    Answer B. III only

    The Constitution mandates not less than one-third; 50% exists only under some State laws.

    Source: Constitution of India, Art. 243D; NCERT Class 10 Democratic Politics p.35

  2. Q4 Paper I Mock 1, Q94

    'Equal pay for equal work for both men and women' is a Directive Principle under:

    1. AArticle 39(a)
    2. BArticle 39(d)
    3. CArticle 41
    4. DArticle 43
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    Answer B. Article 39(d)

    Art. 39(d) directs equal pay for equal work for both men and women.

    Source: Constitution of India, Art. 39

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