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Class 11 Political Science - Secularism
Class 11 Political Science - Secularism
1 mark
Some of the scholars are of the opinion that the idea of secularism
political setting.
freedom of religion?
profess any religion and it treats all the religions alike. India is a
secular state.
to the minorities.
Who used the term ‘minorityism’ in Indian politics for the first
time?
The term was first used by L.K Advani in 1986 while criticising the
Parivar?
BJP, VHP and RSS are the three right wing parties which together
Gujarat Carnage?
Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat at the time of
Gujarat Carnage.
Demolition.
minorities.
Anti-Sikh riots of 1984 and Gujarat carnage in 2000 were the two
1941 to 1945.
Define vote bank politics.
particular party.
promises of development.
13th century.
Who said: “All the religions of the world, while they may differ
conversion.
tolerance.
community gatherings.
2 marks
identity”. Comment.
conflicts.
What does the term ‘Principled Distance’ imply?
religion and the religious groups are not allowed to interfere in the
conversion is prohibited.
citizens and does not treat people on the basis of their religious
feel better about the distress they experience due to being poor
and exploited.
reforms.
code that administers the same set of secular civil laws to govern
was demolished?
groups. That is the type of integration that India has evolved and
to attempt to force any other would be to go against the principles
secularism”.
secularism means that those who profess to be secular but are not
“Hindutva”.
secularism?
No religious ruler
justice
religion”. Comment.
state.
impracticable
anti- religious
project.
his words, “A secular state does not obviously mean a state where
means free play for all religions, subject only to their not
state”.
term.
protect the Sikhs in the 1984 riots, the demolition of the Babri
Independence?
gender justice and equality into a communal one. Many other such
questions acquired a religious connotation and therefore became
No state religion
any religion.
nation.
It is opposed to communalism.
Secularism.
secular state.
Article 25 of Indian constitution provides freedom of
conscience.
be taxed.
her husband. The Supreme Court ruled that Shah Bano be given
the judgement.
The Congress government being conscious of its performance in
the Supreme Court in the Shah Bano Case. Congress’s action was
The Shah Bano case once again spurred the debate on Uniform
freedom of minorities.