2023-04-20 04:30:25
Make sure to give this quiz a try as you read the article.
Q 1. (Comprehension) Which of the following is the primary drawback for the inclusion of caste data in the socio-economic census?
a) Data of caste-based census may be mis-used by political parties.
b) Such a census may objectify the idea of abstract castes and defeat the purpose of setting up a caste-less society.
c) It is very expensive and tricky to conduct such a census and then analyse the data usefully.
d) Such a census will promote disintegration in the society.
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Q 2. (Comprehension) Identify the theme/central idea of the passage-
a) India should work towards establishing a caste-less society.
b) Caste-based censuses are expensive and tricky to conduct.
c) India would do well to avoid a caste-based census and work towards a caste-less society.
d) Caste-based census has more advantages than pitfalls for today’s India, which lacks concrete data to re-frame its reservation policies and quota.
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Q 3. (One-word) Decennial ??
Q 4-5. (Errors) The Government has requested the Supreme Court to let it conduct a caste-based census to re-frame the nation's reservation policies for various backward stratum of the society.
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(Cloze Test) Reservation policies without solid data in their base are tantamount ___ (6) ___ distributing freebies in an indiscriminate manner, while depriving those in need of State's assistance. The idea of caste-based censuses stems ___ (7) ___ the need to address this issue and becomes a/an ___ (8) ___ in a country like India with a huge population with millions living on the margins of the society.
Q 6.
a) for
b) with
c) on
d) to
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Q 7.
a) out of
b) from
c) by
d) into
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Q 8.
a) facile
b) pertinent
c) tantamount
d) imperative
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