Secularism

Q.

List the different types of religious practice that you find in your neighborhood. This could be different forms of prayer, worship of different gods, sacred sites, different kinds of religious music and singing etc. Does this indicate freedom of religious practice?

Q.

This poster alongside highlights the need for ‘Peace’. It says, “Peace is a never-ending process… It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests.” Write in your own words what you think the above sentences are trying to convey? How does it relate to the need for religious tolerance?

This chapter had three drawings on religious tolerance made by students of your age.

Design your own poster on religious tolerance for your peers.

Q. A ______ state is one in which the state does not officially promote any one religion.

1. democratic
2. secular
3. monarchical
4. independent

Q. Which one of the following is a fundamental right?

1. Right to property
2. All of these
3. Right to freedom of religion
4. Right to work

Q. India is known as a state because it does not promote any religion as the ‘state religion’.

1. secular
2. theocratic
3. communist
4. socialist

Q. The great Emperor Ashoka ruled a large part of India from 268 BC to 232 BC.

1. True
2. False

Q. If a member of a minority religious community is denied the right to vote in the country, it is called ___________.

1. an undemocratic nation
2. a non-secular nation
3. a non-secular but democratic nation
4. a non-secular and non-democratic nation.

Q. India is known as a state because it does not promote any religion as the ‘state religion’.

1. secular
2. theocratic
3. communist
4. socialist

Q. Articles 25 to 28 of the Indian Constitution deal with freedom of religion.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Write one reason why you think the constitutions safeguards to protect minority are very important ?

Q. The most important aspect of secularism is its separation of religion from ______.

1. people
2. state power
3. judiciary
4. parliament

Q. The Indian constitution provides _____ citizen(s) the right to practise, profess and propagate the religion of their choice.

1. no
2. every
3. some
4. select

Q. A state that does not interfere in religious practices or endorses any one particular religion is known as state.

1. secular
2. aristocratic
3. theocratic
4. communist

Q. _______ means that there will be no discrimination on the basis of caste, colour and creed.

1. Economic justice
2. Social justice
3. Political justice
4. Legal justice

Q. If members of a majority religious community are always preferred for government jobs, then we cannot call the country a ________.

1. secular state
2. democratic state
3. fair state
4. discriminatory state

Q. Choose all false statements.

1. Secularism promotes only the religion of the majority.
2. Secularism promotes only the religion of the minority.
3. If there is no secularism we cannot have a democracy.
4. Secularism and democracy contradict each other.

Q. As a secular country, India doesn't have a state _____.

1. government
2. judiciary
3. religion
4. executive

Q. Define a secular state.

Q. The right to contest in elections accorded to every Indian citizen helps to break the traditional hierarchies of caste, gender, and class.

1. True
2. False

Q. If members of a majority religious community are always preferred for government jobs, then we cannot call the country a ________.

1. secular state
2. democratic state
3. fair state
4. discriminatory state

Q. A ______ state is one in which the state does not officially promote any one religion.

1. democratic
2. secular
3. monarchical
4. independent

Q. _______ means that there will be no discrimination on the basis of caste, colour and creed.

1. Economic justice
2. Social justice
3. Political justice
4. Legal justice

Q. _______ means that there will be no discrimination on the basis of caste, colour and creed.

1. Economic justice
2. Social justice
3. Political justice
4. Legal justice

Q. As a secular country, India doesn't have a state _____.

1. government
2. judiciary
3. religion
4. executive

Q. If members of a majority religious community are always preferred for government jobs, then we cannot call the country a ________.

1. secular state
2. democratic state
3. fair state
4. discriminatory state

Q. The Constitution of India prescribes a state religion.

1. True
2. False

Q. In a secular country, nobody is discriminated against on the basis of ______.

1. profession
2. religion
3. education
4. citizenship

Q. In what ways is India secularism different from other democratic countrys