Forms of Communalism

Q. Identify the different forms of communalism from the following.

1. Majoritarian dominance
2. Political mobilisation on religious grounds
3. Communal harmony
4. Religious prejudices

Q. What is the worst form that communalism can take?

1. Majoritarian dominance
2. Communal violence
3. Religious prejudices
4. Political mobilisation

Q. If a group of people belonging to a majority religion believe that only they should lead the nation, it is a form of _____.

1. Majoritarian dominance
2. Democracy
3. Nepotism
4. Communal harmony

Q. Which of the following can be the outcome/s of communalism?

1. Unity among people
2. Conflicts among different religions
3. Everyone gets equal rights
4. Every citizen may not be treated equally

Q. Which among the following is not an example of communalism?

1. Secessionist Communalism
2. Economic Communalism
3. Political Communalism
4. Social Communalism

Q. What is majoritarianism?

Q. How communalism affects our lives?

1. It leads to political uncertainty and unrest in people's life
2. It leads to poverty and uneducated society
3. It leads communal violence, riots and massacre
4. None of these

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Q. Most dangerous and ugly manifestation of communalism is _____________.

1. communal riots
2. communal mobilisation
3. communal parties
4. seeking votes on communal considerations

Q. Splitting the whole national community on the basis of religion and having a strong feeling that their group identities and interests are opposed to each other is known as ____________.

1. Communalism
2. Casteism
3. Regionalism
4. Corruption

Q. When a religious group in majority is entitled to a certain degree of primacy over other religions, it is called majoritarian dominance.

1. True
2. False