Challenges to Civic Consciousness

Q.

The people who work for the development of science are called ____.

Q. Civic consciousness forms the basis of moral consciousness.

1. True
2. False

Q. is a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour.

1. Fidelity
2. Morality
3. Philosophy
4. Religion

Q. Natural science is an area of study which is closely related to society and human beings.

1. True
2. False

Q. Science classes are interesting. Yes, but your interest lies outside the laboratory, in the society you live in! The relationships among humans have always drawn your attention.

How does society function? Why does the human world work the way it does? These questions always seem to buzz inside your head.

Which of the following disciplines would best help you understand these questions?

1. Social Science
2. Formal Science
3. Applied Science
4. Natural Science

Q.

Meaning of Prudential and Moral?

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> S1: Learning social science helps in development of the society.
S2: Social science fosters civic consciousness which leads to growth of the society.

1. S1: True; S2: True; S1 and S2 are related to each other
2. S1: True; S2: True; S1 and S2 are independent of each other
3. S1: True; S2: False
4. S1: False; S2: True

Q. Who among the following famously spoke of the dangers of practicing politics without principles?

1. Vikram Sarabhai
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Mother Teresa
4. APJ Abdul Kalam

Q. The year 1945 witnessed the creation of one of the deadliest weapons of mass destruction - the nuclear bomb, invented by Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist. The bomb went on to claim millions of lives in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Oppenheimer, after the witnessing the first detonation of the bomb, quoted an excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita - "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds".

According to Gandhi's views on morality, what made Oppenheimer's work dangerous?

1. It was an example of 'politics without principles'
2. It was an example of 'education without character'
3. It was an example of 'science without humanity'
4. It was an example of 'pleasure without conscience'

Q. You and your friends have decided to go for a walk and have some coffee. You stop at a crowded local coffee shop, order some coffee, and wait. Suddenly a group of officers enter the shop and order coffee. One of the officers tells the shopkeeper, "Serve us first, or we will seal your shop". You then see steaming cups of coffee carried past others to reach the officers first.

Which of the following terms can be associated with the officers?

1. Selflessness
2. Fellow feeling
3. Civic consciousness
4. Immorality

Q. Which of these principles align with Mahatma Gandhi's views on morality?

A: Education which focuses on character development
B: Wealth which is earned through others' labour
C: Politics based on principles instead of power
D: Scientific development for the progress of humanity

1. A only
2. A, C & D
3. B & C only
4. D only

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> ___ is a study related to society and human beings.

1. Physics
2. Social science
3. Chemistry
4. Archaeology

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> S1: All citizens can demand their rights from the government.
S2: A citizen need not perform duties but can blame the government for zero development of the nation.

1. S1: True; S2: True
2. S1: True; S2: False
3. S1: False; S2: True
4. S1: False; S2: False