Q 1.The chief architect of the Indian Constitution is:
(a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Ans: (c) Dr B. R Ambedkar

Q 2.A state is "a body that successfully claims a monopoly of legitimate force in a particular territory", according to
(a) Karl Marx
(b) August Comte
(c) Max Weber
(d) Jacques Rousseau

Ans: (c) Max Weber

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Q 3.The word ____________ refers to aggressive chauvinism based on religious identity.

Ans: communalism

Q 4.People often react ________ whenever there is a perceived threat to their community identity.
a) friendly
b) violently
c) aggresively
d) none of the above

Ans: b) violently

Q 5.Everyone has a motherland, a mother tongue, a family, a faith…This signifies another feature of community identity i.e.
a) achieved
b) conditional
c) universal
d) localised

Ans: c) universal

Q 6.Most ascriptive identities are accidental and ________________.
a) Conditional
b) Unconditional
c) Achieved
d) Temporary

Ans: b) Unconditional

Q 7.The Indian states that were under British-Indian arrangement dividing India into large provinces, are termed as _________.

Ans: presidencies

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