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Chp.4. EQUALITY
1. Define the term Equality as a political idea.
2. What was the slogan of revolutionaries during French Revolution?
b) Marxism
c) Liberalism
Chp.6. RIGHTS
1. What are rights and why are they important? What are the bases on which claims to rights
can be made?
2 Explain rights as
a) A justified claim b) necessary for leading a life of respect and dignity c) necessary for our
well-being.
3. What are human rights?
4. What do you understand by Bill of Rights?
5. Explain the different kinds of rights. / Differentiate between political, economic and cultural
rights. Give examples of each kind of right.
6. Rights not only place obligations upon the state to act in a certain way for instance, to
ensure sustainable development but they also place obligations upon each of us. Justify the
statement.
7. On what grounds are some rights considered to be universal in nature? Identify three rights
which you consider universal. Give reasons.
8. Discuss briefly some of the new rights claims which are being put forward in our country
today for example the rights of tribal peoples to protect their habitat and way of life, or the
rights of children against bonded labour.
9. Rights place some limits on the authority of the state. Explain with examples.
Chp.6. CITIZENSHIP
1. Citizenship as full and equal membership of a political community involves both rights and
obligations. Which rights could citizens expect to enjoy in most democratic state today? What
kind of obligation will they have to their state and fellow citizens?
2. All citizens may be granted equal rights but all may not be able to equally exercise them.
Explain.
3. Write a short note on any two struggles for full enjoyment of citizen rights which have taken
place in India in recent years. Which rights were being claimed in each case?
4. What are some of the problems faced by refugees? In what ways could the concept of global
citizenship benefit them?
5. Migration of people to different regions within the country is often resisted by the local
inhabitants. What are some of the contributions that the migrants could make to the local
economy?
6. Democratic citizenship is a project rather than an accomplished fact even in countries like
India which grant equal citizenship. Discuss some of the issues regarding citizenship being
raised in India today.
7. What is global citizenship?
8. What is a nation state?
9 France is a country which claims to be both secular and inclusive. Explain how?
10 How has citizenship been provided by the Indian Constitution to its subjects?
Chp.7. NATIONALISM
1. What do you understand by Nationalism?
2. What are the principle assumptions on which nation states are formed? What are the common
assumptions on which people identify themselves as a collective unity?
3. Write two merits and two demerits of nationalism.
4. Explain with examples the factors that lead to the emergence nationalist feelings.
Chp.8.SECULARISM
1. Which of the following do you feel are compatible with the idea of secularism? Give reasons.
(a) Absence of domination of one religious group by another.
(b) Recognition of a state religion.
(c) Equal state support to all religions.