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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note : Plural society and secularism.

  • UPSC 1991
  • Religion and Society in India

Census 2011 records Hindus at 79.8 per cent, Muslims at 14.2, Christians at 2.3, Sikhs at 1.7, Buddhists at 0.7 and Jains at 0.4 — a majority large enough to govern alone and minorities large enough that no arrangement can ignore them. India's plurality is not a fact secularism merely coexists with; it is the…

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  • India's plurality is interpenetrating, not segmental
  • What such plurality requires of the state
  • The objection from within, and the reply
  • The standing tension
  • Conclusion

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