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1. Is there a difference between caste and class? Copy

21 responses

Yes
No
Maybe
yes but also in Indian context
more often than not the poor
are from lower castes
90.5%

2. Do you think India still suffers from caste discrimination? Copy

21 responses

Yes
No
Maybe
in rural and sub urban areas
yes
95.2%

3. Should there be reservation? Copy

21 responses

Yes
No
23.8% Maybe
23.8%

52.4%

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4. Should there be reservation only on the basis of caste? Copy

21 responses

Yes
No
Maybe
I believe that the reservation
should be there for people who
are below poverty line or who
90.5% faces financial problem so that
they can get equal opportunities
to get education and get
employed but Yes observing t…

5. What should be the criteria for reservation? Copy

21 responses

caste 8 (38.1%)

poverty 20 (95.2%

culture 3 (14.3%)

social 6 (28.6%)

disabilities 1 (4.8%)

No reservation 1 (4.8%)

gender, sexual orientatio… 1 (4.8%)

0 5 10 15 20

6. OBCs are restricted to which of the following sects Copy

20 responses

Hindus 17 (85%)

Muslims 11 (55%)

Christians 11 (55%)

Sikhs 12 (60%)

Jain 9 (45%)

0 5 10 15 20

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7. The 2011 census categorised ___(a)___ castes as Scheduled Castes Copy

(SCs) & ___(b)___ tribes as Scheduled Tribes (STs)
16 responses

(a) 1206 & (b) 701

25%
(a) 702 & (b) 1205
(a) 1500 & (b) 500
None of the above

62.5%

Are articles 15(4) & 16(4) exceptions to Articles 15(1) & 16(1) or Article 14? - Copy
State of Kerela v. N.M. Thomas AIR 1976 SC 490
11 responses

Yes
54.5% No

45.5%

9. How much difference should be there between the qualifying marks Copy
for admission between the general category and the reserved category?
- Mandal Commission
13 responses

More than 10%

10%
30.8% Less than 10%

38.5%

30.8%

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The 'creamy layer' concept applies to which of the following? Copy

15 responses

a) SCs
b) STs
c) OBCs
a) & b)
none before the indira
93.3% Sawhaney v. Union of India

11. The 'creamy layer' concept applies to which of the following? Copy
14 responses

SCs & STs

OBCs
Only OBCs
78.6%
Only SCs & STs
All of the above

21.4%

12. If your answer was only OBC in the previous question, then, should Copy
the creamy layer should be done away with in case of SCs & STs as well?
15 responses

Yes
33.3% No
Maybe
sadly caste never leaves the
individual, till there are caste
names written behind
someone's cars windshield st sc
reservation stays.

53.3%

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13. What should be the quantum of reservation? - Mandal Commission Copy

15 responses

below 50%
above 50%
27% for abc

86.7%

14. Which organ/actor in your opinion is most suited to decide on the Copy
suitability of quantum?
14 responses

Legislature
28.6% Executive
Judiciary
14.3% International Organisations
People
14.3%

42.9%

15. Can a woman who by birth did not belong to a backward class or Copy
community, contest a seat reserved for a backward class community
merely on the basis of her marriage to a male of that community? -
Sandhya Thakur v. Vimla Devi Kushwah, AIR 2005 SC 909
14 responses

Yes
No

85.7%

14.3%

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16. Can a person belonging to Christian converts, who originally belonged Copy
to a Scheduled Caste, on reconversion to hinduism claim the benefits of
reservation of seats in a medical college under Article 15(4)? - Principal,
Guntur Medical College v. Y. Roham Rao, (1976) 3 SCC 411
14 responses

Yes
No
It depends on whether he/she/it
35.7% 21.4%
is accepted by the other
members

42.9%

17. Can the members of SEBCs who get selected on their own merit be Copy
adjusted against the open category or should they only be allowed to
avail the benefits of the reserved seats?
15 responses

Open category
40% Reserved category
Both
None

13.3%

40%

18. Should the quantum differ based on the level of education to be Copy
sought (i.e. UG, PG or Professional degree etc.)?
15 responses

Yes
No
26.7% Maybe
It depends
40% it should only be merit based

26.7%

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19. Would you want to extend the same logic to promotions as well? Copy
12 responses

Yes
No
33.3%
Maybe
16.7% it depends
it should only be merit based

8.3%
16.7%

25%

20. Should merit be the alone criterion for selecting students for Copy
admission to super speciality courses in medicine and engineering or
reservation be allowed therein too? - Dr. Preeti Sagar Srivastava v. State
of Madhya Pradesh AIR 1999 SC 2894
11 responses

Reservation should be allowed

Reservation shouldn't be
allowed
63.6% everyone knows IIT and Med
9.1% colleges are bastions of upper
caste so dismantling them is
paramount

27.3%

21. Should unfulfilled seats reserved for SCs & STs be allowed to be Copy
carried forward to the next year? - T. Devadasan v. Union of India AIR
1964 SC 179
12 responses

Yes
No
66.7%
Other

33.3%

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22. Should IAS, IPS children be entitled to OBC quota jobs? - Ashok Copy
Kumar Thakur v. State of Bihar (1995) 5 SCC 403
12 responses

Yes
No
Maybe

91.7%

8.3%

23. Should a single post in a cadre be allowed to be reserved? - Copy

Chakradhar Paswan v. State of Bihar AIR 1988 SC 959
12 responses

Yes
58.3% No

41.7%

24. Should reservations be permitted in judicial services? - State of Bihar Copy

v. Bal Mukund Sah AIR 2000 SC 1296
12 responses

Yes
No
Maybe
16.7%

75% 8.3%

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25. Seat(s) were left unfulfilled (partially/completely) in the SC category Copy

(or ST category). The said seat(s) should be made available to a suitable
candidate of the _________. - Superintending Engineer, Public Health v.
Kuldeep Singh AIR 1997 SC 2133
10 responses

ST category (or SC category)

40% General category
open category

10%

50%

26. At present, reservations are in place in the Union and State legislature, Copy
for SCs & STs. Should the same be extended to OBCs as well?
12 responses

Yes
No
25% 25% Maybe

50%

27. A area or class can be declared backward perpetually. - Jagdish Negi Copy
v. State of UP AIR 1997 SC 3505
12 responses

True
False
75%

25%

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