Unit 11: Social Justice - Practice Quiz

1 What does social justice primarily seek to promote?

2 Which value is most closely associated with social justice?

3 Social justice is mainly concerned with relations among whom?

4 Which action best reflects social justice?

5 Which institution can promote social justice through public policies?

6 What does social equality mean?

7 Non-discrimination requires people to be treated without unfair bias based on what?

8 Which practice violates social equality?

9 Which measure most directly supports non-discrimination?

10 Discrimination occurs when a person is treated unfairly because of what?

11 What does equality before law mean?

12 Who is above the law in a system based on legal equality?

13 Which principle is supported by equality before law?

14 Which situation best demonstrates equality before law?

15 Equality before law mainly prevents which practice?

16 Which social system did B. R. Ambedkar strongly oppose?

17 Which three values were central to Ambedkar's idea of social democracy?

18 According to Ambedkar, political democracy should be supported by what?

19 Which document was Ambedkar closely involved in drafting?

20 What did Ambedkar regard as essential for oppressed communities?

21 A government gives additional educational grants to communities that have faced generations of exclusion. Which conception of social justice best supports this policy?

22 Two villages have equal populations, but one lacks safe drinking water. Distributing the same amount of funding to both villages would primarily emphasize:

23 Residents affected by a redevelopment project are allowed to review evidence and present objections before relocation. Which dimension of social justice is most directly promoted?

24 A school revises its curriculum to include the histories and experiences of marginalized communities. This action most directly advances:

25 Which policy best combines redistribution with recognition?

26 A company requires every applicant for an office job to meet a height standard unrelated to job performance. The standard disproportionately excludes members of certain communities. This is best described as:

27 A university provides examination materials in an accessible format to a student with visual impairment. This measure is best understood as:

28 Which situation is the clearest example of direct discrimination?

29 A poor woman from a marginalized caste experiences disadvantages linked simultaneously to gender, caste, and class. Which concept best explains her situation?

30 A housing association refuses to rent homes to families from one religious community. Which response most directly advances social equality?

31 A law classifies businesses by annual turnover and applies stricter auditing rules to larger businesses to prevent major tax evasion. When is this classification compatible with equality before law?

32 A minister accused of an ordinary criminal offence claims that public office places the minister above the criminal law. Which principle most directly rejects this claim?

33 A disaster-relief law gives greater assistance to districts suffering greater destruction. Why does this not necessarily violate equal protection of laws?

34 A licensing authority approves applications from political supporters but rejects identical applications from critics without giving reasons. The strongest equality-based objection is that the authority acted:

35 Which legal rule is most consistent with equality before law?

36 A country grants universal adult franchise but preserves rigid caste hierarchies in everyday life. According to Ambedkar, what problem does this reveal?

37 Which justification for reservations is most consistent with Ambedkar's approach?

38 A legislative majority uses constitutional procedures to suppress a vulnerable minority. Which Ambedkarite idea is most relevant in criticizing this conduct?

39 Why did Ambedkar treat liberty, equality, and fraternity as interconnected?

40 A reform permits members of oppressed castes to enter public buildings but leaves caste-based exclusion in education, employment, and marriage untouched. From Ambedkar's perspective, the reform is inadequate because it:

41 A government distributes an essential medicine by lottery because every eligible citizen has an equal chance. However, patients with severe conditions receive no priority. Which criticism most precisely identifies the social-justice problem?

42 Two groups currently possess equal average wealth, but one group's wealth originated partly through uncompensated historical dispossession of the other. Which conclusion best reflects a historical conception of social justice?

43 Under Rawls's difference principle, which policy is most clearly permissible, assuming basic liberties and fair equality of opportunity are secured?

44 A state gives every student the same digital device, but students with visual impairments cannot use it without adaptive software. How would the capabilities approach most likely assess the policy?

45 Members of a marginalized community obtain equal incomes but remain routinely depicted as socially inferior and excluded from public decision-making. Which account best diagnoses the remaining injustice?

46 A fire department requires all applicants to pass a height threshold unrelated to essential job functions. The rule excludes far more women than men. What is the strongest equality-based objection?

47 An examination authority refuses extra writing time to a candidate with a documented motor disability, arguing that every candidate receives exactly three hours. Which principle most directly challenges its reasoning?

48 Which policy rationale is most consistent with an anti-subordination conception of equality?

49 A workplace promotes men and women at similar overall rates and members of two ethnic groups at similar overall rates, yet women belonging to one ethnic group are rarely promoted. Which framework best exposes the problem hidden by the aggregate data?

50 A city formally opens every public facility to all castes, but officials continue seating members of one caste separately at civic events. Why does social inequality persist?

51 A statute regulates chemical factories more strictly than bookstores because chemical production creates distinctive environmental risks. Which analysis best fits equality before law?

52 A constitution grants the head of government permanent immunity from prosecution for private crimes committed before taking office. Which ideal underlying equality before law is most directly threatened?

53 A criminal prohibition is valid on its face, but prosecutors enforce it only against government critics while knowingly ignoring identical conduct by supporters. What is the clearest equality concern?

54 A benefits law gives officials unlimited discretion to select recipients without criteria, and evidence shows no protected-group bias. Why may it still violate equality before law?

55 A temporary scholarship is restricted to a historically excluded community and is designed to remedy documented educational barriers. Which statement best reconciles it with equality before law?

56 A constitution establishes universal adult franchise, but caste hierarchy continues to determine access to education, occupations, and public spaces. Which Ambedkarite assessment is most accurate?

57 Why did Ambedkar's description of caste as a system of graded inequality present a distinctive obstacle to collective emancipation?

58 In Ambedkar's democratic thought, why is fraternity indispensable alongside liberty and equality?

59 A parliamentary majority follows formally valid procedures to enact measures systematically degrading a minority. Which Ambedkarite idea most strongly explains why procedure alone is insufficient?

60 Which justification for reserved political representation most closely accords with Ambedkar's approach to socially excluded communities?