Question

A secular state is one that___
a. Doesn’t have any official religion
b. Has one official religion
c. Is ruled by priest
d. Is governed by rigid religious beliefs

Answer 1

Hint:
In political terms, secularism is the principle of the separation of government agencies and persons mandated to represent the state from religious establishments and religious dignitaries.Secularism means an ideology that does not accept any religion or in other words, that advocates respect for all religions in a similar way.

Complete solution:
Secular state means a state that in matters of religion like India, does not have any official religion and remains secular.
The Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular country with the Forty-second Amendment to the Constitution of India adopted in 1976. The Supreme Court of India established the fact that India is secular since the formation of the republic. It happened through the case of S.r Bommai v. Union of India.
Secularism has, officially, always influenced modern India. India's secularism, however does not distinguish faith and the state entirely. The Indian Constitution has authorised significant state intervention in religious matters. However the applicable code of law is unequal in matters of law in modern India, and India's personal laws on issues such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, alimony differ with the religion of an individual.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
Religious institutions, charities and trusts are put on the so-called Concurrent List in the 7th Schedule of the Indian Constitution, which means that both the central government of India and various state governments in India will make their own laws regarding religious institutions, charities and trusts. Where there is a discrepancy between the law passed by the central government and the law of the state government, then the law of the central government prevails.