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The issue of multicultural education is of paramount importance in the twenty-first century (Banks & Banks, 2001).Gay (2000) defines culturally responsive teaching as using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them; it teaches to and through the strengths of these students. For the present study survey was employed and data were collected from 45in-service teacherstounderstand their perceptions and awareness of multiculturalism, using Self-assessment checklist and Multicultural Quiz addressing various issues related to multiculturalism viz. Differences in cultures, Classroom activities, Classroom interactions, Teaching-learning strategies supporting multiculturalism and Behavior- Mannerism – Dining etiquettes across the cultures. This piece of research thus attempted to find out the perceptions of in-service teachers teaching in multicultural classroomswith respect to multiculturalism and multicultural education. It is observed that the teachers participated in the study are aware about the classroom practices but comparatively are less aware about various behavioural aspects and mannerisms across globe and similarly dining etiquettes across the varied cultures.