Question

GRADE 8

SPL CH- UNDERSTANDING MARGINALISATION

CONFRONTING MARGINALISATION

WORKSHEET

A. Answer the following questions:-

1. What is Marginalisation?

2. In what ways are the Advasis usually portrayed?

3. Which fundamental right ensures the cultural and religious freedom of minorities?

4. Why was the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act 1989 framed? Give

one reason.

B. Tick the correct option:-

1. Certain groups feels marginalised due to factors, like:

a. Social and Cultural

b. Economic

c. Political

d. All of these

2. ……..... is a locality which is populated largely by members of a particular community.

a. Ghetto

b. Adivasis

c. Minorities

d. None of these

3. How many percent of India's population is Adivasi?

a. Around 8%

b. About 10%

c. About 6%

d. About 4%

4. Which one of the following Article of the Indian Constitution states that untouchability

has been abolished?

a. Article 16

b. Article 18

c. Article 28

d. Article 17

5. How does government ensure to end the inequity in the country?

a. Through laws

b. Through reservations

c. Both a and b

d. None of them

6. What do you understand by manual scavenging?

a. Work of Scavenging by machine

b. Work of Scavenging by hand

c. Work of Scavenging by power
d. None of these
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Answer 1

Answer:

A.1 treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral.