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Q.Read the story of Sivaraman from the following and answer the questions given below
Story of Sivaraman
Sivaraman lives in a small village near Karur town in Tamil Nadu. Karur is famous for its handloom and powerloom fabrics. There are a 100 families in the village. Sivaraman an Aryunthathiyar (cobbler) by caste now works as an agricultural labourer for Rs 160 per day. But that's only for five to six months in a year. At other times, he does odd jobs in the town. His wife Sasikala too works with him. But she can rarely find work these days, and even if she does, she's paid Rs 100 per day for the same work that Sivaraman does. There are eight members in the family. Sivaraman's 65 year old widowed mother is ill and needs to be helped with her daily chores. He has a 25-year-old unmarried sister and four children aged between 1 year to 16 years. Three of them are girls, the youngest is a son. None of the girls go to school. Buying books and other things for school-going girls is a luxury he cannot afford. Also, he has to get them married at some point of time so he doesn't want to spend on their education now. His mother has lost interest in life and is just waiting to die someday. His sister and elder daughter take care of the household. Sivaraman plans to send his son to school when he comes of age. His unmarried sister does not get along with his wife. Sasikala finds her a burden but Sivaraman can't find a suitable groom due to lack of money. Although the family has difficulty in arranging two meals. a day, Sivaraman manages to buy milk once in a while, but only for his son.

1. Which one among the following economic groups are more vulnerable to poverty?
i.Agricultural laborer's
ii.Casual laborer's
iii.Scheduled castes
iv.Scheduled tribes in rural area.

2. Which one among the following economic groups not shown any significant decline in poverty in 1990s?
i.Agricultural laborer's
ii.Casual laborer's
iii.Scheduled castes
iv.Scheduled tribes in rural area.

3. How can you say that gender, inequality exists in the family of Sivaraman?

4. Why did the Sivaraman not enrol their children in the school?

5. Which socio-economic group does the Sivaraman belong to?

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Answer 1

Answer:

1 i

2 i

3 gender inequality exist in his family because his all daughter is uneducated and he is planning to educate his son.

4 because of poverty

5 Aryunthathiyar

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