Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions.
All of these persons are discriminated against primarily because of their social and cultural background as well as because they are women. Discrimination on the basis of a person’s religion, caste and sex is another significant factor for why people are treated unequally in India. Often, poverty and lack of dignity and respect for certain communities and groups come together in such powerful ways that it is difficult to identify where one aspect of inequality ends and the other begins. Dalit, Adivasi and Muslim girls drop out of school in large numbers. This is a combined outcome of poverty, social discrimination and the lack of good quality school facilities for these communities.
(I). What do you understand by the term discrimination?
(II). On what base people are discriminated?
(III) What are the combined outcomes of poverty?
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Answer:
ANS 1) The term discrimination means recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another.the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, gender, or disability.
ANS 2) People are discrimated on the basis of a person’s religion, caste and gender. Often, poverty and lack of dignity and respect for certain communities and groups come together in such powerful ways that it is difficult to identify where one aspect of inequality ends and the other begins
ANS 3) Dalit, Adivasi and Muslim girls drop out of school in large numbers. This is a combined outcome of poverty, social discrimination and the lack of good quality school facilities for these communities. . These are the combined outcomes of poverty