SECTION A- READING
1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows.
12marks
1 Women's education has not received due care and attention from the planners policymakers. The National
Commission for Women has rightly pointed out that even after S0 years of Independence, women continue to be
treated as the single largest group of backward citizens of India. The role of women in overall development has not
been fully understood nor has it been given its full weight in the struggle to eliminate poverty, hunger, injustice and
inequality at the national level. Even when we are at the threshold of the 21" century, our society still discriminates
against women in matters of their rights and privileges and prevents them from participating in the process of national
and societal progress. Numerous committees and commissions have been constituted before and after the
Independence to evaluate the progress in women's education and to suggest ways and means to enhance the status
of women. The female literacy rate has gone up in the 20th century from 0.6 percent in 1901 to 39.29 percent in 1991
but India still possesses the largest number of illiterate women in the world. The female literacy index for the year
1991 shows that there are eight states which fall below the national average. The most populous states such as Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan fall in the category of most backward States as far as female literacy is
concerned
The prevailing cultural norms of gender behavior and the perceived domestic and reproductive roles of women
tend to affect the education of the girls. Negative attitude toward sending girls to schools, restrictions on their
mobility, early marriage, poverty and illiteracy of parents affects the girl's participation in education
3 Women's political empowerment got a big boost with Panchayati Raj Act of 1993 which gave them 30 percent
reservation in Village Panchayats, Block Samities and Zila Parishads throughout the country. The National Commission
for women was also set up in 1992 to act as a lobby for women's issues.
The educational system is the only institution which can counteract the deep foundations of inequality of sexes that
are built in the minds of people through the socialization process Educational system should be used to revolution
the traditional attitudes and inculcate new values of equality
21 on the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions in 30-40 words each
2X4-8 marks)
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(a) What is the present status of women education in India?
(1) What does the female literacy index for the year 1991 show?
(c) What are the factors that affect the girl education in India?
(d) How can education and equality for girls le ensure?
Answers
Answer:
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Explanation: ANSWER
1.)Women's education has not received due care and attention from the planners policymakers. The National
Commission for Women has rightly pointed out that even after S0 years of Independence, women continue to be
treated as the single largest group of backward citizens of India. The role of women in overall development has not
been fully understood nor has it been given its full weight in the struggle to eliminate poverty, hunger, injustice and
inequality at the national level
2.)The female literacy rate has gone up in the 20th century from 0.6 percent in 1901 to 39.29 percent in 1991
3.)The prevailing cultural norms of gender behavior and the perceived domestic and reproductive roles of women
tend to affect the education of the girls. Negative attitude toward sending girls to schools, restrictions on their
mobility, early marriage, poverty and illiteracy of parents affects the girl's participation in education
i was able to answer only three :((
but hope it helped :)