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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE

CH.1. ON EQUALITY
ASSIGNMENT ANSWERS
Very Short Questions
1. India is a ______ country.
Answer: Democratic

2. Name the key feature of democratic government.


Answer: UAF (Universal Adult Franchise)

3. Which was the first state in India to introduce midday meal scheme?
Answer: Tamil Nadu was the first state in India to introduce this scheme.

4. Same crime is committed by chief minister of a state and a private company employer. Both will
be awarded same kind of punishment by law or different? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer: Both will be given same kind of punishment because every person is equal before the
law.

5. List two ways by which the government has tried to implement equality guaranteed in the
constitution.
Answer: By law and by government programmes or schemes.

6. Name the government scheme which includes to provide children with cooked lunch in school.
Answer: Midday meal scheme

Short Extra Questions and Answers

1. What is Civil Rights Movement.


Answer: The civil rights movement refers to movement that began in USA in 1950s, in
which African- American people demanded for equality before the law.

2. Why is Kanta happy?


Answer: Kanta is happy and excited to vote because this makes her equal to others. Everyone
has one vote.

3. What are the factors on the basis of which inequality is being practiced in India?
Answer: Inequality is being practiced in India on the basis of caste, religion, disability, sex
(male or female) and economic status.

Long Questions and Answers

1. Write a short note on equality in Indian democracy?


Answer: The Indian Constitution recognises every person as equal. This means that every
individual in the country, including male and female persons from all castes, religions, tribes,
educational and economic backgrounds are recognised as equal.

2. How did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar view self-respect?


Answer: According to him, “It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one’s self-respect. Self-
respect is the most vital factor in life. Without it, man is a cipher. To live worthily with self-
respect, one has to overcome difficulties. It is out of hard and ceaseless struggle alone that
one derives strength, confidence and recognition.”
3. What was Civil Rights Movement?
Answer: The civil right movement was held in America to stop the discrimination between
the white and black people. It was started when Rosa parks an African-American person
refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white people. It was a struggle for social justice that
took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for African-American to gain equal rights
under the law in United States.

4. What is a disability act passed in 1995?


Answer: The Government of India passed the Disabilities Act in 1995. This law states that
persons with disabilities have equal rights, and that the government should make possible
their full participation in society. The government has to provide free education and integrate
children with disabilities into mainstream schools. This law also states that all public places
including buildings, schools, etc., should be accessible and provided with ramps.

5. Establishing equality in a democratic society is a continuous struggle. Comment


Answer: One of the main reasons for this is that attitudes change very slowly. Even though
persons are aware that discrimination is against the law they continue to treat people
unequally on the basis of their caste, religion, disability, economic status and because they
are women. It is only when people begin to believe that no one is inferior, and that every
person deserves to be treated with dignity, that present attitudes can change. Change in
attitude is a slow process and hence establishing equality in a democratic society is a
continuous struggle.

6. The Government of India passed the Disabilities Act in 1995. This law states that persons
with disabilities have equal rights, and that the government should make possible their full
participation in society. The government has to provide free education and integrate children
with disabilities into mainstream schools. This law also states that all public places including
buildings, schools, etc., should be accessible and provided with ramps.
Look at the photograph and think about the boy who is being carried down the stairs. Do you
think the above law is being implemented in this case? What needs to be done to make the
building more accessible for him? How would his being carried down the stairs affect his
dignity as well as his safety?

Answer: The law is not being implemented in his case. To make the building more accessible
to him wheelchair ramps should be constructed. Being carried down the stairs is unsafe because he
might slip and fall from his wheelchair. At the same time, it injures his dignity because he has to
rely on others thereby making him conscious of his disability.

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