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Class 8 - Confronting Marginalisation - Worksheet

The document is a worksheet for Class VIII students at D.A.V. School in Chennai, focusing on the theme of confronting marginalization in India. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, short answer questions, and multiple-choice questions related to the Indian Constitution, social justice, and the rights of marginalized groups. The content aims to educate students about social issues and the legal frameworks that protect marginalized communities.

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Class 8 - Confronting Marginalisation - Worksheet

The document is a worksheet for Class VIII students at D.A.V. School in Chennai, focusing on the theme of confronting marginalization in India. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, short answer questions, and multiple-choice questions related to the Indian Constitution, social justice, and the rights of marginalized groups. The content aims to educate students about social issues and the legal frameworks that protect marginalized communities.

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D.A.V.

SCHOOL, PALLIKARANAI, CHENNAI


CLASS VIII
SOCIAL SCIENCE-WORKSHEET
CONFRONTING MARGINALISATION
Fill in the blanks:
1. The ____________ of India is that marginalised adivasis invoke during
struggles of adivasis.
2. ____________ had to face the anger of powerful social groups and were
subject to a great deal of violence.
3. The ____________ lays down the principles that make our society and polity
democratic.
4. Governments also offer special ____________ for adivasis students.
5. The government must draw up ____________ and policies for them to live
and work elsewhere.
Answer the following:
1. Which article of Indian constitution abolishes untouchability?
2. What is the ‘Reservation Policy’?
3. By what names are the manual scavengers known in different parts of our
country?
4. What is Article 15?
5. ‘The force is put on Rathnam to perform the ritual of washing the feet of the
priest and then bathing in that water’. Which fundamental right is being
violated in the case?
Choose the correct answer:
1. Which article of the Indian constitution prohibits untouchability?
a. Article 14
b. Article 15
c. Article 16
d. Article 17

2. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act


framed in the year
a. 1970

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b. 1956
c. 1989
d. 1961
3. What was kabir’s caste occupation?
a. Potter
b. Weaver
c. Barber
d. Mason
4. When was employment of manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines
prohibition act passed?
a. 1970
b. 1993
c. 2003
d. 1985
5. Which of the following is a step to promote social justice?
a. Manual scavenging
b. Untouchability
c. Reservations
d. None of these

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