MCQs-Confronting Marginalisation-Class 8-Social Science

MCQs-Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter-Confronting Marginalisation

Class - 8

Subject-Social Science

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Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. Fundamental Rights (10 MCQs)

1. What does Article 15 of the Constitution prohibit?
   a) Freedom of speech
   b) Discrimination based on caste, religion, sex, or birthplace
   c) Right to education
   d) Right to freedom of religion
   Answer: b) Discrimination based on caste, religion, sex, or birthplace

2. Article 17 of the Constitution focuses on:
   a) Protecting cultural rights
   b) Abolition of untouchability
   c) Freedom of religion
   d) Right to equality
   Answer: b) Abolition of untouchability

3. Which Fundamental Right ensures equality before law?
   a) Right to Freedom
   b) Right to Equality
   c) Right to Property
   d) Right against Exploitation
   Answer: b) Right to Equality

4. The Right to Freedom of Religion is protected under:
   a) Article 14
   b) Article 19
   c) Article 25
   d) Article 21
   Answer: c) Article 25

5. What does Article 21 of the Constitution ensure?
   a) Right to life and personal liberty
   b) Right to cultural expression
   c) Right to religious practices
   d) Abolition of bonded labor
   Answer: a) Right to life and personal liberty

6. Dalits invoke which Fundamental Right to address discrimination?
   a) Right to Constitutional Remedies
   b) Right to Equality
   c) Right to Freedom
   d) Right to Education
   Answer: b) Right to Equality

7. The Right to Cultural and Educational Freedom is protected under:
   a) Article 16
   b) Article 29 and 30
   c) Article 17
   d) Article 32
   Answer: b) Article 29 and 30

8. What is the primary purpose of Fundamental Rights?
   a) To protect the government
   b) To ensure equal rights for citizens
   c) To promote economic growth
   d) To allow citizens to break laws
   Answer: b) To ensure equal rights for citizens

9. Which article prohibits discrimination in public spaces?
   a) Article 15
   b) Article 20
   c) Article 19
   d) Article 17
   Answer: a) Article 15

10. Fundamental Rights are provided to:
    a) Citizens of certain religions
    b) All citizens equally
    c) People belonging to Scheduled Castes only
    d) Only government officials
    Answer: b) All citizens equally

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2. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (10 MCQs)

11. Why was the 1989 SC/ST Act passed?
    a) To promote reservation policies
    b) To address atrocities and violence against Dalits and Adivasis
    c) To provide free education
    d) To ban manual scavenging
    Answer: b) To address atrocities and violence against Dalits and Adivasis

12. Rathnam used the 1989 Act to:
    a) Demand better wages
    b) Protest against temple rituals forced upon him
    c) Join a political movement
    d) Protect forest lands
    Answer: b) Protest against temple rituals forced upon him

13. Which crime does the SC/ST Act NOT cover?
    a) Discrimination in schools
    b) Land grabbing from Dalits
    c) Refusal to hire Dalits
    d) Manual scavenging
    Answer: d) Manual scavenging

14. The SC/ST Act categorizes crimes into:
    a) Economic and social crimes
    b) Physical, social, and property-related crimes
    c) Religious and financial crimes
    d) None of the above
    Answer: b) Physical, social, and property-related crimes

15. What is one punishment under the SC/ST Act?
    a) Fine only
    b) Imprisonment
    c) Community service
    d) Eviction
    Answer: b) Imprisonment

16. Who can file a complaint under the SC/ST Act?
    a) Only Dalits and Adivasis
    b) Anyone who witnesses discrimination
    c) Only state officials
    d) Both a and b
    Answer: d) Both a and b

17. The SC/ST Act was influenced by:
    a) Violent acts in the 1970s and 1980s against Dalits
    b) The Right to Education Act
    c) Reservation policies
    d) None of the above
    Answer: a) Violent acts in the 1970s and 1980s against Dalits

18. What does the SC/ST Act aim to abolish?
    a) Tribal customs
    b) Exploitation of marginalized groups
    c) Reservation policies
    d) Political dominance
    Answer: b) Exploitation of marginalized groups

19. One provision of the SC/ST Act is:
    a) To remove Dalits from villages
    b) To penalize forced land occupation
    c) To deny education to Dalits
    d) To eliminate Fundamental Rights
    Answer: b) To penalize forced land occupation

20. The SC/ST Act was passed in:
    a) 1993
    b) 1989
    c) 2005
    d) 1976
    Answer: b) 1989

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3. Manual Scavenging and Related Laws (10 MCQs)

21. What is manual scavenging?
    a) Cleaning gardens
    b) Removing waste by hand
    c) Cleaning rivers
    d) Digging wells
    Answer: b) Removing waste by hand

22. Who primarily performs manual scavenging in India?
    a) Tribal communities
    b) Dalit women and girls
    c) Upper caste men
    d) Migrant workers
    Answer: b) Dalit women and girls

23. Which law banned manual scavenging in 1993?
    a) Employment of Manual Scavengers Act
    b) Scheduled Tribes Act
    c) SC/ST Atrocities Act
    d) Forest Rights Act
    Answer: a) Employment of Manual Scavengers Act

24. Why did the Safai Karamchari Andolan file a PIL in 2003?
    a) To demand reservations
    b) To enforce the ban on manual scavenging
    c) To protest temple entry bans
    d) To claim land rights
    Answer: b) To enforce the ban on manual scavenging

25. What does the 2013 Act on manual scavenging include?
    a) Penalties for those employing manual scavengers
    b) Housing facilities for manual scavengers
    c) Free education for scavenger families
    d) Both a and b
    Answer: d) Both a and b

26. The Supreme Court responded to the PIL in 2005 by:
    a) Supporting manual scavenging
    b) Ordering government action against manual scavenging
    c) Dismissing the case
    d) Declaring manual scavenging legal
    Answer: b) Ordering government action against manual scavenging

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4. Tribal Rights and Forest Rights Act ( MCQs)

27. The Forest Rights Act, 2006, aims to:
a) Promote industrial development
b) Protect Adivasi land and resources
c) Create wildlife sanctuaries
d) Ban hunting
Answer: b) Protect Adivasi land and resources

28. What is C.K. Janu known for?
a) Leading a tribal rights movement
b) Writing poems on Dalit issues
c) Campaigning for manual scavengers
d) Protesting reservation policies
Answer: a) Leading a tribal rights movement

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5. Marginalized Groups and Equality (MCQs)

29. What does the term "marginalized groups" refer to?
a) Groups with the most power
b) Communities excluded socially or economically
c) Political leaders
d) Non-citizens
Answer: b) Communities excluded socially or economically

30. What is one major challenge faced by Dalits?
a) Education access
b) Economic exploitation
c) Social exclusion
d) All of the above

Answer: d) All of the above

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True/False Questions

1. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution makes untouchability a punishable crime.
   True

2. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in 1993.
   False (It was passed in 1989)

3. Rathnam filed his complaint under the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
   False (He used the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act)

4. Manual scavenging is performed mainly by Dalit women and girls.
   True

5. The Supreme Court supported the continuation of manual scavenging in 2005.
   False

6. Soyrabai’s poem challenges the idea of purity in the caste system.
   True

7. Kabir’s poetry promotes equality among all human beings.
   True

8. The Forest Rights Act of 2006 aims to conserve biodiversity.
   True

9. Adivasis often lose their lands to industries and non-tribal people.
   True

10. Discrimination based on caste is allowed under the Indian Constitution.
    False

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Match the Following

Column A	Column B
Rathnam	Abolishes untouchability
Article 17	Filed a complaint using SC/ST Act
Safai Karamchari Andolan	Prohibited by 1993 and 2013 Acts
Manual Scavenging	Protects tribal lands and resources
Scheduled Tribes (Forest Rights) Act	Campaign against manual scavenging

Answer:

Article 17

Rathnam

Manual Scavenging

Scheduled Tribes (Forest Rights) Act Safai Karamchari Andolan ************************************************************************