Confronting Marginalisation

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This includes Untouchability, Dalits, Priests, and Adivasis.

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Which term is meant ‘broken’ and is used deliberately and actively by groups to highlight the centuries of discrimination they have experienced within the caste system.

Ostracise Dalit Assertive Confront

Who, being an adivasis, activist, has also pointed out that one of the violators of Constitutional rights guaranteed to tribal people are governments in the various States of India?

C.K. Janu Rathnam Kabir Soyrabai

In which year did the government passed the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act.

In 1991 In 1992 In 1993 In 1990

When was the Act framed in response to demands made by Dalits and others that the government must take seriously the ill treatment and humiliation Dalits and tribal groups face in everyday life?

In 1989 In 1970 In 1980 In 2003

Which article of the Indian Constitution States that untouchability has been abolished.

Art 18 Art 19 Art 16 Art 17

Who out of the following are facing inequalities due to marginalisation?

Dalits Women Adivasis All of them

Which is the Article of Constitution that states that untouchability has been abolished?

Article 16 Article 18 Article 28 Article 17

Who wrote the poem on untouchability?

Poet Chokhamela Poet Surender Sharma Poet Maithali Sharan Gupta Poetess Soyrabai

How does government ensure to end the inequity in the country?

Through laws Through reservations Both A and B None of them

What term means to exclude or banish an individual or a group?

Dalit S.C. Ostracise None of these

Who needs to constantly work to bring equality and dignity for all?

Government People None of them Both of them

Which Act is important for Adivasis?

Act, 1989 Act, 1990 Act, 1991 Act, 1996

The forest or tribal people living in their aboriginal state the lifestyle are known as

Invoke Dalits Adivasis None of these

When did the Supreme Court ban the practice of manual scavenging?

2001 2002 2004 1993

What do you understand by manual scavenging?

Work of scavenging by machine Work of scavenging by hand Work of scavenging by power None of these

In social environment, Marginalisation is due to :-

Different Language Different Religion Minority All of these

What is meant by the term ‘Assertive’?

Those never express themselves Those oppose every concept Those express themselves strongly None of these

The well known Bhakti poet Chokhamela was from

sixteenth century seventeenth century fifteenth century fourteenth century

Bhakti poet Chokhamela belonged to ____ caste.

Mahar Kumhar Bhil Gujjar

What do you mean by Ostracise?

Banish Individual or group Banish Caste Banish religion None of these
Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Confronting Marginalisation
Questions: 20
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