MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS : (MCQ’s)
1. _________ of the Constitution states that untouchability has been abolished .
(a) Article 17
(b) Article 19
(c) Article 18
(d) Article 14
2. _________ principles are framed by the Constitution to make our society and policy .
(a) Democratic
(b) Economic
(c) Social
(d) Political
3. The government makes laws to protect it’s _________ .
(a) Citizens
(b) Ministers
(c) M.P’s
(d) M.L.A.s
4. The minority groups have drawn right to freedom of culture, religion and ________ .
(a) Educational rights
(b) Political rights
(c) Social rights
(d) Democratic rights
5. ________ of the constitution notes that no citizen of India shall be discriminated against on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth .
(a) Article 16
(b) Article 15
(c) Article 19
(d) Article 14
6. Around 5 percent of India’s population is _________ .
(a) Brahmins
(b) Shatriyas
(c) Adivasis
(d) Kshatriyas
7. India’s most important mining and industrial centres are located in ________ .
(a) Developed areas
(b) Rural areas
(c) Adivasi areas
(d) Central areas
8. In the year, _____________ government passed the Employment of Manual Scavengers and construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act .
(a) 1993
(b) 2003
(c) 1963
(d) 2008
9. In the year _____________ prevention of Atrocities Act was passed .
(a) 1985
(b) 1989
(c) 1965
(d) 2004
10. _____________ castes decided to teach Rathnam a lesson.
(a) Brahmins
(b) Powerful castes
(c) Middle class
(d) Rajputs
11. ________were unwilling to move from their land .
(a) Brahmins
(b) Adivasis
(c) Bhandaris
(d) Dalits
12. _____________ family performed rituals in the village of Jakmalgur ?
(a) Dalit
(b) Brahmins
(c) Adivasis
(d) Bhandaris
13. Rathnam filed a case under the Act of _____________ .
(a) 1919
(b) 1951
(c) 1989
(d) 1954
14. Rathnam refused to perform the rituals of washing the feet of _____________ .
(a) Dalits
(b) Priests
(c) Bhandaris
(d) Rajputs
15. In the village of Jakmalgur the local deity is honoured once in _____________ .
(a) 5 years
(b) 1 year
(c) 3 years
(d) 4 years
16. Who out of the following are facing inequalities due to marginalisation?
(a) Dalits
(b) Women
(c) Adivasis
(d) All of them
17. Adivasis are also called as _____
(a) Dalits
(b) Bhandaris
(c) Tribals
(d) Villagers
18. Who wrote the poem on untouchability?
(a) Poet Chokhamela
(b) Poet Surender Sharma
(c) Poet Maithali Sharan Gupta
(d) Poetess Soyrabai
19. How does government ensure to end the inequality in the country?
(a) Through laws
(b) Through reservations
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of them
20. What term means to exclude or banish an individual or a group?
(a) Dalit
(b) ScheduledCaste.
(c) Ostracise
(d) None of these
21. A person or a group that can express themselves and their views strongly are ____.
(a) assertive
(b) representative
(c) forceful person
(d) none of these
22. Who was Kabir by caste?
(a) Weaver
(b) Kumhar
(c) Barbar
(d) Mason
23. Which type of poems Kabir wrote?
(a) Bhakti tradition
(b) Veer Ras
(c) Revolutionary
(d) None of these
24. What do you understand by manual scavenging?
(a) Work of scavenging by machine
(b) Work of scavenging by hand
(c) Work of scavenging by power
(d) None of these
25. When did the Supreme Court ban the practice of manual scavenging?
(a) 2001
(b) 2002
(c) 2004
(d) 1993
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