Civics Ch - 3 Parliment and the Making of Laws — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

What do you mean by tyranny of majority?

What do you mean by Madrasa? Name one.

What was the result of the second Anglo-Maratha war?
OR
What has happened in second Anglo-Maratha war?

What are the stages of making notebook from pulp?

In India, who has the right to vote?

What was the label of development of India at the time it got inde-pendence?

Government schools often have students from different religious backgrounds. Re-read the three objectives of a secular state and write two sentences on why it is important that government schools do not promote any one religion?

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
“We are also human beings”
In 1927, Ambedkar said:
We now want to go to the Tank only to prove that like others, we are also human beings … Hindu society should be reorganised on two main principles-equality and absence of casteism.
Questions:

1. Who was Ambedkar?
2. On what basis did he wish Hindu society to be reorganised?

How is new law introduced in Parliament?
OR
In what form is the law introduced and where?

Will the government intervene if some religious group says that their religion allows them to practice infanticide? Give reasons for your answer.