Equality Political Science - Equality

Which of the following violate the principles of equality? And why?
Access to some forest areas is reserved for certain tribal communities.

Which of the following violate the principles of equality? And why?
There is a separate railway reservation counter for the senior citizens.

Here are some arguments in favour of the right to vote for women. Which of these are consistent with the idea of equality? Give reasons.
Women constitute half of humanity. You cannot subjugate them for long by denying them the right to vote.

Here are some arguments in favour of the right to vote for women. Which of these are consistent with the idea of equality? Give reasons.
Women are our mothers. We shall not disrespect our mothers by denying them the right to vote.

Here are some arguments in favour of the right to vote for women. Which of these are consistent with the idea of equality? Give reasons.
Decisions of the government affect women as well as men, therefore they also should have a say in choosing the rulers.

Match the following concepts with appropriate instances:

a.	Affirmative action	i.	Every adult citizen has a right to vote.
b.	Equality of opportunity	ii.	Banks offer higher rate of interest to senior citizen.
c.	Equal Rights	iii.	Every child should get free education.

A government report on farmers’ problems says that small and marginal farmers cannot get good prices from the market. It recommends that the government should intervene to ensure a better price but only for small and marginal farmers. Is this recommendation consistent with the principle of equality?

Some people argue that inequality is natural while others maintain that it is equality which is natural and the inequalities which we notice around us are created by societ. Which view do you support? Give reasons.

There is a view that absolute economic equality is neither possible nor desirable. It is argued that the most a society can do is to try and reduce the gaps between the richest and poorest members of society. Do you agree?