Social Studies [1 Mark Questions]

Geography and history influence these things.

To judge people negatively or see them as inferior.

Discrimination means treating a group or people less favorably compered to others because of factors like skin colour, gender, nationality, religion, culture, status and disability .

A fixed image given to a person, not subject to change.

Stereotyping a group means to ignore the unique qualities of individuals and have a positive or negative opinion about people and things. Prejudice has the same meaning but in negative sense.

Eight major religions more than 1600 languages (people’s mother tongues), and more than one hundred dance forms.

A community that was treated as untouchables in the Bombay presidency.

Between the British and Peshwas.

Dalits were considered as untouchables. They lived in spaces outside the village and were not allowed into the village.

Tribes.

Mahatma Gandhi.

Iran.

Original inhabitants.

Diversity.

When prejudice develops in its full form, we may well begin to view the person as a stereotype. A person is fixed into a particular type of image.

Lack of education in the rural sector.

Favoring a fair- skinned contestant in a Miss Universe Contest Africans are good at sports.

In his search for a religion that treated all members equally.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati and the Honourable Speaker of Lok Sabha Smt. Meira Kumar.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

So that they could compete equally with others.

Bahujan Samaj Party.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Example of gender stereotypes are:"boys don't cry", " girls are not good at sports".

The first page of the constitution states that all Indians are entitled to equality of status and opportunity.

Broken.

To curb female foeticide and enhance the social status of the girl child by promoting their education and protecting them from discrimination and deprivation.

Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra.

India.

Dr. B. R Ambedkar.

The word Varna is used in Hindu philosophy.

Siddhartha Gautama.

Food habits, regional languages, variety in dresses, equal respect for all religions and celebration of different religious and harvest festivals.

Schedule castes.

Agriculture.

It adds variety and enjoyment to our life and makes us tolerant and open minded by giving us a chance to live with people who are different from us.

Racial discrimination is an act in which some races consider themselves superior to other. In South Africa, racial discrimination gave birth to Apartheid.

December 3.

Eight.

Diversity is the state or fact of being different and unique.

Dalits, women, tribal and peasants fought against the inequalities alongwith from the British rule.

The best known leader of the Dalits is Dr Ambedkar who fought for the rights of the Dalit community.

Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar is considered the father of the Indian Constitution.

Dalit means those who have been broken. The government refers to this group of people as Scheduled Castes (SC).

More than 50% of all Indians live in villages.

Discrimination can take place because of several reasons such as religion, caste, work, language, region, status, culture, country etc.

More than 100 dance forms are in the world.

There are 8 major religions in the world.

More than 16000 languages are spoken in the world.