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Social Science Answer The Following Questions In Brief.[5 Marks Each]

Confronting Marginalisation · MP Board (MPBSE) STD 8 (Madhya Pradesh - English Medium). 5 questions.

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Question 14 Marks
Why do Adivasi activists, including C.K. Janu, believe that Adivasis can also use this 1989 Act to fight against dispossession? Is there anything specific in the provisions of the Act that allows her to believe this?
Answer
  1. 5C.K Janu and the other Adivasi activists believe that Adivasis can also use this 1989 Act to fight against dispossession because this Act guarantees Adivasis not to be dispossessed from their traditional homelands forcibly.
  2. They pointed specifically that this Act merely confirms what has already been promised to the tribal people in the Constitution – the land belonging to Adivasis cannot be sold to or bought by non-tribal people.
  3. In cases where this has happened, the Constitution also guarantees the right of the tribal people to repossess their land. Tribals who are already evicted and cannot go back to their lands should get compensated. That is, the government must draw up plans and policies for them to live and work elsewhere.
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Question 24 Marks
Why are tribal communities poor?
Answer
  1. Losing their land and access to the forest means that tribal lose their main sources of livelihood and food.
  2. Most Adivasis have migrated to cities in search of work where they are employed for very low wages in local industries and at construction sites.
  3. 45 percent of tribal groups in rural areas and 35 percent in urban areas live below the poverty live. This leads to deprivation in other areas.
  4. When Adivasis are displaced from their lands, they lose much more than a source of income.
  5. Many tribal children are malnourished. Literacy rates among tribals are also very low.
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Question 34 Marks
Mention the crimes that have been dealt with by the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act?
Answer
This act contains a very long list of crimes, some of which are too horrible even to contemplate. The act distinguishes several levels of crimes
  1. Firstly, it lists modes of humiliation that are both physically horrific and morally reprehensible and seeks to punish those who:
Force a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to drink or eat any inedible or obnoxious substance.

Forcibly removes clothes of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe member or parades him or her naked or with painted face or body, or commits any similar act which is derogatory to human dignity.
  1. The act recognises crimes against Dalit and tribal/women and therefore seeks to penalise anyone who:
Assaults or uses force on any woman belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe with intent to dishonour her.
  1. Actions that disposes Dalits and Adivasis.
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Question 44 Marks
The poems and the song in this Unit allow you to see the range of ways in which individuals and communities express their opinions, their anger and their sorrow. In class, do the following two exercises:
  1. Bring to class a poem that discusses a social issue. Share this with your classmates. Work in small groups with two or more poems to discuss their meaning as well as what the poet is trying to communicate.
Answer
  1. The poem supports noble ideal of equality (or equality of all castes or human beings). As far as body is concerned it is unclean (or dirty) of everyone. There is a soul in everybody (of every caste). Soul is untained it is faith of Brahmins or people of upper caste. She believes that impurity of the body is born within it since the time of birth and last till it goes to tomb. She is asking the powerful social group by which the ritual the body can be pure. Everybody comes out or born from a bloody warm. This is the law of nature or glory of God. In fact, defilement prevails within body. It is polluted from within. No one is low or high. All are equal. All are human beings.
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Question 54 Marks
List two Fundamental Rights in the Constitution that Dalits can draw upon to insist that they are treated with dignity and as equals. Re-read the Fundamental Rights listed on page 14 to help you answer this question.
Answer
Two Fundamental Rights that Dalits can draw upon to insist that they are treated with dignity and as equals are:
  1. Right to Equality: All persons are equal before the law. This means that all persons shall be equally protected by the laws of the country. It also states that no citizen can be discriminated against on the basis of their religion, caste or sex. Every person has access to all public places including playgrounds, hotels, shops etc. The State cannot discriminate against anyone in matters of employment. But there are exceptions to this. The practice of untouchability has also been abolished.
  2. Right to Freedom: The Constitution has guaranteed the following freedom to the Indian citizens. They are as follows:
  • Freedom of speech and expression.
  • Freedom to form Assembly.
  • Freedom to form associations.
  • The right to move freely and reside in any part of the country.
  • The right to practice any profession, occupation or business.
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