Social Science Question(1 Marks)

A minority is a group of people that differ in some way from the majority of the population.

Backward classes are the names given to the weaker sections of the society other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Ghettoisation is a process in which an area or locality is populated largely by members of a particular community.

Few marginalised groups of India are the Adivasis, the Muslims and the Dalits.

Marginalization can take place on three levels.
They are…. Individual Community Globa.

Adivasis, Dalits and Muslims.

They are the castes which are treated as untouchables in the caste hierarchy of India.

The major communities which experience marginalization in India are the Adivasis, Dalits and Muslims.

Justice Rajindar Sachar headed committee set up by the government to examine the social, economic, and educational status of Muslim community in India.

Marginalisation results in having a low social status and not having equal access to education and other resources.

Untouchability is the practice of exploitation and segregation followed by the upper caste Hindus against the lower caste Hindus.

Scheduled Tribes are the people or castes which reside in the forest and hilly areas and are socially discarded and economically backward.

Justice Rajindar Sachar headed the Committee set up by the government to look into the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim Community in India.