Choose the correct Answer:
Question 1.
Certain groups feels marginalised due to factors, like:
(a) Social and cultural
(b) Economic
(c) Political
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 2.
What literally means the original inhabitants?
(a) Adivasis
(b) Minorities
(c) Ghetto
(d) Devoid
Answer
Answer: (a) Adivasis
Question 3.
Where do Adivasis live?
(a) In or near Forest
(b) Kaccha house
(c) Colonies
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) In or near Forest
Question 4.
How much is population of the Adivasis in India?
(a) 2%
(b) 4%
(c) 8%
(d) 16%
Answer
Answer: (c) 8%
Question 5.
Stereotyping of Adivasis is related to their being:
(a) Exotic
(b) Primitive
(c) Backward
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 6.
A person who does not get adequate nutrition or food is known as:
(a) malnourished
(b) nourished
(c) well-nourished
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (a) malnourished
Question 7.
What is use of timber?
(a) Construction of houses
(b) Railways
(c) Furnitures
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 8.
Constitutional safeguards are provided to the minorities on the basis of:
(a) Religion
(b) Language
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (d) None of these
Question 9.
………………. is a locality which is populated largely by members of a particular community.
(a) Ghetto
(b) Adivasis
(c) Minorities
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Ghetto
Question 10.
The minorities are forced to live on the margins of economic and social development, this is known as
(a) malnourished
(b) marginalisation
(c) displaced
(d) all of these
Answer
Answer: (b) marginalisation
Question 11.
How much of Muslims are literate?
(a) 65%
(b) 59%
(c) 80%
(d) 94%
Answer
Answer: (b) 59%
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Madarsas | (i) Proof |
| (b) Open Courts | (ii) Constructions of houses |
| (c) Development | (iii) Urbanisation |
| (d) Builders | (iv) Muslim educational institutions |
| (e) Evidence | (v) Courts where proceedings can be seen by any one |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Madarsas | (iv) Muslim educational institutions |
| (b) Open Courts | (v) Courts where proceedings can be seen by any one |
| (c) Development | (iii) Urbanisation |
| (d) Builders | (ii) Constructions of houses |
| (e) Evidence | (i) Proof |
State whether true or false:
1. Hierarchy is a graded system or arrangement of persons or things.
Answer
Answer: True
2. Displaced refers to the people who are compelled to move from their homes for big development projects including dams, mining, etc.
Answer
Answer: True
3. Most of Adivasis are backward.
Answer
Answer: True
4. The literacy rate of Hindus is more than 60%.
Answer
Answer: True
5. Santhali is spoken by Santhal Adivasis.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. …………………… are those communities which are small in number.
Answer
Answer: Minorities
2. …………………… is when a particular group of society is forced to live on margins of economic and social development.
Answer
Answer: Marginalisation
3. …………………… and …………………… marginalisation are interlinked.
Answer
Answer: Economic, social