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This worksheet for Class VIII Social Science focuses on Geography, specifically on social justice and marginalized groups. It includes sections for one-word answers, multiple-choice questions, and assertion-reasoning exercises related to topics such as the Mandal Commission, child labor, and the plight of adivasis. The document aims to assess students' understanding of social issues and the challenges faced by marginalized communities in India.

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WS on Social Justice and Marginalised Class 8 (1)

This worksheet for Class VIII Social Science focuses on Geography, specifically on social justice and marginalized groups. It includes sections for one-word answers, multiple-choice questions, and assertion-reasoning exercises related to topics such as the Mandal Commission, child labor, and the plight of adivasis. The document aims to assess students' understanding of social issues and the challenges faced by marginalized communities in India.

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DPS, SECUNDERABAD

WORKSHEET – 2024-25

Class/Sec: VIII- _______

Subject: Social Science

Geography- Social Justice and Marginalised

I. Answer in a word.
1. A self-respecting term used to describe untouchables: .
2. Name the Act passed in 1993 against manual scavenging: .
3. Another name for tribal people: .
4. The movement against the construction of a dam across the river Narmada:
.

II. Multiple choice questions.


1. Which of these is NOT covered by the Employment of Manual Scavengers
and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act?
a. A ban on the use of dry latrines
b. The regulation of the construction and maintenance of water seal-latrines
c. Punishment for the employers of scavengers or the construction of dry
latrines
d. The need for the Indian Railway to continue using manual scavengers
2. The Mandal Commission was concerned with the welfare of
a. the socially and educationally backwards sections of the society.
b. adivasis in the Chhota-Nagpur plateau.
c. manual scavengers.
d. child labor.
3. To truly achieve socio-economic progress in India
a. the government must give opportunities to politicians.
b. the government must include the marginalized in all their policies so that
they are brought up to the same level as the rest of the society.
c. the government must give opportunities to ‘caste’ Hindus alone.
d. the government must give opportunities to women alone.
4. Child labor is
a. employing children above the age of 18. b. employing children below
the age of 14.
c. employing the parents of children below the age of 14.
d. employing children below the age of 10.
5. There is a lack of doctors and nurses in the rural areas in India because
a. the doctors and nurses find it unprofitable to treat patients in these
areas.
b. there are no government hospitals.
c. there are not too many patients in the villages.
d. none of the above
III. Answer the following questions.
1. Why was the Mandal Commission established?
2. How did the adivasis of the Chhota Nagpur plateau suffer?
3. Compare the facilities available to medical tourists coming to India, with the
medical facilities for the rural people of India. Give reasons for the contrast.
IV Assertion Reasoning

1. Assertion (A):- Adivasis practice a range of tribal religions that are different
from other religion.
Reason (R):- They worship nature.
a) Assertion is right and reason is wrong.
b) Assertion is wrong and reason is right.
c) Assertion and reason both are wrong.
d) Assertion and reason both are right.

2. Assertion (A):- Displaced refers to the people who are compelled to move
from their homes for big development projects including dams, mining, etc.
Reason (R):- Displacement affected Adivasis badly.
a) Assertion is right and reason is wrong.
b) Assertion is wrong and reason is right.
c) Assertion and reason both are wrong.
d) Assertion and reason both are right.

3. Assertion (A):- The term minority is most commonly used to refer to communities
that are numerically small in relation to the rest of the population.
Reason (R):- Adivasis are not minorities
a) Assertion is right and reason is wrong.
b) Assertion is wrong and reason is right.
c) Assertion and reason both are wrong.
d) Assertion and reason both are right.

4 Assertion (A)-45 per cent of tribal groups in rural areas and 35 per cent in
urban areas live below the poverty line.
Reason (R)- Land and forest are main sources of livelihood and food. Losing
land and forest access forces them to move city and work on low wages in local
industries.
a) Both A and R are wrong
b) Only A is correct
c) Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation of A
d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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