CBSE Questions for Class 8 Civics Confronting Marginalisation Quiz 1 - MCQExams.com

Who was the wife of Bhakti poet Chokhamela?
  • Soyrabai
  • Chandrabai
  • Kantabai
  • None of these

Which of the following has come to rescue of marginalized groups when they were treated badly by majority communities?
  • Article 17
  • Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989
  • Reservation policy
  • Forest Rights Act, 2006
In order to indicate to the government that untouchability was still being practiced and in a hideous manner, Dalit groups demanded new laws that _________.
  • Would list the various sorts of violence against Dalits
  • Prescribe stringent punishments for those who indulge in them
  • Both A and B
  • None of the above

Scheduled Tribes is the term used for ____________.
  • Rich people
  • Adivasis
  • People below poverty line
  • None of these
Untouchability has been abolished and its practice is forbidden by:
  • Article 14
  • Article 15
  • Article 16
  • Article 17
Militarised means _________________.
  • Presence of minor groups
  • Presence of major groups
  • Presence of Adivasis
  • Presence of armed force

Which of the following ensures that the marginalized groups have equal opportunity in education and employment?
  • Article 17
  • Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989
  • Reservation policy
  • Article 14

The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in the year _______.
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1988
  • 1989
People who feel marginalized, deprived and discriminated should fight against injustice by ________.
  • voicing their demands in a peaceful manner.
  • voicing their demands in a constitutional manner.
  • seeking a fair position through elections.
  • all the above mentioned ways.
Consider the following bodies of India.
The National Commission for scheduled castes
The National Commission for women
The National Commission for Backward classes
The National Human Rights Commission
Which of the bodies given above is/are established by the constitution of India?
  • 1 only
  • 1, 2 and 3 only
  • 1 and 3 only
  • 1, 2, 3 and 4
In response to demands made by Dalits and others that the government must take seriously the ill-treatment and humiliation Dalits and tribal groups face in an everyday sense, the government passed the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
  • True
  • False
Find out two religions in which Untouchability prevail.
  • Hindu - Sikh
  • Hindu - Islam
  • Hindu - Jain
  • Hindu - Buddhist

Around what percent of India's population is Adivasis?
  • 8
  • 10
  • 12
  • 15

Which of the following recognizes the rights of Adivasis to their homestead, cultivable and grazing land?
  • Article 17
  • Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989
  • Reservation policy
  • Forest Rights Act, 2006
The National Commission for scheduled tribes was constituted under the constitution (Eighty-ninth Amendment) Act.
The first National Commission for scheduled tribes was constituted in 2006.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
The government provides for free or subsidized hostels for students of Dalit and Adivasi communities so that they can avail education facilities that may not be available in their localities.
  • True
  • False
Who, being an adivasi activist, has also pointed out that one of the violators of Constitutional rights guaranteed to tribal people are governments in the various States of India?
  • C.K. Janu
  • Rathnam
  • Kabir
  • Soyrabai
Consider the following statements:
There was a special provision for the Anglo-Indian community in certain services.
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in 1955.
The Untouchability (Offences) Act, was renamed as the Protection of Civil Rights Act.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
In which article the provision of reservation of women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Panchayats has been given?
  • 243A
  • 243B
  • 243C
  • 243D
Consider the following statements:
$$1$$. The first National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was constituted in the year $$1992$$.
$$2$$. The first National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was constituted under the Constitution(Sixty-fifth Amendment) Act.
$$3$$. The $$87$$th Amendment bifurcated the combined National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes into two separate bodies.
Which of the statements given are correct?
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
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