On Equality - Worksheets

 CBSE Worksheet 01

On Equality

  1. The key elements of a democratic government include following except
    1. Equality
    2. Injustice
    3. People's participation
    4. Resolution of conflict
  2. When property dealer suggested that Mr and Mrs Ansari should change their name, it was their ______ that made them refuse this suggestion.
    1. Dignity
    2. Freedom
    3. Power
    4. Will

  3. Who was an African-American women who was an essential part of Civil Rights?

    1. Rose Perks
    2. Resa Porks
    3. Rosa Parks
    4. Rasa Paroks
  4. In the ____ film, ____ , a boy who works as a shoeshine refuses to pick up a coin thrown at him. He feels that there is dignity in the work that he does and insists that his fee be given respectfully
    1. 1976, Deewar
    2. 1975, Deewar
    3. 1985, Deewar
    4. 1977, Deewar
  5. Dalit is a term used to address__
    1. lower castes
    2. Upper castes 
    3. The Poor 
    4. Middle castes
  6. African-Americans were discriminated in-
    1. Australia
    2. Africa
    3. India
    4. USA

  7. Match the following:

    (a) Civil Rights Movement start(i)  sweep the school
    (b) Universal Adult Franchise means(ii) Omprakash Valmiki
    (c) Jonathan is written by(iii) all adults in the country are allowed to vote
    (d) Omprakash Valmiki was forced to(iv) 1 December 1955
  8. Fill in the blanks: The Parliament is the cornerstone of our democracy and we are represented in it through our ________.
  9. State true or false: UAF assures economic dignity only.
  10. What was the condition of the African-Americans in the United States of America prior to 1950s?
  11. What are the two ways in which the government has tried to implement the equality that guaranteed in the constitution?
  12. When persons are discriminated, their dignity is violated? How?
  13. What are the provision made in the constitution for the recognition of equality?

    CBSE Worksheet 01
    On Equality

    Solution

    1. (b) Injustice Explanation: The key elements of a democratic government include people’s participation, the resolution of conflict, and equality and justice. Equality is a key feature of democracy and influences all aspects of its functioning.
    2. (a) Dignity Explanation: The Ansaris’ dignity was also hurt when persons refused to lease their apartments to them. However, when the property dealer suggested that they change their name, it was their dignity or self-respect that made them refuse this suggestion.
    3. (c) Rosa Parks Explanation: African–Americans were treated extremely unequally in the United States and denied equality through law. For example, Rosa Parks was an African–American woman, Tired from a long day at work she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man on 1 December 1955. Her refusal that day started a huge agitation against the unequal ways in which African–Americans were treated and which came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, religion or national origin. It also stated that all schools would be open to African–American children and that they would no longer have to attend separate schools specially set up for them.
    4. (b) 1975, Deewar Explanation: In the 1975 film, Deewar, a boy who works as a shoeshine refuses to pick up a coin thrown at him. He feels that there is dignity in the work that he does and insists that his fee be given respectfully
    5. (a) lower castes Explanation: Dalit is a term that the so-called lower castes use to address themselves. Dalit means ‘broken’ and by using this word, lower castes are pointing to how they were, and continue to be, seriously discriminated against. Omprakash Valmiki is a famous Dalit writer. In his autobiography, Joothan, he writes, the pain of being a dalit “I had to sit away from the others in the class, and that too on the floor. The mat ran out before reaching the spot I sat on. Sometimes I would have to sit way behind everybody, right near the door…sometimes they would beat me without any reason.
    6. (d) USA Explanation: In many democratic countries around the world, the issue of equality continues to be the key issue around which communities struggle. So, for example, in the United States of America, the African–Americans whose ancestors were the slaves who were brought over from Africa, continue to describe their lives today as largely unequal. This, despite the fact that there was a movement in the late 1950s to push for equal rights for African– Americans. Prior to this, African–Americans were treated extremely unequal in the United States and denied equality through law.

    7. (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)

    8. Elected representatives

    9. False

    10. Prior to 1950s, the African-Americans were treated extremely unequally in the USA and denied equality through law. For example, when travelling by bus, they either had to sit at the back of the bus or get up from their seat whenever a white person wished to sit.

    11. The two ways in which the government has tried to implement the  equality that guaranteed in the constitution are:

      There are several laws in India that protect every person’s right to be treated equally. In addition to laws, the government has also set up several schemes to improve the lives of communities and individuals who have been treated unequally for several centuries.

      • Through laws
      • Through government programmes or schemes to help unprivileged groups.

    12. When persons are discriminated and treated unequally they feel embarrassed and humiliated, which hurts their dignity.
      The dignity of Omprakash Valmiki and Ansaris was violated as they were discriminated on the basis of caste and religion. Omprakash Valmiki was forced to sweep the school whereas people refused to give a rented accommodation to the Ansaris because of their different religion.

    13. The provisions made in the constitution for the recognition of equality are as  follow:

      1. Every person is equal before the law. It means that every person, from the President of lndia to a domestic worker like Kanta, has to obey the same laws.
      2. No person can be discriminated against on the basis of their religion,race, caste, place of birth or whether they are male or female.
      3. Every person has access to all public places including playgrounds, hotels, shops and markets. All persons can use publicly available wells, roads and bathing ghats.
      4. Untouchability has been abolished.