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CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

Civics - Struggles for Equality

1.
Fill in the blanks: Writers, singers, dancers and artists have also been very active in the fight against _________.
2.
State Yes or No: Often, poverty and lack of dignity and respect for certain communities and groups come together in such powerful ways that it is difficult to identify where one aspect of inequality ends and the other begins.
A) Yes B) No
3.
Which was the first state in India to introduce mid-day meal school in elementary government schools?
4.
Why peoples lives in India are highly unequal ?
5.
What is the challenge of democracy?
6.
Fill in the blanks: The fishworkers in the ____________ hope that the provisions of the Constitution will become a reality through their participation in this movement. 
7.
What is midday meal scheme?
8.
When did construction of Tawa dam started and ended?
9.
Fill in the blanks: Some persons are discriminated against primarily because of their ____________ and cultural background as well as because they are women. 
10.
State Yes or No: Over 115 cases of violence against women were heard by a jury of eminent women who played the role of judges.
A) Yes B) No
11.
State Yes or No: Indian Constitution recognizes all Indians as unequal before the law and states that no person can be discriminated against because of their religion, sex, caste or whether they are rich or poor.
A) Yes B) No
12.
Fill in the blanks: There are also many attempts to form ____________ or other collective ways by which people can have more control over resources.
13.
Fill in the blanks: Over ____________ cases of violence against women were heard by a jury of eminent women who played the role of judges.
14.
What is the most significant factor for why people are treated unequally in India ?
15.
State Yes or No: The displacement of people and communities is a problem that has become quite widespread in India.
A) Yes B) No
16.
Fill in the blanks: When dams are built or forest areas declared sanctuaries for ____________, thousands of people are displaced.
17.
Which group is struggling for justice in its own way ?
18.
State Yes or No: The increasing privatization of health services and the neglect of government hospitals have made it difficult for most poor people like Kanta, Hakim Sheik and Aman to get good quality health care.
A) Yes B) No
19.
Fill in the blanks: Dalit, Adivasi and ____________ girls drop out of school in large numbers.
20.
What did Movements and struggles for equality in India refer to?

CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet

Civics - Struggles for Equality

Answers

1.
inequality
2.
Option A

3.
Tamil Nadu in 2011.
4.
Poverty and the lack of resources continue to be a key reason why so many peoples lives in India are highly unequal.
5.
No country can be described as being completely democratic. There are many communities and individuals persistently pushing for greater recognition of equality in existing and new issues.
6.
Tawa Matsya Sangh
7.
The midday meal scheme refers to the programme introduced in all government elementary schools to provide children with cooked lunch.
8.
The Tawa dam began to be built in 1958 and was completed in 1978.
9.
social
10.
Option B
11.
Option B

12.
cooperatives
13.
15
14.
Discrimination on the basis of a persons religion, caste and sex is the most significant factor for why people are treated unequally in India.
15.
Option A

16.
animals
17.
There are many such struggles such as those among beedi workers, fisherfolk, agricultural labourers, slum dwellers and each group is struggling for justice in its own way.
18.
Option A

19.
Muslim
20.
Movements and struggles for equality in India refer to the Indian Constitution to make their point about equality and justice for all.

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