Additional - Question:
Que: How do we feel in the company of people who are very much like us?
Ans: We feel safe and secrue in the company of such people.
Que: define the term 'prejudice' with an example.
Ans: prejudice means to judge other people negatively or see them as inferior. For example, if we think that Hindi is the best language and other languages are not important. we are judging other languages negatively.
Que: How d parents often console boys when they fall and hurt themselves?
Ans: parents say, "Boys are brave, they don't cry".
Que: mention one drawback of stereotypes.
Ans: Sterotypes prevent us from doing certain things that we might otherwise be good at.
Que: "Some people may experience both kinds of discrimination". What do you mean by 'both kinds of discrimination'?
Ans: Some people are poor and they belong to groups whose culture is not valued .
Que: Mention some activities which are considered less valued.
Ans: Activities like cleaning, washing, cutting hair, picking garbage are considered less valued.
Que: Who was Bhim Pao Ambedkar?
Ans: He was a nothed Dalit leader. He himself was a Dalit and fought for the rights of the Dalits.
Que: What is it that can unite all Indians.
Ans: It is equality of all persons thatcan untie all Indians.
Que: What responsibility has been placed on the government by the Consititution?
Ans: It is the responsibility of the government of the government to take specific steps to realis the right to wqulity for poor and other narginal communities.
Que: 'Indian is a secular country'. What does this mean?
Ans: This means that people of the government to take specific steps to realise the right to equality for poor and other marginal communities.
Que: What does the first pag of our Constitution proclaim?
Ans: All indians are entitled to equality of status and opportunity.
Que: What do you mean by difference and prejudice?
Ans: Difference is the variation in the use of language, status, rgligion, educational background or geographical setting. It is natural Prehudice is an idea which is affected with a negative feeling for those who are different fromus.
Que: What is the demerit of the 'stereotype' view?
Ans: stereotype is a negative quality. It does not allow us to think or view a person as a unique individual. We ignore all his good qualities. We don't think about that individual beyond the set image otherwise he/she is good.
Que: How does discrimination occur?
Ans: Discrimination is negative aspect in a social set up. It occurs if we act on prejudices or stereotypes. It promotes ignorance of a particular class or individual in society. Such class or individual is debarred from all opportunities.
Que: Differentiate between inequality and discrimination.
Ans: Inequality and discrimination are the two different concepts. But they are related closely to each other. Inequality may be the difference between caste, creed, culture, language, region, economic status, educational background, etc. Every one differs from the other in society. Discrimination takes place when one actsagainst an individual or a community on the dasis of difference.
A whim or a prehudice works behind it. if one tries to exploit the other's individual who is down in status in any way it is called discrimination. That discriminated individual or community is devoid of the common opportunity of facility provided by the society. It is not at all healthy for for a good society.
Que: What are the Constitutional provisions for establishing equality in indian soceity? Do you think these are enough?
Ans: Right from the beginning of the social set - up, india has been a victim of inequality and discrimination. Society was divided into four main castes. All the opportunities were confined to the upper class. Some of the castes were considered so low that people even scared of their shadow. It created a great disparity in society withthe spread of their shadow. It created a great disparity in society. After getting independence the Constitution makers had strong arguments against this system. So, it was declared a crime in our Constitution.
It was declared that the Constitution would provide and night against discrimination to the citizens of india. The reservation was provided for those discriminated people in every field of life. But still, it is a fact the system persists. Only constitutional provisions are not enought. It is oberved that even after reservation, these people lay behind. They prefer earning their livelihood than going to school. A compulsory ducation system should be developed. Mass consciousness is needed otherwise, we can't hope more.
