Discrimination

Q. Which of the following can lead to discrimination?

1. Caste system
2. Poverty
3. Religion
4. Language

Q. The _________ community was treated as untouchables in the Bombay Presidency.

1. Munda
2. Mahar
3. Nayar
4. Koli

Q. People from which of the following professions were seen as impure and unworthy?

1. Priests
2. Soldiers
3. Farmers
4. Manual scavengers

Q. Choose the correct statement(s).

1. Discrimination happens when people are forced to take up menial jobs.
2. Discrimination happens when people ban certain communities from entering a public place.
3. Discrimination happens when certain castes are prevented from entering temples.
4. Discrimination happens when people are denied access to public water taps.

Q. A central purpose of the passage is to.

1. Show the author's repressed hostility toward her mother
2. Portray the admissions process for boarding schools at that time
3. Comment on examples of racism in the United States
4. Illustrate the character of the author's mother
5. Reveal how the author became skeptical of human nature

Q. Which of these problems are faced by "untouchables"?

1. "Untouchables" could take up any jobs.
2. "Untouchables" could not draw water from the village well.
3. "Untouchables" could not enter temples.
4. Children of "untouchables" could not sit next to the children of other castes.

Q. People from which of the following professions were seen as impure and unworthy?

1. Farmers
2. Manual scavengers
3. Priests
4. Soldiers

Q. Which of the following was not a prominent protest group during the civil rights era?

1. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
2. Fair Employment Practices Committee
3. Montgomery Improvement Association
4. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
5. Congress of Racial Equality

Q. Choose the correct statement(s).

1. Discrimination happens when people are forced to take up menial jobs.
2. Discrimination happens when people ban certain communities from entering a public place.
3. Discrimination happens when certain castes are prevented from entering temples.
4. Discrimination happens when people are denied access to public water taps.

Q. People from which of the following professions were seen as impure and unworthy?

1. Farmers
2. Manual scavengers
3. Priests
4. Soldiers

Q. Reshma belonged to the lower caste and she was made to sit separately in the classroom. This is a form of _________.

1. prejudice
2. discrimination
3. belief
4. judgement

Q. The Montgomery bus boycott went on for 381 days.

1. True
2. False

Q. In which of the following ways did the upper castes oppress the Dalits?

1. Dalits were denied entry into temples.
2. Dalits were forced to follow the occupation of their parents.
3. Dalits were seen as polluting agents.
4. Dalits were not allowed in the homes of upper castes.

Q. was an American activist in the Civil Rights Movement who had a pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.

1. Martin Luther King
2. Virginia Foster Durr
3. Rosa Parks
4. Idella Jones Childs

Q. Discrimination is when people do not act on their prejudices and stereotypes.

1. True
2. False

Q. People from which of the following professions were seen as impure and unworthy?

1. Farmers
2. Priests
3. Soldiers
4. Manual scavengers

Q. B.R. Ambedkar asked Dalits to fight caste system to seek _____.

1. respect for all castes.
2. basic rights for dalits.
3. jobs of their parents.
4. entry into temples.