CHAPTER- EQUALITY
1 MARKERS
Q1) Choose the option which is being adopted in India to minimize and eliminate entrenched forms of social
inequalities.
a)Free education
b) Separate facilities for the disadvantaged
c) Policy of quotas in education and jobs
d) Separate hospitals
Q2) The state's failure to provide individuals with basic necessities of life such as food and housing is an example
of:
a) Gender inequality
b) Economic injustice
c) Social discrimination
d) Political injustice
Q3) The Sixth Five Year Plan gave the status of partners in development to
a) Urban youth
b) Dalits
c) Tribals
d) Women
Q4) In which country Apartheid prevailed?
a) South Africa
b) France
c) Britain
d) USA
Q5) Ambedkar and Gandhi both championed the cause of untouchables, but they could not agree on
(a) Reservations in private sector.
(b) Reservations.
(c) Role of judiciary.
(d) Role of cottage industry.
Q6)Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Liberty and Equality are opposed to each other
(b) Liberty and Law are opposed to each other
(c) Liberty and Equality are supplementary
(d) Liberty and Equality are contradictory
Q7)Amnesty international is an example of
(a) Social diversity.
(b) Biodiversity.
(c) Cultural diversity organisation.
(d) Civil liberties organisation.
Q8) For Marxist the fundamental equality is :
(a) Social equality
(b) Political equality
(c) Economic equality
(d) Legal equality.
Q9) In the sphere of religion, the Indian state policy
(a) Maintains principled distance.
(b) Promotes and protect the majority religion.
(c) Believes that religion is a private affair and religious ceremonies should not be allowed in public.
(d) Is to press forward the religious ideology of ‘Hindutava’.
Q10) Mohit and Rohit are brothers. While Rohan is a successful doctor, Rohit is a sportsperson. Rohit enjoys fame
and people often give him special treatment. This difference of treatment is a result of
(a) Different choices and preferences.
(b) Difference in the equality of status.
(c) Inequality in access to basic goods such as education, healthcare.
(d) Luck.
Q11) Assertion (A): There are generally three types of equality that has to be ensured in the society.
Reason (R): The equal right to vote is a type of political equality.
(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.
(d) The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.
Q12) Assertion (A): The right to equal opportunities comes under the category of social equality.
Reason (R): Economic equality in India is a fundamental right of the citizens guaranteed by the law.
(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.
(d) The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.
Q13) Assertion (A): Socialists feel that the some kind of government regulation should be present in economic as
well as social and political matters.
Reason (R): Socialists are completely against the idea of private property.
(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.
(d) The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.
2 MARKERS
Q14) Write one essential of positive aspect of equality.
Q15) What is meant by equality as a powerful moral ideal?
Q16) What is equality before the law?
Q17) How can the concept of equality be argued?
Q18) How is Political Equality different from Social Equality?
Q19)What do you understand by political equality?
4MARKERS
Q20) Political liberty is meaningless without economic equality. Comment.
Q21) Some people argue that inequality is natural while others maintain that it is equality which is natural and the
inequalities which we notice around us are created by society. Which view do you support? Give reasons.
Q22)There is a view that absolute economic equality is neither possible nor desirable. It is argued that the most a
society can do is to try and reduce the gaps between the richest and poorest members of society. Do you agree?
Q23) What do you understand by the term Affirmative Action?
Q24) " Liberty and Equality are closely related to each other".Explain.
6MARKERS
Q25) Describe the kinds of Equality.
Q26) Describe the relation between Liberty and Equality.
Q27) Describe the dimensions of Equality.
CASE BASED QUESTION (4 MARKER)
Q28) Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Many of these issues relating to the pursuit of equality have been raised by the women's movement. In the
nineteenth century, women struggled for equal rights. They demanded, for instance, the right to vote, the right to
receive degrees in colleges and universities and the right to work - that is, the same rights as the men in their
society. However, as they entered the job market, they realised that women required special facilities in order to
exercise these rights. For instance, they required some provision for maternity leave and creches in the workplace.
Without special considerations of this kind, they cannot have a successful professional and personal life. They
needed, in other words, sometimes to be treated differently if they are to enjoy the same rights as men.
A) What led to the rise in women's movements?
a) The Right to Equality
b) The Right to Income
c) The Right to Property
d) None of these
B) List one of the general demands of women's movements.
a) Right to Immigration
b)Right to Education
c) All of these
d) Right to Travel
C) What special facilities do the women need in order to exercise the same rights as the men?
a) Provision for maternity leave
b) Provision to get preference only for office jobs
c) Provision for maternity leave and crèches in the workplace
d) Provision for crèches in the workplace
D) In the ________ century women struggled for equal rights.
a) 19th
b) 16th
c) 18th
d) 17th