This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Civics > Confronting Marginalisation > Class 8 Civics Chapter 8 Confronting Marginalisation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Civics Chapter 8 Confronting Marginalisation Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who are Adivasi? A) Original Inhabitants. B) Tribals. C) Both (a) & (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) & (b). 2. Who wrote the book 'Joothan'? A) Shantabai Kamble. B) Om Prakash Mishra. C) Om Prakash Valmiki. D) Baburao Bagul. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Om Prakash Valmiki. 3. What does the Constitution of India provide for marginalised groups? A) Rights that can be revoked. B) Rights available only to the majority. C) No rights at all. D) Fundamental Rights available to all Indians equally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fundamental Rights available to all Indians equally. 4. Who wrote the poem on untouchability? A) Poet Maithali Sharan Gupta. B) Poet Chokhamela. C) Poet Surender Sharma. D) Poetess Soyrabai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetess Soyrabai. 5. Which act is important for adivasis A) Act, 1996. B) Act, 1990. C) Act, 1989. D) Act, 1991. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Act, 1989. 6. What is the role of the government in relation to the Fundamental Rights? A) To enforce them. B) To ignore them. C) To abolish them. D) To modify them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To enforce them. 7. What was Kabir's caste occupation? A) Weaver. B) Barber. C) Potter. D) Mason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weaver. 8. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act came into being in the year ..... A) 1989. B) 1985. C) 1980. D) 1991. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1989. 9. ..... is a language that is widely spoken by tribals. A) Bihari. B) Telugu. C) Santhali. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Santhali. 10. Do adivasis live close to the forest? A) No. B) May Be. C) Can't say. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 11. What is a significant aspect of the reservation policy? A) It is only for urban areas. B) It is not implemented. C) It is highly contentious. D) It is universally accepted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is highly contentious. 12. Who out of the following are facing inequalities due to marginalization? A) Women. B) Dalits. C) Adivasis. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 13. The ..... committee dusted off many widespread myths about Muslims. A) Sachar. B) J C Shah. C) Mandal. D) M C Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sachar. 14. Fundamental Rights are those rights which the Constitution of India has conferred with the discrimination. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which of the following are correct with regard to Kabir's poetry? A) He does not value the works of ordinary people. B) He writes about rich people and their lives. C) He critices the dalits and untouchables. D) His poetry brings out the powerful idea of theequality of all human beings and their labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His poetry brings out the powerful idea of theequality of all human beings and their labour. 16. In social environment, Marginalisation is due to:- A) Different language. B) Different attire. C) Minority. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of ..... ) Act was passed in ..... A) Marginalisation, 1991. B) Atrocities, 1989. C) Scavenging, 1993. D) Discrimination, 2003. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atrocities, 1989. 18. Adivasi are involved in the worship of:- A) Islam. B) Ancestors. C) Christ. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancestors. 19. The constitution ensures that principles that guide our society and nation are democratic. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What is one way marginalised groups have used their Fundamental Rights? A) To promote untouchability. B) To demand recognition of injustices. C) To withdraw from society. D) To ignore government policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To demand recognition of injustices. 21. Who plays a crucial role in upholding the law enforcing fundamental Rights? A) Supreme Court. B) High Court. C) District court. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supreme Court. 22. The scheduled caste and scheduled tribe prevention of atrocities) became an act in which year? A) 1898. B) 1999. C) 1979. D) 1989. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1989. 23. What term means to exclude or banish an individual or a group A) Dalit. B) S.C. C) Ostracise. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ostracise. 24. What type of crimes does the 1989 Act specifically recognize? A) Environmental crimes. B) Cyber crimes. C) Crimes against Dalit and tribal women. D) Economic crimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crimes against Dalit and tribal women. 25. What is one of the provisions for Adivasis under the 1989 Act? A) Right to occupy traditional lands. B) Right to migrate freely. C) Right to sell their land. D) Right to ignore government laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right to occupy traditional lands. 26. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act came into force on A) 2012. B) 2013. C) 2014. D) 2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2013. 27. Certain groups feels marginalised due to factors, like: A) Social and cultural. B) Economic. C) Political. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 28. What do Dalits and other minority groups invoke to seek justice? A) Local customs. B) Fundamental Rights. C) Religious texts. D) Historical documents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fundamental Rights. 29. Who was kabir by caste A) Weaver. B) Barber. C) Kumhar. D) Mason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weaver. 30. Where do Adivasis live? A) Forests. B) Cities. C) Towns. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forests. 31. Which is the Article of Constitution that states that untouchability has been abolished? A) Article 16. B) Article 19. C) Article 18. D) Article 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 17. 32. Which class or varna did traders and merchants form? A) Brahmins. B) Shudras. C) Vaishyas. D) Kshatriyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaishyas. 33. What is one of the aims of the laws and policies for the marginalised? A) To restrict opportunities. B) To promote inequality. C) To provide access to education. D) To ensure cultural dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide access to education. 34. A person who does not get adequate nutrition or food is known as: A) Mal nourished. B) Nourished. C) Well nourished. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mal nourished. 35. What do you mean by the term dalit? A) Spoiled. B) Lower caste. C) Broken. D) Adivasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken. 36. What are the problems faced by the manual scavengers? A) Eye infection. B) Good treatment. C) High wages. D) High respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eye infection. 37. How does government ensure to end the inequity in the country? A) Through law. B) Through reservations. C) Both law and reservations. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both law and reservations. 38. When did prevention of Atrocities act framed? A) 1990. B) 1969. C) 1989. D) 1979. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1989. 39. ..... is home to more than 60% tribal groups. A) MP. B) Orissa. C) Rajasthan. D) UP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orissa. 40. In which year Rajindar Sachar Committee was established A) 2006. B) 2008. C) 2007. D) 2005. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2005. 41. Which community has been mainly employed in manual scavenging? A) Adivasis. B) Children. C) Dalits. D) Poor women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dalits. 42. Apartheid was a legal method of which sort of discrimination? A) Gender-based. B) Caste-based. C) Racial. D) Economical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Racial. 43. The government provides free hostels for students of Dalit and Adivasi communities so that they can avail of education facilities that may not be available in their localities. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. How does government ensure to end the inequality in the country? A) Through laws. B) Through resevations. C) Both A and B. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 45. Who was the religions minorities in India A) Sikh. B) Muslim. C) Jain. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 46. What is the literal meaning of 'Adivasis'? A) Primitive inhabitants. B) Backward inhabitants. C) Old inhabitants. D) Original inhabitants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Original inhabitants. 47. When did the Supreme Court ban the practice of manual scavenging? A) 2002. B) 2004. C) 2001. D) 1993. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1993. 48. What is the percent of Muslim school-going children who go to Madarsas? A) 1%. B) 3%. C) 5%. D) 30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3%. 49. Who needs to constantly work to bring equality and dignity for all? A) Governement. B) People. C) None of them. D) Both of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both of them. 50. What is required for candidates to avail of reservation benefits? A) Proof of income. B) Educational qualifications. C) Age proof. D) Caste and tribe certificates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caste and tribe certificates. 51. How much is population of the Adivasis in India? A) 7%. B) 8%. C) 5%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8%. 52. What does the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 address? A) Promotion of caste system. B) Discrimination and exploitation of marginalised communities. C) Cultural preservation. D) Economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination and exploitation of marginalised communities. 53. The minorities are forced to live on the margins of economic and social development, this is known as A) Malnourished. B) Marginalisation. C) Displaced. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displaced. 54. Militarised is an area where presence of the armed forces is not considerable A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. Which is the Article of Constitution that states that accountability has been abolished? A) Article 17. B) Article 15. C) Article 18. D) Article 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 17. 56. What is meant by the term 'Assertive'? A) Those who never express themselves. B) Those oppose every concept. C) Those express themselves strongly. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Those express themselves strongly. 57. When was the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act passed? A) 2006. B) 1989. C) 1993. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2006. 58. The forest or tribal people living in their aboriginal state the lifestyle are known as A) Invoke. B) Dalits. C) Adivasis. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adivasis. 59. What literally means the original inhabitants? A) Devoid. B) Adivasis. C) Ghetto. D) Minority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adivasis. 60. The schedule tribes are also known as A) Dalits. B) Adivasis. C) OBC. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adivasis. Next →Related QuizzesCivics QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Civics Chapter 8 Confronting Marginalisation Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books