This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 Civics Chapter 8 Confronting Marginalisation ā Quiz 2 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 Civics Chapter 8 Confronting Marginalisation Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where do Adivasis live? A) Forests. B) Cities. C) Towns. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forests. 2. Which is the Article of Constitution that states that untouchability has been abolished? A) Article 16. B) Article 17. C) Article 18. D) Article 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article 17. 3. Which class or varna did traders and merchants form? A) Brahmins. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaishyas. D) Shudras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaishyas. 4. What is one of the aims of the laws and policies for the marginalised? A) To provide access to education. B) To ensure cultural dominance. C) To promote inequality. D) To restrict opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide access to education. 5. What do you mean by the term dalit? A) Spoiled. B) Broken. C) Lower caste. D) Adivasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broken. 6. What are the problems faced by the manual scavengers? A) Eye infection. B) High wages. C) High respect. D) Good treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eye infection. 7. 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. 8. When did prevention of Atrocities act framed? A) 1990. B) 1979. C) 1989. D) 1969. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1989. 9. Which community has been mainly employed in manual scavenging? A) Dalits. B) Poor women. C) Adivasis. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dalits. 10. Apartheid was a legal method of which sort of discrimination? A) Racial. B) Gender-based. C) Caste-based. D) Economical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Racial. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. What is the literal meaning of 'Adivasis'? A) Primitive inhabitants. B) Original inhabitants. C) Old inhabitants. D) Backward inhabitants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Original inhabitants. 15. When did the Supreme Court ban the practice of manual scavenging? A) 2001. B) 2002. C) 2004. D) 1993. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1993. 16. What is the percent of Muslim school-going children who go to Madarsas? A) 1%. B) 30%. C) 5%. D) 3%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3%. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. How much is population of the Adivasis in India? A) 5%. B) 7%. C) 8%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8%. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. Which is the Article of Constitution that states that accountability has been abolished? A) Article 16. B) Article 18. C) Article 17. D) Article 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 17. 24. 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. 25. When was the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act passed? A) 2006. B) 1993. C) 2001. D) 1989. 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