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CHAPTER 1 On Equality Text Questions Q1. Do you think Kanta has enough reason to doubt whether she really is equal? List three reason from the story that might make her feel like this. Ans. Yes, Kanta has enough reasons to doubt whether she is really equal. Reasons: • She cannot skip work even when her daughter is ill. • She does not have enough money to take her daughter to doctor. • She has to stand in line at a government hospital for her turn to show her daughter to the doctor. Q2. Why do you think Omprakash Valmiki was being treated unequally by his teacher and his classmates? Imagine yourself as Omprakash Valmiki and write four lines about how you would feel if you were in the same situation as him. Ans. Yes, Omprakash Valmiki is being treated unequally by his teacher and his classmates because he belongs to Dalits. We, as Omprakash Valmiki. • We would feel humiliated and many questions would arise in our mind. Like: • Do we not have soul, heart? • Are we not fit for education? • Why are we treated unequally? Q3. Why do you think the Ansaris were being treated unequally? What would you do ifr you were in the Ansaris’ position and could not find a place to live because some people did not want to live next to you because of the religion you practice. Ans. Ansaris were being treated unequally because they belonged to Muslim religion. • If we were in Ansaris’ position. ➢ We would go to the minorities commission to lodge a complaint against the apartment owners. ➢ We would try to reason out with people. Q4. If you were one of the Ansaris how would you have responded to the suggestions that you change your name? Ans. I would have responded in these words: I will not change my name as there is nothing in the name, all are god’s creations. Q5. Can you think of an incident in your life in which your dignity was violated? How did this make you feel? Ans. Yes


Q6. What is major challenge to democracy? Ans. No country is described as completely democratic country. There are always certain challenges like • Caste system • Inequality of gender or gender bias. • Economic or social inequality. Q7. What is one of the main reasons which is responsible for continuance of discrimination? Ans. One of the main reasons for continuance of discrimination is that attitudes change very slowly. • Persons are aware that discrimination is against the law still they continue to treat people unequally on the basis of their caste, religion disability, economic status and sex. • It is only when people begin to believe that no one is inferior and that every person deserves to be treated with dignity, that attitudes change. • Establishing equality in a democratic society is a continuous struggle. • Persons as well as various communities in India contribute to remove inequalities. Q8. Account for issues of equality in other democracies. Ans. Issues of Equality in Other Democracies • India is not the only democratic country in which there is inequality and in which the struggle for equality continues to exist. • In most democratic countries around the world the issues of equality continues to be the key issue around which communities struggle. ➢ In USA the Africo-Americans brought as slaves from Africa continue to be largely unequal. ➢ This is despite a movement in the late 1950s to push for equal rights for African- Americans. ➢ Prior to this, Africo-American were treated extremely unequally in the United States. They were denied equality through law. Long answer type questions Q1. When persons are treated unequally, their dignity is violated. How? Ans. when persons are treated unequally their dignity is violated because they feel humiliated. • The dignity of both Omprakash Valmiki and the Ansaris was violated because of the way in which they were treated.