THEPSBBMI

LLENNI
UM SCHOOL
COI
MBATORE
2020-
2021
Gr
ade6
WORKSHEET-
7

TOPI
C:DI
VERSI
TY,PREJUDI
CEANDDI
SCRI
MINATI
ON

I
.Fi
l
lint
hebl
anks:
1.Thef
ir
stl
awmi
nist
erofi
ndependentI
ndi
a was
_____________________.
2.The______________syst
em cat
egor
izedpeopl
eint
o‘hi
gher
’and
‘
l
ower
’cast
e.
3.‘
Gir
lscannotdr
ivecar
s.’
Thest
atementspeaksofgender
__________________.
4.I
nthePar
li
amentar
eser
vat
ionof______________per
centoft
he
seat
sforwomenhasbeenpr
oposed.
5.Ther
ightt
o_______________sayst
hatnoI
ndi
ancanbe
di
scr
imi
nat
edont
hebasi
sofgender
,cast
e,r
eli
gion,r
aceoreconomi
c
st
atus.

I
I.Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions.
1.Whi
chst
atementi
sNOTanexampl
efordi
scr
imi
nat
ionont
hebasi
s
ofcast
e?

a.Rocha’
scl
assmat
esdonott
ast
ethef
oodf
rom herl
unchbox
becauseshei
sadal
i
t.
b.Ram i
snotgi
vent
hej
obbecausehedoesnothavet
her
ight
qual
i
ficat
ion.
c.Sham i
sdeni
edadmi
ssi
oni
nschool
becausehi
sfat
heri
samanual
l
abour
er.

d.Ram doesnotwantt
obef
ri
endl
ywi
thRavi
becausehi
smot
her
wor
ksasamai
dinpeopl
e’shouses.

2.Pr
ejudi
ceanddi
scr
imi
nat
ioncanl
eadt
o
A.vi
olenceanddeat
h
B.peaceandhar
mony
C.economi
cpr
ogr
ess
D.noneoft
hese

3.Rochai
sabr
ightst
udentbutherpar
ent
sdonotsendhert
oschool
.
Theydonotwantt
owast
emoneyonherast
heyf
eel
thatonedayshe
wi
l
lgetmar
ri
edandgoaway.Whati
nequal
i
tydoest
heexampl
eshow?
A.genderi
nequal
i
ty
B.economi
cinequal
i
ty
C.i
nequal
i
tybasedoncast
e
D.noneoft
hese

I
II
.Readt
hepassageandanswert
hequest
ionsgi
venbel
ow:

Asar
esul
tofgenderdi
scr
imi
nat
ion,t
hemal
e-f
emal
erat
ioi
nIndi
ahas
dr
oppedt
oal
owof914f
emal
esf
orever
y1,
000mal
es.Thi
snat
ional
r
ati
oisevenmor
eimbal
ancedi
ncer
tai
ndi
str
ict
sacr
osst
hecount
ry.I
n
somedi
str
ict
soft
heUni
onTer
ri
tor
iesl
i
keDamanandDi
u,f
orexampl
e,
t
her
ear
eamer
e533f
emal
esper1000mal
es.I
nfami
l
ieswher
ether
e
ar
esever
aldaught
ersandasi
ngl
eson,t
hegi
rl
sar
eof
tensentt
oan
under
fundedandover
crowdedgover
nmentschool
,whi
l
ethebr
otheri
s
sentt
oanexpensi
vepr
ivat
eschool
forhi
sst
udi
es.Mor
eover
,most
f
ami
l
iesf
orcet
hei
rdaught
erst
odr
opoutofschool
oncet
heyhave
compl
etedt
he10t
hgr
ade(
somet
imesevenear
li
er)
,inor
dert
otakeup
t
her
esponsi
bil
i
ti
esofr
unni
ngt
hehousehol
dint
hehopet
hatt
hiswi
l
l
maket
hegi
rl
sel
i
gibl
eformar
ri
age.Thi
sisacommonpat
ter
n
t
hroughoutI
ndi
a.

Answert
hef
oll
owi
nggi
venbel
ow:

1.Whati
sthemal
e-f
emal
erat
ioi
nIndi
anow?Whyi
sther
ati
osol
ow?
__________________________________________________________
_________________________
2.Whyar
emanygi
rl
sst
oppedf
rom goi
ngt
oschool
evenbef
oret
hey
f
ini
sht
hei
rschool
i
ng?Whati
mpactdoyout
hinkt
hiswoul
dhaveon
I
ndi
ansoci
etyandt
heeconomy?
__________________________________________________________
_____________

3.Howar
eboysandgi
rl
str
eat
eddi
ff
erent
ly?I
nyourownwor
dswr
it
e
howyouf
eel
aboutt
hisdi
scr
imi
nat
ion.
__________________________________________________________
_________________________

V.Obser
vet
hegi
venpi
ctur
ebel
owandwr
it
eyourvi
ewsr
elat
edt
othe
t
opi
cyouhavel
ear
nt.
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