DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, VIDYUT NAGAR

CLASS VIII
CIVICS
Chapter 7"Understanding Marginalisation”
ASSIGNMENT
Fill in the blanks:
1. Niyamgiri Hill located in Kalahandi district of ____________ is inhabited
by Dongarria Konds, Adivasis community.
a. Orissa c. Chhattisgarh
b. Jharkhand d. West Bengal
2. The Adivasi language which has the largest number of speakers
is_________
a. Khasi c. Manipuri
b. Santhali d. None of these
3. Tribals are also referred to as_____________________.
a. Dalits c. Untouchables
b. Muslims d. Adivasis
4. According to 2011 census, ____________are 14.2 percent of India’s
population.
5. How much is population of Adivasis in India?
a. 2% c. 4%
b. 8% d. 6%
6. Certain groups feel marginalised due to factors, like:
a. Social and cultural
b. Economic
c. Political
d. All of these
7. Stereotyping of Adivasis is related to their being:
a. Exotic
b. Primitive
c. Backward
d. All the above
8. _________is a locality which is populated largely by members of a
particular community.
a. Minorities
b. Adivasis
c. Ghetto
 d. None of these

Define:
1. Ghettoisation:
2. Displaced

Questions:
1. Write in your own words two or more sentences of what you understand by the
word ‘marginalisation’.
2. List two reasons why Adivasis are becoming increasingly marginalised.
3. Write one reason why you think the Constitution’s safeguards to protect
minority communities are very important?
4. What do you understand by the term minority?
The term minority refers to communities which are numerically small in relation to
the rest of the population.
5. What do you know about Adivasis?
i) The term Adivasi means original inhabitants.
ii) This community has close relation with forests. They depend on
forests for everything.
iii) They have their own languages, which are as old as Sanskrit.

6. Describe the various reasons that forced Adivasis to move from their lands.
i) More than 50% of Adivasis got displaced due to mines and mining
projects.
ii) Huge tracts of Adivasis’ land have gone under the water of hundreds
of dams that have been built in independent India.
iii) In the North-east, their lands remain highly militarized and war-torn.