Important Questions for Class 7

Social Science - Civics

Chapter 09 – Struggles for Equality

A. Very Short Answer Questions: 1 Mark

1. Fill in the blanks:
i. In the Constitution of India, every citizen is recognized ____ before law.
Ans: In the Constitution of India, every citizen is recognized equal before law.
ii. Every citizen above 18 years possess right to ____.
Ans: Every citizen above 18 years possess right to vote.
iii. The TMS also helped fish workers in buying ____.
Ans: The TMS also helped fish workers in buying nets.
iv. Right to Fishing was the demand of the ______.
Ans: Right to Fishing was the demand of the TMS.

2. State true and false:

i. The increase in private hospitals has helped in the negligence of the public
hospitals.
Ans: True
ii. Some people are treated unequally due to their religion.
Ans: True
iii. Casteism is a soul reason of discriminations.
Ans: True
iv. Poverty and lack of resources are the main reasons for inequality.
Ans: True

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 3. Match the following:
i. TMS Dropbox of votes
ii. Poverty A fundamental right
iii. Right to vote Lack of resources
iv. Ballot Box Tawa Matsya Sangh

Ans:
i. TMS Tawa Matsya Sangh
ii. Poverty Lack of resources
iii. Right to vote A fundamental right
iv. Ballot Box Dropbox of votes

4. Choose the correct option:

i. TMS was from___
a) Hoshangabad
b) Moradabad
c) Safedabad
d) Faizabad
Ans: a) Hoshangabad
ii. TMS were protesting for their _____ rights.
a) Fishing
b) Fighting
c) Eating
d) Drinking
Ans: a) Fishing

5. Define the following:

i. Poverty

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Ans: Poverty is a term that defines the standard of living for the people who lack
the basic income and resources set by their government.
ii. Ballot box
Ans: A Ballot box is a box in which people drop their voting papers after marking
their representative.

B. Short Answer Questions: 2 Marks

1. What do you mean by equality?
Ans: Equality is a term used for the people to give the same treatment, without
any discrimination.

2. What do you mean by poverty?

Ans: Poverty is a term that defines the standard of living for the people who lack
the basic income and resources set by their government.

3. What is the ballot box?

Ans: A Ballot box is a box in which people drop their voting papers after marking
their representative.

4. Who is responsible for giving equal rights to people?

Ans: The government of a nation or state is responsible to ensure that their people
are treated and benefitted accordingly to keep them equal in society without any
discrimination.

5. What is discrimination?
Ans: When a society or person does not understand the customs and life of
another person and tease him or her on the grounds of caste, creed, religion; this
is called discrimination.

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C. Short Answer Questions: 3 Marks
1. What do you mean by the term “Power over the ballot box”?
Ans: The term “power over the ballot box” is used for the adults of India who
participate in the voting process. These adults practice the power of making a
representative for the government. The process of voting and this practice to
chose the representative is called the “power over ballot box”.

2. Why do the street vendors lack behind the online sellers?

Ans: The online sellers used to be rich and they advertise their products through
various channels. The street vendor selling the same product could not sell the
items due to non-reachable resources. Even if the same product is being sold by
both of them, it is more likely that online sellers will sell more items than the
street vendors.

3. What could be the basic reason that the people of India are highly
unequal?
Ans: There could be many reasons for being Indian citizen’s unequal; some of
them are given below
• Poverty could be the greatest reason as poverty reduces many chances of life.
• Lack of resources- Although India is a huge country due to the large margin
of poor families the GDP of India is low in comparison to its population. So
the welfare schemes do not reach everyone.

4. What are common reasons for discrimination?

Ans: Common reasons for discrimination are given below-
• Discrimination could take place due to religious differences.
• Due to gender inequality
• Due to communal differences
• Due to Cultural differences
• Due to geographical differences

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5. What do you mean by struggles for equality?
Ans: When common people of any country fight for their rights and government
or its institutions, people of different perspectives and other communities try to
hinder their rights the process in achieving the goal or the rights by the strugglers
is called a struggle for equality.

D. Long Answer Questions: 5 Marks

1. Have you ever participated in a rally related to school safety? Explain.
Ans: Yes, I have participated in my school rally which was organized by our
school trust. It was done with the help of NCC cadets. We were told to walk
around the city with traffic rule hoardings in our hands. We were also told to take
pedestrians in place of the main road to avoid any ruckus and traffic. We were
told to give lessons on the traffic rules who were a subject of a traffic violation
on the streets or on the roads. It was fun doing this. We enjoyed it as well as learn
more about the traffic rules.

2. How can you make a social advertisement for equality? Write a story.
Ans: If I’ll have to make a social advertisement for equality, I’ll make it on the
‟Right to Education”. As a student of class 7, I heartily feel that everyone should
be educated at least till elementary level. As education brings many opportunities
in their life no one should be barred for their elementary schooling.
The advertisement will speak about a government primary school where children
of every community, class, and cast go for study and they pursue their core
fundamental right provided by the constitution of India.

3. How is the constitution useful in providing people their fundamental

rights?
Ans: The Constitution of India is a collection of documents written for the
welfare of the citizens of India. There is three pillars of Indian Democracy which
is Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. These three pillars are bound to serve the
people of India. These three pillars are also a subject of the Constitution of India
which provides the Indian citizens its fundamental rights.
The Constitution of India is a collection of documents written for the welfare of

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the citizens of India. There are three pillars of Indian Democracy is Legislature,
Executive, and Judiciary. These three pillars are bound to serve the people of
India. These three pillars are also a subject of the Constitution of India which
provides the Indian citizens its fundamental rights.

4. Why was the Tawa Matsya Sangh rallying?

Ans: Tawa Matsya Sangh rallied for their rights of fishing in their area. The
government constructed a damn in their area and many people had to relocate.
Some made it near the dam and started living there. But as soon as the dam was
built it gave rights for fishing to private contractors. This led to a huge protest.
People of Tawa Matsya Sangh started rallying and stopped the highways. The
protest was stretched all over the country to support the people of Tawa Matsya
Sangh. Later the government had to take back its decision.

5. What could be the main reasons of inequality in India?

Ans: India is a very big country with a population of approximately 130 million.
There are many differences in the country. The differences are on the basis of
language, caste, religion, geography, and culture. These people do not fit with
each other and misinterpretations take place. The daily life of every citizen is
different in many ways. These differences sometimes become a reason of ruckus
between them. To tackle these differences and to bring each and every people to
the table of equality there are various provisions in the constitution of India.

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