Important Questions for Class 7

Social Science - Social and Political Life

Chapter 05 – Women change the world

A. Very short answer questions: 1 Mark

1. Fill in the blanks:
i. A ______ plays numerous roles in the transmission of knowledge.
Ans: A woman plays numerous roles in the transmission of knowledge.
ii. _______ belongs to a poor tribal family in Jharkhand.
Ans: Laxmi Lakra belongs to a poor tribal family in Jharkhand.
iii. Our society has changed a lot for women as a result of their struggle for
_______.
Ans: Our society has changed a lot for women as a result of their struggle for
equality.
iv. 83.60 % of working women in India are engaged in ________ work.
Ans: 83.60 % of working women in India are engaged in agriculture work.

2. True - False:
i. After lot of efforts made by men and women, girl’s school are opened to
educate female child.
Ans: True
ii. Where families are too poor and are unable to bear cost of educating all their
children then girls get preference over boys.
Ans: False
iii. Now a days women are getting educated and new opportunities are created
for them.
Ans: True

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iv. Supreme Court formulated guidelines in 1997 to protect women against
sexual harassment at the workplace and within educational institutions.
Ans: True

3. Match the following:

i. First known autobiography written by Laxmi Lakra
Rashundari Devi
ii. First women engine driver for Northern Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Railways
iii. Woman who was given title of Pandita Amar Jiban
iv. Campaign launched in 2014 Ramabai

Ans:
i. First known autobiography written by Amar Jiban
Rashundari Devi
ii. First women engine driver for Northern Laxmi Lakra
Railways
iii. Woman who was given title of Pandita Ramabai
iv. Campaign launched in 2014 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

4. Choose the correct option:

i. In Ramabai’s mission women were taught
(a) Carpentry
(b) Running and printing press
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of above
Ans: (c) Both (a) and (b)
ii. International women day is celebrated on
(a) 8 March

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(b) 8 April
(c) 11 March
(d) 8 November
Ans: (b) 8 March

5. Define the following:

i. Sexual harassment
Ans: The unwanted behaviour that is of a sexual nature which can either be
physically or verbally and against the wishes of a woman is known as sexual
harassment.
ii. Violation
Ans: It means when someone forcefully breaks the law or a rule or openly shows
disrespect.

B. Short Answer Questions: 2 Marks

1. Why was Ramabai given the title of Pandita?
Ans: The title of Pandita was given to Ramabai because she can read and write in
Sanskrit, a remarkable achievement as a woman as they were not allowed such
knowledge.

2. Define discrimination.
Ans: Discrimination refers to not treating people equally or with respect.

3. What is the mean of the women’s movement?

Ans: Women individually and collectively have struggled to bring about the
changes in society. This struggle is known as the Women’s Movement.

4. Give one drawback of stereotype.

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Ans: One of the drawbacks of stereotype is that it prevents us from looking at people
as unique individuals.

5. What are the powerful ways of drawing attention to injustice?

Ans: The powerful ways of drawing attention to injustice are public rallies and
demonstrations.

C. Short Answer Questions: 3 Marks

1. Define stereotypes.
Ans: When we believe that people belonging to particular groups based on religion,
wealth, language is bound to have certain fixed characteristics or can only do a
certain type of work, we create a stereotype.

2. Why had Supreme Court formulated guidelines in 1997?

Ans: Supreme Court formulated certain guidelines which are named as “Vishaka
guidelines” in 1997. The law has been enacted in order to protect women against
sexual harassment at the workplace and within educational institutions.

3. Give an example of showing solidarity.

Ans: Every year, on 14 August, several thousand people gather at Wagah on the
border of India and Pakistan and hold a cultural program. On that day women are
holding up candles to demonstrate the solidarity between the people of India and
Pakistan.

4. When women’s movement raises its voice?

Ans: The women’s movement raises its voice when violations against women take
place or when a law or policy acts against their interests. The powerful ways of
drawing attention to injustice are public rallies and demonstrations.

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5. What is the main aim of the women’s movement?
Ans: An important aim of the women’s movements’ work is to raise public
awareness on women’s rights issues. Their message has been spread through street
plays, songs, and public meetings.

D. Long Answer Questions: 5 Marks

1. How do you think stereotypes, about what women can or cannot do, affect
women’s right to equality?
Ans: Women are deliberated to be substandard from men. There was a thought
saying women are without any technical observance and consequently cannot
become researchers. It is supposed that women remain decent solitarily in some
definite professions for instance teaching and nursing. This typecast regarding the
competence or incompetence of women for performing definite works will seriously
distress every woman’s right to equality. It is owing to this purpose for which women
are not paid as many remunerations as their male colleagues.

2. List one reason why learning the alphabet was so important to women like
Rashundari Devi, Ramabai, and Rokeya.
Ans: Knowledge of an alphabet has become significant for these women since
subsequent to that they turn into writing stories, letters, and autobiographies which
designated on their private involvements of dissimilarity. A woman plays numerous
roles in the transmission of knowledge. A child becomes the first person a woman
transmits knowledge to. The preliminary thing a child learns from his/her mother is
PRAYERS along with the informal knowledge regarding how to eat, talk, walk, etc.
Now a day’s women have acquired knowledge in both secular and religious aspects.
A few of them are found in the hospitals as nurses or doctors, some teachers, some
as accountants, etc. Women with such careers tend to do it better and with passion
in it.

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3. “Poor girls drop out of school because they are not interested in getting an
education.” Re-read the last paragraph on page 62 and explain why this
statement is not true.
Ans: Poor girls leave school not by their own wish but of being constrained in doing
so, owing to numerous purposes. Presently in rural and underprivileged regions of
the country, there is a lack of appropriate schools. In addition a scarcity of regular
educators who can impart proper teaching. In case a school is far from people’s
house, and are devoid of any transportation abilities, which makes parents their
unwillingness in sending their girls to school. In addition, families often consider
that the expenditure of education, both monetary and psychological is wasted on a
girl due to her reduced earning prospective and this selfsame anticipation of
domesticity.

4. Can you describe the campaigning method of struggle that the women’s
movement used to raise issues?
Ans: Campaigning is a significant portion of the women’s movement which contests
discernment and fierceness in contradiction to women. Campaigns also directed in
the novel laws being approved. The women’s movement correspondingly made
Supreme Court in the formulation of guiding principles in 1997 for the protection of
women alongside sexual harassment in workplaces. Women’s groups outstretched
their voices in contradiction to dowry demises. They necessitated instant justice for
cases in which young brides are being slaughtered by their in-laws or companions
for additional dowry.

5. Can you describe the protesting method of struggle that the women’s
movement used to raise issues?
Ans: The women’s movement promotes their voice when desecrations in
contradiction of women have taken place. Public rallies and demonstrations are quite
influential procedures of illustration of attention against injustices. Awareness can
be quite effective in handling pressures.

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