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1. NCERT Solutions For Class 8 Social and Political life
Confronting Marginalisation
NCERT Solutions For Class 8 Social and Political life Confronting
Marginalisation
Question­1
List two Fundamental Rights in the Constitution that Dalits can draw upon to insist that
they be treated with dignity and as equals. Re­read the Fundamental Rights listed on
page 14 to help you answer this ​Question.
Solution:
Two Fundamental Rights in the Constitution that Dalits can draw upon
are:­
No citizen can be discriminated against on the basis of their religion, caste
or sex
All minorities, religious or linguistic, can set up their own educational
institutions in order to preserve and develop their own culture.
Question­2
Re­read the story on Rathnam as well as the provisions of the 1989
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Now
list one reason why you think he used this law to file a complaint.
Solution:
The Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989 distinguishes several levels of crimes
One such crime is …….
Modes of humiliation
That is, if an individual or an organization commits any act which is
derogatory to human dignity against anyone then it is a crime against them
which is punishable under the law by invoking the 1989 Act
When Rathnam was asked to wash the feet of the priests he refused to do
so. This angered the majority caste. In order to take revenge on Rathnam
the majority community set fire to Rathnam’s hut.

2. Rathnam approached the nearby Police station and filed a case under the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
1989.
Action was taken by the government and the ritual of washing the feet of the
priests was called off.
Question­3
Why do Adivasi activists, including C.K. Janu, believe that Adivasis can also
use this 1989 Act to fight against dispossession? Is there anything specific in
the provisions of the Act that allows her to believe this?
Solution:
The Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989 distinguishes several levels of crimes
One such crime is …….
Actions that deprive Dalits and Adivasis of their possessions
That is, if an individual or an organization wrongfully occupies or cultivates
any land owned by a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe
then it is a crime against them which is punishable under the law by
invoking the 1989 Act.
Forestlands belonging to Adivasis have been encroached upon by timber
merchants and paper mills. So Adivasi activist including C.K. Janu, believe
that Adivasis can also use the 1989 Act to fight against dispossession.
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