CLASS VII
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE
CHAPTER -1 Equality in Indian Democracy
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
Ques1. What is the essential condition for all democracies?
Ans. Universal adult franchise is an essential condition for all democracies.
Ques2. On what India is the universal adult franchise based?
Ans. The universal adult franchise is based on the idea of equality.
Ques3. What is universal adult franchise?
Ans. Universal adult franchise is the essential condition for all democracies.
1. It gives all adults, irrespective of what religion they belong the how much educated, what
caste they are from or whelped they are rich or poor, the right to vote.
2. It is based on the principle of quality, i.e. one person one based on vote and one vote one
value.
SHORT QUESTION ANSWERS
Ques1. In a democracy why is universal adult franchise important?
Ans1. 1. In a democracy, universal adult franchise is important because it is based on the
principle of equality.
2. It authorizes every adult citizen in a country to caste one vote irrespective of his/her wealth
and the communities they belong to.
Ques2. In what ways was Omprakash Valmiki’s experience similar to that of the Ansaris?
Ans3. The dignity of both Omprakash Valmiki and the Ansaris were violated. They were made
victim of inequality in treatment.
Omprakash Valmiki was made to sweep the school, because of his baste and Ansaris were
refused to bases the apartments because of their religion.
Ques3. The government of India passed the disabilities act in 1995. This law states that
persons with disabilities have equal rights and the government should make possible their
full participation in society. The government has to provide fare education and integrate
children with disabilities into all mainstreams school this law also states that all public places
including boarding schools, etc. should be accessible and provide and think about the boy
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who is being carried down the stairs. Do you think the above law is being implemented in his
lave? What needs to be done to make the build use accessible for him?
Ans5. 1. The above law in not being implemented in the case of the boy who is being carried
down the stairs as shown in the photograph.
2. There is need to construct public buildings like school, hospitals etc. With the provisions of
ramps so that they may be more accessible for the persons with disabilities.
3. The dignity of the boy is affected on being tarried down the staves because he may feel
inferior for his dependency on other’s for movement in such place his safely is also at stake as
the persons helping him may be use an accident.
LONG QUESTION ANSWERS
Ques1. Re – read the iron on article 15and state two ways in which this article addresses in
equality?
Ans. Article 15 given in the box address in equality in the following two ways: 1. The state shall not discriminate against any citizen on the basis of his/her religion, race
caste, sex, place of birth or any of them here inequality cannot be a ground of
discrimination.
2. No citizen shall be discrimination or restricted on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or
any other them.
3. Visiting shops, public restaurants, hotels and public places for entertainment.
4. Using public place maintained by the funds of the state or meant for public uses eke wells,
ponds, bathing Ghats.
Ques2. What do you understand by the term “all persons are equal before law? Why do you
think it is important in a democracy?
Ans4. 1. All person from the president of the country to a domestic worker have to obey the
same laws.
2. No person can be discrimin ated against on the basis of his/her religion, race, caste, place of
berth, female or male.
3. All person have the right to attend to all the public place like play ground, hotels, shops,
market wells, roads.
4. Un touchalrlity has been abolished.
5. Equality before the law is important in a democracy because it is the basic principle of
democracy it also involves some kind of equitable distribution of income and absence of
prnicliges and social discrimination.
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HOTS QUESTIONS
Ques1. Which country is called the mother of Parliamentary from of government?
Ans. Parliamentary system has been taken from the United Kingdom because U.K constitution
of parliamentarianism. It is also called ministerial or cabinet system.
VALUE BASED QUESTION
Ques.1 In your country, 37 per cent of the people live below poverty line. It means that 37
people out of every 100 Indians live on less than Rs. 20 Per day. In your opinion what is the
solution to this problem of our country?
Ans. In your country, 37 per cent of the people live below poverty line. It means that 37 people
out of every 100 Indians live on less than Rs. 20 Per day.
The solution can be following:- our constitution guarantees equality to the people. The
government has tried to implement this in two ways: first, through the laws and second,
through various governmental welfare programmes and schemes. The government is trying
hard to bring back poverty stricken people those who have been ignored for centuries, into the
mainstream.
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