By whom were the following demands being made on forest land? Reserved by the government as wildlife parks.

The lands of the Adivasis were taken by the government and private players. The forest act passed by the British, divided forests into different categories: reserved, protected, and village forests. Villagers were denied access to the reserved forests.

Access to Basic Amenities, 2008 - 2009 Religious Community Pucca House Electricity Tap Water Hindu 65 . 4 75 . 2 43 . 7 Muslim 63 . 8 67 . 5 35 . 8 Christian 69 . 3 86 . 2 48 . 0 Sikh 91 . 3 96 . 0 49 . 3 Look at the given data and answer. Which of these communities have the most and the least access to basic amenities?

The above-given data is from the India Human Development Report of 2011 . The communities which have the maximum number of access to necessities are the Sikhs and on the other hand, the community with the least access to the basic amenities is Muslim.

Forest lands for agriculture by nontribal people Discussthis

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalisation>Exercise 2

By whom were the following demands being made on forest land?

Reserved by the government as wildlife parks.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalisation>Exercise 2

How does the loss of forest lands affect tribal people?

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalisation>Exercise 3

In your opinion, why is it important that Adivasis should have a say in how their forests and forest lands are used?

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalisation>Exercise 4

Why do we need to safeguard minorities?

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalisation>Exercise 5

Access to Basic Amenities, $2008$ - $2009$

Religious Community	Pucca House	Electricity	Tap Water
Hindu	$65.4$	$75.2$	$43.7$
Muslim	$63.8$	$67.5$	$35.8$
Christian	$69.3$	$86.2$	$48.0$
Sikh	$91.3$	$96.0$	$49.3$

Look at the given data and answer. Which of these communities have the most and the least access to basic amenities?

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalisation>Exercise 6

(i) Literacy rate by religion, $2011$ (percentage):

ALL	HINDUS	MUSLIMS	CHRISTIANS	SIKHS	BUDDHISTS	JAINS
$74$	$63$	$57$	$74$	$67$	$71$	$86$

(ii) Public employment of Muslim percentage:

Population

IAS

IPS

IFS

Central Public

Sector Unit (PSU)

State PSU

Bank and RBI

$13.5$

$3$

$4$

$1.8$

$3.3$

$10.8$

$2.2$

Which of these communities have the highest and lowest literacy rate?
What do these figures convey (Table (ii))?
Do you think special measures are required to address this situation?

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalisation>Exercise 7

I live in a Muslim-dominated area. Some days back during Ramzan, some disturbance started taking a communal outlook. My brother and I had gone for an Iftar party in the neighbourhood and were dressed in traditional clothes, that is sherwani and salwar kameez respectively. On returning home, my brother and I were asked to change our clothes to jeans and T-shirt. Now when everything is fine I wonder what was the reason that we were asked to change our clothes and why I didn’t find it odd. Were our clothes giving away our identity and is that identity linked to all kinds of fears and discrimination?

Ainee A. Farooqi

This given essay is written by Ainee A. Farooqi, what she is trying to convey?

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 7 - Understanding Marginalisation>Exercises>Q 1

Write in your own words two or more sentences of what you understand by the word 'marginalisation.'

Forest lands for agriculture by non-tribal people, Discuss this.

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