Struggles for Equality

________ and ______________ continue to be a key reason why so many people’s lives in India are highly

unequal.

• Discrimination and prejudice

• Lack of resources and stereotype

• Poverty and Prejudice

• Poverty and lack of resources

Which of the following is a significant factor for people being treated unequally?

• Poverty

• Caste

• Discrimination

• None of the above

The Tawa Matsya Sangh in _________________ is another example of people coming together to fight

for an issue.

• Uttarakhand

• Madhya Pradesh

• Himachal Pradesh

• Delhi

Choose the correct option:

Assertion: People who are displaced are often poor.

Reason: Clearing of crops cause displacement of people.

• A and R is true.

• A is true but R is false.

• A and R is true but R is not the reason for A.

• A is true but R is false and R is not the reason for A.

Tawa Matsya Sangh – a federation of Fisherworker’s cooperatives is an organisation fighting for the rights of the displaced forest dwellers of the ________ forest.

• Sundarban Forest

• Gir Forest

• Satpura Forest

• None of the above

River Tawa flows through Betul, before joining

the Narmada in ____________.

• Hoshangabad

• Shahjahanabad

• Mewar

• Satpura

When did the construction of Tawa dam start?

• 1994

• 1978

• 1958

• 1948

A dam is built across a river at sites where one can collect

a lot of water. This forms a ___________.

• Embankment

• Reservoir

• Submergence

• Forest

In 1994, the government gave the rights for fishing

in the Tawa reservoir to ________________.

• Authorities

• Vilagers

• Fishermen

• Private Contractors

On January 2, 1997, people from __________ of Tawa started the new year with the first catch.

• 33 towns

• 35 cities

• 33 villages

• 100 fishermen