C. Answer the following
questions:-
1. What is prejudice?
Ans.1 Prejudice means to judge others in a negative way or to see them as
inferior. People who are prejudiced may criticise the religious beliefs,
habits, customs, dressing styles and languages of other people.
2. What is
stereotype?
Ans.2 Stereotyping is setting an image about people or things based on certain
characteristics or their membership to a particular group. Stereotyping is
harmful for the individual and society
3. Who
were untouchables?
Ans.3 Dalits are untouchables after DR BR ambedkar and many other who worked
for the upliftment of the untouchables. Constitution refer to them as scheduled
castes through they called themselves as dalits.later untouchability was
declared as a crime and abolished.
4. Give
some common examples of stereotypes that are practiced in the society?
Ans.4 Some common examples of
stereotypes that are practiced in the society are as follow:
1. Girls
should be soft spoken and well behaved
2. Boys
are physically stronger
3. girls
are good at embroidery, dance and painting
4. fair
people are more beautiful compared to dark complexioned people.
5. Girls
are not good at sports.
5.how
are inequality and discrimination interrelated? Explain in detail.
Ans.5 Inequality
causes the sectors and groups and communities to form. When a group or
community is (considered) inferior thay face discrimination. If the inequality
vanished and everyone had equal amount of everything and had no or same flaws;
no one would ever discriminate anyone. Hence they are interrelate.
