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Q.1 What do you think is meant by the expression ‘power over the ballot box’? Discuss.
Solution: Power over the ballot box, signifies the power of the common people, who are availing the right to vote in every election.
They are the real power of any country. They are driving the government and the working of the system without any second thoughts.
Q.2 What issue is Tawa Matsya Sangh fighting for?
Solution: In 1994, the government gave the rights to fishing in the Tawa reservoir to private contractors. These contractors drove the local people away and threatened the ones who did not leave, by bringing in hoodlums.
The villagers stood united and decided that it was time to set up an organisation and do something to protect their rights. Thus they formed the Tawa Matsya Sangh (TMS), which organised rallies and protests demanding their right to continue fishing for their livelihood.
Q.3 Why did the villagers set up this organisation?
Solution: The villagers set up this organisation in order to protect their livelihood and their land. They also set it up with the additional objective of highlighting the injustice meted out to them by the government.
Q.4 Do you think that the large scale participation contributed to the success of the TMS? Write two lines on why you think so.
Solution: In response to the large scale protests by the TMS, the government created a committee to assess the issue. The committee recommended that fishing rights be granted to the villagers for their livelihood. In 1996, the Madhya Pradesh government decided to give fishing rights for the reservoir to the people displaced by the Tawa dam. A five-year lease agreement was signed two months later.
On January 2, 1997, people from 33 villages of Tawa started the new year with the first catch. With the TMS taking over the fish, workers were able to increase their earnings substantially. Thus, it can be said that the large scale participation by the people forced the government to review the situation in the villagers’ favour, as they worked out a deal which would be beneficial for all the parties.
Q.5 What role does the Constitution play in peoples struggle equality?
Solution: Constitution plays a significant role in the people’s struggle for equality. It ensures that there is a free and fair treatment. In the eye of the constitution, everyone is equal. No one is superior over the other. It ensures that every person must get equal rights under the law. It makes sure that everyone has access to the basic and fundamental rights.
Question 1.
What do you think is meant by the expression ‘power over the ballot box’? Discuss. (NCERT Page 115)
Answer.
By the expression “power over the ballot box” we mean that every adult citizen has great power in the right to vote.
Question 2.
Can you think of one person in your family, community, village, town, or city whom you respect because of their fight for equality and justice? (NCERT Page 116)
Answer.
Students to answer themselves.
Question 3.
What issue is the Tawa Matsya Sangh (TMS) fighting for? (NCERT Page 118)
Answer.
Issue of their right of fish caught in the Tawa Reservoir.
Question 4.
Why did the villagers set up this organisation? (NCERT Page 118)
Answer.
To fight for the right to fish caught in the Tawa Reservoir and the right to equality.
Question 5.
Do you think that the large-scale participation of villagers has contributed to the success of the TMS? Write two lines on why you think so? (NCERT Page 118)
Answer.
Question 6.
Can you think of an incident in your life in which one person or a group of people came together to change an unequal situation? (NCERT Page 119)
Answer.
Yes. In our village Dalits organized and obtained their right to send their children to school where students from all castes and religions study together.
Question 7.
What is your favourite line in the song given on page 120? (NCERT Page 120)
Answer.
My hunger has the right ……….. to know why grain rot in godowns.
Question 8.
What does the poet mean when he says, “My hunger has the right to know”? (NCERT Page 120)
Answer.
By these lines, the poet means that the victim should have the right to know the cause of his sufferings. As why grain is rotting in the godowns and the poor are hungry.
Question 9.
Can you share with your class a local song or a poem on the dignity that is from your area? (NCERT Page 120)
Answer.
Yes. The student to do it themselves.
Question 10.
What role does the Constitution play in people’s struggles for equality?
(NCERT Page 121)
Answer.
Indian Constitution recognises the equality of all. Constitution helps people in their struggle for equality through laws and through government schemes
Question 11.
Can you make up a social advertisement on equality? You can do this in small groups. (NCERT Page 121)
Answer.
Yes, do it yourself with the help of your teacher.
Note: There are no textual questions in this chapter.