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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 10 Social Science Sociology Chapter 4 Social Problems

Class 10 Social Science Social Problems Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers

I. Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Answers:

Question 1.
The child labour is prohibited as per _______________ article of the constitution.
Answer:
24

Question 2.
Child marriage prevention act was implemented in the year
Answer:
2006

Question 3.
A national policy was implemented in the year _______________ for the welfare of child labour.
Answer:
1986

Question 4.
The law prohibiting female feticide was implemented in the year
Answer:
1994.

Question 5.
The law protecting children from sexual crimes was implemented in the year _______________
Answer:
2012

II. Answer The Following In A Sentence:

Question 1.
Name any tivo social problems of India.
Answer:

• Child laborers
• Female feticide
• Gender discrimination
• Child trafficking

Question 2.
Who are the child laborers?
Answer:
If children below the age of 14 years are working for the financial consideration, then it is called as Child Labour’.

Question 3.
What is female feticide?
Answer:
Female Feticide is an attempt to stop the natural growth of a female fetus in the womb of a mother or aborting the fetus forcibly,

Question 4.
What is child marriage?
Answer:
According to the law, the marriage that takes place between a boy of below 21 years and a girl who is below 18 years is child marriage.

Question 5.
What is gender discrimination?
Answer:
This denotes not only the biological features of man or woman, it includes the cultural, behavioral, and social layers of life. It includes the status of each in the social hierarchy.

Question 6.
What is child trafficking?
Answer:
If any human being below 18 years is employed, transferred, shifted, sheltered, send and owned with the intention of exploitation is called child trafficking.

Question 7.
When did the industrial act implement?
Answer:
In 1948 India has implemented the industrial act.

Question 8.
Which is the main reason for child labor?
Answer:
The Greedy owners

Question 9.
Which is the major solution to the problem of child labor?
Answer:
Ensuring all children below 18 years to be in the school.

Question 10.
What is “Sexual offence”!
Answer:
Any act of unsafe tough exploitation, violence, harassment and assault on any children under the age of 18 years.

Question 11.
“Male children mortility rate is more among girl children” why?
Answer:
Failure of various nutritional programmes

Question 12.
What is the importance of the PCPNDT Act?
Answer:
PCPNDT means Pre conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act 1994 PCPNDT introduced because to prevent female fericide.

Question 13.
What is the “Invisible Hunger”?
Answer:
An individual needs requisite quantity of proteins carbohydrates, fat, vitamins and salts if these requirements are not fulfilled it is called as “Invisible Hunger”.

Question 14.
When did child marriage prohibition act implement?
Answer:
In 2006

III. Discuss In Groups And Then Answer The Following

Question 1.
What are the reasons for child labour? Explain.
Answer:

• Lack of social environment that honors and protect child rights is the main reason for child labour, child marriage, human trafficking of children.
• The greedy owners who strive for less wages and more work is the reason for child labour.
• Due to agricultural crisis.
• Children end up working in hotels
• Fire crackers manufacturing units Other dangerous sectors which fall under unorganized sector.
• Failure to implement compulsory and universal education has resulted in non-availability of education to all children.
• Failure to implement land reform act properly las resulted in poor financial conditions of families.

Question 2.
What are the effects of child Marriage?
Answer:

• Violations like sexual assaults on children become more and more increased. Many rights of children like education, childhood, entertainment, interaction with friends continue to be violated.
• Children fall into the trap of malnutrition, anemia, diseases, abortions, infanticide.
• The chance of girl becoming a widow at a young age is also more and becomes a victim of violence easily.

Question 3.
What are the measures to eradicate child labour? Explain.
Answer:

• The government has amended the law and according 10 the law of 2016, Adolescent labour prohibition, they cannot work everywhere
• This law has amended the 1986 law of child labour prohibition and regulation act’ and has barred children above fifteen years engaging dangerous works.
• We’ll learn more about this law now
• According to the child adolescent labour Prohibition and regulation act of 1986

1. No children below 14 years be employed in any sector for any reasons. According to the article 14 of this act, a fine of rupees 50,000 and 2 years imprisonment is imposed on violators.

2. Any family cannot engage their children of below 14 years in any household activities during school hours. If they are engaged, the parents and the head of the family is declared as offenders and imposed a fine of rupees 10,000 on them.

3. As per this act, children between the age of 15 and 18 are considered as adolescent children. And these adolescent children should not be employed in any dangerous employment. If violated a fine of rupees 50,000 is imposed on the violators.

Question 4.
What are the ill effects of female feticide?
Answer:
This is more evident among middle class, upper-middle class and educated class of people in India. Female feticide is taking place more among the economical affluent class.

1. The roots of this evil can be seen in the concept of property inheritance.
2. Issues like dowry, exploitation from the husband family, sexual harassment within in the family and in public spaces make the issue more complex along with the cultural issue of property inheritance.
3. The prevalence of patriarchal values are the main reason for the existence of female feticide.

Question 5.
What are the types of Gender Discrimination?
Answer:
Following are the types of Gender Discrimination:

1. Inequality in the birth rate.
2. Inequality in Infrastructure.
3.  Inequality in opportunities.
4.  Inequality in ownership.
5. Inequality in the family.

Question 6.
What are the ill effects of hunger?
Answer:
Following are the ill effects of Hunger:

1. The average of people who receive less than the minimum calorie of food required.
2. The average of children who are below five years of age and underweight.
3. The mortality rate of children below five years of age.

Class 10 Social Science Social Problems Additional Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice Questions:

Question 1.
As per the census of 2011, the total child labour children are
a. 10.5 million
b. 12.6 million
c. 8.5 million
d. 11.6 million
Answer:
b. 12.6 million

Question 2.
Sexual offense act was brought into effect on
a. June 19.2012
b. July 15.2011
c. May 10.2010
d. April 5, 2008
Answer:
11. June 19, 2012

Question 3.
As per the census of 2001, the female child ratio for every 1000 boys was ______________.
a. 960
b. 950
c. 933
d. 920
Answer:
c. 933

Question 4.
The pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques act introduced because Calorie of food.
a. In order to stop gender discrimination
b. To create an equal ratio
c. To avoid maternity deaths
d. In order to stop female foeticide
Answer:
d. In order to stop female foeticide

Question 5.
According to FAO, in India an individual needs at least
a. 1900
b. 1820
c. 2000
d. 1500,
Answer:
b. 1820

Question 6.
The main reason for anemia is
a. Malnutritions food
b. Below poverty line
c. Lack of health security
d. Environmental pollution
Answer:
d. Malnutritions food

Question 7.
Broader gender based inequalities between men and women was identified by
a. Robinson
b. Marshal
c. Amartya Sen
d. Adamsmith
Answer:
c. Amartya Sen

Question 8.
Immoral Human Trafficking prevention Act implemented in
a. 1956
b. 1948
c. 1986
d. 2006
Answer:
a. 1956

Question 9.
Formation of child protection committees in all the
a. Grama panchayats
b. Schools
C. Anganawadis
d. Zilla panchayats
Answer:
b. Schools

Question 10.
Main reason for female feticide is
a. Sexual harassment
b. Exploitation
c. Patriarchal values
d. Cultural issue
Answer:
c. Patriarchal values

Question 11.
To provide equal opportunities Anganawadis started this organisation
a. Protection units
b. Child Rights Clubs
c. Children Grama Sabha
d. Baalika Sanghas
Answer:
d. Baalika Sanghas

Question 12.
Due to inhuman practices Devadasi system, children are forced into
a. Child Trafficking
b. Maternal mortality increases
c. Increases infanticide
d. Child marriage and sexual slavery
Answer:
d. Child marriage and sexual slavery

Two Marks Questions

Question 1.
Which are the remedial actions for child trafficking?
Answer:

• Formation of child right clubs in all government/aided/private schools of Karnataka
• Formation of child protection committees in all the government / aided/ private schools of Karnataka.
• Organizing Children Grama Sabha’ in all the villages of the states.
• Formation of women and children trafficking prevention’ committees at Gram / Taluk/zilla panchayat and organizing meeting in two months could solve problem.
• Formation of Baalika Sanghas’ in all the anganawadis of the state.

Question 2.
Which are three aspects of hunger index ?
Answer:

• The average of people receive less than minimum calorie of food required.
• The average of children who are below five years of age and under weight
• The mortality rate of children below five years of age.

Question 3.
How inequality in ownership caused to gender discrimination.
Answer:

• Inequality in ownership is more evident between men and women in societies.
• Gender discrimination is evident in the ownership of land and house ownership.
• As a result, women cannot participate in some of the economic activities as well as social activities.
• Though this discrimination is wide spread, the nature of discrimination changes from region to region. For example : In India, inheritance is in favour of male children. In Kerala’s nair families, the inheritance right resides with the women.

Question 4.
Write the reasons for child marriage
Answer:

• Lack of proper implementation of law. Poor implementation of legal provisions in school education.
• Lack of participation on the part of community and general public in implementation of child rights
• Child development programmes has led to the problem of child marriage to prevail.

Question 5.
Write a note on child marriage prohibition act 2006.
Answer:

• As per this law, it is a crime to marry even when either of the couple is minor.
• It is crime even if a major man marries a minor girl or vice versa.
• Who conducted or motivated the marriage are liable for imprisonment of two year and fine of rupees one lakh.
• As per provisions of the law under column 9,10,11; the priest, the photographer, videographer, cook, provider of shamiyana services, musicians vehicle drivers and whoever took part in the marriage all are liable for punishment.

Question 6.
Which are the demerits of child labour?
Answer:

• Child labour affects the physical and psychological growth of children negatively.
• Children who have worked as child labour suffer from various ill health as adults.
• As children engaged in labour at tender age, they become illiterates. As a result they miss their basic rights.
• Child labour restricts the social and economic mobility of the families. Children become target of exploitation repeatedly in such families.

Question 7.
Which are the solutions for the problem of child labour?
Answer:

• Ensuring gender equality always
• Stopping migration of helpless families.
• Creating awarness on child marriage and human trafficking.
• Ensuring better implementation of child rights through Gram Panchayets.

Question 8.
Which are the unique features of sexual offence?
Answer:
Penetrative sexual assault.

• Aggravated penetrative sexual assault
• Sexual assault
• Aggravated sexual assault
• Sexual harassment
• Using children to produce pornographic movies
• Collection of obscene photographs

Question 9.
Which steps taken to stop female feticide?
Answer:

• In order to stop female feticide, it is important to ensure equal rights to women in the society.
• It is also important to implement the Pre-conception and Pre – Natal Diagnostic
• Techniques Act (PCPNDT – 1994) to prevent such incidents.

Question 10.
Write the solutions for to avoid child marriage
Answer:

1. Implementing the education development programme without lapses can prevent school dropouts before 18 years of age
2. This means all the children within 18 years of age should be within the schooling system and should have 100% attendance.
3. Similarly, birth registration is compulsory and 100% birth registration target is needed.
4. Importance should be given to girls education. They should be empowered on priority basis.
5. A child marriage should always be reported, questioned and opposed.