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Why did Dalit groups demand a law listing violence against Dalits?Read the answer and worked solution →The violence that led to the 1989 Act became sharp in which period?Read the answer and worked solution →What two aims do laws such as the 1989 Act serve?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1989 Act punishes anyone who forcibly parades a Dalit in what manner?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1989 Act also punishes people who wrongly do what to the land of Dalits and Adivasis?Read the answer and worked solution →Being dispossessed means having to do what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is manual scavenging?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1993 law on manual scavenging prohibited what two things?Read the answer and worked solution →On what date did the 2013 Act on manual scavengers and their rehabilitation come into force?Read the answer and worked solution →The Forest Rights Act, 2006 is meant to undo what?Read the answer and worked solution →According to the Constitution, tribal land cannot be sold to whom?Read the answer and worked solution →C.K. Janu is known as which kind of activist in this unit?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do markets need laws to protect workers?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the minimum wage law guarantee a worker?Read the answer and worked solution →The 2016 amendment banned employment of children below what age in all occupations?Read the answer and worked solution →The 2016 amendment bans adolescents aged 14 to 18 from which work?Read the answer and worked solution →The PENCIL portal was set up for what purpose?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date did the Bhopal gas leak begin?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal produce?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhopal compensation case in 1985 was filed for how much?Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1980 and 1984, the Bhopal MIC plant work crew was cut from 12 to how many?Read the answer and worked solution →Safety training for workers at the Bhopal plant was reduced from 6 months to how long?Read the answer and worked solution →Which right under Article 21 did the government fail to protect at Bhopal?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do some foreign companies set up plants in India according to Bhopal's story?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1984, how was the environment treated by industries in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which court is the highest court in India's judiciary?Read the answer and worked solution →Who leads a High Court at the state level?Read the answer and worked solution →Who appoints judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts?Read the answer and worked solution →Who appoints district judges on the recommendation of the High Court?Read the answer and worked solution →How can a Supreme Court judge be removed from office?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Why did Dalit groups demand a law listing violence against Dalits?

  1. To shut down the courts
  2. To end caste certificates
  3. To repeal Article 17 itself
  4. To show untouchability persisted
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Correct answer: D. To show untouchability persisted

Dalit groups wanted to show the government that untouchability was still being practised and demanded stringent punishment for such acts.

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The violence that led to the 1989 Act became sharp in which period?

  1. The early 1950s
  2. The early 1920s
  3. The 1970s and 1980s
  4. The late 1990s
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Correct answer: C. The 1970s and 1980s

Ill treatment of Dalits acquired a violent character in the late 1970s and 1980s, when assertive Dalit groups arose in parts of southern India.

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What two aims do laws such as the 1989 Act serve?

  1. Tax and regulate trade
  2. Punish and shape thinking
  3. Reward and promote work
  4. Rule and divide groups
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Correct answer: B. Punish and shape thinking

Such laws seek both to punish and to influence the way people think and act.

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