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Q3 Why did Rathnam not want to wash the feel of the U 1 Mks Pg98
Priests?

A. He said he had no faith in the practice and in family
members were doing it because they were Dalits.
B. He had faith in the practice but did not want to do it.
C. He could not have faith in it but wanted to do it.
D. He was not expected to have faith in it but was forced

to do it.

Q4 Why are Rathnam’s own caste fearful of angering the U 1 Mks Pg98
powerful?

A. The high caste will not listen to them.
B. The high caste will not call them to work in their field.
C. The high caste were not angry.
D. The high caste did not care.

Q5 The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe’s prevention K 1 Mks Pg99
of Atrocities Act was passed in the year __________.

A. 1990
B. 1986
C. 1987
D. 1989

Q6 Which of the following is the meaning of the word K 1 Mks Pg99
‘Ostracise’

A. To assert
B. To exclude or banish
C. To Challenge
D. To fulfill

Q7 Reread the story of Rathnam as well as the provisions of U 1 Mks Pg99
the 1989 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe’s
Prevention of Atrocities Act. Now list one reason why you
think he used this law to file a complain