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23) Untouchability was the most visible and comprehension form of
________.

24) The First Backward Class Commission headed by ________
submitted its report in 1953.

25) Schedule Tribes are social groups recognised by the Indian
Constitution as specially marked by poverty, powerlessness and
________.

26)_______ lands were rapidly acquired for new mining and dam projects.

29) The term Adivasi connotes _________ and the assertion of rights.

30) ________ the term was coined in the 1930s as part of the struggle
against the intrusion by the colonial government and outside settlers and

money lenders.

a) Tribes

b) Adivasis
c) ‘Original Inhabitants’
d) Dalits

31) Because of biological and physical differences between men and
women, ________ is often treated as natural.
32) ________ideas represented a curious mixture of western rationality and
an assertion of Indian traditionality.

33)_________ came from a socially excluded caste and his attack was
directed against both caste and gender discrimination.

34) Jotibhaphule founded the ______ Samaj with its primary emphasis on
‘truth seeking’.
35) _______ took effort to reform muslim society and wanted girls to be
educated but within the practice of their homes.

36) ________ argued the invisibility of the disabled can be compared to the
Invisible Man of Ralph Ellison.
37) _______ is seen as the culprit and disabled people are the victims.

38) The common views disability as retribution for past _______ from
which there can be no reprieve.
39) The dominant cultural construction in India looks at ________ as

essentially a characteristic of the individual.