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    The document is a worksheet for a class on citizenship that contains 14 questions about concepts related to citizenship, rights, and struggles for equality. It discusses citizenship in countries like India, South Africa, and the United States. Specifically, it asks about: 1) Martin Luther King Jr.'s role in the US civil rights movement against segregation laws that denied Black people many rights. 2) The white colonial policy in South Africa until 1994 that gave rights only to white people and restricted the rights of Black people. 3) Struggles for citizen rights that have occurred in India in recent years over issues like equal rights and access.

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    BIRLA DIVYA JYOTI Class and Sec:

    Subject: Political Science XI/Humanities

    Ch: Citizenship

    Worksheet 1 Of 1

    Session: 2023-24

    Name: Roll No:

    Answer the following questions in exercise copy:

    1) Define citizenship.

    2) What are the qualities of a good citizen?

    3) How can the citizenship be acquired?

    4) In what circumstances, a citizen can lose one’s citizenship?

    5) Mention the major hindrances in the way of good citizenship.

    6) Distinguish between a citizen and Alien.

    7) “Education plays a crucial role in making individuals into better citizens”. Justify the statement.

    8) All citizens may be granted equal rights but all may not be able to equally exercise them. Explain.

    9) Write a short note on any two struggles for full enjoyment of citizen rights which have taken place in

    India in recent years. Which rights were being claimed in each case?

    10) Mention the ideas and contribution of Martin Luther King Jr. in the movement launched for civil

    rights in the USA.

    11) Mention the characteristics of white colonial rulers’ policy practised in South Africa till 1994?

    12) What is Global citizenship?

    13) During seventeenth to twentieth century, white people of Europe established their rule over the

    black people in South Africa. Read the following description about the policy practices in South Africa

    till 1994.

    The whites had the right to vote, contest elections and elect government; they were free to purchase

    property and go to any place in the country. Blacks did not have such rights. Separate colonies for

    whites and blacks were established. The blacks had to take ‘passes’ to work in white neighbourhoods.

    They were not allowed to keep their families in the white areas. The schools were also separate for

    the people of different colour.

    Questions:

    1. What did Europeans do in South Africa in the Seventeenth to the twentieth centuries?
    2. Mention the relationship of different groups in South Africa.

    3. How the Blacks were treated by the Whites?

    14) The 1950’s witnessed the emergence of Civil Rights Movements against inequalities that existed

    between black and white populations in many of the southern states of the USA. Such inequalities

    were maintained in these states by a set of laws called Segregation Laws through which the black

    people were denied many civil and political rights. These laws created separate areas for coloured and

    white people in various civic amenities like railways, buses, theatres, housing, hotels, restaurants,

    etc.

    Martin Luther King Jr. was a black leader of the movement against these laws. King gave many

    arguments against the prevailing laws of segregation. First, in terms of self-worth and dignity every

    human person in the world is equal regardless of one’s race or colour. Second, King argued that

    segregation is like ‘social leprosy” on the body politic because it inflicts deep psychological wounds on

    the people who suffer as a result of such laws.

    King argued that the practice of segregation diminishes the quality of life for the white community

    also. He illustrates this point by examples. The white community, instead of allowing the black people

    to enter some community parks as was directed by the court, decided to close them. Similarly, some

    baseball teams had to be disbanded, as the authorities did not want to accept black players. Thirdly,

    the segregation laws create artificial boundaries between people and prevent them from cooperating

    with each other for the overall benefit of the country. For these reasons, King argued that these laws

    should be abolished. He gave a call for peaceful and non-violent resistance against the segregation

    laws. He said in one of his speeches: “We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into

    physical violence.”

    Questions:

    1. Why the 1950 is an important year in the history of US?

    2. Who was Martin Luthar King Jr.?

    3. What do you mean by ‘segregation laws’?

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