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Role of Our Government

Each citizen of India is given equal opportunities irrespective of the caste
they belong to. The government has made laws to protect the fundamental
rights of the citizens. Untouchability is a punishable act and has been

banned.

* The services that we need everyday are called essential services.

* We all depend on others to provide essential services.
* Different people do different kind of work. This is called division of labour.

* We must respect every work and the person who does it. This is called dignity
of labour.
* The government has made laws to protect the fundamental rights of the
citizens.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. What are essential services?
2. How do we depend on essential services?

3. What do you understand by dignity of labour?

4. Which good quality of Gandhiji is portrayed in this lesson?

5. What is the government’s role in promoting equality?

B. Fill in the blanks.
1. The services that we need everyday are called ____________________ .

2. Gandhiji believed in the __________________ of __________________ .

3. Gandhiji used to ____________________ cotton for his own clothes.
4. Swami Dayanand was a ____________________ .

5. We are all ____________________ on each other for our survival.

C. State whether the following statements are right or wrong .
1. We need essential services from others everyday.

2. A sweeper does a dirty work.

3. Mahatma Gandhi never did his own work.
4. Swami Dayanand was a social reformer.

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