TS 6th Class Social Study Material 9th Lesson Community Decision-Making in a Tribe

Telangana SCERT TS 6th Class Social Study Material Pdf 9th Lesson Community Decision-Making in a Tribe Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 6th Class Social 9th Lesson Questions and Answers -Community Decision-Making in a Tribe

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Question 1.
Why do you think was Panch and Patta possible only within a tribe? Why Is It not possible in societies with people from different communities? (Appreciation and Sensitivity)
Answer:
When all the members feel that all they are equal, the community decision-making is possible. lf the members were not equal there arises a question of rich and poor or big or small and the superiority and inferiority complexes would start. If people of different communities live together the feeling of oneness may disturb, Rich and poor differences may come up. Unity among the Gond tribe may be hampered.

Question 2.
Have you heard of any such community panchayat in your area? Discuss its functioning with your teachers, parents and elders. (Reflection on contemporary issues and questioning)
Answer:
We heard of such panchayats in the remote villages of Telangana. In those panchayats, the headman (Rayudu) will be there. The panchayat will be held usually once in a month, or whenever the problem arises In that panchayat the victim is called for and asked for details of the case by the headman, When the victim gives details of the case, the accused also will be given chance to give his/her explanation. At that time the bead man may also gather more details i.e., witnesses. After hearing all the details of the case the headman (Rayudu) may deliver his judgement. All of the villagers have to obey the judgement.

Question 3.
Would you accept the judgement of the Gond panchayat without going to the police or the court? (Reflection on contemporary issues and questioning)
Answer:
I personally believe that the village (tribal) panchayats are not much efficient in delivering the judgement. Moreover, in our constitutionalised country, we should follow the constitution. When a crime is taken place. there are many things associated with it. It can be only possible to discuss in the court, Community decisions may be taken tribewise but the crimes and judgements have to be persuaded in the jurisdiction of the court only.

Question 4.
If the Panch did injustice, what alternatives did the tribes have? (Conceptual understanding)
Answer:
If the tribe gets injustice in the judgement of the panchayat, people may go to the government police or courts to settle their disputes. There is no restriction of binding to the judgement of the panchayat of the Gonds.

Question 5.
Locate the following districts in the Telangana map where more tribal people live.
a) Kothagudam
b) Adilabad
c) Mahaboob Nagar
d) Nirmal (Mapping skills)
Answer:

Question 6.
Read the para under the title Village Headman and comment on it. (Reading the text (given), understanding and interpretation)
Village Head man:
Every village has a headman or ‘Patla’ who is generally hereditary an arrangement in which the son! daughter gets the father! mother’s title or property automatically after their death is called hereditary). He is answer, able to the Panchbut in many cases he can be an effective leader. While the Panch only meet once ma while the headman functions on a daily basis. Usually, he is from the family of the person who had led the formation of the village in the beginning.

The main function of the Patla is to ensure the unity of the villagers and negotiate with the outsiders and government agencies on behalf of the villagers. He also coordinates various community activities of the village including festivals. He also has to entertain and feed guests of the village. In return for all this, all men and women of the village work in his fields for one day. This assistance enables him to till more land than his own family can, and thus to feed the guests of the village.
Answer:
i) Every village has a headman, He is generally hereditary. lie is also known as Patla.
ii) Patla is from if family of a person who had led the formation of the village in the beginning.
iii) The main function of Patla is to ensure the unity of the villagers.
iv) Community activities of the villages including festivals also coordinated by Patla.

Intext Questions
Questions given in Box P. No. 81

Question 1.
What are the major occupations of the tribes?
Answer:
Cultivation, gathering food from forests, grazing animals, making cloth and baskets,
building houses, making tools etc., are the major occupations of the tribes.

Question 2.
In what way are the people of a tribe equal?
Answer:
Every one has an equal share in the resources, Everyone has to work and no one can keep more land or more wealth They share the festivals, celebrations together and enjoy. So they feel equal. So they are equal.

Qitetionsaiven in Box P. No. 82

Question 3.
Who cannot be the members of the Panch?
Answer:
Young boys and women could not be the members of Gond Panch.

Question 4.
It is impotant for all houses to be represented on the panch? Why?
Answer:
Panch is the council of adult male householders. It represents the Gond societ as a whole. All are equal in Gond society. So to express their problems, all houses are to be represented.

Question 5.
What things do the Panch take into account while resolving a problem?
Answer:
The two parties are allowed to make detailed presentations of their points of view, Then some elder member of the community may cross-question them to ascertain the actual facts and also ask witnesses of the case to give their evidence.

Questions given in Box P. No. 83

Question 6.
Do you think the girl was satisfied with the decision?
Answer:
Yes. It seems she was satisfied

Question 7.
Why do you think the Panch heard the case of the girl?
Answer:
Here the aggrieved person was a teased girl. The panch pacified her consoling for the insult she faced.

Question 8.
Who becomes the headman?
Answer:
Every village has a headman (Path), who is generally hereditary. He is usually from the family of a person who would have led the formation of the village in the beginning.

Question 9.
What is the relation between the panch and the patla?
Answer:
Panch is a village assembly of Gonds. Patla is the headman of the panch. Ile is responsible to the panch. The Patla is usually from the family of the person who would have led the formation of the village in the beginning. The main duty of the patla is to ensure the unity of the villagers and to negotiate with the outsiders and government agencies on behalf of the village, lie entertains the guests of the villages. He keeps the land records and he is entitled to collect the taxes from various sources in the village.

Question 10.
What is the special role of patla?
Answer:
To entertain and feed the guests of the village is the special role of the patla.

Question 11.
When can a patla be removed?
Answer:
Whenever a headman becomes arrogant and goes against the wishes of the people, the panch may remove patla and replace him with another person.

Question 12.
Discuss the salient features and shortcomings of panch system.
Answer:
Salient Features:
1) This panch and patla system reflects the unity al the village. .
2) It is a traditional way of managing the village by ourselves without any involvement
of the government.
3) Respecting the headmen and participating in the assemblies is like a training for the youth.
4) Solving our problems ¡ri our own way is a good system
5) Receiving the outside guests and feeding them creates a good atmosphere. The total participation of village members in the work of head man is a very good thing.

Shortcomings:

1. Even in the modem days also, keeping the administration in the hands of a hereditary headman may not be accepted by all.
2. Sometimes the headmen or the village elders may not be able to solve the disputes or may not control any disturbance in the village
3. If the village follows the age oW system. the village youth cannot understand the new trends and new systems of administration.
4. In one way, being the citizens of India, it is not good to neglect the constitution and go in the way of administrative mechanisms.
5. By getting the assistance of the all the village members on his own lands, patla is becoming rich.

Questions given tn Box P. No. 84

Question 13.
Do you think any member of another caste would be allowed to be a member of the
Panch’
Answer:
No. If the member from the other castes is made member, it will not stop with one. Gradually the Gond panch loses its identity.

Question 14.
According to Haimendorf a popular Patla would have more lands cultivated than an unpopular Patla. Can you explain why this could be so?
Answer:
A popular and a good patla persuades and keeps the members of the community happy to retain his position. In return to that the pulla receives some privileges in the form of free labour on his field. This gave him more wealth than the other members of the tribe. If an unpopular man becomes the head of panch. he cannot get the support of the members of the panch and he cannot be wealthy.

(Additional Questions)

Question 1.
What are the major functions of the Gond panch?
Answer:
Major functions of the Gond panch:

1. Fidng of dales of major festivals
2. Allowing marriages or divorces
3. Setting down norms for marriages or death rites
4. Settling the disputes
5. Imposing fines or expelling somebody from the village
6. Cutting off the relation between the village and the accused are the major functions of the Gond panch.

Question 2.
How does a Gond panch settle a dispute or give a judgement?
Answer:
Dispute settling in a Gond panch:

1. To get the facts of the dispute, the two parties are allowed to present their detailed views.
2. Cross-questioning will be there by the elders of the panch.
3. The facts through witnesses are ascertained.
4. After that panch discusses the case comparing the customs and similar old cases.
5. The elders try to arrive at a solution acceptable to both the parties.
6. After the debate. one of the senior members proposes a settlement.
7. The accused or the petitioner may ask some adjustments.
8. After hearing their response or view, the panch will take a decision.

Question 3.
Read the following passage and answer the questions:
One day a girl brought a case before the Panch against a man who teased her. When she slapped him for it, he hit her and she fell on the ground, but managed to run away. Then the accused man was asked what he had to say. He admitted his guilt.

The Pancli asked the girl what she wished to be done to the accused. She said that we should be given the most insulting punishment and that he should give in writing that we would not trouble her anymore In future. The Panch then ordered him to stand in the middle of dwPanch, bow down before the girl and beg for pardon.
1. Was the girl who complained satisfied with the decision?
Answer:
Yes, she was satisfied since the accused bowed down his head before her.

2. Why do you think the panch pacified the aggrieved person?
Answer:
Since the accused accepted his guilt and asked the pardon, the panch pacified the penon.

3. What did the girl wish to be done to the accused?
Answer:
The girl wanted the greatest possible insult should be done to the accused and he should give written assurance that he would not trouble her any more.

4. What did the panch order the accused?
Answer:
The panch ordered the accused to stand in the middle of the panch and to bow down before the girl who complained asking for her pardon.

5. What was the complaint of the girl?
Answer:
A man was teasing a girl. When she slapped him, the man hit her to fell down on the ground and ran away.

Question 4.
Read the passage and answer the following questions:
The village headmen derive their authority from the village Panch’ or the council of adult male house holders. This council has the last word in matters concerning the village as a whole and the headman is no more than its chairman. The village Panch in a sense represents the Gond society as a whole.

The Parwh does not meet regularly but only when necessary. When matters of importance are discussed all adult men will be present and young boys and women watch the proceedings. Women have no voice in the council but can freely put their case before it.

1. From where did the vilLage headman derive his authority?
Answer:
The village headman derives his authority from the village “Panch”.

2. What is a Panch?
Answer:
It is the council of adult male households.

3. Whose decision ¡s the final decision in matters concerning the village.
Answer:
The decision of Panch is the final decision.

4. When does the panch meet?
Answer:
The Panch does not meet regularly but only when necessary.

5. What is the position of women in the Panch?
Answer:
Women have no voice in the council but can freely put their case before it.

Question 5.
Read the information and answer the questions.
Answer:
In some tribes, all members of a tribe may till the soil together and share the produce equally.

1. What is meant by tilling soil?
Answer:
Ploughing the land and cultivating.

2. What is meant by produce?
Answer:
The crop yield.

B. In mans tribes men have greater power and role in decision-making than women.

1. Who have greater power in decision-making?
Answer:
Men.

C.

Panch	The village council of adult male households
Patla:	The village headman

1. What is meant by Panch’?
Answer:
The village council of a tribe having the adult male households as members.

Question 6.
“Tribals distributes their land among themselves equally”. What is the modern democratic concept based on the above statement?
Answer:

1. The modern concept of “Socialism’ is based on the above statement.
2. Socialism’ tries to fill the gap between haves and have-nots.
3. “Socialism also emphasises on the distribution of wealth, among all the members of the society equally.

(Two Marks Questions )

Question 1.
Name the tribes of Telangana.
Answer:
In Telangana we have the Chenchus. the Konda Reddvs and the Gonds

Question 2.
Why are they all called tribes?
Answer:
They are called tribes as they share certain sintilar characteristics.

Question 3.
Who are “the Gonds”?
Answer:
A tribe living in Adilabad are called “the Gonds”

Question 4.
Who wrote a book on the gonds of Adilabad?
Answer:
Haimendorf wrote a book on the gonds of Adilahad.

Question 5.
What is a “Panch”?
Answer:
The council of adult male householders is known as ‘Panch’. The village Panch in a sense represents the Gond Society as a whole.

Question 6.
Who is a Patla’?
Answer:
The village headman of tribes is known as ‘Path”.

7. How is a “Patla” elected?
Answer:
He Is generally elected on hereditary grounds.

Question 8.
What are the special privileges that “Patla” receives?
Answer:
Patla receives some special privileges in the form of free labour on his field.

Question 9.
What is the remuneration given to “Patla”?
Answer:
For all his services he receives one day’s labour in a year on his field from all men and women of the village.

(Objective Type Questions)

Question 1.
Tribals live in
A) cities
B) towns
C) forests
D) None
Answer:
C) forests

Question 2.
This is not the occupation of the tribals: ( )
A) Cultivation
B) Business
C) Grazing animals
D) Gathering food
Answer:
A) Cultivation

Question 3.
Gonds are seen more in ……………….. district. ( )
A) Mahabubnagar
B) Adilabad
C) Nizamabad
D) Khamimsm
Answer:
B) Adilabad

Question 4.
The anthropologist who studied about the tribes of Telangana ( )
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Medha Patkar
C) Hainiendorf
D) Mary Cury
Answer:
C) Hainiendorf

Question 5.
Haimendorf wrote a book on ( )
A) Gonds
B) Chenchus
C) Konda Reddys
D) All the above
Answer:
A) Gonds

Question 6.
Gond Assembly is called ( )
A) Panchayat
B) Panch
C) Patla
D) Parliament
Answer:
C) Patla