RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions Civics Chapter 4 Growing up as Boys and Girls

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions Civics Chapter 4 Growing up as Boys and Girls Questions and Answers. 

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions Civics Chapter 4 Growing up as Boys and Girls

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. 
The role of men and women are:
(a) equally valued
(b) not equally valued
(c) of same status
(d) none of these
Answer:
(b) not equally valued

 

Question 2. 
The most important activity on the island of Samoa in 1920s was?
(a) housing work 
(b) farming 
(c) fishing 
(d) none of these
Answer:
(a) housing work 

Question 3. 
From which class did the girls and boys go to separate school in M. P.?
(a) Class IV onwards
(b) Class VI onwards
(c) Class VII onwards
(d) Class XI onwards
Answer:
(b) Class VI onwards

Question 4. 
What were girls given to play while the boys were given cars?
(a) Dolls 
(b) Buses
(c) Trucks 
(d) Trains
Answer:
(a) Dolls 

Question 5. 
Who has the main responsibility of household work across the world?
(a) Men 
(b) Children
(c) Women 
(d) Old people
Answer: 
(c) Women 

Fill in the blanks

Question 1. 
At the age of ................... the Samoan boy joins older boys for learning out door jobs.
Answer:
nine

Question 2 
................... refers to a range of tasks related to looking after and nurturing. 
Answer:
case giving

Question 3. 
The Samoan islands are part of a large group of small islands in the southern part of the ...................  
Answer:
pacific island

Question 4.   
 ................... is responsible for ensuring gender equality.
Answer:
Government

Question 5. 
The government has set up ................... centers in several villages in the country.
Answer: 
child-care

True/False

Question 1. 
Our notion of gender is often based on the family and the society that we live in.
Answer:
True

Question 2. 
The work of a women is considered more valuable as compared to a man.
Answer:
False

Question 3. 
The constitution says that being a male or a-female should not become a reason for discrimination.
Answer:
True

Question 4. 
The provision of creches helps many women to take up employment outside the home.
Answer:
True

 

Question 5. 
Typically a person can have only one identity.
Answer: 
False

Match the column

Column I	Column II
1. Mangala	(a) Child care centre
2. Anganwadis	(b) Southern part of Pacific ocean
3. Double burden	(c) Domestic helper
4. Somoan Island	(d) Sustainable development goal
5. SDG	(e) Double load

Answer:

Column I	Column II
1. Mangala	(c) Domestic helper
2. Anganwadis	(a) Child care centre
3. Double burden	(e) Double load
4. Somoan Island	(b) Southern part of Pacific ocean
5. SDG	(d) Sustainable development goal

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
Which common responsibility is expected from women from almost all over the world?
Answer: 
From almost all over the world, women are expected to perform household works and take care of family members.

Question 2. 
What are anganwadis?
Answer: 
Anganwadis are child-care centers in villages opened by the government.

Question 3. 
What difference do you notice in our society regarding the role played by men and women?
Answer: 
The roles played by men and women are not valued equally. Men and women do not have the same status.

Question 4. 
Hpw are the creche facilities beneficial to women and girls?
Answer: 
Creche facilities enable women to take up jobs and girls to attend schools as they do not have a tension of looking after their children or younger siblings at home.

Question 5. 
Why do people prefer to keep young boys or girls as domestic workers?
Answer: 
They are often employed as domestic workers because they have less demanding capacity for wages.

Question 6. 
What is Somoan Island and Where is it located? 
Answer: 
The Somoan Islands are part of a large group of small islands in the southern part of the Pacific ocean.

 

Question 7. 
What was the important activity on the island?
Answer: 
Fishing was a very important activity on the island.

Question 8. 
Where and who used to do the cooking works in the island of Samoa?
Answer: 
Cooking was done in special cooking houses and boys were supposed to do most of the work.

Question 9. 
Who is responsible for the household work across the world?
Answer: 
Females are responsible for the household work across the world.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
How does a boy or a girl become an important part of our identity in the society in which we live?
Answer: 
The different roles assigned to boys and girls prepare them for their future roles as men and women. Most societies value men and women differently. The roles women play and the work they do are usually valued less than the roles men play and the work they do. Inequalities between men and women emerge in the area of work also.

Question 2. 
What did Harmeet’s family think about the work Jaspreet do within the house?
Answer: 
Harmeet’s family did not think that the work Jaspreet did within the house was real work. This is so because across the world, the main responsibility for housework and care giving task, like looking after the family, especially children, the elderly and sick members, lie with women. The work done by women within the house is not considered as work and society devalues this work.

Question 3. 
How is the house work carried in many homes particularly in towns and cities?
Answer: 
In many homes particularly in towns and cities, a lot of work is done by domestic helpers. They do work of sweeping and cleaning, washing clothes and dishes, cooking and looking after young children or elderly people. Most domestic workers are women and many times even young boys or girls are employed to do this work.

Question 4. 
Why is government responsible to provide equality between men and women? 
Answer: 
To ensure equality between men and women is not just the work of an individual or a family. Even the societies cannot ensure equality until and unless they are monitored by an authority. That authority is government. The constitution provides equal status to men and women and government is responsible to fulfil this principle of the constitution.

Question 5. 
Show some points to prove the different in the upbringing of boys and girls.
Answer: 
Boys and girls are brought up differently to tell them the different roles they have to perform when they grow up. Few examples of differences are:

1. Different toys given to boys and girls.
2. Difference in their dressing.
3. Boys are encouraged to play outdoor games and girls are encouraged to play indoor games.
4. Girls need to do household chores.
5. Boys are told to be tough and girls are told to be polite.
6. Boys and girls are also guided to take different careers.

Question 6. 
How are the domestic workers in general treated by the employers?
Answer: 
Domestic worker does not have much value. A domestic worker’s day usually begins at 5 in the morning and ends at 12 at night. The employers do not show them much respect. They do lots of work but are not given proper diet. They are often humiliated by the employers.

 

Question 7. 
With what objective has the government started Anganwadis or childcare centers in villages?
Answer: 
The government recognizes the fact that the burden of taking care of infants in the family generally falls on women or a girl child because of which women are not able to go outside for earning and a girl child is not able to attend the school. Thus, the government has set up Anganwadis or child-care centers in villages, where infants are taken care of. 

Question 8.
The creche facilities have really relieved working women to a great extent.” Justify this. 
Answer: 
The creche facilities are child-care centers. Here, working women can drop their child before leaving for work. As a result of these creche facilities, there is no need for working women to leave their jobs for child care. The government has passed laws that make it mandatory for Organisations that have more than 30 women employees to provide creche facilities.

Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
Give an account of the people growing up in Samoa in the 1920.
Answer: 
The Samoan islands are the part of a large group of small islands in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. Children did not go to the school, instead, they learnt many things such as taking care of children, doing household work, etc. Young people learnt to undertake long fishing expeditions as fishing was an important activity on that island. Older children looked after their younger siblings. At the age of 9, boys joined the outdoor jobs like fishing and planting coconut and at the age of 14, girls went on fishing trips, work on plantations and learnt how to weave baskets. Cooking was done in separate cooking houses where boys were supposed to do most of the work and girls provided helping hand.