RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions Civics Chapter 8 A Shirt in the Market

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions Civics Chapter 8 A Shirt in the Market  Questions and Answers. 

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions Civics Chapter 8 A Shirt in the Market 

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. 
Who among the following is a part of putting-out system? 
(a) Farmers 
(b) Weavers
(c) Consumers 
(d) Foreign buyers
Answer:
(b) Weavers

 

Question 2. 
Cloth merchants sell their cloth from Erode cloth market to:
(a) cloth trader 
(b) garment manufacturers
(c) traders of Delhi 
(d) farmers of cotton 
Answer:
(b) garment manufacturers

Question 3    
sells his goods abroad :
(a) Importer
(b) Exporter
(c) Manufacturer
(d) Merchant 
Answer:
(b) Exporter

Question 4  
links producer to a consumer.
(a) Chain of markets
(b) Buying
(c) Selling
(d) All of these
Answer:
(a) Chain of markets

Question 5. 
Cultivation of cotton requires:
(a) fertilizers 
(b) pesticides
(c) seeds 
(d) all of these
Answer: 
(d) all of these

Fill in the blanks

Question 1. 
Tamil Nadu government runs a ............... programme in the state.
Answer:
free school uniform

Question 2. 
The ............... dependent upon merchants for raw material and market.
Answer:
weaver

Question 3. 
Chain of markets link the produce to the  ............... 
Answer:
consumers

Question 4. 
A woman works in garment factories as a helper on ............... wages.
Answer:
low

Question 5. 
The arrangement between the  and the ............... is an example and putting-out system.
Answer: 
merchant, weavers.

True/False

Question 1. 
Markets offer equal opportunities to all.
Answer:
False

Question 2. 
The weavers depend on the farmers for raw material.
Answer:
False

Question 3. 
Buying and selling takes place at every step in the chain of markets.
Answer:
False

Question 4. 
The foreign business persons do not make profit in the Indian market.
Answer:
False

Question 5. 
Cultivation of cotton requires high levels of inputs and heavy expenses.
Answer: 
True 

 

Match the column

Column A	Column B
1. Farmer	(a) Supplies to exporter
2. Merchant	(b) Chain of stores
3. Foreign business man	(c) Harvest cotton
4. Investment Erode	(d) Tamil Nadu
5. Erode	(e) Money put in by the manufacturer to produce the cloths.

Answer:

Column A	Column B
1. Farmer	(c) Harvest cotton
2. Merchant	(d) Tamil Nadu
3. Foreign business man	(a) Supplies to exporter
4. Investment Erode	(d) Tamil Nadu
5. Erode	(d) Tamil Nadu

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
From where does the story of a shirt begin?
Answer: 
The story of the shirt begins with the production of the cotton.

Question 2. 
Who was Swapna? 
Answer: 
Swapna was a small farmer in Kumool who grew cotton on her small piece of land.

Question 3.
Cultivation of cotton requires high levels of inputs”. Explain the statement with examples.
Answer: 
Cultivation of cotton requires high levels of inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides. The farmers have to make heavy expenses on all these.

Question 4. 
Who all are involved in completing the chain of a market?
Answer: 
A market chain includes producer of cotton, ginning mill, spinning mill, weavers, merchants, garment manu¬facturers, exporters and foreign buyers.

Question 5. 
What is a putting-out-system?
Answer:
In a putting-out-system, the arrangement is made between the merchant and the weaver. The merchant supplies the raw material and receives the finished product.
 
Question 6. 
Which arrangement is prevalent in the weaving industry between the merchants and the weavers in most of the regions of India?
Answer: 
Putting-out-system arrangement is prevalent in the weaving industry between the merchants and the weavers and most of the regions of India.

Question 7. 
How is the Erode market of Tamil Nadu linked with a factory near Delhi?
Answer: 
The merchant supplies the cotton cloth produced by the weavers to a garment exporting factory near Delhi. The garment export factory uses this cloth to make shirts.

Question 8. 
Who are the foreign buyers that buy shirts from the exporter?
Answer: 
The foreign buyers that buy shirts from the exporters are the business persons from the US and the Europe who run a chain of stores.

Question 9. 
Suggest any one way to overcome the problems of inequality existing in the markets.
Answer: 
The goverment needs to ensure that the laws are followed strictly.

Question 10. 
Whom did Swapna sells her cotton produce?
Answer: 
After harvesting cotton instead of selling it at Kumool market, Swapna and her husband took the harvest to the local trader.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
How is a chain of market link producer with the big businessman of a supermarket?
Answer: 
A chain of market links the producer of cotton to the buyer of shirts in the supermarket. The cotton producer sells his produce to the merchant. The merchant get it turned into cloth by the weavers. The merchant then sells the doth to the exporters. Exporters sell the doth to the foreign buyers. Therefore, buying and selling takes place at every step in the chain. Everyone does not benefit equally from this. Retailers earn more profit than the producer of cotton.

Question 2. 
How did Swapna manage her financial requirements?
Answer: 
At the beginning of the cropping seasons, Swapna had borrowed? 2500 from the trader at very high rate of interest to buy seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, for cultivation. In return, the local trader made Swapna agree to sell her cotton to him. At the price of? 1500 per quintal the total cost of her produced was? 6000. The trader deducted? 3000 for repayment of loan and interest and paid Swapna? 3000.

Question 3. 
Why did Swapna not argue with the trader regarding the price of the Cotton?
Answer: 
Swapna did not argue with the trader because he was a powerful man in the village. The farmers had to depend on him for loans not only for cultivation but also to meet other emergencies such as illness, children’s school fees, etc. Many times in a year when there is no work and no income for the farmers, they had to borrow money for their living.

Question 4. 
What problems are faced by weavers regarding their earnings?
Answer: 
In order to get the orders from the merchants, the weavers need to invest all their savings or borrow money at high rate of interest to buy looms. Each loom costs? 20,000. A weaver need to buy at least two looms and therefore has to invest? 40000. In order to work on these'looms, another adult member of the family .work upto 12 hours a day to produce doth. For their entire work, they earn about? 3500 per month.

 

Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
How was the trader benefited in Swapna’s case? Why was Swapna disheartened?
Answer: 
The trader was benefited in Swapna’s case because he got a good amount of cotton at very cheap price. This was so because being a small and a poor farmer Swapna did not have the bargaining capacity. She had borrowed money from the trader and had to pay high rate of interest which benefited the trader. Swapna was disheartened because she did not get the reasonable price of her cotton. She could not argue with the trader because he was a powerful man in the village. Swapna’s earning from cotton cultivation was barely more than what she might have earned as a wage labour.

Question 2. 
How does the concept of cooperative protect the weavers from the exploitation of merchants and exporters? 
Answer: 
Weavers cooperative is the way to reduce the dependence on the merchant. This can fetch a higher income for the weavers. In a cooperative, people with the common interest come together and work for their mutual benefit. For example, a group of weavers together form a cooperative and take up certain activities collectively. They procure yarn from the yarn dealer and distribute it among the weavers. The cooperative also does the marketing. This puts a check on the merchant and weavers get a fair price on the cloth. Many times the government also helps the cooperative by buying clothes from them at a reasonable price.