RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Our Rajasthan Chapter 9 Essential Services in Rajasthan

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Our Rajasthan Chapter 9 Essential Services in Rajasthan Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 6 Our Rajasthan Solutions Chapter 9 Essential Services in Rajasthan

RBSE Class 6 Our Rajasthan Essential Services in Rajasthan Textbook Questions and Answers

I. Write the correct option of the following questions in given bracket

1. What is the total literacy rate in Rajasthan according to the Census 2011
(a) 79 19%    
(b) 52-12%
(c) 66-11%
(d) None of the above.
Answer:
(c) 66-11%

2. 108 Free Emergency Service is related to
(a) Education
(b) Health services
(c) Communication services
(d) Banking services.
Answer:
(b) Health services

II. Fill in the blanks

1. The longest national highway of Rajasthan is ........ and the shortest national highway is .............
2. Bank is an institution which trades in ...............
Answer: 
1. NH 15, NH 71-B, 
2. currency.

III. Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
In which districts of Rajasthan there are medical colleges?
Answer: 
(1) Jaipur, 
(2) Jodhpur, 
(3) Ajmer, 
(4) Bikaner, 
(5) Kota, 
(6) Udaipur.

Question 2. 
What do you understand by health?
Answer: 
The meaning of health includes not only physical health but also mental, social and intellectual health.

IV. Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
What do you understand by bank?
Answer: 
Bank: A bank is an institution, which deals in currency. 

Question 2. 
What do you understand by communication? What are the major means of communication?
Answer: 
Communication: We can understand communication through the process of sending information or news. Two or more persons exchange their messages and ideas through communication. Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph are its popular me.

RBSE Class 6 Our Rajasthan Essential Services in Rajasthan Important Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the 2011 census, the percentage of female literacy in Rajasthan is
(a) 52-12    
(b) 66-11
(c) 79-19    
(d) 82-12.
Answer:
(a) 52-12    

2. The traditional means for transmitting information by the postal department is
(a) Postcards 
(b) Inland letters 
(c) Envelopes 
(d) All of the above.
Answer:
(d) All of the above

3. The longest length of roads in Rajasthanis
(a) Kota    
(b) Jodhpur
(c) Jaipur    
(d) Dholpur.
Answer:
(b) Jodhpur

4. How many railway divisions are there in Rajasthan?
(a) Two    
(b) Four
(c) Five    
(d) Seven.
Answer:
(c) Five

Fill in the Blanks

1. Universities and Colleges exist for ......... in the state.
2. ........, for the population of 30000 people are established.
3. There is no .....in Rajasthan.
4. The only international airport of the state is ......... of Jaipur.
Answer: 
1. higher education, 
2. Primary Health Care Centers (PHCs), 
3. port, 
4. Sanganer Airport.

 
Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
What are the major basic services?
Answer: 
(1) Education, 
(2) Health and Medical, 
(3) Communications and Postal Services, 
(4) Bank Services, 
(5) Transportation.

Question 2. 
The Right to Education Act provides free and Compulsory education to which age group of children?
Answer: 
Right to Education Act provides free and compulsory education to the children of age group of 6 to 14 years.

Question 3. 
Name two awards to be given to encourage girls education.
Answer: 
(1) Indira Priyadarshini Award 
(2) Gargi Award.

Question 4. 
Write the names of any two health care schemes for the improvement of the health of citizens in Rajasthan.
Answer: 
(1) Ayushman Bharat: Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojna.
(2) Chief Minister’s free Medicine Scheme.

Question 5. 
What are the means by which the post is delivered by the postal department?
Answer: 
(1) Through ordinary post,
(2) Registered Post, 
(3) Speed Post.

Question 6. 
State the two main functions of the bank.
Answer: 
(1) Receiving deposits from people and organizations.
(2) To provide loans to needy people and institutions.

Question 7. 
Under what guidelines did banks operate?
Answer: 
All banks are operated under the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Question 8. 
Describe the types of transport in Rajasthan.
Answer: 
(1) Road Transport, 
(2) Rail transport, 
(3) Air Transport.

Question 9. 
When did the Rajasthan State Transport Corporation establish?
Answer: 
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) was established on 1st October, 1964.

Question 10. 
Where and when did the first train run in Rajasthan?
Answer: 
In Rajasthan the first train in Jaipur State ran between Agra fort and Bandikui in 1874.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
What is the Right to Education Act? Explain.
Answer: 
Right to Education Act: Right to Education Act provides free and compulsory education to the children of age group of 6 to 14 years. Through this right children of this age group get equal opportunities of education. This Act not only provides facilities of education to children but also reminds parents of their duty to admit their children in school.

Question 2. 
Describe the state of literacy in Rajasthan.
Answer: 
According to the census of 2011, total literacy rate of Rajasthan is 66-11%. Male literacy rate is 79-19% and female literacy rate is 52-12%.

Question 3. 
Explain the work of Drug Control Organization.
Answer: 
Drug Control Organization: It operates under the department of Health, which issues license for the sale and production of medicines. Along with this it also issues list of banned medicines.

Question 4. 
What are the functions of Information Technology and Communication Department?
Answer: 
Information Technology and Communication,    Rajasthan: In Rajasthan, Department of Information Technology and Communication is functioning, which aims at the technical development of the state according to changing perspectives. It makes and executes policies related to information and communication in the state. It determines conditions related to information and communication and limits of facilities.

Question 5. 
What is ‘Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme’?
Answer: 
‘Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme’ is a saving scheme run by the Department of Posts. In Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme, a Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme account can be opened in the post office for the education and marraige of a girl child. After a fixed time period deposits can be withdrawn.

Question 6. 
How many airports are there in the state under the Indian Air Force? Write their names.
Answer: 
There are five airports in the state under the Indian Air Force which are as follows:
(1) Bikaner Airport
(2) Jaisalmer Airport
(3) Suratgarh Airport
(4) Barmer Phalodi Airport
(5) Ratanada Aiaport.

Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
What is education? What are the arrangements for school and higher education in the state?
Answer: 
Education: Education paves the way for development of character and personality along with development of innate capabilities. So education is the primary medium for a person to move forward in life, to achieve success and to develop society and country. School education is paramount in this regard. Senior secondary, secondary, upper primary and primary schools are running for school eduction in the state. Sanskrit Education is an important dimension of the education system of the state. Universities and colleges exist for higher education in the state. Similarly institutions of technical and medical education also exist.

Question 2. 
What is the state government doing to provide good education to children and to encourage education?
Answer: 
To ensure the quality education, children are provided with the facilities of free education, free textbooks, various   incentives, awards, scholarships, hostel, food and milk distribution in Rajasthan. The state government gives incentives to the students who achieve better results in examinations. To encourage girls education, Indira Priyadarshini Award and Gargi Award are significant measures. We can observe and understand the condition of the schools in Rajasthan through Shala Darpan Portal.

Question 3. 
What does health mean? What arrangements have been made to provide health facilities to the citizens?
Answer: 
Health: The meaning of health includes not only physical health but also mental, social and intellectual health.
The government provides sufficient health facilities to the citizens keeping in mind public welfare. The government is trying to frudtify the concept of ‘health for everybody’ and to provide better health facilities to the citizens.
(1) For the betterment of the healthcare facilities Sub Centers for a population of 2000 people, Primary Health Care Centers (PHCs), for the population of 30,000 people and Community Health Centers (CHCs) for the population of 1 lakh people are established.
(2) In case of emergency, 108 free Emergency Service is provided to the citizens for their safety.
(3) In Rajasthan special medical facilities are available in the medical colleges of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Kota and Udaipur.
(4) Soon there will be 30 medical colleges in 33 districts of Rajasthan.

Question 4. 
What schemes are being run for the health of citizens in Rajasthan?
Answer: 
The government has come up with many healthcare schemes for the improvement of the health of citizens. Ayushman Bharat, Mahatma Gandhi, Rajsthan ,Swasthya Bima Yojna, Chief Ministers Help and Mukhya Mantri Jeevan Raksha Kosh, Mukhya Mantri Rajshri Yojna, Chief Minister’s Free Medicines Scheme, Rajsthan Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojna are some of its major examples. Many national programs are organised by the Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department to control tuberculosis, malaria, blindness, iodine deficiency of diseases, AIDS and to eradicate leprosy.

Question 5. 
Explain the postal services in detail.
Answer: 
Postal Services: The facility of the exchange of messages and goods is provided by communication and postal services. To exchange messages, information and various goods physically or to deliver them from one place to another, is an important contribution of the Department of Posts. It is an important department works under the Government of India. Ample facilities related to posts are available in Rajasthan also.
Three traditional means of sending information are 
(i) Postcards, 
(ii) Inland letters and 
(iii) Envelopes. 
Ordinary mail is delivered through Ordinary Post, Registered Post and Speed Post. The Department of Posts not only delivers mails but also provides facilities of savings accounts and money order.

Question 6. 
What do you mean by bank? Describe banking services.
Answer: 
Banking Services: A bank is an institution, which deals in currency. The bank earns interest through currency transactions. Banks provide many types of services. A bank is an institution, which deals in currency. People and institutions deposit their savings in banks. Bank pays interest on deposits. Bank also gives loan to the needy and takes interest on loan. Deposited money can be withdrawn through ATM, cheque or draft. Banks also provide locker facilitity to its customers. All banks are operated under the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Question 7. 
Briefly describe the means of transport in Rajasthan.
Answer: 
(1) Roadways: Roadways is a significant means of transport among transport means in Rajasthan. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) was established on 1st October 1964. Maximum length of roads is in Jaipur whereas minimum length is in Dholpur. The longest national highway in the state is NH 15 whereas the shortest national highway is NH 71-B.
(2) Railways: Rail transportation is an important means of transport from both the point of view, transportation of goods as well as passengers. There are two railway zones (North-Western Railway Zone and West
Central Railway Zone) and five disivions Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Bikaner and Kota in Rajasthan. The biggest railway model room is located at West Zonal Railway Training Institute Udaipur.
(3) Airways: Air transportation continues to develop in the state. In Rajasthan Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer are linked to airways. The only international airport of the state is Sang- aner Airport of Jaipur. Airports of Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Suratgarh, Banner, Phalodi and Ratanada are Indian Air force bases.