RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 7 Markets Around Us

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science  Civics Chapter 7 Markets Around Us Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Solutions Civics Chapter 7 Markets Around Us

RBSE Class 7 Social Markets Around Us InText Questions and Answers

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Question 1. 
Why do people go to a weekly market? Give three reasons?
Answer: 
People go to the weekly market because:

1. They find their everyday requirements easily there.
2. Things are available at cheaper rates. Tough competition among the sellers keeps the prices reasonable.
3. The goods can be bought in the smaller quantities.

Question 2. 
Who are the sellers in a weekly market ? Why don’t we find big business persons in these markets?
Answer: 
The sellers in a weekly market are the.small traders. They purchase the goods in bulk from the other traders. Big business persons are not found in these markets because they sell branded goods which are expensive. The people purchasing from the weekly markets are generally from poor dass or lower middle class who cannot afford to buy the expensive branded goods.

Question 3. 
Why are things cheap in the weekly market?
Answer: 
Because the goods sold are of low quality, tax free, non-branded and many a times directly bought from the producers or manufacturers. In addition to this, they have no price tag and perfect value as they are wholesale products. Many times most of the things are home-made ones which they sold'there. Weekly market sellers don't even sell at fixed price, they bargain. The shopkeepers do not spend much amount of money for the rent of the shop, electricity, wages to workers or packaging of goods.

Question 4. 
Explain with an example how people bargain in the market. Can you think Of a situation where the bargain would be unfair?
Answer: 
In the market, the seller tells a price. The consumer finds the price too high and asks the seller to lower down the price. The seller reduces the price a little and then again offers the goods to the consumer. If the consumer finds the price reasonable, he purchases the goods from the seller and this is how the goods are bargained in the market. The final rate of the goods is fixed on mutual agreement between the seller and the consumer. Bargaining with the small sellers selling petty items, rickshaw pullers, headldad workers, street hawkers, etc. would be unfair.

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Question 1. 
Why did Sujata carry a notebook? Do you think this system is useful ? Can there he problems ? (Based on story on page no. 85 textbook)
Answer: 
Sujata carried a notebook because she was supposed to buy the items from the shopkeeper on credit. She was a poor lady and had no money to pay to the seller at the same time. Therefore, she used to carry h notebook to get the amount written by the trader. Such a system is useful for those people who have very little earning sources or have low monthly income. If the shopkeeper does not agree to give the goods on credit, it would be a problem for Sujata to arrange the daily necessity things. It is necessary to maintain honesty in such buying and selling.

Question 2. 
What are the different kinds of shops that you find in your neigh¬bourhood? What do you purchase from them?
Answer: 
The list of different kinds of shops with goods that we find in our neigh¬bourhood are:

1. Weekly shops : Fruits and vegetables.
2. Street and road side vendors : Small plastic items, vegetables, cycle repair, etc.
3. Permanent shops : Clothes, stationery, recharge, groceries, etc.
4. Malls and departmental stores: Groceries, electronics, shoes, clothes, jewellery, etc.

Question 3. 
Why are goods sold in permanent shops costlier than those sold in the weekly market or by the roadside hawkers?
Answer: 
Goods sold in the permanent shops are comparatively costlier than those sold in weekly markets or by the roadside hawkers because, the goods sold in permanent shops are branded. Their cost includes extra charges like that of advertising, claiming it of a better quality, packaging etc. The owners of the permanent shops have to incur a lot of expenditure in the form of rent, electricity, fees to the government. Permanent shop owners have to hire workers and have to pay the wages to these workers, whereas the weekly markets manage to store the things in their home. 

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Question 1. 
Why do you think the guard wanted to stop Kavita and Siijata from entering the shop ? What would you say if someone stops you from entering a shop in a market ? (Based on story given on page no. 86 textbook)
Answer: 
The guard wanted to stop Kavita and Sujata from entering the show because he felt that they both were not capable of purchasing goods from such an expensive shop. He noticed Kavita and Sujata moving around in the mall and having fun. If someone stops me from entering a shop in a market, I would make him clear that I want to see the goods. In case I find the cost of the things reasonable, I would buy them.

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Question 2. 
Why do people not bargain in ' shops located in malls whereas they bargain in weekly markets?
Answer: 
The shops located in malls have their rich standard where it seems uncomfortable asking the shopkeeper to bargain with shopkeeper whereas in small street shops one feels nothing to hesitate and due to their less income these people ultimately agree to lower the fixed tags price which malls don’t do or prefer. People may feel shy to bargain in malls because they have only high priced things. In malls, the prices are fixed whereas in weekly markets the prices are not fixed!

Question 3. 
How do you think your neighbourhood shop gets its goods ? Find out and explain with some examples.
Answer: 
The consumers do not buy goods directly from the factory or from the producer. The producers from the factory or from the farm, sell their goods to the traders in bulk. These traders are called as wholesale traders. The wholesale traders then sell the goods to the other traders in lesser quantity in the markets. In these markets, buying and selling takes place between the traders. The second category of traders are called as retailers. The retailers sell the goods to the consumers in a weekly market or as a hawker in the neighbourhood or a shop in a shopping complex.

Question 4. 
Why is a wholesale trader necessary?
Answer: 
Wholesale trade in necessary because he sells items at cheaper rates. He buys large amount of things from the producers. He acts as a link between the producer and the retailer. 

RBSE Class 7 Social Markets Around Us Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1. 
In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner? 
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Question 2. 
Compare and contrast a weekly market and a shopping complex on the
foIlowing:
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Question 3. 
Explain how a chain of markets is formed? What purpose does it serve?
Answer: 
The chain has the following steps or stages:

1. Goods are produced in factories or on farms.
2. The customer generally does not buy the goods directly from the factories or from the producers.
3. The producers from factories and farms sell their goods to the person who buy them in bulk. This person is known as the wholesaler trader.
4. Every city has areas with wholesale markets from where the small traders buy the goods in small quantities as compared to the wholesale trader.
5. These small traders are called as retailers who then take these goods to different parts of the country or the city.
6. These small traders could be the hawkers, vendors and shopkeepers.
7. The consumer then buys the goods from the retailers either from weekly market, neighbourhood shops or  shopping complexes.

The purposes solved by the chain of markets Eire: 

1. It promotes coordination in the society.
2. It generates jobs as number of people get involved in this chain in the form of various services like transportation, communication, headload workers, people doing packaging and designing, etc.
3. Factory owners and the farm producers need not to reach the consumers and it saves their time and energy.
4. Consumers get goods easily in small quantities.

Question 4. 
All persons have equal rights to visit any shop in a marketplace”. Do you think this is true of shops with expensive products? Explain with examples.
Answer: 
Yes, it is true. All persons have equal rights to visit’ shops in a market. Whether we want to buy the product or not, or whether we can afford it or not, we have the right to see various products and shopkeeper cannot deny to show them. The shopkeeper can neither force us to buy a product nor to buy any particular brand of product. In order to ensure the security of his shop, the shopkeeper may hire security personnel or may install security camera system but cannot refuse the person to enter into the shop.

Question 5. 
Buying and selling can take place without going to a marketplace”. Explain this statement with the help of examples.
Answer: 
These days buying and selling can also take place without going to a marketplace through a virtual world known as internet. People can visit any website on internet or can order products on phone. Purchasing can be done either through credit card or debit card or through cash on delivery. The goods are delivered at our home by the courier boys. Example of such shopping sites are Amazon, Flipkart, Grofers, Snapdeal, etc. They sell various types of products ranging from food items to electronic items. Some people are appointed as representatives of the companies to go to the doctors or to the hospitals and many other times to the people to sell their products. These representatives are called as sales representatives.