RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 8 A Shirt in the Market

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science  Civics Chapter 8 A Shirt in the Market Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

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

RBSE Class 7 Social Science A Shirt in the Market InText Questions and Answers

Page 93

Question 1. 
Did Swapna get a fair price on the cotton? 
Answer:
No, Swapna did not get a fair price on the cotton. The trader paid her very less than what she expected.

Question 2. 
Why did the trader pay Swapna a low price?
Answer:
The trader gave money to Swapna as credit in the beginning of the sowing season and got a promise from her that she would sell the crops to him only. Swapna was left with no other option but to sell her crops to the trader. And thus trader gave her a very little price of her cotton after deducting the actual amount of credit along with the interest.

 

Question 3. 
Where do you think large farmers would sell their cotton? How is the situation different from Swapna?
Answer:
Large farmers will sell their cotton directly in the market because they have enough money to do farming and they need not to borrow money on credit from any trader. This makes their situation different than that of Swapna. They are not forced by any trader to sell the crop to them only.

Page 95

Question 1. 
What are the following people doing at the Erode cloth market- merchants, weavers, exporters? 
Answer:

1. Merchants: They supply yam to the weavers and get the woven cloth from. them. They give instructions to the weavers regarding the weaving of the cloth in a particular pattern. Then they supply this woven doth to the garment manufacturer companies or the exporters.
2. Weavers: They make cloth and bring it to the Erode cloth market for sell. They also make cloth on the orders given by the merchants. For this they are also provided with yam by the merchant.
3. Exporters: They use the clothes to make shirts to sell them in the markets in other countries.

Question 2. 
In what ways are weavers dependent on cloth merchants?
Answer:
Weavers are dependent on merchants for raw material and selling of doth in the market. These merchants provide money during exigencies to the weavers.

Page 96

Question 1. 
If the weavers were to buy yarn on their own and sell cloth, they would probably earn three times more. Do you think this is possible? How? Discuss.
Answer:
If the weavers would buy yarn on their own and sell cloth they would definitely earn more. Merchants buy yam at the lowest price possible and would try to sell it in the market at a higher price in order to make profit. If the weavers are united and are not dominated by the merchants then they could decide upon their prices and can have a better bargaining capacity.

Question 2. 
Do you find similar putting out arrangements in making papad, masala, beedis? Find out about this in your area and discuss in the class.
Answer:
Yes, we can find the similar putting out arrangements in making of papad, masala, beedis and many such small items. These businesses generally run from home where the family members are involved in various activities. This applies to the final product to the merchants or the traders who then sell it in the market.

Question 3. 
You might have heard of cooperatives in your area. It could be in milk, provisions, paddy, etc. Find out for whose benefit they were setup? 
Answer:The people who were benefited by setting up cooperatives are the producers like dairy fanners, cotton farmers as they do the coordinated work and divide the profit among themselves. They get loans easily and that also at low interest rate. Their coordination and loan at low rate of interest keeps the prices of the product reasonable. It saves these producers from the exploitation of middleman and traders. It also increases the bargaining power of producers. The consumers are benefited as they get the products at reasonable rates.

Page 97

Question 1. 
What are the demands foreign buyers make on the garment exporters? Why do' the garment exporters agree to these demands?
Answer:
The foreign buyers demand low- price on the garments. They want a superior quality products and the delivery of the goods on time. The exporters agree to these demands as their work is to supply the goods from weavers to the foreign buyers. They gave less money to the weavers as compared to what they sell to the exporters and this is how make maximum profit.

Question 2. 
How do the garment exporters meet the conditions set by the foreign buyers?
Answer:
In order to meet the conditions set by the foreign buyers, the garment exporters do the following things :

1. They hire workers at a very low wages.
2. In order to have cost cutting method, they hire less number of workers and get the work done from them:
3. They usually hire women workers.
4. They fix the daily targets for these workers to complete their work.
5. They increase the working hours.
6. The foreign buyers face high standards and closely watched the product whether it satisfy their quality test or not.
7. They get maximum work done from the workers in order to maximize their profit.

Page 98

Question 1. 
Why do you think more women are employed in the Impex garment factory? Discuss.
Answer:
More number of women are employed in the Impex garment factory because they work hard and they always remain busy and can easily be controlled by the employers. They do not usually resist working hard and are unaware of the rules and regulations provided to them in order to protect them. They do not raise any disputes and do their work dutifully.

Question 2. 
Write a letter to the Minister asking for what you think would be proper payment to the workers.
Answer:
To,
The Ministry of Textiles,
Government of India,
New Delhi
Subject: Proper payment to workers.
Honourable Sir,
This is to bring your kind attention towards the conditions of textile workers. The laws related to the payment of workers are not strict, either they are paid too high or too low. Less paid workers are being exploited due to their ignorance and need. Workers are not much educated, the employers hide real expenditures and incomes from them and earn huge profits by paying very less to them.
So, here by I request you to please ensure proper payment of their hardwork and dedication. 
Following are some suggested payments in this regard:

• Stitching: 15,000 per month
• Ironing: 4 per piece
• Finishing work: 10,000 per month
• Checking: 8,000 per month

Kindly consider and do the needful.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerly,
XYZ 

Question 3.
The shirt shows [Refer to image on Page 98 Text Book] the profit made by the business person and the various costs that he had to pay. Find out from the diagram what the costprice includes.
Answer:
The cost price includes purchasing cost, storage cost and advertising cost.

Page 99

Question 1. 
Compare the earnings per shirt of the worker in the garment factory, the garment exporter and the business person in the market abroad. What do you find?
Answer:
The business person in the market abroad earns a profit of ₹ 900 per shirt. The garment exporter earns about ₹150 rupees per shirt. The earnings of the workers for shirt is lowest that is ₹25. The earning made by the person at the lowest level is a minimum and at the highest level that is businessman abroad is maximum.

Question 2. 
What are the reasons that the business person is able to make a huge profit in the market?
Answer:
The reasons that the business person is able to make a huge profit and the market are: 

1. He sells his shirts to the people belonging to high income category.
2. The shirts are sold out in the big shops or malls where they have fixed prices and people do not bargain.
3. He buys shirts at a lower rate from the garment exporter and sell them on comparatively high rate and make huge profit.
4. He sells shirts under a brand name which makes them expensive and different from the other shirts available in the market.

Question 3. 
You have read the chapter on advertising. Why does the business person spend ₹ 300 per shirt on advertising? Discuss.
Answer:
The businessman spend ₹ 300 per shirt on advertising because :

1. Advertising the shirt makes it popular among the people who watch it.
2. People get attracted by seeing the advertisements.
3. Advertisements present the shirt better than other similar products in the market.
4. The shirt is advertised under a brand name and that makes it popular and expensive than others.

RBSE Class 7 Social Science A Shirt in the Marke Textbook Questions and Answers 

Question 1. 
What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?
Answer:
Swapna was forced to sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market because Swapna was a small farmer in Kurnool. At the beginning of the cropping season, she had borrowed ₹ 2500 from the trader at very high rate of interest to buy seeds, fertilizers and pesticides for cultivation. The local trader agreed to give loan to Swapna on the condition that she would sell all her cotton to him.

Question 2. 
Describe the conditions of employment as well as the wages of workers in the garments exporting factory. Do you think the workers get a fair deal?
Answer:

1. The workers have to work at least 10 hours a day.
2. Workers are hired on temporary basis.
3. They have pressure to produce quality product in limited time. Hence according to me, workers do not get fair deal as they are paid minimum wages and exploited by their employer.

Question 3. 
Think of something common that we use. It could be sugar, tea, milk, pen, paper, pencil, etc. Discuss through what chain of markets this reaches you. Can you think of the people that help in the production or trade?
Answer:
 Chain of market to produce milk is:

1. Milk is purchased first by dairy cooperatives from different locations.
2. Dairy cooperatives send milk to the milk factories.
3. In milk factories, milk is packed after pasteurisation.
4. Now milk packets are given to traders or supermarkets.
5. Retailers purchase from the traders and from retailers packets are-purchased by consumers.