Haryana State Board HBSE 7th Class Social Science Solutions Civics Chapter 9 A Shirt in the Market Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
Haryana Board 7th Class Social Science Solutions Civics Chapter 9 A Shirt in the Market
HBSE 7th Class Civics A Shirt in the Market Textbook Questions and Answers
Question 1.
What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling it at the Kurnool cloth market?
Answer:
The following reason made Swapna sell the cotton to the traders instead of selling at the Kurnool cloth market.
Swapna had borrowed ₹ 2,500 from the trader at a very high rate of interest to buy seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides for cultivation. At this time the trader enters an agreement with Swapna that she will sell her cotton to him. So, Swapna sells her cotton to traded instead of selling in Kurnool cloth market.
Question 2.
Describe the condition of employment as well as the wages of the workers in garment exporting factory* Do you think that the workers get a fair deal?
Answer:
(i) The workers in the garment exporting factory work at least 10 to 12 hrs. in a day but they get very low wages monthly.
(ii) Their job is not permanent; whenever the employer feels that a worker is not needed, he may be asked to leave.
(iii) Their wages are fixed according to their skills.
(iv) The highest paid among the workers are the tailors, who get maximum salary of 3,000 per month.
(v) More women are employee in these factories as helpers.
(vi) These jobs fetch him very low salary.
Now, these workers do not get fair deal.
Question 3.
Think of something common that we use. It could be sugar, tea, milk, pen, paper etc. Discuss through what chain of markets this reacts to you. Can you think of the people that help in the production or trade?
Answer:
A chain of markets links the producer to the buyer. Buying and selling takes place at every step in the chain.
Through Retailer: The producer supplies goods to retailer who sells them to the consumers:
Producers
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Retailer
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Customer (Buyer)
Through Wholesaler: The producer may supply goods to wholesaler in large quantity who can further sell the same in small quantities to the customers. There is no place of retailer in it.
Produce
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Wholesaler
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Customers
Through agent, wholesaler and retailer: The producer may also involve the agent (intermediator) in this chain of marketing.
Producer
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Agents
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Wholesaler
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Customer
People from a simple worker to the main producer, agents, wholesaler, retailer all help in the production or trade.
Question 4.
Arrange the statements given below in the correct order and then fill the number in the cotton balls accordingly. The first two have been solved for you.
1. Swapna sells the cloth to the trader.
2. Customers buy these shirts in the supermarket.
3. Trader sells cotton to the ginning mill.
4. Garment exporters buy the cloth from merchants for making shirts.
5. Yarn dealers or merchants give the yarn to the weavers.
6. The exporter sells shirts to the business persons from the USA.
7. Spinning mill buys the cotton and sells yarn to the yarn dealers.
8. Weavers return with the cloth.
9. Ginning mill cleans the cotton and makes it into balls.
Answer:
1. Swapna sells the cloth to the trader.
2. Trader sells cotton to the ginning mill.
3. Ginning mill cleans the cotton and makes it into balls.
4. Spinning mill buys the cotton and sells yarn to the yarn dealers.
5. Yarn dealers or merchants give the yarn to the weavers.
6. Weavers return with the cloth.
7. Garment exporters buy the cloth from merchants for making shirts.
8. The exporter sells shirts to the business persons from the USA.
9. Customers buy these shirts in the supermarket.
Question 5.
Did Swapna get a fair price on the cotton?
Answer:
No, Swapna did not get a fair price on the cotton.
Question 6.
Why did the trader pay Swapna a low price?
Answer:
The trader paid Swapna a low price because she had borrowed ₹ 2500 at the time of cropping season at high rate of interest.
Question 7.
Where db you think larger farm would sell cotton? How is their situation better than Swapna?
Answer:
Larger farmer would prefer to sell their product in wholesale market. Their situation is better from Swapna because Swapna cannot sell the product in wholesale market. She has to sell it through trader and she does not get price for her product.
Question 8.
You might have co-operatives in your areas. It could be in a milk provision, paddy etc. Find out for whose benefits they were set up.
Answer:
These co-operatives have been set up for the benefit of the local people of the area especially for the poor farmers.
Question 9.
What are the following people doing at the Erode cloth market-merchants, weavers, exporters?
Answer:
Merchants: Merchants are getting the woven cloth from the weavers after paying them wages for weaving cloth them from.
Weavers: The weavers spend long hours working on looms and they work for wages.
Exporters: Exporters arrange the cloth for exports.
Question 10.
In what ways are weavers dependent on cloth merchants?
Answer:
Weavers are dependent on cloth merchants because:
The cloth merchants give them thread and they weave cloth for them from where they earn their living.
Question 11.
Why do you think more women are employed in the Impex garment factory? Discuss.
Answer:
More women are employed in the Impex garments factory because:
(a) They do the work of thread cutting, buttoning, ironing and packaging more patiently.
(b) These jobs have the lowest wages and women are ready to work for the lowest wages.
(c) They do not raise disputes.
Question 12.
The shirt shows the profit made by the business person, and the various costs that he had to pay. Find out from the diagram below, what cost price includes.
Answer:
The cost price includes:
Purchase (₹ 200) + Storage 100) + advertising (₹ 300)
= ₹ 600.
Question 13.
What are the demands of foreign buyers made on the garment export? Why do the garment exporters agree to these demands?
Answer:
The foreign buyer demands the following from the supplier:
(a) the lowest prices
(b) high standards of equality
(c) prompt delivery of goods
The garment exporter agrees to fulfill the demand of foreign buyers because he hopes to get a bulk order.
Question 14.
What are the reasons that the business person is able to make a huge profit in the market?
Answer:
The business person is able to make huge profit in the market because:
(a) He sells his shirts to high income people who do not ask for the prices.
(b) He tries to meet the latest demands of the customers.
HBSE 7th Class Civics A Shirt in the Market Important Questions and Answers
Very Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Who is Swapna and what does she do?
Answer:
Swapna is a small farmer in Kurnool and she grows cotton.
Question 2.
What is putting out system?
Answer:
The arrangement between the merchant and the weavers is known as putting out system.
Question 3.
To whom does the Erode merchant supply the cotton cloth?
Answer:
The Erode merchant supplies the cotton cloth to a garment exporting factory near Delhi.
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Write about Erode’s cloth market in brief.
Answer:
Erode is a bi-weekly cloth market in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the largest cloth markets in the world. A large variety of clothes are sold in this market.
Question 2.
What is the role of merchant in making the clothes?
Answer:
The merchant distributes work among the weavers based on the orders he has received for cloth. For this, he buys the yarn and gives to the weavers with instructions about the kind of cloth that is to be made.
Question 3.
What is the role of market in the lives of people related to cloth?
Answer:
The market offers people, related to cloth, opportunities for work and to be able to sell things that they grow or produce. It could be the farmer selling cotton or weaver producing cloth.
Question 4.
Why have the poor people to depend on rich persons?
Answer:
The poor have people to depend on the rich and the powerful persons for loans, raw materials and marketing of their goods, and most often for employment.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
How do the weaver’s cooperatives work? How are they helpful for the weavers?
Answer:
In weavers’ cooperative:
(a) The weavers form a group and take up certain activities collectively.
(b) They procure yarn from the yarn dealer and distribute it among the weavers.
(c) The co-operative also does the marketing.
They are helpful for the weavers because:
(i) the role of merchant is reduced and weavers get a fair price on the cloth.
(ii) The government also helps the cooperatives by buying cloth from them at a reasonable price.
Question 2.
Write a note on the Impex garment factory.
Answer:
- The Impex garment factory has 70 workers.
- Most of them are women. Most of these workers are employed on a temporary basis.
- The employer can remove the workers when he does not need them.
- Workers wages are fixed according to their skills.
- The highest paid among workers are the tailors who get about ₹ 3,000 per month.
- Women are employed at the lowest paid wages for the jobs like thread cutting, buttoning, ironing and packaging.
A Shirt in the Market Class 7 HBSE Notes
- Ginning Mill: A factory where seeds are removed from cotton balls. The cotton is pressed into bales to be sent for spinning into thread.
- Exporter: A person who sells goods abroad.
- Profit: The amount that is left or gained from earnings after deducting all the costs. If the costs are more than the earnings, it would lead to a loss.