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Q1 Why did the children go to Yasmin Khala's house? Ans: Yasmin Khala was retired from Municipal Corporation. While playing, the children broke the street light & they thought that they have to give money to replace the damage light. So, they went to Yasmin Khala’s house to know that to whom they have to give money and who is responsible to replace the damaged street light.
Q2 List four ways in which the work of the Municipal Corporation affects the life of a city-dweller. Ans: Work of Municipal Corporation that affects the life of city dweller are:
1. The Municipal Corporation takes care of street lights, garbage collection and water supply.
2. It makes sure that streets and markets are clean. It makes garden and maintain them.
3. It runs school, hospitals and dispensaries.
4. It is also responsible for ensuring that diseases do not break out in the city.Q3 Who is a Municipal Councillor? Ans: The Municipal Corporation is made up of wards committee. Each ward has one seat in this ward committee and members are elected to this on the basis of UAF (Universal Adult Franchise) and on basis of 5 years.
Q4 What did Gangabai do and why? Ans: Gangabai collected group of women and went to the Municipal commissioner’s office along with ward councilor to protest against garbage dumps all over the street. As the garbage is spread all over; it attracts rats, flies and dogs. So due to this, people were getting ill who were living around that area. Then, the Gangabai approached the ward councilor.
Q5 How does the Municipal Corporation earn the money to do its work? Ans: Municipal Corporation earns the money to do its work by collecting several types of taxes like:
1. Property tax
2. Taxes for water and other services
3. Taxes for education
4. Taxes for entertainmentQ6 Discuss In the two photographs you see different ways of collecting and disposing garbage. i) Which way do you think provides safety to the person disposing garbage? ii) What are the dangers of collecting garbage in the manner shown in the first photograph? iii) Why do you think that proper ways of disposing garbage are not available to those who work in municipalities? Ans: (a) I think the 2 nd photo is the correct way of disposing garbage and also provides safety to the person.
(b) The picture one shows the wrong way of collecting garbage because we can see that the garbage is thrown in the land and animals are sitting there which can cause harness to those and as well as to the workers who are working there. The garbage would might contain plastics, harmful chemicals and as well as poisons. And if these are eaten by animals, it would have spread the diseases, infection and can kill them.
(c) The facilities are not available to the workers of the municipalities because there are not proper arrangements and the workers are also less aware of health and hygiene.
Q7 Several poor people in the city work as domestic servants as well as work for the Corporation, keeping the city clean. Yet the slums in which they live are quite filthy. This is because these slums seldom have any water and sanitation facilities. The reason often given by the Municipal Corporation is that the land in which the poor have set up their homes does not belong to them and that slum-dwellers do not pay taxes. However people living in middle class neighbourhoods pay very little in taxes compared to the amount of money the corporation spends on them in setting up parks, street lighting facilities, regular garbage collection etc. Also as you read in this chapter, the property taxes collected by the Municipality makes up only 25-30 per cent of its money. Why do you think it is important that the Corporation should spend more money on slum localities? Why is it important that the Municipal Corporation provide the poor in the city with the same facilities that the rich get? Ans: I think that it is important to spend money on slums localities because they do not have that much money to maintain health and hygiene in the society. People elect their government just to help the people and provide facility to the needy people. The people just need some facilities, sanitation and education.
Q8 Look at the image below. The Government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2 October 2014 to promote cleanliness in both rural and urban areas all over the nation. Under the “Swachh Bharat, Swachh Vidyalaya” campaign, many activities are also being carried out in schools to generate awareness on sanitation and hygiene amongst students. Observe the ways in which “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” is being implemented by municipality / panchayat in your locality. Prepare a poster and display it in your school. Ans: Explanation:
Chapter 7 Urban Administration
- Urban means cities and towns, which is much bigger than a village in terms of population and area too.
- Administration means to run the city properly and looking after the needs of people like: water and electricity supply, garbage collection etc.
- The sum of money that people pay to the government for those services which are provided by the government is called tax.
- The elected representative of a ward in the corporation is the ward councilor.
- The chief administrator and executive of the municipal corporation is the municipal commissioner.
- Taking care of streets, garbage collection, keeping markets and streets clean, electricity and water supply is the major work of Municipal Corporation.
- If the work is not being done properly the people can protest against the municipal commissioner.
- The corporation earns money by collecting taxes of different types like property, education, entertainment etc.
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Compare the situation of Sekar and Ramalingam by filling out the following table:
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Sometimes people make prejudiced comments in our presence. We are often not in a position to do anything about this because it is difficult to say something right then and there. Divide the class into groups and each group discuss what they could do in one of the following situations:
a. A friend begins to tease a classmate because he is poor.
b. You are watching TV with your family and one of them makes a prejudicial comment about a particular religious community.
c. Children in your class refuse to share their food with a particular person because they think she is dirty.
d. Someone tells you a joke that makes fun of a community because of their accent.
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Why do you think the government needs to make rules for everyone in the form of laws?
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Look at the statements in the column on the left. Can you identify which level they belong to? Place tick marks against the level you consider most appropriate.
- The decision of the Government of India to maintain peaceful relations with Russia.
- The decision of the Government of West Bengal on whether to have Board exam in Class 8 for all government schools.
- Introduction of two new trains between Dibrugarh and Kanyakumari.
- The decision to locate a common well in a particular area of the village.
- Decision to construct a big children's park in Patna.
- The decision of the Government of Haryana to provide free electricity for all farmers.
- Introduction of a new 1000 rupee note.
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What do you think living in India with its rich heritage of diversity adds to your life?
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Underline the line in the poem sung after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which according to you, reflects India's essential unity.
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How can the stereotype that girls are a burden on their parents affect the life of a daughter? Imagine this situation and list at least five different effects that this stereotype can have on the way daughters get treated in the house.
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Choose another region in India and do a similar study of the historical and geographical factors that influence the diversity found there. Are these historical and geographical factors connected to each other? How?
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Read the following news item.
Nimone is a village on the Chauphula-Shirur Road. Like many others, this village has also been facing a severe water shortage for the last few months and villagers depend on tankers for all their needs. Bhagvan Mahadeo Lad (35) of this village was beaten with sticks, iron rods and axes by a group of seven men. The incident came to light when some villagers brought a badly injured Lad to hospital for treatment. In the FIR recorded by the police Lad said that he was attacked when he insisted that the water in the tanker must be emptied into the storage tanks constructed as part of the water supply scheme by Nimone Gram Panchayat so that there would be equal distribution of water. However, he alleged that the upper caste men were against this and told him that the tanker water was not meant for the lower castes.
Adapted from Indian Express, May 1, 2004a. Why was Bhagvan beaten?
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What problem did the villagers in Hardas village face? What did they do to solve this problem?
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What, in your opinion, is the importance of the Gram Sabha? Do you think all members should attend Gram Sabha meetings? Why?
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Fill in the following table to show the services provided by people in the markets which you visit frequently.
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Compare the situation of Sekar and Ramalingam by filling out the following table:
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