Question Answers: NCERT Class 7 Social Science - Social and Political Life (Civics)

How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.

Think of something common that we use. It could besugar, 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?

Choose two of your favourite print advertisements. Now, look at each of these and answer the following questions:  

a.What visuals and text are being used in these advertisements to attract my attention? 

 b.What values are being promoted in these advertisements? 

c.Who is this advertisement speaking to and who is it leaving out?  d.If you could not afford the brand that is being advertised, how would you feel?

What was the problem in Patalpuram? What discussion/actions were taken by the following? Pill in the table.

Make a list of toys and games that boys typically play and another for girls. If there is a difference between the two lists, can you think of some reasons why this is so? Does this have any relationship to the  roles children have to play as adults?

Why should decisions are taken by the Chief Minister and other ministers be debated in the Legislative Assembly?

What is the difference between the work that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done by government departments?

Housework is invisible and unpaid work. Housework is physically demanding.
Housework is time-consuming. Write in your own words what is meant by the terms ‘invisible’, ‘physically demanding’ and ‘time-consuming’? Give one example of
each based on the household tasks undertaken by women in your home.

In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner?

Re-read the box on Article 15 and state two ways in which this Article addresses inequality?

In what ways was Omprakash Valmikis experience similar to that of the Ansaris?

If you have someone working as a domestic help in your house or locality talk to her and find out a little bit more about her life – Who are her family members? Where is her home? How many hours does she work? How much does she get paid? Write a small story based on these details.

‘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.

What was the problem in Patalpuram? What discussion/actions were taken by the following? Pill in the table.

In this chapter you have read that health is a wider concept than illness. Look at this quote from the Constitution and explain the terms ‘living standard’ and ‘public health’ in your own words. An important part of the Constitution says it is the “duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health. ”

What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?

“Poor girls drop out of school because they are not interested in getting an education”. Re-read the last paragraph on page 62 and explain why this statement is not true.

Why should decisions are taken by the Chief Minister and other ministers be debated in the Legislative Assembly?

How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.

What is the difference between the work that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done by government departments?