Class 7 Social Science - Social and Political Life (Civics) - Chapter Markets Around Us NCERT Solutions | ‘Buying and selling can take place

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

Compare and contrast a weekly market and a shopping complex on the following:

Explain how a chain of markets is formed. What purpose does it serve?

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

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. ”

Use the terms ‘constituency’ and ‘represent’ to explain who an MLA is and how is the person elected?

Are the statements given below true or false? Support your answer with the use of an example :
(a) All societies do not think similarly about the roles that boys and girls play.
(b) Our society does not make distinctions between boys and girls when they are growing up.
(c) Women who stay at home do not work.
(d) The work that women do is less valued than that of men.

How do you think stereotypes about what women can or cannot do, affect women’s right to equality?

In what ways does media play an important role in a democracy?

What do you understand by the word brand? List two reasons why building brands is central to advertising?

Describe the conditions of employment as well as the wages of workers in the garment exporting factory. Do you think the workers get a fair deal?

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

What are the different ways through which the government can take steps to provide healthcare for all? Discuss.

Can you give this diagram a title? What do you understand about the link between media and big business from this diagram?

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

Describe the conditions of employment as well as the wages of workers in the garment exporting factory. Do you think the workers get a fair deal?

What differences do you find between private and public health services in your area?

What do you understand by the term “all persons are equal before the law”? Why do you think it is important in a democracy?

How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.

Use the terms ‘constituency’ and ‘represent’ to explain who an MLA is and how is the person elected?

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

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?

List one reason why learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai, and Rokeya.