‘Buying and selling can take place without going to a marketplace.’ Explain this statement with the help of examples.
In following manner, we can do buying and selling without going to a market place.
Examples: We can order goods from the telephone and get their delivery. We can also visit the associated website over internet and order the products. We can pay through internet banking via various apps or in the cash on delivery of goods.
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?
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?
How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.
Why should decisions are taken by the Chief Minister and other ministers be debated in the Legislative Assembly?
You have read about the ways in which the media ‘sets the agenda’. What kind of effect does this have in a democracy? Provide two examples to support your point of view.
What is the difference between the work that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done by government departments?
What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?
In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner?
How do you think stereotypes about what women can or cannot do, affect women’s right to equality?
Compare and contrast a weekly market and a shopping complex on the following:
What differences do you find between private and public health services in your area?
“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.
What do you understand by the term “all persons are equal before the law”? Why do you think it is important in a democracy?
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.
Use the terms ‘constituency’ and ‘represent’ to explain who an MLA is and how is the person elected?
List one reason why learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai, and Rokeya.
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?
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?
How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.