Class 7 Social Science - Social and Political Life (Civics) - Chapter Markets Around Us NCERT Solutions | In what ways is a hawker different from

‘Buying and selling can take place without going to a marketplace.’ Explain this statement with the help of examples.

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.

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

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

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?

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.

Can you describe two methods of struggle that the women’s movement used to raise issues? If you had to organise a struggle against stereotypes, about what women can or cannot do, what method would you employ from the ones that you have read about? Why would you choose this particular method?

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

How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.

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

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.