Goa Board Class 7 Solutions for Civics – A Shirt in the Market (English Medium)
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Question 1:
What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?
Solution :
Swapna had to sell her cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool market because
- At the beginning of the cropping season, she had taken a loan of 2500/- on a high interest rate to buy seeds, pesticides, fertilisers etc.
- Also, she was made to promise that she would sell all her cotton to the trader only.
Question 2:
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?
Solution :
The conditions of employment in the garment exporting factory are as follows:
- Workers are made to work for long hours.
- They are employed on a temporary basis, i.e. if they are not needed, they would be asked to leave.
The conditions of wages:
- It is not regular.
- It is very low.
No, the workers do not get a fair deal because they are made to work very hard; however, they are not appreciated for it.
Question 3:
Think of something common that we use. It could be sugar, 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?
Solution :
Please select any product of your choice and find its chain of market. You could take the help of your teacher.
Question 4:
rrange the statements given alongside in the correct order and then fill in the numbers in the cotton bolls accordingly. The first two have already been done for you.
- Swapna sells the cotton to the trader.
- Customers buy these shirts in a supermarket.
- Trader sells cotton to the Ginning Mill.
- Garment exporters buy the cloth from merchants for making shirts.
- Yarn dealers or merchants give the yarn to the weavers.
- The exporter sells shirts to the businessperson from the USA.
- Spinning mill buys the cotton and sells yarn to the yarn dealers.
- Weavers return with the cloth.
- Ginning mill cleans the cotton and makes it into bales.
Solution :