Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social ScienceMarkets3 Marks
Question
Weekly Market
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Answer
The weekly market is held only on a certain day of the week. It is also called 'Gujri Bazaar'.
In some areas it is also called 'Haat'.
If the weekly market is held on Saturday, it is called a Saturday market.
In this market, merchants bring their items to sell during day time and by evening they go back with wrap-up of shop. They go somewhere else the next day and set up shops there.
Weekly markets are held in many places mainly in cities - in all over the country. In this market. people can get many daily necessities from one place. In this market, the merchant does not have to pay for shop rent, electricity, house tax, employee's salary, etc.
So they can sell the goods at a lower price than the market price. The weekly market provides employment to small traders and workers.
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