Question 11 Mark
Name some jobs people do in the market to earn a living.
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Question 21 Mark
Who are casual labourers?
Question 31 Mark
Why Tribes are facing threat of loss of livelihood?
Question 41 Mark
Name a new form of employment in the big cities.
Question 51 Mark
Why factories are located on the outskirts of the city?
Question 61 Mark
Why do people migrate from rural areas to urban areas?
Question 71 Mark
Name an ideal state in India for setting up a textile factory.
Question 81 Mark
List the various mediums through which a showroom gives advertisement.
Question 91 Mark
Complete the following table and discuss how their work is different:
Question 101 Mark
What tells you that street vendors have no security?
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View full question & answer→Being without license, the police dismantle their shops any time, hence street vendors have no security.
Question 111 Mark
Give examples of people working in organised sector.
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View full question & answer→Banking, hotel and travel services, energy and power etc.
Question 121 Mark
What do you mean by “Labour Chowk”?
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View full question & answer→Place where daily wage labourers assemble and wait for work.
Question 131 Mark
Which of the two have insecurity of job- Permanent worker or temporary worker?
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View full question & answer→Temporary worker.
Question 141 Mark
Name some jobs people do on the streets to earn a living.
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View full question & answer→Vegetable vendors, cobblers, florists, barbers and push cart owners.
Question 151 Mark
List a common problem in markets due to urbanization?
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View full question & answer→Parking chaos.
Question 161 Mark
State one similarity between street vendors and those who sell in the shops.
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View full question & answer→Both are self- employed.
Question 171 Mark
Name four types of offices in urban areas.
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View full question & answer→Banks, post offices, educational institutions and BPOs.
Question 181 Mark
What are the three types of occupation?
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View full question & answer→The three types of occupation are primary, secondary and tertiary occupation.
Question 191 Mark
Who offers license to the Urban street vendors?
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View full question & answer→Superintendent of police.
Question 201 Mark
Who are casual workers?
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View full question & answer→Workers who is employed by a factory only when the employer needs him/ her.
Question 211 Mark
Name the organisation of rickshaw pullers in Delhi.
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View full question & answer→Delhi Federation of Rickshaw Pullers.
Question 221 Mark
Give an example of micro- entrepreneur.
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View full question & answer→Marketing manager in a private company.
Question 231 Mark
What kind of threat a temporary worker has?
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View full question & answer→Threat of being fired by the employer.
Question 241 Mark
Why does Hawkers form committees?
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View full question & answer→Retain their source of livelihood.
Question 251 Mark
What is Provident Fund?
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View full question & answer→Provident Fund is a particular form of retirement savings.
Question 261 Mark
In which year the National Policy on Child Labour was formulated?
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View full question & answer→1987.
Question 271 Mark
Who are salespersons?
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View full question & answer→Salespersons travel to different parts of the city. They get orders from the shopkeepers and collect payments from them.
Question 281 Mark
Why does the government provide loans to self-help groups?
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View full question & answer→Government provides loans to self-help group so that they can stand themselves in good stead.
Question 291 Mark
What is the full form of FORPI?
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View full question & answer→Federation of Rickshaw Pullers in India.
Question 301 Mark
Who prevents the panchayat from misusing money?
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View full question & answer→Gram Sabha.
Question 311 Mark
What is an occupation?
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View full question & answer→The work that we do to earn our living is called an occupation.
Question 321 Mark
Why the role played by the hawkers in the economy needs to be given credit?
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View full question & answer→Because they provide affordable goods and services.
Question 331 Mark
Name the international organisation that deals with labor issues.
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View full question & answer→International Labour Organisation.
Question 341 Mark
How can migration from small towns and villages to cities can be reduced?
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View full question & answer→By developing infrastructure and opportunities in towns and villages.