Social Studies Question(1 Marks)

Why do you think that this would impact women and girls more acutely?

Do you think that lack of access to proper sanitation facilities affects people's lives? How?

Do you think it is also important to conserve resources like water and electricity and to use more public transport?

Find out the various kinds of taxes people pay to the government by talking to a salaried person, a person running his/her own factory/ business and a shopkeeper. Share your findings in the classroom with your teacher.

Pick out the various sources of water for household use from the description alongside.

Why are most of the private hospitals and private schools located in major cities and not in towns or rural areas?

How does the government set the price for the water supplied by it?

How can we prevent the spread of water-borne diseases?

What is often regarded as a sign of the failure of the government?

What are the main sources of water in urban areas?

Name the NGO which has been working for five decades to address the problem of sanitation.

What does the shortage in supply of municipal water lead to?

Who bears the maximum burden of shortage in water supply?

Where does the government get funds for providing public facilities?

Whose responsibility is it to ensure public facilities to everyone?

What is the most important characteristic of public facilities?

What do you mean by right to water?