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A Shirt in the Market |Exercises solution | Class 7|SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE – II| NCERT UPSC

 1. What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?

Answer:

Swapna borrowed the money from the trader to purchase the seeds, fertilizer, etc.  During borrowing, she promised to sell the cotton to the trader only.


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?

Answer:

  • Garment exporting factories purchase yarn from merchants and sell garments to foreign buyers. 
  • Foreign buyers give very little money to the exporter and also get high-quality garments.
  • In order to maximize the own profit, garment exporting companies give very little wage to workers and takes much work.
  • Sometimes workers are told to leave when the factory does not have a job.


4. Arrange 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.

1. Swapna sells the cotton to the trader.

2. Customers buy these shirts in a supermarket.

3. Trader sells cotton to the Ginning Mill.

4. Garment exporters buy the cloth from merchants for making shirts.

5. Yarn dealers or merchants give the yarn to the weavers.

6. The exporter sells shirts to the businessperson from the USA.

7.Spinning mill buys the cotton and sells yarn to the yarn dealers.

8.Weavers return with the cloth.

9. Ginning mill cleans the cotton and makes it into bales.

Answer:

The following will be sequencing:


1. Swapna sells the cotton to the trader.

3. Trader sells cotton to the Ginning Mill.

9. Ginning mill cleans the cotton and makes it into bales.

7.Spinning mill buys the cotton and sells yarn to the yarn dealers.

5. Yarn dealers or merchants give the yarn to the weavers.

8.Weavers return with the cloth.

4. Garment exporters buy the cloth from merchants for making shirts.

6. The exporter sells shirts to the businessperson from the USA.

2. Customers buy these shirts in a supermarket.

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