Practice Assignment 8 | Class 7 BBC Compacta Solutions PDF Download

Answer the following questions, based on the passage above. 

(i):
Ans: The popular belief that North India consumes more milk and curd than the South is contradicted by the information in paragraph 1.

(ii):
Ans: (b) Options 2 and 3

(iii):
Ans: In the context of the passage, 'do the same' refers to the consumption of milk or curd on a daily basis by both men and women in Punjab.

(iv):
Ans: Telangana and Kerala are exceptions to the author's premise because they have higher or comparable percentages of daily milk or curd consumption than the northern states, contradicting the belief that the south consumes less milk and curd.

(v):
Ans: FALSE. More than half of men and women in Bihar consume milk daily, and about a quarter of the population in Jharkhand does so.

(vi):
Ans: The Eastern and North-Eastern states show significantly lower consumption rates of milk and curd compared to the national average, indicating a need for policy revision to improve these figures.

(vii):
Ans: Tripura is the only North-Eastern state whose figures of milk/curd consumption by both men and women can be considered satisfactory when compared with the national averages.

(viii):
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Manipur are three states where the consumption of milk or curd or both is significantly more among women as compared to their men counterparts.