Class 6 Civics Chapter 8 Question Answers - Urban Livelihoods

Very Short Q & A :

Q1: Name an ideal state in India for setting up a textile factory.

Ans : Gujarat

Q2: The orders and payments from the shopkeepers are given to the _________.

Ans : Salespersons

Q3: Who are salespersons?

Ans : Salespersons travel to different parts of the city. They get orders from the shopkeepers and collect payments from them.

Q4: Name the international organisation that deals with labor issues.

Ans : International Labour Organisation

Q5: Raghu is pressurized to work for long hours by the employer, he is a ____________ worker.

Ans : Temporary

Q6: Ram works in unorganized sector, he is a _____________ worker.

Ans : Casual

Q7: The art of Zari work is famous in _________.

Ans : Bhopal

Q8: Name a new form of employment in the big cities.

Ans : Call centres

Q9: There is deduction in the salary of a permanent worker during medical leave. True/False

Ans : False

Q10: Why Tribes are facing threat of loss of livelihood?

Ans : Tribes face threat of loss of livelihood because MNCs are taking over their land for setting up industries

Q11: What is a call centre?

Ans : Centralized office that deals with problems and questions that the customers have, regarding the services provided.

Q12: Wage labourers collect funds from agencies. True/False

Ans : False

Q13: Which of the two have insecurity of job- Permanent worker or temporary worker?

Ans : Temporary worker

Q14: What kind of threat a temporary worker has?

Ans : threat of being fired by the employer

Q15: Permanent employees in India are not entitled to _______ holidays of other countries.

Ans : National

Q16: Give an example of micro-entrepreneur.

Ans : marketing manager in a private company

Q17: A textile factory must have ___________.

Ans : Workshops

Q18: What is Provident Fund?

Ans : Provident Fund is a particular form of retirement savings.

Q19: Who are casual workers?

Ans : Workers who is employed by a factory only when the employer needs him/ her

Q20: List a common problem in markets due to urbanization?

Ans : parking chaos

Q21: Street vendors are forced to pay _______.

Ans : bribe

Q22: Why factories are located on the outskirts of the city?

Ans : To avoid pollution and commercial congestion.

Q23: List the various mediums through which a showroom gives advertisement.

Ans : newspapers, cinema halls, television and radio channels

Q24: What do you mean by “Labour Chowk”?

Ans : Place where daily wage labourers assemble and wait for work.

Q25: People working in government departments get ___________.

Ans : regular salary

Q26: What is the full form of FORPI?

Ans : Federation of Rickshaw Pullers in India

Q27: Name the organisation of rickshaw pullers in Delhi.

Ans : Delhi Federation of Rickshaw Pullers.

Q28: The secretary of Gram Sabha is responsible for ________________.

Ans : calling meetings of the Gram Sabha

Q29: Call centres demand knowledge of _______ and ________.

Ans : computer and English

Q30: Who prevents the panchayat from misusing money?

Ans : Gram Sabha

Q31: A dentist falls in the category of _______ sector.

Ans : Service

Q32: People who set up small and medium businesses independently are categorized as____________.

Ans : Self employed

Q33: In which year the National Policy on Child Labour was formulated?

Ans : 1987

Q34: Who offers license to the Urban street vendors?

Ans : Superintendent of police

Q35: Why does Hawkers form committees?

Ans : retain their source of livelihood

Q36: State one similarity between street vendors and those who sell in the shops.

Ans : both are self-employed

Q37: Give examples of people working in organised sector.

Ans : Banking, hotel and travel services, energy and power etc.

Q38: How can migration from small towns and villages to cities can be reduced?

Ans : By developing infrastructure and opportunities in towns and villages

Q39: Business for shop owners has changed in the past twenty years due to coming of _____________ brands

Ans : Foreign

Q40: Why the role played by the hawkers in the economy needs to be given credit?

Ans : Because they provide affordable goods and services