Class 7 Civics Chapter 8 Practice Question Answers - A Shirt in the Market

Q1. The Impex garment factory employs mostly:
(a) Women
(b) Men
(c) Children
(d) Adults
Ans: (a)

Q2. The workers in the garment factory work atleast:
(a) 1 to 3 hours
(b) 10 to 12 hours
(c) 6 hours
(d) 8 hours
Ans: (b)

Q3. Who links the producer of cotton to the buyer at the supermarket?
(a) A chain of market
(b) Only wholesalers
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(c) None
Ans: (a)

Q4. Small farmers are exploited by:
(a) Consumers
(b) Producers
(c) Big traders
(d) Small traders
Ans: (c)

Q5. The one of the world’s biggest bi-weekly market of Erode is located in:
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (c)

Q6. How a merchant distributes work among the weavers?
(a) Based on orders received
(b) Based on wages
(c) Based on ages
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
The merchant distributes work among the weavers based on the orders he has received for cloth.

Q7. What do you think large farmers would sell their cotton?
(a) Weekly market
(b) Market
(c) Export
(d) Import
Ans: (b)
Large farmers would sell their cotton in the market. Their situation is different from Swapna. They can bear all the expenses and are free to sell their produce anywhere they wish.

Q8. Who sends the manufactured garments to other countries of the world?
(a) Exporter
(b) Importer
(c) Manufacturer
(d) Worker
Ans: (a)
Garment exporters buy the cloth from merchants for making shirts. The exporter sells shirts to the businessperson from the USA or any other country in the world.

Q9. Who buys the bales of cotton to convert them into yarn?
(a) Ginning mill
(b) Spinning mill
(c) Cleaning mill
(d) Weaving mill
Ans: (b)
Spinning mill buys the bales. Spinning mill spins the cotton into yarn. Spinning mill buys the cotton and sells yarn to the yarn dealers.

Q10. What is linked in the chain of market?
(a) Producer and buyer
(b) Producer and retailer
(c) Producer and worker
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
A chain of markets links the producer of cotton to the buyer of the shirt in the supermarket. Buying and selling takes place at every step in the chain.

Q11. Why do you think more women are employed in the Impex garment factory?
(a) They don’t take leave
(b) They agree to work at lowest wages
(c) They do finishing work
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
More women employed in the Impex garment factory because they agree to work even at the lowest possible wages.

Q12. Why women are employed in garment factories?
(a) Buttoning
(b) Ironing
(c) Packaging
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)
Women are employed there as helpers for thread cutting, buttoning, ironing and packaging.