NCERT solutions for Social Science - Social and Political Life 2 [English] Class 7 chapter 8 - A Shirt in the Market [Latest edition]

Did Swapna get a fair price on the cotton?

Why did the trader pay Swapna a low price?

Where do you think large farmers would sell their cotton? How is their situation different from Swapna's?

What are the following people doing at the Erode cloth market-merchants, weavers, exporters?

In what ways are weavers dependent on cloth merchants?

If the weavers were to buy yarn on their own and sell cloth, they would probably earn three times more. Do you think this is possible? How? Discuss.

Do you find similar ‘putting-out’ arrangements in making papads, masalas, and beedis? Find out about this in your area and discuss it in class.

You might have heard of cooperatives in your area. It could be in milk, provisions, paddy, etc. Find out for whose benefit they were set up.

What are the demands foreign buyers make on garment exporters? Why do garment exporters agree to these demands?

How do garment exporters meet the conditions set by foreign buyers?

Why do you think more women are employed in the Impex garment factory? Discuss.

Write a letter to the Minister asking for what you think would be proper payment to the workers.

The shirt below shows the profit made by the businessperson and the various costs that he had to pay. Find out from the diagram below, what the cost price includes.

Compare the earnings per shirt of the worker in the garment factory, the garment exporter and the businessperson in the market abroad. What do you find?

What are the reasons that the businessperson is able to make a huge profit in the market?

You have read the chapter on advertising. Why does the businessperson spend Rs 300 per shirt on advertising? Discuss.

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

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?

Think of something common that we use. It could be sugar, tea, milk, pen, paper, pencil, etc. Discuss through what chain of markets this reaches you. Can you think of the people that help in the production or trade?

Arrange the statements given below 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. is.
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.