Civics

Markets Around Us

Question:

Buying and selling can take place without going to a marketplace'. Explain this statement with the help of examples.

Answer:

This is the age of Internet. It has changed the mode of everything. We can now make on-line purchases with the help of credit cards. We can place orders through the Internet and the goods are delivered at our place.
In clinics and nursing homes we usually notice medical representatives waiting  for doctors. These medical representatives are also engaged in selling goods. Thus, buying and selling takes place in different ways, without going to the market.

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Markets Around Us

Q 1.

Who is a retailer?

Q 2.

Who is a retailer?

Q 3.

How are shops in the neighbourhood useful?

Q 4.

Where are goods produced?

Q 5.

Give some examples of roadside stalls.

Q 6.

How are buyers different people?

Q 7.

Why do we not buy directly from the producer?    [V. Imp.]

Q 8.

Who is Aftab?

Q 9.

In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner?

Q 10.

Write in brief about shopping complexes and malls.

Q 11.

Who is Scuneer? What does he do?

Q 12.

All persons have equal rights to visit any shop in a marketplace.' Do you think this is true of shops with expensive products? Explain with examples.

Q 13.

Why is a weekly market called so?

Q 14.

What is done in the wholesale markets?

Q 15.

What is the job of a wholesale trader?  [V. Imp.]

Q 16.

Do you see equality in the market? If not, why not? Explain with examples.[V. Imp.]
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Write in brief on market and equality'.

Q 17.

Write a brief note on Aftab the wholesaler in the city'.

Q 18.

Buying and selling can take place without going to a marketplace'. Explain this statement with the help of examples.

Q 19.

Why is there a competition among the shops in the weekly market? [V. Imp.]

Q 20.

Compare and contrast a weekly market and a shopping complex on the following:
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Q 21.

How are shop owners in a weekly market and those in a shopping complex very different people?  [V. Imp.]

Q 22.

Explain how a chain of markets is formed. What purpose does it serve?