Civics

Markets Around Us

Question:

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

Answer:

Aftab is a wholesaler of vegetables. His work usually starts around 2 o'clock in the early morning. This is the time when vegetables reach the market or mandi and with them start the activities. The vegetables come in trucks, matadors, etc. and soon the process of auctions begins. Aftab participates in this auction and decides what he will buy. He buys vegetables in bulk. After that he sells them to hawkers and shopkeepers who usually come to him around six in the morning.

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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.

Who is Scuneer? What does he do?

Q 11.

Write in brief about shopping complexes and malls.

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?