extra questions of class 7

                                             

CLASS 7 SUBJECT SOCIAL SCIENCE

EXTRA QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 8 (HISTORY)

Q8. For either the Virashaivas or the sants of Maharashtra, discuss their attitude towards caste?

Ans: Attitude of the Virashaivas towards caste:

1.     They believed in the equality of all human beings.

2.     They were against Brahmanical ideas about caste and treatment of women.

3.     They wished for a society where people of all backgrounds could live in harmony without any feeling of high and low, rich and poor.

Q9. Why do you think ordinary people preserve the memory of Mirabai?

Ans: Mirabai was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. So she left her royal palace and began to sing bhajans in Krishna’s temple. In her bhajans she openly challenges the norms of upper caste. She also composed the songs in ordinary language that could be easily understood and sang by the ordinary people.

CHAPTER 10 (HISTORY)

Q9. Do you think merchants and the bankers today have the kind of influence they had in the eighteenth century?

Ans: During the 18^th century merchants were more influential than bankers. They used to provide more loan opportunities at higher interest rates. But now with the spread of education people prefer banks which provide loans and other financial assistance at cheaper rate. Bankers also provide subsidy on the interest rate. So they are more influential today than the merchants.

Q10. Did any of the kingdoms mentioned in this chapter develop your state? If so, in what ways do you think life the state would have been different in the eighteenth century from what it is in the twenty first century?

Ans: I live in Ferozepur, Punjab state developed in this region which was under Sikh rulers. Now it is Punjab state or we can call it eastern Punjab. As West Punjab is in Pakistan now.

CHAPTER 5 (HISTORY)

Q9. The rich and powerful construct large houses today. In what ways were construction of kings and their courtiers different in the past?

Ans: The rich and powerful construct large houses today. But these houses are not the same as those of kings and their courtiers in the past. The houses of the kings and their courtiers were big structures with big structures with big courtyard, thick walls, domed roofs, huge pillars, big arcades and gardens and well decorated halls. But today houses have no courtyards, domes and thick walls.

Q10. Look at figure 4. How could that building be constructed faster today?

Ans: Such buildings were usually constructed as a matter of pride in olden days. It was very difficult to construct them but they were made possible with the help of skilled masons and labourers. Such buildings took a very long time and time and a number of labourers to be constructed. But now as technologies have advanced, we have many facilities, equipment, tools which can construct huge buildings very easily and in less time.

CHAPTER 8 (GEOGRAPHY)

Q3. Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rain forests of the Amazon.

Ans: Toucans, humming birds, bird of paradise are the birds that are likely to find in the rain forests of Amazon.

CHAPTER 7 (GEOGRAPHY)

Q3. Which are the activities practiced by the rural people?

Ans: The rural people do mining, forestry, agriculture, crafts work and trading.

CHAPTER 7 (CIVICS)

Q1. What do understand by the word brand? List two reasons why building brand is central to advertising?

Ans: Brand means stamping a product with a particular name or sign in order to differentiate it from other products in the market.

Two reasons why building brand is central advertising:

1.     It creates a positive image of the product in the eyes of the consumer and to compel them to buy it.

2.     It differentiate the product from the local or other competitive products in the market.