Markets Around Us - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: Why weekly markets are cheaper than permanent shops?
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Permanent shops have to incur a lot of expenditure like shop rent, electricity, fees to the government etc., but a weekly market shop owner don’t have to bear these expenses. Permanent shops holder also have to pay wages to their workers but weekly market shop owner have helpers from their family members, and thus they don’t need to hire workers. And are cheaper than permanent shops.
Q2: Why Neighbourhood market is preferred by the Indians?
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Neighbourhood markets are near our house, one can go there at any day of the week. The buyers and sellers know each other and these shops also provide goods on credits,
Q3: Differentiate between shopping complexes and malls.
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Markets mostly in urban areas having many shops are called shopping complexes. In many urban areas there are large multi-storeyed air conditioned building with shops on different floors, knows as malls.
Q4: Establish relationship between the market and the inequality?
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Shop owner in weekly market and in shopping complexes are different people. One is small trader with little money while other can spend lot of money. They also earn unequal amounts. Similarly buyers are also different, there are many who are not able to afford the cheapest goods while buys only branded items from shopping malls. Thus it forms an inequality amongst people.
Q5: Differentiate between permanent and temporary shops.
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Permanent shops contains goods that are expensive in comparison to goods of temporary shops. Permanent shops store the things they sell in their shops but temporary shops owner store goods to be sold at their home.
