Important Questions for CBSE Class 7 Social Science - Social and Political Life Chapter 4 - Growing Up As Boys And Girls

Very Short Answer Questions: (1 Marks)

1. Fill in the Blanks:

i. There are ___________between men and women.

Ans: There are inequalities between men and women.

ii. In our society ___________roles are assigned to boys and girls.

Ans: In our society different roles are assigned to boys and Girls.

iii. ____________________means something that requires a lot of time to be completed.

Ans: Time Consuming means something that requires a lot of time to be completed.

iv. ____________means something that is not seen.

Ans: Invisible means something that is not seen.

2. State True and False.

i. Housework is invisible and unpaid work.

Ans: True

ii. Across the world, the main responsibility for household work and taking care of family, children and sick people in a family lies with women.

Ans: True

iii. Women who stay at home do not work.

Ans: False

iv. The work that women do is less valued than that of men.

Ans: True

3. Match the Following.

Ans: 

4. Choose the correct option.

i. Which of the work is done by girls in Samoan island?

(a) Cooking

(b) Taking care of Children

(c) Fishing

(d) (a) and (b)

Ans: (d) a and b

ii. There are separate schools for

(a) Boys and girls

(b) Parents and Grandparents

(c) Employed and Unemployed

(d) All of the above

Ans: (a) Boys and Girls

5. Define the Following.

i. Identity

Ans: Identity is about the self-awareness of an individual that he is.

ii. Caregiving task

Ans: These are those tasks which are for the proper care of the family. For example: care of the elder, children and sick people in the family.

Short Answer Questions: (2 Marks)

6. What is meant by double-burden?

Ans: Double- Burden refers to the labor of women in both inside and outside of the home.

7. What is meant by de-valued?

Ans:  When someone is not given recognition of the task that they have done is known as de-valued.

8. Who is a domestic helper?

Ans: The one who does all the household work like cleaning, washing, sweeping, looking after young children etc. are known as the domestic helper.

9. What is meant by physically demanding?

Ans:  Any work which requires a lot of physical labor is known as the physically demanding work.

10. Define Time-Consuming.

Ans: Those works which require a lot of time to be completed are known as time-consuming.

Short Answer Questions: (3 Marks)

11. How does a girl’s school differ from a boy's school?

Ans:  There is a central courtyard in girl’s school and no courtyard in boy’s school. Likewise in girl’s school, the majority of the teachers are females whereas in boy’s school the teachers are males.

12. Why should one value housework?

Ans:  Housework should also be given equal importance like the other housework. But the work is not paid and remains invisible. That’s why one should value Housework.

13. Define the term Double Burden?

Ans: Double Burden is known as the extra burden which women face.  It refers to the labor of women both inside and outside of the home.

14. Define the term caregiving.

Ans: Caregiving means looking after the family members and providing them care. For example: looking after children, elderly and sick people etc.

16. All societies do not think similarly about the roles that boys and girls play. Explain.

Ans: The above statement is true as the roles of girls and boys are valued differently in different societies. It is believed that boys are suited for office work and girls are meant for household work.

Long Answer Questions: (5 Marks)

16. If you have someone working as a domestic help in your house or locality, talk to her and find out a little bit more about her life- Who are her family members? Where is her home? How many hours does she work? How much does she get paid? Write a small story based on these details.

Ans:

A woman named Kalawati, hailing from West Bengal is my housemaid. She lives here with her husband. The couple works hard and sends the money to the hometown for her children. Her children reside in Kolkata only with their grandparents. She works round the clock from 8.am in the morning to 8.pm at night. She earns 6000 per month and takes care of all the household chores.

17. Is there any difference between the list of toys and games that boys and girls typically play?

Ans:

As society is gender biased that’s why the list of games and toys also differs for boys and girls. Girls are supposed to be very polite, gentle and mild. Girls are instructed to show interest in the work which they are going to do in the future. On the other hand, boys are advised to be tough.

18. Does society bias affect the roles girls and boys play when they grow up to be adults?

Ans:

Yes, the biasness prevailing in the society affects the roles of boys and girls, which they would play after becoming adults. The clothes they wear, subjects that they choose etc are all based on the differentiation between the boys and girls.

19. House work is invisible and unpaid. Explain?

Ans:

House work is invisible because it is not seen and hence, not paid. For example: the time the mother cooks food is always unnoticed by the family members. No one cares about the time invested in cooking the food.

20. Housework is time consuming. Explain.

Ans:

Those works which require a lot of time to be completed are known as time-consuming.

The household work requires a lot of time like cooking, washing, cleaning, taking care of the family members etc.