Important Questions for Class 7

Social Science—Social and Political Life

Chapter 4 - Growing up as Boys and Girls

Very Short Answer Questions: 1 Mark

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 works 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

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3. Match the Following.
(i) Invisible and unpaid Games for boys
(ii) Cricket, Kabaddi Equality
(iii) Ludo, Badminton House work
(iv) Important principle of Games for girls
constitution
Ans:
(v) Invisible and unpaid House Work
(vi) Cricket, Kabaddi Games for boys
(vii) Ludo, Badminton Games for girls
(viii) Important principle of constitution Equality

4. Choose the correct option.

i. Which of the work is done by girl 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

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5. Define the Following.
i. Identity
Ans: Identity is about the self-awareness of an individual that whom he is.
ii. Care giving task
Ans: These are those tasks which are for the proper care of the family. For ex:
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 labour 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 domestic helper?

Ans: The one who does all the households 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 physical
demanding work.

10. Define Time-Consuming.

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

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Short Answer Questions: 3 Marks
11.How a girl’s school differ from 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, majority of the teachers are females whereas in
boy’s school the teachers are males.

12.Why one should 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 faces. It refers
to the labor of women in both inside and outside of the home.

14.Define the term care giving.

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

15. 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.

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Ans: A woman named Kalawati, hailing from West Bengal is my housemaid. She
lives here with her husband. The couple works hard and send 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 adult. 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 ex:
the time to cook food by the mother 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 requires a lot of time to be completed is known as time-
consuming.
The household works requires a lot of time like the cooking, washing, cleaning,
taking care of the family members etc.

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