Chapter 7 – Let us Solve our own Problems
EXERCISES
1. Fill in the blanks.
(a) Turning a blind eye towards problems makes them ______
Ans: worse
(b) It is important to be able to identify ______
Ans: problems
2. Answer in one sentence.
(a) What is meant by issues in civic life ?
Ans: The issues in civic life means the problems faced by the people in the cities and the villages.
(b) How can problems in civic life be solved?
Ans: The issues in civic life can be solved by the efforts and cooperation of everyone.
(c) Name the great personalities that stressed the importance of cleanliness.
Ans: Sant Gadge Baba and Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj stressed the importance of cleanliness.
3. Answer in short.
(a) Explain the concept of cleaning the village through ‘Shramdaan’.
Ans:
(1) ‘Shramdaan’ means the voluntary contribution of labour by the villagers in cleaning the village.
(2) It involves the disposal of waste water, making manure from garbage by the vermiculture method, and building a toilet for every house.
(3) This concept was successfully implemented in Khudawadi village in Osmanabad district.
(b) How can a suitable environment for peace be created?
Ans:
(1) An environment suitable for peace can be created by meeting the basic needs of everyone and providing security.
(2) By stopping exploitation, reducing inequality, and providing the right to participate in public life.
4. What will you do in the following situations?
(a) The class leader wishes to maintain quiet in the classroom.
Ans:
(1) Noise in my classroom disturbs teaching work in the adjoining classes.
(2) The class monitor is our elected leader who has the responsibility to maintain silence in the classroom in the absence of the teacher.
(3) I will ask my classmates to cooperate with the class monitor in maintaining silence.
(b) For some unavoidable reason, the maths teacher is unable to attend class today.
Ans:
(1) It is meaningless to waste time gossiping and speaking loudly in the absence of the teacher.
(2) I will revise the new topic that he taught us yesterday and solve the exercises given by him.
(c) During a match, a dispute has arisen between the two teams on the playground.
Ans:
(1) I will try to pacify the agitated players by helping their captains.
(2) I will ask them to approach our sports teacher, who knows the rules of the game, and resolve the dispute as per his advice.