Science (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Work in the IT sector is also subjected to Taylorist labour processes. Substantiate this statement with a suitable example.

There are direct linkages between the situation of agricultural workers and  their lack of upward socio-economic mobility. Name some of them.

Choose any occupation you see around you – and describe it along the  following lines: a) social composition of the work force – caste, gender, age,  region; b) labour process – how the work takes place, c) wages and other  benefits, d) working conditions – safety, rest times, working hours etc. 

In the account of brickmaking, bidi rolling, software engineers or mines  that are described in the boxes, describe the social composition of the  workers. What are the working conditions and facilities available? How  do girls like Madhu feel about their work?

Visit a construction site in your neighbourhood, a brickyard, or other such  place where you are likely to find migrant workers. Find out where the workers come from. How are they recruited from their home villages, who  is the ‘mukadam’? If they are from rural areas, find out about their lives in their villages and why they have to migrate to find work.

Distinguish between peasent and New Farmenr’s movements.

A South American proverb says – “If hard labour were really such a good thing, the rich would keep it all for themselves!” What does this proverb imply?

Compare the impact of just-in-time for the company vis-à-vis the worker.

Show the relation between circulation of labour and feminization of agricultural labour force.

Women are also emerging as the main source of agricultural labour leading to ______ labour force.

How did the commercialisation of agriculture lead to the circulation of labour?

Assertion (A): The government has passed a number of laws to regulate the working conditions in coal mines.

Reason (R): Many contractors maintain proper register of workers and take responsibility for accidents giving all possible benefits.

At the time of Independence we had two most classical cases of peasant movements. Write the names of the two peasant movements.

Write the meaning of the term 'circulation', in the concept of circulation of labour.

Why does Jan Breman use the term "footloose" for labour?

Visit your local fruit-seller, and ask her/him about the fruits she/he sells, where they come from, and their prices. Find out what has happened to the prices of local products after fruits began to be imported from outside of India (such as apples from Australia). Are there any imported fruits that are cheaper than Indian fruits.

Collect information and write a report on the environmental situation in rural India. Examples of topics: pesticides; declining water table; the impact of prawn farming in coastal areas; salination of soil and waterlogging in canal irrigated areas; loss of biodiversity.

[Possible source: State of India’s Environment Reports: Reports from Centre for Science and Development Down to Earth.]

The service and artisanal castes who occupied the lower rungs of the caste hierarchy are referred to as:

The city offers anonymity which is an important reason for rural to urban migration. Who enjoys this anonymity?

I. Poorer sections of the socially dominant rural groups

II. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

III. Women

IV. Children

State action alone cannot ensure social change for the Dalits. There are many other ways to bring about social change. Which of the following is not the correct option in this context?