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Social And Political Life Chapter 9 Public Facilities

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    NCERT Solution For Class 8 Social Science Social And Political Life

    Public Facilities Here is the CBSE Social Science Chapter 9 for Class 8 students. Summary and detailed explanation of the lesson, including the definitions of difficult words. All of the exercises and questions and answers from the lesson's back end have been completed. NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Social Science Public Facilities Chapter 9 NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Social Science Public Facilities Chapter 9 The following is a summary in Hindi and English for the academic year 2021-2022. You can save these solutions to your computer or use the Class 8 Social Science.

    Question 1
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    Why do you think there are so few cases of private water supply in the world?
    Solution

    Whenever the responsibility of water supply is handed over to private companies, there is a steep rise in the price of water, making it unaffordable for many. Cities see huge protests and riots break out, forcing the government to take back the service from private hands.
    That is why there are so few cases of private water supply in the world.

    Question 2
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    Do you think water in Chennai is available and affordable by all? Discuss.
    Solution
    No, water in Chennai is not available and affordable by all. Muncipal supply meets only about half the needs of the people of the city, on an average. There are areas which get water more regularly than others. Those areas that are close to the storage point get more water whereas colonies farther away receive less water.

    The poor are the worst victims of the shortfalls in water supply. The middle class people manage water through a variety of private means such as digging borewells, buying water from tankers and using boltled water for drinking.
    But the poor have to face the problem because unlike wealthy and middle class people they do not have money to buy bottled water, or to dig borewells.
    Question 3
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    How is the sale of water by farmers to water dealers in Chennai affecting the local people? Do you think local people can object to such exploitation of ground water? Can the government do anything in this regard?
    Solution
    The sale of water by farmers to water dealers in Chennai has badly affected the local people. They have to face acute water crisis in their life. Their agriculture suffers, because they fail to manage water for irrigation. Local people can object to such exploitation of ground water, because its levels have dropped drastically.

    The government can take strict action against the private companies for exploitating people by charging high prices. 
    Question 4
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    Why are most of the private hospitals and private schools located in major cities and not in towns or rural areas?
    Solution

    Private hospitals and private schools are located in major cities because the expensive services offered here are affordable only by inhabitant of the cities.

    Question 5
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    Do you think the distribution of public facilities in our country is adequate and fair? Give an example of your own to explain.
    Solution

    No, the distribution of public facilities in our country is neither adequate nor fair.

    Example: Delhi goverment ministers houses have regular supply of water whereas the other part of the city suffer from water scarcity.

    Question 6
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    Take some of the public facilities in your area, such as water, electricity, etc. Is there scope to improve these? What in your opinion should be done? Complete the table.

     

    Is it available?

    How can it be improved?

    Water

    		    

    Electricity

    		    

    Roads

    		    

    Public Transport

    		    

    Solution
     

    Is it available?

    How can it be improved?

    Water

    Yes

    The hours of water supply should be extended

    Electricity

    Yes

    Misuse of power should be checked.

    Street lights should not be kept on during day time.

     

    Roads

    Yes

    Good material should be used in road construction.

    Whenever, any portion of the road is in bad condition, it should be repaired immediately.

    Public Transport

    Yes

    Number of buses should be increased.
    Question 7
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    Are the above public facilities shared equally by all the people in your area? Elaborate.
    Solution

    The above facilities are not shared equally by all the people in my area.
    The people living in and around Parliament have regular supply of water and electicity while people living in the outskirts face the crisis of both water and electricity.

    Question 8
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    Data on some of the public facilities are collected as part of the Census. Discuss with your teacher when and how the Census is conducted.
    Solution

    The census is conducted after every 10 years. It counts the entire population of the country. It also collects detailed information about the people living in India— their age, schooling, the work they do, etc.

    Question 9
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    Private educational institutions- schools,colleges, universities, technical and vocational training institutes are coming up in our country in a big way. On the other hand, educational institutes run by the government are becoming relatively less important. What do you think would be the impact of this? Discuss.
    Solution
    This will raise the standard of teaching as more and more students will enroll in private institution. On the other hand education will become expensive making out of reach for the poor.

    The goverment should take step to bring goverment schools at par with private schools.

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    Question 19
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    It is the responsibility of the government to provide ______________ to everyone.
    Solution

    Public facilities

    Question 24
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    Clean water is essential in every household work.
    Solution
    A. FALSE
    Question 25
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    Match the following options:

    A. Polio (i) A water-borne disease
    B. Cholera (ii) A non-government organisation
    C. Mumbai’s suburban railway (iii) A preventable disease
    D. Sulabh (iv) Primary requirements of food watei etc.
    E. Basic needs (v) The densest route in the world

    Solution

    A.

    Polio

    (i)

    A preventable disease

    B.

    Cholera

    (ii)

    A water-borne disease

    C.

    Mumbai’s suburban railway

    (iii)

    The densest route in the world

    D.

    Sulabh

    (iv)

    A non-government organisation

    E.

    Basic needs

    (v)

    Primary requirements of food watei etc.

    Question 26
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    Why do the residents of Subramanian’s Apartments in Mylapore use borewell water in their toilets for washing?
    Solution

    This is because borewell water is brackish.

    Question 27
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    How do they manage water for other uses?
    Solution

    For other uses, they purchase water from tankers.

    Question 28
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    How do the residents of Chennai manage  water for drinking?
    Solution

    Residens have installed water purification systems in their homes.

    Question 29
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    Describe the situation of water availability in the slum area where Padma lives
    Solution

    For 30 hutments there is a common tap at one corner, in which water comes from a borewell for 20 minutes twice daily.

    Question 30
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    How can deaths due to diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera be prevented?
    Solution

    These deaths can be prevented if people have access to safe drinking water.

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    Question 31
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    What does Right to Water mean?
    Solution

    This means that it is the right of every person, whether rich or poor, to have sufficient amounts of water to fulfil his/her daily needs at a price that he/she can afford.

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    Question 32
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    Mention few examples of public facilities.
    Solution

    Facilities like water, electricity, public transport, schools and colleges, healthcare, and sanitation are examples of public facilities.

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    Question 33
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    What is the important characteristic of a public facility?
    Solution

    The important characteristic of a public facility is that once it is provided, its benefits can be shared by many people.

    Question 34
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    Who is responsible for ensuring public facilities to everyone?
    Solution

    The government is responsible for ensuring public facilities to everyone.

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    Question 35
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    What are the sources of water in rural areas?
    Solution

    In rural areas the sources of water are wells, handpumps, ponds and sometimes overhead tanks.

    Question 36
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    Why is the price for water is set low by the goverment?
    Solution

    This price is set so that most people can afford a certain minimum amount of water for daily use.

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    Question 37
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    How can you say that there are great inequalities in water use?
    Solution

    The supply of water per person in an urban area in India should be about 135 litres per day (about seven buckets) – a standard set by the Urban Water Commission.
    Whereas people in slums have to make do with less than 20 litres a day per person (one bucket), people living in luxury hotels may consume as much as 1,600 litres (80 buckets) of water per day.

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    Question 38
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    What had happened in Bolivia with regard to water?
    Solution

    The responsibility for water supply was handed over to private companies, leading to steep rise in the price of water which made it unaffordable for many.
    Bolivia saw huge protests, with riots breaking out in many places, forcing the government to take back the service from private hands.

    Question 39
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    Describe Right to Education. What have activists and scholars working on education documented?
    Solution

    The Indian Constitution guarantees the Right to Education for all children between the ages of 6-14 years. Equity in the schooling facilities available to all children is an important aspect of this Right.
    The activists and scholars working on education have documented the fact that schooling in India continues to be highly unequal.

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    Question 40
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    'Within India, there are cases of success in government water departments'. Mention the examples of Mumbai, Hydrabad and Chennai.
    Solution
    Mumbai: The water supply department in Mumbai raises enough money through water charges to cover its expenses on supplying water.
    Hyderabad: In Hyderabad, a recent report shows that the department has increased coverage and improved performance in revenue collection.

    Chennai:     In Chennai, the department has taken several initiatives for harvesting rain water to increase the level of groundwater. It has also used the services of private companies for transporting and distributing water but the government water supply department decides the rate for water tankers and gives them permission to operate.
    Question 41
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    Write a brief note on ‘Sulabh’.
    Solution
    Sulabh:
    (i)Sulabh is a non-government organisation which has been working for three decades to address the problems of sanitation facing low-caste, low-income people in India.
    (ii)It has constructed more than 7,500 public toilet blocks and 1.2 million private toilets, giving access to sanitation to 10 million people.
    (iii)The majority of the users of Sulabh facilities are from the poor working class.
    (iv)Sulabh enters into contracts with municipalities or other local authorities to construct toilet blocks with government funds.
    (v)Local authorities provide land and funds for setting up the services, whereas maintenance costs are sometimes financed through user charges (for example, Re 1 is charged for use of the latrines in the cities).
    Question 42
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    How supply of electricity can be useful?
    Solution
    The supply of electricity to an area can be useful for many people: farmers can run pumpsets to irrigate their fields, people can open small workshops that run on electricity, students will find it easier to study and most people in the village will benefit in some way or the other.
    Question 43
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    Compare the availability of water in different regions of Chennai.
    Solution
    The availability of water in different regions of Chennai:
    (i)Anna Nagar in Chennai is a high end area. This area looks lush green and green with lawns maintained by a enough spraying of water. Bungalows here have tap water for major part of the day.

    (ii)The Subramanian’s Apartments in Mylapore faces water crisis. Like most areas of the city this area too gets municipal water once in two days. A private borewell to meets the water needs of some of the residents. Although borewell water is brackish, the residents are thankful to it because they use it in their toilets and for washing. For other uses, they purchase water from tankers. For drinking water, they have installed water purification system in their homes. The houses in Madipakkam are under acute water crisis. People get water once in four days. For drinking they purchase bottled water.

    (iii)The slum area near Sadapet is a cluster of hutments without a tap connection. For 30 hutments there is a common tap at one corner, in which water comes from a borewell for 20 minutes twice daily. A family gets to fill a maximum of three buckets within this time. The same water is used for washing and drinking. In summer, water flow is trickle. As a result, one family gets water only at the cost of another. People have to wait long hours to get water from tankers.

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    Question 44
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    Is it important to conserve resources like water and electricity?
    Solution

    It is very important to conserve these resources.

    Question 45
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    Discuss the importance of water with regard to India.
    Solution

    Water is essential for life and for good health. Not only is it necessary for us to be able to meet our daily needs but safe drinking water can prevent many water-related diseases.
    India has one of the largest number of cases of diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera. Over 1,600 Indians, most of them children below the age of five, reportedly die everyday because of water-related diseases. These deaths can be prevented if people have access to safe drinking water.

    Question 46
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    Why Siva can’t bring his family to Chennai.?
    Solution

    Siva lives on rent on the first floor of a house in Madipakkam and gets water once in four days. Shortage of water is one major reason why Siva can’t bring his family to Chennai. For drinking, Siva buys bottled water.

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