Class 6 Civics : Urban Administration
Q 1. Why did the children go to Yasmin Khala’s house?
Ans. The children had broken the streetlight while playing cricket. They had no knowledge of how the light was to be replaced. So they went to Yasmin Khala’s house to know that to whom they have to contact to repair the light.
Q 2. List four ways in which the work of the municipal corporation affects the life of a city dweller.
Ans. The four ways are :
1. Cleaning and lightning the street.
2. Supply of clean drinking water.
3. Garbage collection and disposal.
4. Providing education and health.
5. It makes gardens and maintains them.
Q 3. Who is the municipal councillor?
Ans. An elected representative of the ward is called a municipal councillor.
Q 4. What did Gangabai do and why?
Ans. Garbage was lying here and there on the roads unnecessarily. Gangabai decided to go to the ward councillor with the women of the neighborhood so that the problem can be solved.
Q 5. How does the municipal corporation earn the money to do its work?
Ans. The municipal corporation earns the money by collecting different types of taxes from people. They are :
1. Property Tax
2. Taxes on education and other civil facilities
3. Taxes on water and other services
4. Entertainment Tax.
Q 6. Which way do you think provides safety to the person disposing of garbage?
Ans. When the garbage is collected and disposed off properly in the dustbins. It provides safety to the people disposing of garbage.
Q 7. What are the dangers of collecting garbage in open areas?
Ans. The dangers are :
1. Poisonous gas infection
2. Skin disease
3. Health hazards
4. Falling sick
Q 8. Why do you think that proper ways of disposing of garbage are not available to those who work in municipalities?
Ans. This is so because the government does not take any initiative for this and does not provide proper facilities to those people who work in municipalities.
Q 9. Why do you think that the corporation should spend more money on slum localities?
Ans. The corporation should spend more money on slum localities because:
1. The slum areas are quite filthy.
2. They rarely have any water or sanitation facilities.
3. Several slum people work as domestic servants as well as for corporation.
Q 10. Why is it important that the municipal corporation provides the poor in the city with the same facilities that the rich get?
Ans. The poor must be provided with the same facilities that the rich get because according to the constitution of India every individual must be treated in the equal way without any discrimination.
