Out of the following who is likely to get indulged in Bidi making
A. Children only
B. Male adult and women
C. Old aged people and men
D. Women only
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A & D Only
A. Children only Correct. Home-based work, such as making bidis, lace, zari, carpets and agarbattis, is mainly done by women and children. An agent provides the raw materials, picks up the finished product and pays the workers by the piece, so children form one of the two groups engaged in it.
B. Male adult and women Incorrect. Women do make bidis, but adult men are not named among those who mainly do this home-based work.
C. Old aged people and men Incorrect. Neither old people nor men are the ones who mainly do home-based work like bidi making; it is women and children.
D. Women only Correct. Women are the other group that mainly does home-based work, rolling bidis at home at a piece rate.
Note: Items A and D each say ‘only’, so read alone neither matches the book, which says the work is done by women and children together. Read together, as Option (1) does, the two items give women and children, the two groups the book names.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.6 Home-based work … Home-based work is an important part of the economy. This includes the manufacture of lace, zari or brocade, carpets, bidis, agarbattis and many such products. This work is mainly done by women and children. An agent provides raw materials and also picks up the finished product. Home workers are paid on a piece-rate basis, depending on the number of pieces they make. Let us look at the bidi industry.…” |