Consider the following statements about Dharamveer Kamboj, the rickshaw puller who became an entrepreneur:
(A) Dharamveer Kamboj saw women self help groups in Rajasthan grating gooseberries by hand on stone slabs.
(B) The machine invented by Dharamveer Kamboj made life easier for women workers in the organised sector.
(C) GIAN asked Dharamveer Kamboj to make his machine portable, with foldable legs.
(D) Dharamveer Kamboj came up with the idea of a separate machine for each task: cutting, grating, juicing and pulverizing.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Dharamveer Kamboj saw women self help groups in Rajasthan grating gooseberries by hand on stone slabs. — Correct. On a visit to the Jaipur, Ajmer and Pushkar regions of Rajasthan, he saw women self help groups grating gooseberries by hand on slabs of stone. It was a very painful task.
(B) The machine invented by Dharamveer Kamboj made life easier for women workers in the organised sector. — Incorrect. His machine made life easier for women workers in the unorganised sector. Small self help groups working by hand belong to that sector.
(C) GIAN asked Dharamveer Kamboj to make his machine portable, with foldable legs. — Correct. His third prototype was sent to Kenya on a pilot basis. Based on the feedback, GIAN asked him to make it portable, including foldable legs.
(D) Dharamveer Kamboj came up with the idea of a separate machine for each task: cutting, grating, juicing and pulverizing. — Incorrect. He saw that cutting, grating, juicing and pulverizing used similar techniques. So he thought of one multipurpose machine that could do all these tasks.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): How a Rickshaw Puller became an entrepreneur
“… The above example shows how a machine invented by Dharamveer Kamboj made life easier for women workers in unorganised sector. This innovation resulted in a positive impact on food processing business i.e., social, economic and technological in addition to enhancing quality of life.” |
