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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
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Earn 100

Find out the various kinds of taxes people pay to the government by talking to a salaried person, a person running his or her own factory/business and a shopkeeper. Share your findings in the classroom with your teacher.

Important Questions on Public Facilities

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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
IMPORTANT
SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 4
Discuss: Do you think this would be a right step? What would happen if the government withdraws from the task of supplying water?
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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 5
What can be done to improve the water supply in India?
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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
IMPORTANT
SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 5
Do you think it is also important to conserve resources like water and electricity and to use more public transport?
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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 6
Do you think that lack of access to proper sanitation facilities affects peoples’ lives? How?
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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 6
Why do you think that lack of access to proper sanitation facilities would impact women and girls more acutely?
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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercises>Q 1
Why do you think there are so few cases of private water supply in the world?
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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercises>Q 2
Do you think that water in Chennai is available and affordable to all? Discuss.
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8th Jammu and Kashmir Board
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercises>Q 3
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 groundwater? Can the government do anything in this regard?