Rural administration

NCERT solutions for Civics 

NCERT Class 6 Social Science Chapter Wise Solutions

History – Our Pasts Part I

• Chapter 1 – What, Where, How and when?
• Chapter 2 – On The Trial of the Earliest People
• Chapter 3 – From Gathering to Growing Food
• Chapter 4 – In the Earliest Cities
• Chapter 5 – What Books and Burials Tell Us
• Chapter 6 – Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic
• Chapter 7 – New Questions and Ideas
• Chapter 8 – Ashoka, The Emperor Who gave Up War
• Chapter 9 – Vital, Villages and Pilgrims
• Chapter 10 – Traders, Kings and Pilgrims
• Chapter 11 – New Empires and Kingdoms
• Chapter 12 – Bulidings, Paintings and Books

Geography – The Earth Our Habitat Part I

• Chapter 1 – The Earth in the Solar System
• Chapter 2 – Globe:  Latitudes and Longitudes
• Chapter 3 – Motions of the Earth
• Chapter 4 – Maps
• Chapter 5 – Major Landforms of the Earth
• Chapter 6 – Major Domains of the Earth
• Chapter 7 – Our Country – India
• Chapter 8 –  India: Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife

Civics

• Chapter 1 –  Understanding Diversity
• Chapter 2 –  Diversity and Discrimination
• Chapter 3 – What is Government
• Chapter 4 – Key Elements of a Democratic Government
• Chapter 5 – Panchayati Raj
• Chapter 6 – Rural Administration

NCERT solutions for Class 6 Social Science Civics Rural administration

Question 1. What is the work of the police?

Answer: The works of the police are:

1. To maintain law and order.
2. To investigate and take action on the cases register within its area.
3. To provide safety and security to the general public.
4. Listen to public complaints.

Question 2. List two things that the work of a Patwari includes.

Answer: The two things that the work of a Patwari includes are :

1. Measuring land and keeping land
   records.
2. To maintain and update the records of the village.

Question 3. What is the work of a tehsildar?

Answer: The tehsildar or revenue officer is an important officer in a village. Following are the work of a tehsildar:

1.  To hear the disputes related to land.
2. To supervise the work of the Patwaris.
3. To ensure that records are properly kept and land revenue is collected.
4. To make sure that the farmers can easily obtain a copy of their record, students can obtain their caste certificates etc.

Question 4. What issue is the poem trying to raise? Do you think this is an important issue? Why?

Answer: The poem is trying to raise the issues of rights for a girl child. A girl should be treated equally in society.There is a gender-based discrimination when it comes to the case of inheritance of property.
This is an important issue because women also work equally in the farm. But they seldom get ownership of the farm. She should be given the same right as a male child is given.

Question 5. In what ways are the work of the Panchayat, that you read about in the previous chapter, and the work of the Patwari related to each other?

Answer:

1. Panchayat solve the land dispute but the Patwari keeps the land records and land dispute record.
2. Panchayat imply the tax and revenue but the Patwari organises the collection of land revenue from the farmers and provide information to the government about the crops grown in the area.

Question 6. Visit a police station and find out the work that the police have to do to prevent crime and maintain law and order in their area especially during festivals, public meetings etc.

Answer: During festivals and public meetings the police becomes more alert and takes following actions to prevent crime and maintain law and order:

Police personnel are put on duty for proper crowd management.

• CCTV cameras are installed in the area of different places to keep a watch on the activities of the people.
• Presence of police also sets some fear in the mind of criminals and to control the mob they barricade the area.
• Proper lighting and information booths help people if someone is separated from family during religious festivals or public meetings

Question 7. Who is in charge of all the police stations in a district? Find out.

Answer: In a district, the SP (Superintendent of Police) is in-charge of all the police stations. Individual police stations have their own Station House Officers (SHO).

Question 8. How do women benefit under the new law?

Answer: Under the new law, sons,daughters and their mothers can get an equal share in the land on their ancestors’ property. This law will benefit a large number of women.This law is a positive step towards bringing about gender equality in society.This gives empowerment to the women.

Question 9. In your neighborhood are there women who own property? How did they acquire it?

Answer: There are many women in my neighborhood who own property. Some of them have got the property from their forefathers. Some others have bought the property with their own labour and handwork.