Entrepreneurship Skills
Class 9 IT
Chapter 4
Session-1
A. Multiple choice questions
Read the questions carefully and circle the letter (a), (b), (c) or (d) that best answers the question.
1. Business is a (an) ----------------------- activity.
(a) social
(b) economic
(c) hazardous
(d) selling
2. What is the aim of entrepreneurship?
(a) Earn a profit
(b) Solve customers' need innovatively
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
B. Short answer question
1. List three businesses seen around you. Share details of what the business dose, and how they run it?
Session-2
A. Short answer question
Answer the following questions in your own words.
1. Gulab lives in a small village in Rajasthan. She noticed that all the women in her village were good at making paintings and handicraft product. She collected money and started a business. Gulab would help the women to get material from cities and support them in making latest designs. She would then arrange for these paintings and handicraft products to be sold in big cities. How do you think Gulab, is helping her society as an entrepreneur?
2. Give examples of three entrepreneurs you know who live around you. Write how they are helping your city?
Session-3
A. Short answer questions
1. Identify qualities of the following entrepreneurs. Also write why you think this person has this quality or the qualities.
(a) Anil wanted to be something very different and something no one has thought of before. He decided
to start a special travel services for old people/senior citizens.
(b) Rakesh loves playing outdoors. He used to spend his evenings with his friends, playing games. But,
he had seen that many of his friends didn't like playing outdoors because they didn't feel safe. He decided to open a playground for children of all ages, with proper security. He found an unused playground, got permission to use it and asked his friends to help him clean it. He hired a security guard for the playground. He charged a small fee for people who wanted to play. Both parents and children liked his idea, and started playing there regularly. His business helped children who would not play outdoor before.
(c) Radhika was a cook in a small restaurant in her area. She made enough money to support her husband and children. She decided to start her own food stall to sell Punjabi food. She would make special parathas. A few days after starting her business, the police came and told her that she was not allowed to run her stall in the area. Radhika did not give up. She started a Tiffin service through which she would deliver fresh food to people.
2. Do you think you have the qualities of an entrepreneur in you? If yes, give examples when you have shown these qualities.
3. Read the story of Sushma, the Toy Maker once again and fill in the boxes mentioning the various qualities that Sushma might have possessed as an entrepreneur
Session-4
A. Fill in the blanks
1. State whether the person engaged in the activity mentioned below is an Entrepreneur or an Employee
(a) Rahul starts a shop to sell Chaat and special Paani Puri. He is an ----------------------------------
(b) Shahid becomes the manager of a dealership selling food products. He is an -----------------------------
(c) Ritu leaves the company she worked for and starts catering food for marriage programmes. She is an ----------------.
B. Short answer questions
1. List any four characteristics of entrepreneurship.
2. List any two characteristics of wage employment.
3. Name any one factor that is common to both entrepreneurship and wage employment on contract basis.
Session-5
A. Fill in the blanks
State the type of business--product, service or hybrid
1. Arun bakery, which makes and sells bread to people. ------------------------------
2. Ram's repair shop, which repairs motorcycle. -----------------------------
3. Hari's hair-salon, where he cuts hair for women and men. ----------------
B. Short answer question
1. What are the 3 types of business activities? Explain with examples.
Session-6
A. Fill in the blanks
1. Write P-Product, S- Service and H- Hybrid for the following businesses.
(a) Ice-cream seller: --------------------
(b) Restaurant/Cafeteria Owner: --------------------
(c) Car-driving School owner: -----------------------
B. Short answer questions
1. What are the key differences between product- and service-based businesses?
2. If you had a choice to start a business of your own, which business will you start (include in your reply the product or service that you would like to take up)? Why do you want to start this type of business?
3. What is the meaning of manufacturing and trading based business?
Session-7
A. Match the following
Column A Column B
1. Business idea A. Arun goes to the bank to get loan
for the shop
2. Get money B. Arun and Shyam are thinking about selling tea in front of their school
3. Customer needs C. Arun and Shyam decide to sell tea along with free biscuits
4. Attract customers D. Shyam takes his tea samples to customers to understand their taste preferences
B. Short answer questions
1. My customers are not buying my food product because they do not like the flavour of it. What step of the business should I follow next?
2. Write the four steps of entrepreneurship development. Give one example.
Type By-Raktima Saikia.
