Street Vendors

Q. What are street vendors also called?

1. Corner stores
2. Hawkers
3. Road sellers
4. Street stalls

Q.

Which Option Is Not a Business Activity?

1. Production of goods

2. Transportation

3. Exchange of goods

4. Salary or wages

Q. What are the specific spaces allotted to street vendors for their businesses called?

1. Vending machines
2. Hawker zones
3. Flea markets
4. Shopping centres

Q. What are street vendors or hawkers also popularly known as?

1. Street heroes
2. Roadside creators
3. Formal businessmen/women
4. Invisible entrepreneurs

Q. What percentage of all the workers in Ahmedabad was said to work on the street?

1. 2%
2. 32%
3. 22%
4. 12%

Q. Select the responsibilities of a street vendor.

1. Make purchases of raw materials
2. Identify a suitable space for business
3. Set up a stall or cart
4. Collect money for goods or services offered

Q. How many street vendors are said to ply their trade in India?

1. Three crores
2. Five crores
3. Two crores
4. One crore

Q. Street vendors are sellers who set up their stalls/businesses temporarily on the roadside.

1. self-employed
2. hired
3. branded
4. high-earning

Q. How do street vendors usually make a living?

1. Sale of wares
2. Repairs
3. Customer support
4. Provide a service

Q. There are over street vendors in India.

1. one crore
2. fifteen crore
3. five crore
4. three crore

Q. Which Act was enacted in 2014 to safeguard the interests of street vendors?

1. Hawkers (Protection and Regulation) Act
2. Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act
3. Street Vendors Policy
4. National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

Q. The government has used the term '____________’ to be inclusive of both traders and service providers, stationary as well as mobile.

1. cart vendors
2. rural vendors
3. urban vendors
4. pavement vendors

Q. Which of the following best describes the shops of street vendors?

1. Temporary structure
2. Permanent building
3. Prime property
4. Three-storey

Q. The income for taxi drivers and street vendors is .

1. fixed
2. variable
3. standard

Q. Which of the following is an example of something that is not typically sold by a street vendor?

1. Breakfast
2. Flowers
3. Cars
4. Vegetable

Q. Although there was talk of banning street vendors, the government realised that it was not fair to take away the for so many people.

1. source of leisure
2. source of recreation
3. source of fresh food
4. source of income

Q. Which of the following best describes the shops of street vendors?

1. Temporary structure
2. Permanent building
3. Prime property
4. Three-storey

Q. Approximately, how many street vendors ply their trade across cities in India?

1. 1, 00, 00, 000
2. 10, 00, 000
3. 10, 00, 00, 000
4. 1, 00, 000

Q. Statement:
Most of the pavements are crowned with the display of various articles, sold by hawkers at cheap rate, thus causing traffic congestion.
Courses of action:
I. Passersby buying such articles on the road should be prosecuted.
II. The local authorities should try and provide a market place for these hawkers so that they too can earn their living without causing inconvenience.

1. If only conclusion I follows.
2. If only conclusion II follows.
3. If neither I nor II follows.
4. If both conclusions I and II follow.

Q. Street vending is part of the ___________ sector.

1. formal
2. banking
3. informal
4. semi-formal

Q. ___________ are people who are hired to perform specific tasks on a daily basis or a part-time basis for low wages and very few benefits.

1. Office workers
2. Government officials
3. Casual labourers
4. Street vendors

Q. A watchman is considered to be a street vendor.

1. True
2. False

Q. The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act came into force in 2014.

1. True
2. False

Q. How is the salary of a street vendor best described?

1. Irregular
2. Steady
3. Stable
4. Regular