Which housework task falls on women and girls in both rural and urban areas?
ADriving the family car
BFetching water daily
CRepairing house wiring
DFiling tax returns
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Fetching water daily
1. Housework involves many tasks, several needing heavy physical work.
2. In both rural and urban areas women and girls have to fetch water.
3. In rural areas they also carry heavy headloads of firewood.
_Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life, Growing up as Boys and Girls, Valuing housework_
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