CBSE Class 7 Social Science, Chapter 12: Understanding Markets
NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond Part 1, pages 247–272. 15 topics, about 9 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 247–249
- What is a Market?pages 250–252
- Prices and Marketspages 252–254
- Markets Around Uspage 254
- Physical and online marketspages 254–255
- Domestic and international marketspages 255–256
- Wholesale and Retail Marketspages 257–262
- The Role of Markets in People’s Livespage 263
- How markets benefit societypages 263–265
- Government’s Role in the Marketpage 265
- Controlling prices for protecting buyers and sellerspages 265–266
- Ensuring quality and safety standardspage 266
- Mitigating the external effects of marketspages 266–267
- Providing public goodspage 267
- How can consumers assess the quality of products and services?pages 267–271
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.