1 WHAT IS HOME SCIENCE? || NIOS-SECONDARY COURSE || HOME SCIENCE-216 CLASS X

Chapter-1 

WHAT IS HOME SCIENCE?

INTEXT QUESTIONS 1.1 

1. Select the correct alternative from those given below. 

(i) Home Science means _________________. 

a) learning to build interpersonal communication 

b) the art of managing your resources 

c) developing a skill to start an enterprise 

d) all the above✅ 

(ii) Which of the following is not a specialization area in Home Science? 

a) Food Science 

b) Garment Designing 

c) Nursing✅ 

d) Interior Decoration 



2. Read Section 1.1 and list any four ways by which Home Science can help you. 

Ans: Home Science can help us in following ways: 

(i) Home Science teaches us the art of using

things so that a harmonious whole is achieved

and an overall pleasant effect is created.

(ii) It gives us all the scientific knowledge of the

procedure involved in making a home

aesthetic.

(iii) Home Science teaches us about the different

nutrients required by the body and the

different functions they perform.

(iv) Home science develops the ability to

communicate effectively with all the family

members including children and elderly.

 

INTEXT QUESTIONS 1.2 

1. Give any four examples of home-based self-employment opportunities in the area of Home Science.

Ans:Ans. Four examples of home-based self-

employment opportunities are as follows:

(i) Owner of a canteen, restaurant coffee/tea shop etc.

(ii) Owner of a home based productions.

(iii) Self-employed as interior designer

(iv) Running a guest house.

(v) Owner of creche, play school.

2. List any one wage-employment opportunity in the five specialisation areas of Home Science

Ans:

 Specialisation

 Employment Opportunity

(i) Food and Nutrition 

 (i) Catering, Home based production services

(ii) Resource management and Designing

 (ii) Interior decoration and Furniture Designer

(iii) Clothing and Textiles 

 (iii) Dress/Textile designing, Owner of a shop or boutique

(iv) Human Development 

(iv) Social welfare, Day-care or school after care for young children 

(v) Communication and Extension  

(v) Researcher, Organisation communication consultant 


TERMINAL EXERCISES 

1. Discuss in 10 lines the relevance of Home Science in your day-to-day life.

Ans:Home Science is relevant in our day-to-day life as under: 

(i) We can learn to manage our own resources better by studying various areas of Home Science. 

(ii) If we face any problem, Home Science gives us the right tools to solve it. In doing so, we become more organized and efficient. 

(iii) Home science opens us a large arena of possible job opportunities for both men and women. 

(iv) The knowledge of Home Science helps in the improvement of our home and personal life as well as professional life Home Science is for both Boys and Girls. The reasons are as under : 

(i) Both the boys and girls have to succeed in an increasingly competitive world. 

(ii) Both husband and wife have to share household responsibilities and tasks. 

(iii) Both need to manage resources. 

(iv) In case of a problem, the husband and wife have to solve it together with other family members. 

(v) Home Science offers varied vocational and professional avenues for both boys and girls. 

(vi) Joint knowledge and skills help to improve the standard of living. One who has studied Home Science as well as his/her family members can achieve personal satisfaction and use the skills gained through Home Science to improve family's economic condition as well In Home Science we earn several skills that can enable u. to set up home based enterprises or consultancies like a boutique, catering unit, creche day care centre etc.  

2. What are the various components or areas of Home Science? List areas of further specialisation in any one of these areas?

 Anhere are five major components or areas

of specialization in Home Science as under

a) Food and nutrition

b) Resource management

c) Fabric and apparel science

d) Human development

e)Communication and extensions.

3. List the various opportunities for people in wage-employment and self-employment capacity in any one area of Home Science. 

Ans:The various opportunities for people in

wage employment and self-employment in catering

area are as under:

 

 Wage

Employment

 Self-

Employment

 Catering

Staff in canteen,    restaurant.

Cook, coffee/tea

shop, etc.

 Owner of a

canteen,

restaurant,

coffee/tea shop etc.

Food service from home, 

Conducting

hobby classes.


4. Sate whether the following statements regarding Home Science are correct or incorrect. Give reasons for your answer if marked as incorrect. Write T for true and F for incorrect. 

(i) Study of Home Science does not lead to a career. 

(ii) Home Science equips both girls and boys to perform their dual role as home makers and as professionals.

Ans. (i) False, Home science leads to a career

Home science enables us for the following:

(a) Wage Employment. i.e., we work for anothor

person and receive wages or salary for our

services,

(b) Self Employment. i.e., we are the owner of

an enterprise which we run and finance.

(ii) True,

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