Economic Importance of Garment Making

Question 1

What is the complete definition of garment making as described in the lesson?

Accepted Answer

The process of designing, cutting, sewing, and finishing fabrics to create wearable clothing and accessories.

Question 2

Which of the following is a direct individual economic benefit of garment making?

Accepted Answer

Job creation and employment in roles like pattern drafting and tailoring.

Question 3

How does possessing garment-making skills directly lead to personal savings for an individual?

Accepted Answer

By eliminating the cost of hiring professional tailors for personal clothing design and repairs.

Question 4

Why does learning garment-making skills foster self-reliance in an individual?

Accepted Answer

It equips them with practical, hands-on skills that reduce dependency on formal employment.

Question 5

How can a family directly reduce its household expenditure through garment making?

Accepted Answer

By producing school uniforms, casual wear, and ceremonial outfits internally.

Question 6

Why is garment making considered highly adaptable for establishing family-owned businesses?

Accepted Answer

It can be operated as a small-scale tailoring workshop within the home.

Question 7

What is the long-term economic advantage of passing garment-making skills down from parents to children?

Accepted Answer

It ensures the family maintains a sustainable means of livelihood over time.

Question 8

How does garment making help a family meet emergency clothing needs?

Accepted Answer

By quickly addressing urgent clothing repairs or adjustments without spending money on external services.

Question 9

In what way does the garment-making industry contribute to Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

Accepted Answer

Through the continuous production and sale of garments in the textile, apparel, and footwear sector.

Question 10

Which of the following traditional Nigerian fabrics can be exported to generate foreign exchange?

Accepted Answer

Adire, Aso-Oke, and Ankara.

Question 11

How does a robust local garment-making industry benefit Nigeria's national economy regarding imports?

Accepted Answer

It reduces reliance on imported ready-to-wear and second-hand garments, keeping wealth circulating locally.

Question 12

How does the demand for garments drive the growth of the agricultural sector?

Accepted Answer

By driving the demand for cotton farming, ginning, spinning, and weaving.

Question 13

How does garment making turn Nigeria's cultural identity into a lucrative national economic asset?

Accepted Answer

By modernizing and selling traditional designs globally.

Question 14

What is the first stage of the garment making value chain?

Accepted Answer

Agricultural Production.

Question 15

Which activity is associated with the Textile Manufacturing stage of the value chain?

Accepted Answer

Processing raw fibers into yarns and weaving or knitting them into finished fabrics.

Question 16

What processes are involved in the 'Garment Design and Production' stage of the value chain?

Accepted Answer

Designing, pattern drafting, cutting, and sewing fabrics into finished apparel.

Question 17

What is the final stage of the garment making value chain?

Accepted Answer

Marketing and Distribution.

Question 18

Which of the following activities belongs to the Agricultural Production stage of the garment making value chain?

Accepted Answer

Cultivating cotton and rearing silk worms.

Question 19

Which of the following is a key activity in the Marketing and Distribution stage of the garment making value chain?

Accepted Answer

Transporting, wholesaling, retailing, and branding finished garments.

Question 20

Why is the garment-making industry considered a key driver of industrialization in developing economies like Nigeria?

Accepted Answer

It connects agriculture, manufacturing, and marketing in a powerful value chain that stimulates economic activity.

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