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Meet the Dabbawalas of Mumbai Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the most suitable answer:
1. Presently there are 5,000/7,000 dabbawalas in Mumbai.
Answer: 5,000
2. The dabbawalas deliver the dabbas with great accuracy/joy.
Answer: Accuracy
3. The dabbawalas are fairly illiterate/literate.
Answer: Illiterate
4. The dabbas are marked with a colour code/number code, which helps the dabbawalas to deliver the dabbas to the right person.
Answer: Colour code
5. All the dabbawalas come from the same rural area/city.
Answer: Rural area
Question 2: Fill in the blanks and complete these sentences.
1. In Mumbai, most office workers prefer to eat home-cooked food in their workplace.
2. They prefer home-cooked food because it is hygienic and to their taste.
3. The dabbawalas deliver the dabbas with great accuracy.
4. The chance of making an error is shockingly 1 in 6 million transactions.
5. Whatever the dabbawalas earn is equally divided.
Question 3: How did the business of the dabbawalas start?
Answer: In 1890, a Parsee came to live in Mumbai. He worked in a bank. He wanted to have home-cooked food in office everyday and for this, he employed a boy called Havaji Bache. Bache brought food from the banker’s home to his office. Many other people in the office liked the idea. They too asked Bache to bring them food from their homes and Bache called for more helping hands from his village. The idea caught on and the demand kept growing and thus began the business of the dabbawalas.
Question 4: What things are required to join as dabbawala?
Answer: To join as a dabbawala, the dabbawala need to bring a few things – a 7-foot wooden crate, 2 bicycles and 20 rupees for a Gandhi cap that he wears.
Question 5: What helps to bring about a sense of responsibility in each person?
Answer: There are no bosses in this organisation. At the same time, the responsibility is divided: one group of people is the governing body; the second group includes the team leaders; and the third group makes up the dabbawalas. Every member has to work for his team. If a member works less, then the income of his whole team becomes less. Whatever they earn is equally divided. Hence, each person has a sense of responsibility.
Question 6: There are no bosses in the organization. AT the same time, the responsibility is divided. Explain.
Answer: There are no bosses in this organisation. At the same time, the responsibility is divided: one group of people is the governing body; the second group includes the team leaders; and the third group makes up the dabbawalas. Every member has to work for his team. If a member works less, then the income of his whole team becomes less. Whatever they earn is equally divided. Hence, each person has a sense of responsibility.
Question 7: What is the dabbawala organization known for?
Answer: Dabbawala organization is known for its popularity in the world. This organization has got (6 sigma certification) for ‘service with accuracy’. Its name has been mentioned in Forbes magazine.
So, these were Meet the Dabbawalas of Mumbai Questions & Answers.