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| 101. |
What all facilities are available in the village? |
| Answer» Solution :Most of the houses have ELECTRIC connections. Electricity is used to run tubewells in fields and for many other purposes. Palampur has two primary schools and ONE high school. There is a primary health centre run by the government and one private dispensary where the SICK are TREATED. It also has a well-developed system of roads and transport facilities. | |
| 102. |
Every production is organised by combining land, labour, physical capital and human capital which are known as_______ . |
| Answer» SOLUTION :FACTORS of PRODUCTION | |
| 103. |
How do farm labourers get wages in Palampur? |
| Answer» Solution :Wages can be in cash or kind (crop). SOMETIMES LABOURERS get meals ALSO, Wages vary widely from crop to crop, from one farm activity to another. | |
| 104. |
Describe how the poverty line is estimated in India? |
| Answer» Solution :The poverty line is estimated BASED on consumption levels in India. A PERSON has basic NEEDS which include minimum level of food, CLOTHING, educational and medical needs, etc. These minimum consumptions are then CALCULATED in Rupees and total become the minimum income required to fulfil basic needs. A person is considered poor if their income level falls below the minimum level necessary to fulfil basic needs. | |
| 105. |
How is dairy farming practiced in Palampur? |
| Answer» Solution :Many FAMILIES sell the milk of their buffaloes, in nearby village Raiganj. Traders of Shahpur town have set up collection cum chilling centres at Raiganj from where the milk is TRANSPORTED to far away TOWNS and CITIES. | |
| 106. |
What kind of manufacturing units are set up in Palampur? |
| Answer» Solution :Manufacturing in Palampur involves very simple PRODUCTION methods and are done on a small SCALE. They are carried out MOSTLY at home or in the fields with the help of family LABOUR. | |
| 107. |
In which other sectors have women with high education and skill entered? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Some WOMEN have entered administrative and other SERVICES INCLUDING jobs that need high levels of scientific and technological COMPETENCE. | |
| 108. |
Which of the following is non-economic activity? |
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Answer» MOTHER doing HOUSEHOLD work |
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| 109. |
What does 'multiple cropping' mean? |
| Answer» Solution :To grow more than ONE CROP on a PIECE of LAND during the YEAR is known as multiple cropping. | |
| 110. |
What are Market Activities? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :ECONOMIC activities are also called Market activities. Market activities involve remuneration to any one who performs activity performed for PAY or profit. These include production of goods or service including GOVERNMENT service. | |
| 111. |
Every village in India is surveyed once in ten years during the Census and some of details are presented in the following format. Fill up the following based on information on Palampur. (a) LOCATION: (b) TOTAL AREA OF THE VILLAGE: (c) LAND USE (in hectares): (d) FACILITIES : |
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Answer» Solution :(a) LOCATION: Bulandshaher District, Western UTTAR Pradesh. (B) TOTAL AREA OF THE VILLAGE: 226 Hectares. (c) LAND USE in hectares):  (d) FACILITIES : 
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| 112. |
What do you understand by the term "Green Revolution? |
| Answer» Solution :The .Green Revolution. was introduced in India, in the LATE 1960s. Indian farmers USED it for the production of major food CROPS like wheat and rice. They made use of the High YIELDING Variety seeds, which produced much greater yield than the traditional seeds. However, they needed plenty of water, chemical fertilizers and pesticides to PRODUCE best results. | |
| 113. |
What kind of unemployment take place? |
| Answer» Solution :In rural areas, SEASONAL and disguised unemployment EXIST and in urban areas, mostly have EDUCATED unemployment. | |
| 114. |
What is the status of 'unemployment'? |
| Answer» Solution :Unemployment is SAID to EXIST when people who are WILLING to work cannot finds JOBS. | |
| 115. |
What are accepted average calorie required in India in urban areas? |
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Answer» 2100 |
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| 116. |
Due to historical and economic reasons there is a division of labour between men and women in the family. |
| Answer» Solution :Due to historical and cultural REASONS there is a division of labour between MEN and WOMEN in the FAMILY. | |
| 117. |
How do educated women earn at par with their male counterparts? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Women with high education and skill formation are paid at par with the men. (ii) Among the organised sector, teaching and medicine attracts them the most. (iii) Some women have entered the administrative and other services INCLUDING those JOBS which need high levels of SCIENTIFIC and TECHNOLOGICAL competence. |
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| 118. |
How are women, children and old people the poorest of the poor? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Women, elderly people and FEMALE infants are SYSTEMATICALLY denied equal to resources available to the family. THEREFORE, they are the poorest of the poor. | |
| 119. |
Investment in fixed capital (through education, training, medical care) yields a return just like investment in physical capital. |
| Answer» Solution :INVESTMENT in HUMAN CAPITAL (through EDUCATION, training, medical care) yields a return just like investment in physical capital. | |
| 120. |
Has India the largest single concentration of the poor in the world? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :In INDIA every fourth person is poor. This means roughly 260 MILLION (26 crore) people in India live in POVERTY. This illustrates the seriousness of the challenge. | |
| 121. |
What is the main production activity in Palampur Village? |
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Answer» Farming |
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| 122. |
What does 'social exclusion' mean? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) ACCORDING to this concept, poverty must be seen in terms of the poor having to live only in a poor surrounding with other poor people, and excluded from enjoying social equality with better-off people in a better surrounding. (II) Social EXCLUSION can be both a cause as well as a consequence of poverty in the rural sense. (iii) It is a process through which individuals orgroups are excluded from facilities, benefits and opportunities that OTHERS enjoy. An example is the prevelence of the CASTE system in India in which people belonging to certain castes are excluded from equal opportunities. |
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| 123. |
What do you know about 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan'? |
| Answer» Solution :Sarva Shiksha Abhiryan. is a significant step TOWARDS providing elementary education to all children in the age goup for SIX to fourteen years by 2010. It is a time bound initiative of the central government in partnership with the states, the local government and the community to achieve the goal of universalisation of elementary education. Bridge courses and back-to-school campshave been introduced to increases the ENROLMENT in elementary education. Mid-day meal scheme has been introduced to encourage ATTENDANCE and retain children, as WELL as increase their nutritional status. These types of policies of the government could add to the literate population of India and further to the economic development. | |
| 124. |
Why is the calorie requirement of rural areas more than that in urban areas? |
| Answer» Solution :Since people LIVING in RURAL AREAS engage themselves in more physical work, calorie requirements in rural areas are considered to be HIGHER than in urban areas. | |
| 125. |
Can you suggest some measures in the education system to mitigate the problem of the educated unemployment? |
| Answer» Solution :There should be an EMPHASIS on skill-training in higher EDUCATION based on prevailing and future requirements of an industry. The educational standards should be maintained to GIVE students QUALITY education such as through .Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. scheme. Girls should be given incentives to pursue higher education and dropout rate can be minimised by schemes such as .mid-day meal.. | |
| 126. |
Is it true that educated parents invest more heavily on their children's education and why? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :This is because they have realised the importance of education for themselves and their children. They are ALSO conscious of the proper NUTRITION and hygiene one needs. They accordingly look after their children.s needs for education at SCHOOL, and good HEALTH. | |
| 127. |
Multiple cropping means growing: |
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Answer» only ONE CROP |
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| 128. |
How has poverty reduced in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :In Andhra Pardesh and TAMIL Nadu, public DISTRIBUTION of FOOD GRAINS could have been responsible for reducing the poverty. | |
| 129. |
Farm labourers come either from landed families or families cultivating large plots of land. |
| Answer» Solution :FARM labourers come EITHER from LANDLESS families or families CULTIVATING small plots of land. | |
| 130. |
How is vulnerability to poverty determined? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Options AVAILABLE to different communities for FINDING an alternative living in TERMS of ASSETS, education, health and job opportunities. | |
| 131. |
What is the concept of social exclusion? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :According to this concept, poverty must be seen in terms of the poor having to live only in a poor surroundings with other poor PEOPLE, EXCLUDED from enjoying the company of BETTER off people in better surroundings. | |
| 132. |
Differentiate between physical and human capital. |
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| 133. |
Which of the following is a social indicator of poverty laid by social scientists? |
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Answer» INCREASE in population |
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| 134. |
What kind of unemployment exists in urban areas? |
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Answer» Solution :Educated Unemployment In urban areas, educated unemployment has become a common PHENOMENON. Many youth with matriculation, graduation and postgraduation degrees are not ABLE to find JOBS. A study showed that unemployment of graduates and postgraduates has increased faster than among matriculates. A paradoxical manpower situation is witnessed as surplus of manpower in certain categories coexist with shortage of manpower in OTHERS. There is inemployment among technically qualified person on one hand, while there is a dearth of technical skills required for economic growth. Unemployment also exists in particular job, when there is a race of a particular technical training like computer literacy. Sometimes, it also leads to unemployment as the number of people looking for jobs are much more than the existing jobs available. |
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| 135. |
Which social group is most valnerable to poverty in India? |
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Answer» SCHEDULE castes |
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| 136. |
What type of sources are needed by these production activities? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Natural resources, man-made items, HUMAN effort and money, etc., are the sources needed by PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES. | |
| 137. |
What are the merits of the Green Revolution? |
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Answer» Solution :Merits of the Green Revolution. Green Revolution introduced a NUMBER of modern farming methods in India., (i) Higher yield due to the use of HYV seeds. , (II) Machines like harvesters, tractors and THRESHERS have made ploughing and HARVESTING faster and easier. (iii) Higher yield enabled farmers to sell the surplus food in the market and earn more. (iv) Pesticides and insecticides are able to protect the crops from pests and insects. (V) A good irrigation system is able to enhance crop production. |
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| 138. |
Unemployment has a detrimental impact on the overall growth of an economy.' Justify the statement. |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Unemployment leads to wastage of manpower resources. (ii) People who are an asset for the economy turn into a liability. (iii) There is a feeling of hopelessness and despair among the youth. (iv) People do not have enough money to support their family. Inability of educated people who are willing to work, to find gainful employment, implies a great social waste. (V) Unemployment tends to INCREASE the economic overload. (vi) When a family has to live on bare subsistence levels, there is a general decline in its HEALTH status and a rising WITHDRAWAL from the SCHOOL system. |
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| 139. |
Fishing is the main production activity in Palampur. |
| Answer» Solution : Farming is the MAIN PRODUCTION activity in PALAMPUR. | |
| 140. |
Assertion (A): The Green Revolution in the late 1980s introduced the Indian farmer to cultivation of wheat and rice using high yielding varieties (HYVs) of seeds. Reason (R): Compared to the traditional seeds, the HYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant. |
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Answer» Both A and RARE true and R is the CORRECT explanation of A. |
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| 141. |
How surplus farm products is sold by the farmers? |
| Answer» Solution :Let us assume that farmers have produced WHEAT on their land. They RETAIN a part of the wheat for the family consumption and sell the surplus wheat. Small farmers have little surplus what because their TOTAL production is small and from this a substantial share is KEPT for their own family needs. The medium and large farmers supply wheat to the market which the traders BUY and sell it further to shopkeepers in the towns and cities. | |
| 142. |
Define Physical Capital, Fixed Capital, Working Capital and Human Capital with examples. |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Physical capital: Physical capital is the variety of inputs required at every stage during production. It includes fixed capital and working capital. (ii) Fixed capital: Tools and MACHINES range from a plough to a tractor and sophisticated machines like generators, turbines, computers, etc. The tools, machines, buildings which can be used in production over many years are called fixed capital . (iii) Working capital: Production requires a variety of raw materials. It requires money to make payments and buy other NECESSARY items. Raw materials and money in HAND are called working capital. Unlike tools and machines, these are used up in production. For example, Yarn required by a weaver, clay used by a potter . (iv) Human capital: One needs knowledge and enterprise to be able to put together LAND, LABOUR and physical capital and produce an output: either to use it by oneself or to sell in the market. This is known as human capital, which enables better production with human skill and knowledge. |
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| 143. |
What is India's national policy for health? |
| Answer» Solution :It aims at improving the accessibility of healthcare, FAMILY welfare and nutritional service with a SPECIAL focus on the underprivileged segment of the population. Over the last five decades, India has BUILT up a vast health infrastructure and MANPOWER required at the PRIMARY, secondary and tertiary sectors both at the government level as well as in the private sector. | |
| 144. |
Unemployment leads to wastage of manpower resource. People who are an asset for the economy turn into a liability. There is a feeling of hopelessness and despair among the youth. People do not have enough money to support their family. Inability of educated people who are willing to work to find gainful employment implies a grat social waste. Unemployment tends to increase econmic overload. The dependence of the unemployment on the working population increases. The quality of life of an individual as well as society is adversaly affected. When a family has to live on a bare substance level, there is a general decline in its health status and rising withdrawal from the school system. Hence, unemployment is an indicator of a depressed economy. It also wastes the resource, which could have been gainfully employed. If people cannot be used as a resource, they naturally appear as a liability to the economy. How is quality of life of an individual as well as of society is adversely affected? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :When a family has to live on a bare subsistence level, there is a GENERAL decline in its health status and RISING withdrawal from the SCHOOL system. Hence, unemployment has DETRIMENTAL impact on the overall growth of an economy. | |
| 145. |
Unemployment leads to wastage of manpower resource. People who are an asset for the economy turn into a liability. There is a feeling of hopelessness and despair among the youth. People do not have enough money to support their family. Inability of educated people who are willing to work to find gainful employment implies a grat social waste. Unemployment tends to increase econmic overload. The dependence of the unemployment on the working population increases. The quality of life of an individual as well as society is adversaly affected. When a family has to live on a bare substance level, there is a general decline in its health status and rising withdrawal from the school system. Hence, unemployment is an indicator of a depressed economy. It also wastes the resource, which could have been gainfully employed. If people cannot be used as a resource, they naturally appear as a liability to the economy. If people are not used as source, what are they considered as? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :They are CONSIDERED as a LIABILITY. | |
| 146. |
Unemployment leads to wastage of manpower resource. People who are an asset for the economy turn into a liability. There is a feeling of hopelessness and despair among the youth. People do not have enough money to support their family. Inability of educated people who are willing to work to find gainful employment implies a grat social waste. Unemployment tends to increase econmic overload. The dependence of the unemployment on the working population increases. The quality of life of an individual as well as society is adversaly affected. When a family has to live on a bare substance level, there is a general decline in its health status and rising withdrawal from the school system. Hence, unemployment is an indicator of a depressed economy. It also wastes the resource, which could have been gainfully employed. If people cannot be used as a resource, they naturally appear as a liability to the economy. Why is unemployment considered a waste of power? |
| Answer» Solution :INABILITY of EDUCATED people who are willing to work to find gainful EMPLOYMENT IMPLIES a GREAT social waste. | |
| 147. |
How can investment be made in human capital? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Investment in HUMAN capital through education training and medical CARE yields a return just like investment in physical capital. Higher income is earned because of higher productivity of the more educated or the BETTER trained persons, as well as the higher productivity of HEALTHIER people. | |
| 148. |
How does investment in human capital yield a return just like investment in physical capital? |
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Answer» Solution :Education helps in the human capital formation in the following ways: (i) INVESTMENT in education of human resource RESULTS in the formation of human capital. (ii) One can earn higher income because of higher productivity of the more educated or BETTER trained persons, thus contributing TOWARDS human capital formation. (iii) Investment in human resource via education and medical care can give higher rates of return in the FUTURE. |
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| 149. |
Tertiary sector is called: |
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Answer» PRIMARY sector |
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| 150. |
…………..is included in the secondary sector. |
| Answer» SOLUTION :MANUFACTURING | |