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| 251. |
How does seasonal unemployment occur? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) It happens when people are not able to FIND jobs juring a particular SEASON or months of a year. (ii) People dependent on agriculture usually face such kind of PROBLEM. (iii) There are certain busy seasons when sowing, harvesting, weeding and THRESHING is done. (iv) Certain months do not provide much work to the people dependent on agriculture. (v) Certain industries and traders also engage workers for a particular season. When the season ends, the workers for a particular season. When the season ends, the workers are RENDERED unemployed, e.g., sugar industry. |
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| 252. |
What are the main features of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) MGNREGA 2005 was PASSED in SEPTEMBER 2005. (ii) The act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts. (III) Later, the scheme will be extended to 600 districts. One-third of the jobs could be reserved for WOMEN. If government failed to provide employment, the salary for 100 days would be GIVEN. |
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| 253. |
Why are women employment is low paid work? |
| Answer» Solution :Women in India have been DISCRIMINATED with lower EDUCATION opportunities and THEREBY causing them to have lower job skills. Due to the lower job skills, they are given low paying jobs. Women are ALSO discriminated when applying for higher paying jobs and are paid lower than their male COUNTERPARTS. | |
| 254. |
What are economic activities? |
| Answer» Solution :The ACTIVITIES which result in the production of goods and services. These activities ADD value to the NATIONAL income. These activities are called ECONOMIC activities. | |
| 255. |
How will you expalin the term unemployment? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :UNEMPLOYMENT is a phenomenon that happends when a person who is actively searching for a job but is UNABLE to FIND work. | |
| 256. |
Social exclusion denies certain individuals the : |
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| 257. |
What is fixed capital? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Tools and machines range from very simple tools such as a farmer.s plough to sophisticated machines such as generators, turbines, computers, ETC. (II) They can be USED in production over MANY years and are called fixed CAPITAL. |
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| 258. |
What challenges do you think will India face in years to come? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Healthcare (II) JOB security (iii) Gender discrimination (iv) HUMAN MISERY (v) Education. |
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| 259. |
How is the food requirement estimated in poverty line? |
| Answer» Solution :The present formula for FOOD requirement while estimating the poverty line is BASED on the desired calorie requirement , food items such a cereals, pulses, vegetables, milk, oil, sugar, ETC., together PROVIDE these needed CALORIES. | |
| 260. |
What is the present employment scenario in the three sectors? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Primary Sector: Agriculture is the most LABOUR because of disguised unemployment. Some of the surplus labour in agriculture has moved to either the secondary or the TERTIARY sector. (ii) Secondary Sector. Small-scale manufacturing is the most labour ABSORBING. (iii) Tertiary Sector. VARIOUS new services are now appearing like biotechnology, information technology, media and so on. |
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| 261. |
What part does health play in individual's working life? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Health plays a vital role in an individual.s working life. COMPANIES generally do not hire PEOPLE who are sick and therefore cannot work to ther potential. A healthy person would focus on work, improve PRODUCTION values of himself and the company. | |
| 262. |
Health is wealth', is it true? Describe the role played by health in the individual's working life. |
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Answer» Solution :(i) The health of a person helps him to REALISE his potential and the ability to fight illness. (ii) An unhealthy person BECOMES a liability for an organisation indeed. (iii) Health is an indispensable basis for realising one.s well-being. Improvement in the health STATUS of the population is the MAIN priority of the country. (iv) Our national policy too aims at improving the accessibility of health care, FAMILY welfareand nutritional service with special focus on underprivileged segment of population. |
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| 263. |
Every………….person in India is poor. |
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| 266. |
How is vulnerability to poverty measured? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Vulnerability to poverty is a measure which describes the greather probability of CERTAIN communities or individuals of becoming or remaining poor in the coming years. (II) Vulnerability is determined by the options available to DIFFERENT communities for finding an alternative living in terms of ASSETS, education, health and job opportunities. (iii) Vulnerability describes the greater probability of being more adversely affected than other people when BAD times prevails for everyboyd, whether a flood or an earthquake or simply a shortage in the availability of jobs. |
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| 267. |
What are the main activities of the people of village of Palampur? |
| Answer» Solution :Farming is the main activity, WHEREAS several other ACTIVITIES such as small scale MANUFACTURING, dairy, transport, etc. are CARRIED out on a limited scale. | |
| 268. |
What was PMGY? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) It was PRADHAN MANTRI Gramodaya Yojna, launched in 2000. (II) Accordingly, additional central assistance is given to the states for basic services such as primary HEALTH, primary education, rural SHELTER, rural drinking water and rural electrification. |
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| 269. |
What is the first and foremost requirement for the production of goods and services? |
| Answer» Solution :The FOREMOST REQUIREMENT is land and other natural resources such as WATER, forests, MINERALS, etc. | |
| 270. |
Gandhi ji always insisted that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering. |
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| 271. |
Which are the two planks on which anti-poverty strategy of the government is based? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Promotion of ECONOMIC growth. (ii) TARGETED anti-poverty PROGRAMMES. |
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| 272. |
Classify various activities on the basis of its economic benefit? |
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Answer» Solution :VARIOUS activities have been classified into THREE main sectors: (i) Primary SECTOR (II) Secondary Sector (iii) TERTIARY Sector |
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| 273. |
State the various Poverty Alleviation Programmes introduced by the government to remove poverty. |
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Answer» SOLUTION :(i) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) : It is a scheme started in 1993. The aim of the PROGRAMME is to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployment youth in rural areas and small towns. They are helped in setting up small businesses and industries. (ii) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) : It was launched in 1995. The aim of the programme is to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas and small towns. A target for creating 25 lakh new JOBS has been set for the programme. (iii) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) : It was launched in 1999. The programme aims at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into self-help GROUPS through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. (iv) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) : It was launched in 2000. Under this programme, additional Central assistance is given to states for basic services such as primary health, primary education, rural shelter, rural drinking water and rural electrification. |
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| 274. |
What does 'People as a Resource' mean? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :PEOPLE as a RESOURCE. is a way of referring to a country.s WORKING people in terms of their existing PRODUCTIVE skills and abilities. | |
| 275. |
Explain the types of activities necessary for production. |
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Answer» Solution :(i)Farining is the main activity for the PRODUCTION and SALE of crops. (ii) Non-farm activities INCLUDE small-scale MANUFACTURING, transport, shopkeeping, dairy farms, etc. These activities help in other productions needed in a village. (iii) There are people who do cattle-rearing to provide milk and get surplus income for their FAMILIES. |
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| 276. |
What are the causes of huge income inequalities in rural areas? |
| Answer» Solution :One of the major REASONS for this is the unequal DISTRIBUTION of LAND and other RESOURCES. Major policy initatives like land reforms, which aimed at redistribution of assets in rural areas, have not been implemented PROPERLY, leading to poverty in India. | |
| 277. |
Assetion (A) : Seasonal unemployment happens when people are not able to find jobs during some months of the year. Reason (R ) : People dependant upon fishing usually face such kind of problem. |
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Answer» Both A and R are TRUE and R is the correct EXPLANATION of A. |
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| 278. |
Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why? |
| Answer» Solution :YES, it is important to increase the area under irrigation. By having a supply of continuous WATER, farmers can grow multiple crops in a year. By growing multiple crops, farmers EARN GREATER profits thereby improving economic conditions of the village and area. Irrigation facilities would also lessen the reliance on RAINS as means of irrigation and avoid droughts and loss of crops. | |
| 279. |
What is Rural Employment Generation Programme? |
| Answer» Solution :Launched in 1995, the AIM of the programme is to create self-employment OPPORTUNITIES in rural areas and SMALL TOWNS. | |
| 281. |
What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain. |
| Answer» Solution :An availability of irrigation facilities will allow year-around supply of water. The farmer then can PLANT multiple CROPS throughout the year THEREBY INCREASING his production and profit. The use of high quality seeds will lead to higher YIELD thereby increasing production. The use of fertilizers will improve the quality of production and the use of insecticides will avoid the destruction of crops by insects. | |
| 282. |
How is poverty line determined in India? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) The present formula of deciding poverty line in India is based on calorie requirements. (ii) The accepted average calorie requirements in India is 2400 calories per person per day inrural areas and 2100 calories per person per day in the urban areas. (iii) The monetary expenditure per capita needed for buying these calorie requirements in terms of food grains GIVES us poverty line in terms of money. Based on these calculations, for the year 2000, the poverty line for a person was fixed at Rs. 328 per MONTH in RURAL AREA and Rs. 454 in urban area. |
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| 283. |
Tube wells are the main source of______at Palampur. |
| Answer» SOLUTION :IRRIGATION | |