Q 1 – The standard unit of measuring land is:
(a) bigha
(b) guintha
(c) hectare
(d) kilometer
Q 2 – The quality of the population decides the:
(a) The birth rate of the country
(b) The death rate of the country
(c) The growth rate of the country
(d) none of the above
Q 3 – Palampur resembles a village of the western part of the state of:
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Q 4 – Literate and healthy population are:
(a) an asset for a country
(b) liability for the economy
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of the above
Q 5 – During the rainy season, farmers in Palampur grow:
(a) wheat and barley
(b) wheat and rice
(c) wheat and bajra
(d) jowar and bajra
Q 6 – The literacy rates have increased from ………… in 1951 to ………… in 2001.
(a) 18%-45%
(b) 20%-55%
(c) 18%-55%
(d) 18%-65%
Q 7 – During the winter season, farmers in Palampur grow:
(a) rice
(b) jowar
(c) bajra
(d) wheat
Q 8 – ‘Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’ is a significant step towards providing elementary education to all
children in age group of:
(a) five to ten
(b) ten to fifteen
(c) six to fifteen
(d) six to fourteen
Q 9 – The raw form of jaggery is:
(a) sugar
(b) honey
(c) beat root
(d) sugarcane
Q 10 – The health of a person helps him to realise his potential and the ability to fight:
(a) the enemy
(b) diseases
(c) illness
(d) none of these
Q 11 – To grow more than one crop in a piece of land during the year is known as:
(a) crop-rotation
(b) cultivation
(c) single cropping
(d) multiple cropping.
Q 12 – Urban areas have mostly:
(a) educated employment
(b) educated unemployment
(c) educated people
(d) none of the above
Q 13 – All farmers in Palampur grow at least two main crops may are growing:
(a) sugarcane as the third crop
(b) rice as the third crop
(c) potatoes as the third crop
(d) onion as the third crop
Q 14 – Investment in human capital yields a return just like an investment in:
(a) secondary capital
(b) primary capital
(c) physical capital
(d) none of the above
Q 15 – Yield is measured as crop produced on a given piece of land during:
(a) two seasons
(b) three seasons
(c) a single season
(d) all the above
Q 16 – Investment in human resources is the same as investment in:
(a) land
(b) property
(c) land and capital
(d) none of these
Q 17 – The Green Revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to the cultivation of:
(a) wheat and jowar
(b) jowar and barley
(c) wheat and sugarcane
(d) wheat and rice
Q 18 – Primary sector includes:
(a) agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, etc.
(b) fishing, quarrying and manufacturing
(c) trade, transport, banking, etc.
(d) none of the above.
Q 19 – The states that were the first to try out modern farming methods are:
(a) Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh
(b) Punjab, Haryana, and Eastern Utter Pradesh
(c) Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal
(d) Orissa, West Bengal, and Gujarat
Q 20 – The minimum wage for a farm laborer set by the government is
(a) Rs. 50 per day
(b) Rs. 60 per day
(c) Rs. 70 per day
(d) Rs. 80 per day
Q 21 – People in Palampur feed their buffaloes on various kinds of grass and the jowar and bajra that grows during the:
(a) summer season
(b) Zaid season
(c) rainy season
(d) none of the above
Q 22 – The traders of Palampur are shopkeepers who buy various goods from:
(a) retailers and sell them in the village
(b) wholesale markets in the village and sell them in the cities
(c) wholesale markets in the cities and sell them in the villages
(d) none of the above
Q 23 – What is the main activity in Palampur?
(a) manufacturing
(b) dairy
(c) farming
(d) none of the above
Q 24 – The village of Palampur has ……………….. families belonging to several different castes.
(a) 450
(b) 550
(c) 650
(d) 750
Q 25 – The majority of land in the village is owned by:
(a) lower caste families
(b) upper-caste families
(c) landlords
(d) all the above
Q 26 – The SC’s population in the village comprises of:
(a) half
(b) two-thirds
(c) one-third
(d) none of the above
Q 27 – Most of the homes have:
(a) tubewells
(b) wells
(c) electric connections
(d) all the above
Q 28 – Palampur has ………………….. primary schools and one high school.
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five
Q 29 – The aim of production is:
(a) to produce the goods and services that we want
(b) to produce the goods that we do not want.
(c) to produce the services only
(d) none of the above
Q 30 – Tools, machines, and buildings that can be used for production over many years, are called:
(a) physical capital
(b) secondary capital
(c) fixed capital
(d) all the above
Q 31 – Raw materials and money in hand are called:
(a) fixed capital
(b) primary capital
(c) working capital
(d) all the above
Q 32 – Write true (T) or false (F)
1). The first requirement for products is land and other natural resources such as water, forests, minerals, etc.
2). Total productivity adds to the growth of the economy.
3). Fixed capital refers to a variety of inputs required at every stage during production.
4). Every production is organized by combining land, labor, physical capital, and human capital, which are known as factors of production.
5). A vicious cycle may be created by disadvantaged parents who keep their children in a similarly disadvantaged state.
6). In the kind of crops grown and facilities available, Palampur would resemble a village of the western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
7). Due to historical and political reasons there is a division of labor between men and women in the family.
8). A part of the land area in Palampur is also devoted to sugarcane which is harvested once every year.
9). The main reason why farmers are able to grow three different crops in a year in Palampur is due to the well-developed system of irrigation.
10). Vocational streams have been developed to equip a large number of high school students with occupations related to knowledge and skills.
11). By the 1970s, the entire cultivated area of 200 hectares was irrigated.
12). HYV seeds needed plenty of water and also chemical fertilizers and pesticides to produce the best results.
13). Unemployment is said to exist when people who are willing to work at the going wages cannot find jobs.
14). In many areas, Green Revolution is associated with loss of soil fertility due to increased use of chemical fertilizers.
Q 33 – Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Physical capital | (a) tools, machines, buildings which can be used in production over many years. |
| 2. Fixed capital | (b) raw materials and money in hand. |
| 3. Working capital | (c) the standard unit of measuring land. |
| 4. Hectare | (d) growing more than one crop one a piece of land during the year. |
| 5. Multiple cropping | (e) variety of inputs required at every state during production. |
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