RBSE Class 9 Social Science Important Questions Economics Chapter 1 The Story of Village Palampur

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 9 Social Science Important Questions Economics Chapter 1 The Story of Village Palampur Important Questions and Answers. 

RBSE Class 9 Social Science Important Questions Economics Chapter 1 The Story of Village Palampur

Multiple Choice Questions:

Question 1. 
One of the following is not a natural factor of production-
(a) Water 
(b) Minerals 
(c) Land 
(d) Captial
Answer:
(d) Captial

Question 2. 
What is the most common way of increasing production on a given piece of land?
(a) Electricity 
(b) Labour
(c) Multiple cropping 
(d) Drip irrigation
Answer:
(c) Multiple cropping 

Question 3. 
What was the main reason behing growth of three different crops in a year, in Palampur?
(a) Good irrigation 
(b) Large Land 
(c) HYV seeds 
(d) Fertilisers
Answer:
(a) Good irrigation 

Question 4. 
Name one state which have benefitted from the green Revolution-
(a) Haryana 
(b) Delhi 
(c) Bihar 
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Question 5. 
Which of the following is not a factor for the good agricultural production-
(a) HYV seed’s 
(b) Better irrigation
(c) Fertilisers 
(d) Educated Labour
Answer:
(a) HYV seed’s 

Question 6. 
Which of the following crop is grown during the rainy season?
(a) Jowar and Bajra 
(b) Wheat 
(c) Soyabean 
(d) Rice
Answer:
(a) Jowar and Bajra

Question 7. 
Which of the following is a Rabi crop?
(a) Wheat 
(b) Maize 
(c) Soyabean 
(d) Pulses 
Answer:
(c) Soyabean 

Question 8. 
Which one of the following is considered as fixed capital?
(a) Soil 
(b) Seeds
(c) Tools and Machines 
(d) Fertilisers
Answer:
(d) Fertilisers

Question 9. 
Land under cultivation (in million hectares) in India in the year 2000 was-
(a) 120 
(b) 125 
(c) 150 
(d) 140
Answer:
(d) 140

Question 10. 
Who is a person who puts together land, labour and capital?
(a) Moneylender 
(b) Enterpreneur 
(c) Zamindar 
(d) Manager
Answer:
(b) Enterpreneur 

Question 11. 
The farming activity is limited in village Palampur due to-
(a) Lack of irrigation 
(b) Fixed amount of land
(c) Lack of labour 
(d) Bad climate
Answer:
(b) Fixed amount of land

Question 12. 
Which of the following is not a fixed captial?
(a) Buildings 
(b) Tools 
(c) Machines 
(d) Raw material
Answer:
(d) Raw material

Question 13. 
How many families lives in village Palampur?
(a) 250 
(b) 150 
(c) 350 
(d) 450
Answer:
(c) 350 

Question 14. 
Which one of the following is the most abundant factor of production in India?
(a) Labour 
(b) Land 
(c) Capital 
(d) Machines
Answer:
(a) Labour 

Question 15. 
Finance that is raised to operate a business is the-
(a) Labour 
(b) Enterpiise 
(c) Capital 
(d) Land
Answer:
(c) Capital 

Question 16. 
Which sector includes Agriculture and Animal Husbandry?
above   
(a) Primaiy
(b) Secondary 
(c) Tertiary 
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) Primary

Bill in the blanks:

Question 1.
............... is the prime economic activity at Palampur.
Answer:
Agriculture

Question 2.
............... is the minimum wage set up by the government for agricultural labourers.
Answer:
₹ 300

Question 3.
 The Green Revolution was introduced in India in ...............  
Answer:
1960's

Question 4. 
............... is the first state of India which started land distribution.
Answer:
Kerala

Question 5.
The concept of white revolution is associated with ...............  
Answer:
milk

True or False:

Question 1. 
Raw materials and cash are called permanent capital.
Answer:
False

Question 2. 
Farming is the major production activity in Palampur.
Answer:
True

Question 3. 
In India, farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh were the first to use modem methods of farming.
Answer:
True

Question 4. 
Modern farming methods do not require much capital.
Answer:
False

Question 5. 
Small farmers have good financial condition.
Answer:
False

Match the column

Column A	Column B
(1) Raw Material	(a) Working Capital
(2) Transportation, Shopkeeping	(b) Agricultural activity
(3) Food production	(c) Non-farming activity
(4) Jowar, Bajra	(d) Hire farm labour
(5) Medium and large farmers	(e) Kharif crop

Answer:

Column A	Column B
(1) Raw Material	(a) Working Capital
(2) Transportation, Shopkeeping	(c) Non-farming activity
(3) Food production	(b) Agricultural activity
(4) Jowar, Bajra	(e) Kharif crop
(5) Medium and large farmers	(d) Hire farm labour

Very Short Answer Type Questions:

Question 1. 
Who runs the primary health centre in Palampur?
Answer: 
The government runs the primary health centre in Palampur.

Question 2. 
Name some modern implements used by the Indian Farmers.
Answer: 
The modern implements used by the Indian farmers are tubewells, tractors, harvestors and threshers.

Question 3. 
What was the primary advantage of using HYV seeds in agriculture?
Answer: 
The primary advantage of using HYV seeds in agriculture was growing more crops in the same piece of land.

Question 4. 
Name the four factors of production.
Answer: 
The four factors of production are:
(i) Land
(ii) Labour
(iii) Physical Capital
(iv) Human Capital

Question 5. 
Define multiple cropping.
Answer: 
To grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping.

Question 6. 
What do you mean by Kharif Crops?
Answer:
 The crops which are grown in rainy season and harvested in October or November. For example: Rice.

Question 7. 
Why do the farmers of Palampur follow multiple cropping?
Answer: 
The farmers of Palampur follow multiple cropping because this method is the most common way of increasing production.

Question 8. 
Who are small farmers?
Answer:
Farmers who own less than 2 hectares of land are regarded as small farmers.

Question 9. 
What is fixed capital?
Answer: 
The tangible assets like tools, machines, buildings that can be used in production over many years, are called fixed capital or physical capital.

Question 10.
What is working capital?
Answer: 
flaw materials and money in hand are called working capital.

Question 11.
Who owns the majority of land in village Palampur?
Answer: 
60 upper caste families own the majority of land in village Palampur.

Question 12.
What is the aim of production?
Answer: 
The aim of production is to produce the goods and services that a consumer wants. 

Question 13.
What facility is available for education in Palampur?
Answer: 
Palampur has two primary schools and one high school.

Question 14.
Define factors of production.
Answer: 
Every production is organised by combining land, labour, physical capital and human capital are known as factors of production.

Question 15.
Correct the statement or rewrite.
Fishing is the main production activity in Palampur. 75 percent of the people who are working are depended on fishing for their livelihood.
Answer: 
Farming is the main production activity in Palampur. 75 percent of the people who are working are depended on farming for their livelihood.

Short Answer Type Questions:

Question 1. 
Is Palampur a developed village? Explain by presenting four arguments.
Answer: 
Palampur is a well-developed village. This can be made clear from the following arguments:
(i) Multiple Cropping:
Farmers of Palampur have adapted multiple cropping pattern. They plant three crops in a year and never leave their land idle.

(ii) Modern facilities of agriculture: They have a well-developed system of irrigation.

(iii) Markets and Education:
There are small markets setup in Palampur which have all the daily need commodities available. Kareem is also running computer classes, and a good number of students are learning there. High schools and education for women are also available.

(iv) Transportation:
People of Palampur have facilities of transporting goods to other towns and village with a good transportation system and well-developed roads.

Question 2. 
Differentiate between fixed capital and working capital. State any four points.
Answer: 
Both fixed capital and working capital are the parts of physical capital required for production.

Fixed Capital	Working Capital
(i) It includes fixed factors of production which are used for years.	(i) It includes variable factors of production which are needed to be arranged every time at the time of production.
(ii) It includes tools, machines, buildings etc.	(ii) Whatever money and raw material are required for production are included in it.
(iii) Tools and machines range from very simple tools such as farmer’s plough to sophisticated machines such as generators, turbines, computers, etc.	(iii) It is required to be arranged according to the desired production:
(iv) They remain constant for many years of production and increased or decreased only when required.	(iv) They are dynamic depending on the profits and income of last season.

Question 3. 
Name the crops grown in Palampur as a part of multiple cropping.
Answer: 
Following are the crops grown in Palampur as a part of multiple cropping:

1. During the rainy season (kharif) farmers grow jowar and bajra
2. It is followed by the cultivation of potato between October and December.
3. In the winter season (rabi), fields are sown with wheat.
4. A part of the land area is also devoted to sugarcane which is harvested once every year.

Question 4. 
What do medium and large farmers do with their earnings from the surplus farm produce?
Answer: 
Medium and Large farmers sell the surplus farm products in the market and earn a higher income.

1. A part of the earnings is saved and kept for buying Capital for the next season.
2. Thus, they are able to arrange capital for farming from their own savings.
3. Some farmers use their savings to buy cattle, trucks, or to set-up shops.

Question 5. 
How modern methods have overused and violated the natural resources.
Answer: 
The modern methods have overused the natural resources and violated them in following manner:

1. The green revolution is associated with the loss of soil fertility.
2. Continuous use of groundwater through tube well irrigation has reduced the water table below the ground.
3. Use of Chemical fertilisers and pesticides have destroyed the bacteria and other microorganisms in the soil which reduces soil fertility.

Question 6. 
How is land distributed between the farmers of Palampur?
Answer: 
Land is unevenly distributed among the farmers of Palampur. Some farmers have large lands while some have very small and others have no land at all. In Palampur total 450 families are there, among them 150 families are land less and 240 families cultivate small plots of land less than 2 hectares and 60 families of medium and large farmers cultivate more than 2 hectares of land. There is similar situation in other Indian villages. 

80 percent of small farmers cultivated only 36 percent of area while 20 percent of the farmers cultivate 64 percent of the cultivated area. These divisions may result in poor and unsatisfactory production leading to poor economic status to the country.

Question 7. 
What is surplus? What do the farmers do with the surplus?
Answer: 
Surplus are the excessive amount of production produced by the farmers. Example: Farmers produce wheat and store a part of it for their consumption and the remaining they sell in the market and gain profit. This profit is called surplus.

The farmers use the surplus as capital for the next harvest. Farmers like Govind or Savita Eire poor and have little surplus. Big farmers like Tejpal Singh purchase farm machines, lend money or save in the bank.

Question 8. 
Which states were benefitted the most from Green Revolution? What were the results? .
Answer: 
Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were the first three states where the farmers used tube wells for irrigation, used HYV seeds and chemical fertilisers and pesticides in the fields. They also used modem farm machinery like tractors and threshers.

The result was that they were rewarded with high yields of wheat. Earlier it was 1300 Kg per hectare with the use of modern farming methods under Green Revolution it went upto 3200 Kg per hectare.

Question 9. 
Differentiate between Kharif and Rabi Season.
Answer: 

Kharif Season	Rabi Season
(i) These’crops are grown in the rainy season and sown in June-July and harvested in October-November.	(i) These crops are grown in winter season, sown in October-November and harvested in March-April.
(ii) For example, rice.	(ii) For example, wheat.

Long Answer Type Questions:

Question 1. 
Write an article on different means of production.
Or
Mention the means necessary to produce goods and services.
Answer: 
Production: Various essential goods and services are produced under the production process, so that the needs of the people can be met.
Requirements for production: Many means are required to produce an item or service. Mainly, the means of production can be divided into the following four parts:
(i) Land: 
Land is the most important tool to produce any goods or services. It is not possible to produce anything without land. Under this, land and other natural resources like water, forest, minerals etc. are also included. Land is a stable means of production.

(ii) Labour: 
Labour is an active means of production. Workers are required to produce. The production process requires both skilled and unskilled workers.

(iii) Physical Capital: 
Without capital, production of any goods or services is not possible. Physical capital can be divided into two parts - Fixed capital and Working capital. Fixed capital includes items that last for many years, such as tools, machines, buildings, etc. Working capital includes the raw materials and cash required for production.

(iv) Human capital: 
The most important means of production are knowledge, who collect land, labour and material capital to produce other means of production. Therefore, it requires knowledge and enterprise to produce land, labor and physical capital together to produce, it is called human capital.

Question 2. 
Write an article on the main facts of agriculture in India.
Or
Explain the situation of agriculture sector in rural economy.
Answer: 
The situation of the agricultural sector in the rural economy can be explained from the front points:
(i) Land is Fixed:
Farming is the main production activity in rural economy. But land area under cultivation is fixed, it cannot be easily expanded.

(ii) Methods of high yield from agricultural land: 
Various methods can be used for higher yields on agricultural land. Multiple cropping systems and modem farming methods in agriculture, including the use of high yielding seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and modem agricultural machinery. Through them, agricultural production and productivity can be increased.

(iii) Negative Effects of Modern Agriculture: 
Use of modern methods in' agriculture has also had many negative effects. The use of more fertilizers and pesticides has reduced the fertility of the land and continuous use of groundwater for tubewell irrigation has led to the depletion of the water- table.

(iv) Distribution of land in farmers: 
Agricultural holdings in the country can be divided into three parts - small holdings which are less than 2 hectares, medium plots which are more than 2 hectares but less than 10 hectares and large plots which are more than 10 hectares in size. Most farmers in India have small holdings.

(v) Labour arrangements: 
In rural areas, farmers work on small holdings and medium and large farmers hire other laborers on wages to work in their fields.

(vi) The capital needed in farming: 
Presently, due to modern methods in agriculture, the need for working capital in farming has increased. The economic condition of small farmers is not good. Hence they have to take loans from moneylenders and traders for working capital for agriculture. Medium and large farmers get savings from agriculture and they arrange working capital out of it.

(vii) Sale of surplus farm products: 
Mostly, small farmers have little or no agricultural surplus, while medium and large farmers have surpluses that they sell in the nearby markets.

Question 3. 
Describe the main features of Palampur village.
Answer: 
Main features of Palampur village- 
Main features of Palampur village is following:
(i) Main economic activity: Agriculture is the main economic activity of Palampur.

(ii) Uneven distribution of agricultural land: 
Distribution of land is uneven in Palampur. There are 450 families living in Palampur village of which 150 families do not have any agricultural land. 240 families have less than 2 hectares of land, 60 families have more than 2 hectares of land and some of them have more than 10 hectares of land. 

(iii) Labour conditions in agriculture: 
Small farmers work on their own land, but on the land of big and medium farmers, landless laborers work on rent and get wages. The situation of landless farmers here is pathetic.

(iv) Capital needed for agriculture: 
Small farmers take loans from moneylenders and traders for agriculture, where as medium and large farmers arrange capital from the savings of fields. These farmers sell the agricultural surplus.

(v) Other economic activity: 
Palampur also has some non-agricultural economic activities. These are dairy business, small scale manufacturing, small shopkeepers, means of transportation such as tongawallahs and bullock cart etc.

Question 4. 
Write an article on ‘Green revolution in India’.
Answer: 
Prior to the 1960s, traditional method was used in agriculture because of which both production and productivity was less. Therefore, many revolutionary steps were taken in the mid-1960s to increase agricultural production and productivity in the country, which has been named as Green Revolution. High-productivity HYVs under the Green Revolution Seeds, chemical fertilizers and pesticides were used. Irrigation equipment was developed in this policy and emphasis was laid on mechanization in agriculture. 

Agricultural work was done with tractor, thresher etc. Most wells were irrigated with electric motors. High-productivity HYVs under the Green Revolution Seeds, chemical fertilizers and pesticides were used. Irrigation equipment was developed and emphasis was laid on mechanisation in agriculture. Agricultural work was done with tractor, thresher etc. Electric motors were being used on wells for irrigation purpose. 

The production and productivity of crops increased rapidly due to the Green Revolution, which improved the economic condition of the farmers. The Green Revolution had a special impact on the wheat and rice crop. But the benefit of this policy was limited to big farmers because more capital was required for the use of new agricultural inputs.