Q.5. Match the following----
(1)Agricultural labourers (i)growing more than one crop on the same
piece of land during a year.
(2)Multiple Cropping (ii)unit of measuring agricultural land in
India.
(3)Guintha (iii)spring harvest or winter crop.
(4)Rabi (iv)landless farmers or those who do not own
sufficient land for cultivation.
(5)Kharif (v)the crop produced on a given piece of land
during a single season.
(6)Yield (vi)an increase in food grain production due
to use of new technology in agriculture.
(7)Irrigation (vii)Autumn harvest or summer crop.
(8)Green Revolution (viii)artificial application of water to the soil
for growth of plants.
(a)1-(i); 2-(ii); 3-(iii);4-(iv);5-(v);6-(vi);7-(vii);8-(viii)
(b)1-(ii);2-(iii);3-(i);4-(iv);5-(vi);6-(vii);7-(v);8-(viii)
(c)1-(iv);2-(i);3-(ii);4-(iii);5-(vii);6-(v);7-(viii);8-(vi)
(d)1-(iv);2-(iii);3-(ii);4-(i);5-(viii);6-(v);7-(vi);8-(vii)
Q 6.Why are wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages ?
Q.7. Which non-farm activities are practiced in Palampur? Write a short note.
Q.8. Explain any three efforts which can be made to increase non-farming production activities in villages?
Q9. How did the spread of electricity help the farmers of Palampur?
Q10. Describe the infrastructure development of village Palampur.
CHAPTER – PEOPLE AS A RESOURCE
1. Manufacturing is included in :
(a) Tertiary sector (b) Secondary Sector (c) Primary Sector
2. When more people are involved than required in a particular job it is known as :
(a) Unemployment (b) Employment
(c) Seasonal Employment (d) Disguised Employment
3. What do you understand by „people as a resource‟?
4. What are the various activities undertaken in the primary sector, secondary sector and tertiary
sectors?
5. Give two points to distinguish between economic activities and non - economic activities.
6. What are the causes of unemployment in India?
7. What are the consequences of Unemployment? How has it detrimental impact on the overall growth
of the economy?
8. Differentiate between Disguised Unemployment and Seasonal Unemployment .
9. What is the role of education in human capital formation?
10. What are the two factors responsible for the quality of population in a country?
11. How is human resource different from other resources like land and physical capital?
Answers
6. Because people have no work so they have to compete with others to get the work and they agree with less wages. So, the wages for farm labours in Palampur is less than minimum wages.
People as a resource
Explanation:
1) secondary sector
2) Disguised sector
3) 'People as Resource' may be a way of touching on a country's working people in terms of their existing productive skills and skills. Human resource is an asset for the economy instead of a liability. The population becomes human capital when there's the investment made within the sort of education, training, and medical aid.Human capital may be a stock of skill and guarded knowledge embodied in them.
4)
Primary Sector:
The first sector involves agriculture, forestry, poultry, farming, and mining. Here, lands are cultivated for producing grains and other food items, while farming refers to the science of breeding and caring for domestic animals. This sector deals with agriculture. This sector deals with using the resources available within the natural form and converting them into some usable products of consumption.
Secondary Sector:
The secondary sector involves the development of enormous building typically an outsize structure and manufacturing which refers to the method of converting raw materials, components, or parts into finished goods that meet a customer’s expectations or specifications. It commonly employs a man-machine founded with a division of labor during a large scale production.
Tertiary Sector:
The tertiary sector involves transport, communication, banking, health, education, insurance, etc. This sector is predominantly governed by the educated section of society. The activities of this sector require a specific level of vocational skill and knowledge. This sector is chargeable for maintaining and increasing the efficiency of the activities in both the opposite sectors.
5)
Economic activities:
1) Economic activities refer to a human activity related to production & consumption of goods & services for economic gain.
2) The economic motive is to earn money.
3) Money is measured in monetary terms.
4) It results in the creation of wealth & assets.
Non-economic activities:
1) Non-economic activity refers to an activity performed to provide services to others without any regard for monetary gain.
2) A non-economic motive is social or psychological.
3) Money lacks in measurement.
4) It results in satisfaction & happiness.
6)
•The caste system.
•Increased population growth.
•Slow economic growth.
•Slow industrial growth.
•Seasonality of agricultural occupations.
•Joint family system.
7)
Detrimental effects of unemployment over the economy:
• Leads to wastage of manpower resources.
• Tends to increase economic overload.
• The dependence of the unemployed on the working population increases.
• Quality of life adversely affected.
• Unemployed turns into a liability.
• There is a feeling of hopelessness and despair among youth.
8)
Seasonal Unemployment:
• Getting employment just for the part of the year in certain sectors, like agriculture is termed seasonal unemployment.
• It is usually found within the agro-based industry.
• It is found both in rural similarly as urban areas.
• There are certain busy seasons when sowing, harvesting, weaving, and threshing is completed.
Disguised Unemployment:
• A situation wherein marginal productivity of labor is zero. it's not visible and located among wage earners, mostly in agriculture.
• It is usually found in agriculture
• It is found in rural sectors only.
• The work requires the service of five people but engages eight people.
9)
An informed society facilitates a more robust development program than an illiterate one.
Education improves productivity and prosperity, and also improve enriched life experience.
It doesn't only contribute towards the expansion of the people but also the event of society as a full.
Education increases the value and other cultural richness.
11)
Human resource isn't like other sources in lots of senses. Human sources want schooling, education, and healthcare to expand. Alternatively, land and physical capital need the cash and bodily inputs to broaden. Land and physical capital are vain without humans.