Question

Write brief description on village palampure

Answer 1

sorrry ,where is this village situated?

if u tell then i ll perfectly give u the answer....

Answer 2

Q1. What is the aim of production?

 Aim of production is to produce goods and services.


Q2. What are the four requirements of production?

There are four requirements of production:

1. Land: contains natural resources, water, forests and minerals.

2. Labour: People do the work and manufacture goods and services. Labourers may be skilled, unskilled, educated and uneducated depending upon the production work and requirement.

3. Physical capital: Can be of fixed capital and working capital.


a. fixed capital: Tools, machines, buildings etc.. they may range from very simple tools such as farmers plough to sophisticated machines to generators, computers etc..


b. working capital: Raw materials and money in hand  come under this category. Ex. Yarn used by weaver and clay used by potter. Some money is always required during production to make payments and buy other necessary items.


4. Human capital: The fourth important requirement is human capital. Without human labour production cannot be done.  



Farming in palampur

land is fixed

Q1. How is land fixed in the village palampur?

75 % of people depend on farming. Land area in the village under cultivation is fixed. Since 1960 there has been no expansion in land area under cultivation. No further scope to increase farm production. Land is fixed for agriculture in the village.


Q2. what is standard unit of measuring land in hectare?

Bigha, guintha etc.. are the local standard units of measuring land in hectares in the villages of India. One hectare equals the area of a square with one side measuring 100 metres.



Is there a way one can grow more from the same land?


Q1. Which Indian village resemble palampur?

Village of western U.P.


Q2. What are the different crops grown in the Indian villages during different seasons?

Kharif crops like jowar, Bajra are grown in rainy seasons. These plants are grown as cattle feed. It is followed by cultivation of potato between October and December. In the winter season, rabi crops like wheat, sugar cane are grown.


Q3. Where do the villagers of palampur sell jaggery?

Sugar cane is grown in the village on one part of the land and jaggery is produced and sold in Raiganj. 


Q4. How are the villagers able to grow more than one crop in palampur?

The villagers can grow more crops  because they are having the facilities of electricity, well developed system of irrigation etc.. Initially the tube wells were installed by the government later many private tube wells were also installed. All the farmers in the village grow more than one crop. Many grow potato as the third crop in their field.


Q5. What do you mean by multi cropping and dual cropping?

Multicropping: To grow more than one crop in the same field is known as multiple cropping. This system gives high yield. Dual cropping: To grow two crops in the same piece of land.


Q6. What is Green revolution?

Excessive production in agriculture due to modern scientific methods  are called green revolution.



Q7. What is HYV ?

 In late 1960s HYVs are introduced, which were a great boon to agriculture. These are High Yielding Varieties of seeds which guarantees greater qualitative and quantitative  production. HYV seeds need plenty of water and also chemical fertilizers and pesticides to produce best results.


Q8. Which states of India were the first to use modern methods of agriculture?

Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh were the first states to use modern methods of agriculture and made use of HYV seeds, pesticides, chemical fertilizers etc..


Q9. What is the difference between multiple cropping and modern farming method?

Multiple cropping:  In this method more than one crop is grown on a single piece of land. For example: Wheat – bajra – potato.

Modern farming methods:  In this method modern HYV seeds, chemical fertilizers, modern tools and machineries are used. This provides high yields.