The Story of Village Palampur PDF
The Story of Village Palampur PDF
The Story of Village Palampur PDF
A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is grown in the rainy 11. Which area in India has low level of
season? irrigation?
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(a) Jowar and bajra (b) Wheat (a) Deccan plateau (b) Coastal regions
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(c) Soyabean (d) Rice (c) Riverine plains (d) Both (a) and (b)
2. Which of the following is a Rabi crop? 12. Modern farming methods were tried in India
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(a) Wheat (b) Rice for the first time in
(c) Cotton (d) Jowar and bajra (a) Punjab (b) Western U.P.
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3. Which of the following is fixed capital? (c) Haryana (d) All the above
(a) Tools and machines 13. Which of the following is a modern farming
method?
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(b) Fertilisers and pesticides
(c) Soil (d) Seeds (a) Multiple cropping
4. Which of the following is a standard unit of (b) Use of HYV seeds
(c) Use of chemical fertilizers
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measurement of land?
(a) Bigha (b) Hectare (d) Both (b) and (c)
(c) Acre (d) Guintha 14. Production of pulses (in million tons) in India
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(a) medium farmer (b) small farmer
(a) Electric tubewell (b) Water sprinklers
(c) large farmer (d) none of the above
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(c) Rainfall (d) None of the above
23. Scope of farming activity is limited in
Palampur due to 29. Organic fertilisers are composed of
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(a) fixed amount of land (a) plant matter
(b) lack of irrigation (b) non-carbonaceous chemicals
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(c) lack of labour (d) none of the above (c) animal matter
(d) both (a) and (c)
24. What is done to surplus wheat in Palampur?
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(a) Sold in the market (b) Destroyed 30. Capital requirement of medium and large
(c) Stocked by self (d) Given in charity farmers is mainly fulfiled by
25. Consumption of chemical fertilizers is highest (a) marketable surplus
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in which state of India? (b) credit from moneylenders
(a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) non farming activities
(d) none of the above
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1. Which of the following is the main economic 6. Out of the total cultivated areas in the country,
activity of Palampur? [2010 (T-1)] how much area is irrigated today?
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(a) Tools, Machines and Buildings
(c) Because this method doesn’t require fertile
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(b) Raw material and money in hand
soils.
(c) Total share capital
(d) Because this method is the most common
(d) Fixed deposits in financial institutions
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way of increasing production
13. Which of the following transformed the system 23. The standard unit for measuring land is?
[2010 (T-1)]
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of irrigation in Palampur? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Tubewells (a) Quintal (b) Hectare
(b) Persian wheel (c) Bigha (d) Guintha
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(c) Rainwater harvesting 24. What is the basic constraint in raising farm
(d) None of the above production ? [2010 (T-1)]
14. The consumption of chemical fertilisers is (a) Lack of technology
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highest in: [2010 (T-1)] (b) Poor irrigation facilities
(a) U.P. (b) Haryana (c) Fixed land area
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15. Which of the following is working capital? 25. Which is the most abundant factor of
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(a) 150 (b) 250 (c) 350 (d) 450 (b) Cultivation of two crops in alternate rows
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(c) Rs. 90 (d) Rs. 60
31. Which one of the following does not come
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42. Which one of the following is not an example
under modern farming method? [2010 (T-1)]
of capital ? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Use of chemical fertilisers
(a) Machines (b) Factories
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(b) Use of Persian Wheel for irrigation
(c) Entrepreneur (d) Raw Material
(c) Use of HYV seeds
43. ‘Multiple cropping’ stands for : [2010 (T-1)]
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(d) Use of tractors
(a) Hybrid plantation methods
32. Finance raised to operate a business is the :
(b) The practice of growing more than one crop
[2010 (T-1)]
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on a piece of land during a year
(a) Labour (b) Enterprise
(c) The practice of mixed cropping along with
(c) Land (d) Capital dairy farming
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33. Farmers use HYV seeds of wheat and rice for (d) The plantation of tall trees along with
higher yields. HYV stands for : [2010 (T-1)] croppings.
(a) How You Value
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(d) High Yielding Variety (c) Tertiary Sector (d) None of these
34. Machinery, new technology and buildings are 45. Which one of the following is the example of
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(c) Working Capital (d) Investment (a) 14% (b) 24% (c) 34% (d) 44%
36. Among the factors of production which is most 47. Which one of the following terms is used for
abundant in Palampur village? [2010 (T-1)] measuring crop produced on a given piece of
(a) Land (b) Capital land during a single season ? [2010 (T-1)]
(c) Labour (d) None (a) Yield (b) Productivity
37. Which product is sold by Mishri Lal traders (c) Cultivation (d) Output
in Shahapur? [2010 (T-1)] 48. What percentage of total land area is
(a) Jaggery (b) Cotton Textile cultivated by Medium and large farmers ?
(c) Machine Tools (d) Fertilizers Choose the correct answer. [2010 (T-1)]
38. ‘Bigha’ and Guintha’ are : [2010 (T-1)] (a) 36 (b) 50 (c) 85 (d) 64
(a) The type of village house 49. Which one of the following inputs is not a
(b) The types of Hybrid seeds working capital? [2010 (T-1)]
(c) The measuring units of grain (a) Machines (b) Raw-materials
(d) The measuring units of land area in village (c) Money (d) None of these
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50. Which one of the following states was among (a) Punjab
first to try out the modern farming methods (b) Haryana
in India ? [2010 (T-1)] (c) Western Uttar Pradesh
(a) Haryana (b) Jharkhand (d) Tripura
(c) Bihar (d) Orissa 52. People of Palampur sell milk in the nearby
51. Which of these states were not the first to try large village named - [2010 (T-1)]
modern method of farming in India. (a) Pitampura (b) Siliguri
[2010 (T-1)] (c) Shahpur (d) Raiganj
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A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
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1. Explain the major impact of electricity on the Kharif crops. When are they sown and harvested?
farmers of Palampur. Give examples also.
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2. What is the basic aim of production? What are 5. What is the difference between multiple cropping
the essential four requirements for production? and modern farming method?
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3. What do you mean by working capital? How 6. Modern farming methods require the farmers to
does it affect the day to-day activities in invest more cash than before. Why? Explain.
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farming? 7. “A major disadvantage is associated with HYV
4. Explain the difference between Rabi crops and seeds.” Explain.
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B. QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS
1. What is multiple cropping? Give any three points 12. Write any three factors which have enabled the
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modern farming methods? Mention any three 13. What is Green Revolution? Name any two states
points. [2010 (T-1)] which were the first to try out the modern farming
3. What are the source of irrigation in Palampur? methods in India. [2010 (T-1)]
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Capital [2010 (T-1)]
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27. Give a brief description about factors of
23. What are HYV seeds ? Write one merit and one production. [2010 (T-1)]
limit in their case. [2010 (T-1)]
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III. LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (4 marks)
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A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
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1. Why it is necessary to increase the area under inputs which are manufactured in industry?
cultivation? Explain. 4. What were the main terms on which Savita got
2. What is the main source of capital for medium a loan from Tejpal Singh? How can Savita be
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and large farmers? How is it different from the benefitted if she gets a loan from the bank?
small farmers? Explain. 5. Explain the basic aim of the ‘Green Revolution’
3. Why do modern farming methods require more in India. How did it affect the market economy?
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1. What are the different ways of increase 9. What are the various ways through which farmers
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production on the same peace of land? Explain can get loan? Write their advantages and
any four point [2010 (T-1)] disadvantages. [2010 (T-1)]
2. Who provides the labour for farming in 10. What are the various requirements of produc-
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Palampur? How are they paid for their work? tion? Explain them. [2010 (T-1)]
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of goods and services? Explain. [2010 (T-1)] examples to explain? [2010 (T-1)]
4. What are the differences between multiple 12. What are the four requirements for production
cropping and modern farming methods? of goods and services? [2010 (T-1)]
[2010 (T-1)] 13. State four steps for optimal utilization of land.
5. Where and why was the Green Revolution started [2010 (T-1)]
in India ? What factors were responsible for the 14. How can you say that Palampur is a well
Green Revolution? [2010 (T-1)] developed village? [2010 (T-1)]
6. Explain any two positive and two negative effects 15. Differentiate between fixed capital and working
of the Green Revolution. [2010 (T-1)] capital. Give any four points. [2010 (T-1)]
7. What are the difficulties faced by the small 16. What do you mean by physical capital? Explain
farmers in arranging capital in comparison with with examples. Also explain its two types.
medium and large farmers? [2010 (T-1)] [2010 (T-1)]
8. Is Palampur a developed village? Explain by 17. What is meant by Green Revolution ? Mention
presenting four arguments. [2010 (T-1)] some of its features. [2010 (T-1)]
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18. What are the modern farming methods ? Explain 22. What is land ? Suggest any three ways to sustain
their drawbacks. [2010 (T-1)] land. [2010 (T-1)]
19. Explain four efforts which can be made to 23. Explain two achievements and two drawbacks
increase non-farming production activities in of Green Revolution in Indian agriculture.
villages. [2010 (T-1)] [2010 (T-1)]
20. Explain any four non-farming activities in 24. Explain the four requirements for production of
Palampur village. [2010 (T-1)] goods and services. Give one example of each.
21. What do you mean by the Green Revolution ? [2010 (T-1)]
Why was the initial impact of Green Revolution 25. How does small farmers manage their capital in
limited to wheat and only to a few regions.? Palampur village ? [2010 (T-1)]
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ASSIGNMENTS FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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I. ACTIVITIES Guidelines for teachers :
(1) Divide the students into two teams of
1. Plan a visit to a factory in your area and 6 members each.
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discuss the following points with the person (2) Ask Team ‘A’ to discuss the benefits of
concerned : pesticides, insecticides and chemical
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● Product range being manufactured by the fertilisers.
factory (3) Ask Team ‘B’ to discuss the various
● Area occupied by the factory and its demerits of these chemicals — how it
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location affects our environment, how crop quality is
● How much direct labour is involved in affected with these chemicals etc.
production process and how much indirect (4) Draw a conclusion based on the discussion
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whole year?
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centuries. (f) To what extent is their character, health,
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nature etc. responsible for their success or
VII. ASSIGNMENT failure?
Step 2 : After collecting relevant data put them
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Make a comparative study of the living standards
in respective columns under two heads. Study
of the peasants of Punjab and Haryana regions
the information and data collected and determine
with those of Bihar and Orissa.
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the various factors affecting the life of peasants
Method : in these regions.
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Step 1 : Collect the following information and Step 3 : Make a report of your findings.
data :
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