NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Social Science Economics Chapter 1 The Story of Village Palampur
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Q. Main economic activity in the village Palampur is:
Q. What percentage of people are dependent on farming in Palampur?
Q. _______is a person who lends money which has to be paid back at a higher rate of interest.
Q. There is heavy competition for work among the farm labourers in Palampur due to which _______.
Ans. people agree to work for lower wages.
Q. _______ is the most labour absorbing sector of the economy.
Ans. Agriculture.
Q. Modern farming methods require the farmers to start with more cash than before.
Ans. True
Q. The 80 upper caste families owned majority of the land in Palampur.
Ans. True
Q.
| Column A | Column B |
| (1) Land | (a) Active factor |
| (2) Labour | (b) Passive factor |
| (3) Physical capital | (c) Fixed capital & working capital |
| (4) Human capital | (d) Knowledge & enterprise |
Ans. (1)-(b), (2)-(a), (3)-(c), (4)-(d)
Q. What is the main reason behind growing three different crops in a year?
Ans. The main reason behind growing three different crops in a year in Palampur is due to well developed system of irrigation.
Q. What is the implication of heavy competition for work among the farm labourers in village Palampur?
Ans. The implication of heavy competition for work among the farm labourers in village Palampur is that the people are ready to work for lower wages.
Q. What do you understand by the Green Revolution?
Ans. Green Revolution was started in the late 1960s in the field of agriculture. Under this revolution, modern methods of farming were adopted to increase agricultural productivity.
Q. What is the most abundant factor of production?
Ans. Labour is the most abundant factor of production.
Q. What are the four essential requirements for production?
Ans. The four essential requirements for production of goods and services are :
Q. Mention the main features of the Green Revolution.
Ans. The main features of Green Revolution are:
Q. Mention the main features of the Green Revolution.
Q. What do you mean by working capital?
Ans. Production requires a variety of raw materials such as the yarn used by the weaver and the clay used by the potter. Also, some money is always required during production to make payments and buy other necessary items. Raw materials and money in hand are called working capital. Unlike tools, machines and buildings, these are used up in production.
Q. What was the major disadvantage associated with HYV seeds? Explain.
Ans. The biggest disadvantage associated with HYV seeds is the requirement of plenty of water, chemical fertilisers and pesticides to increase productivity. Higher yields are possible only from combination of HYV seeds, irrigation, chemical fertilisers, pesticides, etc. Chemical fertilisers and pesticides degrade our environment by killing necessary bacterias present in the soil. Poor farmers can not afford HYV seeds due to increased requirement of fertilisers and machinery. New machinery replaced manual labour leading to unemployment and rural-urban migration.
Q. What is the purpose of the story of village Palampur?
Ans. The purpose of the story of village Palampur is to introduce some basic concepts relating to production and to make the students aware about various activities done in village to earn their livelihood. With the help of this story students will be able to understand what types of activities are carried out in villages, how villages can be considered developed or underdeveloped, what type of resources are used by the villagers. Thus, hypothetical village Palampur is taken to make clear all the concepts related to production.
Q. What do you mean by multiple cropping and modern farming method?
Ans. Multiple cropping—It refers to growing more than one crop on a piece of land during the year. It is the most common way of increasing production on a given piece of land.
Modern farming method—It is the method of using HYV seeds, tube wells for irrigation, chemical fertilisers and pesticides for farming. The use of modern machinery like tractors and threshers helps in ploughing and harvesting faster to increase the production.
Q. How is land distributed amongst the farmers of Palampur?
Ans. In Palampur, about one third of the 450 families are landless i.e. 150 families in which most of them are dalits who have no land for cultivation. Of the remaining 240 families who own land, cultivate small plots of land which is less than two hectares in size which does not bring adequate income to the farmer's family. There are 60 families of medium and large farmers who cultivate more than two hectares of land. A few large farmers have ten hectares or more.
Q. What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain.
Ans.The different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land are:
(i) Multiple cropping: When more than one crop is grown on a same piece of land throughout the year is known as multiple cropping, e.g. in village like Palampur, now farmers grow two crops at a time and many grow potato as an additional crop to increase the production. Multiple cropping nowadays has become the most common method to increase the production by small farmers especially.
(ii) Modern farming methods: There are various new modern methods of farming which help in increasing the yield per hectare.
E.g. In India, the first farmers to produce with the help of modern farming methods are of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh. These farmers use HYV seeds, chemical fertilisers, and fertilisers for higher and better production and tubewells for irrigation. They were rewarded with the increase in per hectare production of wheat from 1300 kg to 3200 kg per hectare.
Q. Assertion (A): Farming is the main activity in Palampur.
Reason (R): Activities other than farming like small scale manufacturing, dairy, transport, etc. are carried out on a limited scale which proves farming to be a main activity in Palampur.
Ans. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
In Palampur, mostly villagers are engaged in farming activity. Their main occupation is agriculture. The other activities like dairy, transport, etc. are carried out on a limited scale. So both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q. Assertion (A): Palampur is well-connected with neighbouring villages and towns.
Reason (R): Raiganj is a big village and it is 3 kms from Palampur.
Ans. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
According to Assertion, Palampur is well connected to the nearby areas. But the reason doesn't support the statement. It only mentions about Raiganj's distance from Palampur. How Raiganj is well connected to Palampur is not mentioned. So, Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Q. “Green Revolution is associated with loss of soil fertility”. In the light of the statement, mention five problems caused by modern farming.
Ans. The ways in which Green Revolution is associated with loss of soil fertility:
