The Story of Village Palampur

Q.1. Which of the following is grown in the rainy season?

(a) Jowar and bajra (b) Wheat (c) Soyabean (d) Rice

Ans. (a)

Q.2. Which of the following is a Rabi crop?

(a) Wheat (b) Rice (c) Cotton (d) Jowar and bajra

Ans. (a)

Q.3. Which of the following is fixed capital?

(a) Tools and machines (b) Fertilisers and pesticides

(c) Soil (d) Seeds

Ans. (a)

Q.4. Which of the following is a standard unit of measurement of land?

(a) Bigha (b) Hectare (c) Acre (d) Guintha

Ans. (b)

Q.5. The minimum wages for a farm labourer set by the government is

(a) Rs. 50 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 70 (d) Rs. 80

Ans. (b)

Q.6. Money in hand is an example of

(a) Human capital (b) Fixed capital (c) Working capital (d) Physical capital

Ans. (c)

Q.7. HYV seeds stands for

(a) Heavy yielding variety seeds (b) High yielding variety seeds

(c) Half yielding variety seeds (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.8. What is the main production activity in Palampur village?

(a) Farming (b) Animal husbandry (c) Transport (d) Small-scale manufacturing

Ans. (a)

Q.9. Multiple cropping means growing

(a) only two crops (b) only three crops (c) upto four crops (d) more than one crop

Ans. (d)

Q.10. Land under cultivation (in million hectares) in India in the year 2000 was

(a) 120 (b) 130 (c) 140 (d) 150

Ans. (c)

Q.11. Which area in India has a low level of irrigation?

(a) Deccan plateau (b) Coastal regions (c) Riverine plains (d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (a)

Q.12. Modern farming methods were tried in India for the first time in

(a) Punjab (b) Western U.P. (c) Haryana (d) All the above

Ans. (d)

Q.13. Which of the following is a modern farming method?

(a) Multiple cropping (b) Use of HYV seeds

(c) Use of chemical fertilisers (d) Both (b) and (c)

Ans. (d)

Q.14. Production of pulses (in million tonnes) in India during 2000-01 was

(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 14 (d) 12

Ans. (b)

Q.15. Which one is a natural resource?

(a) Labour (b) Raw materials (c) Mineral (d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

Q.16. High yielding variety seeds (HYV) were introduced to Indian farmers as a result of

(a) White Revolution (b) Green Revolution

(c) IT Revolution (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.17. Which Kharif crop is used for cattle feed?

(a) Sugarcane (b) Potato (c) Jowar and bajra (d) Wheat

Ans. (c)

Q.18. The activities such as small manufacturing, transport, shopkeeping are referred to as

(a) Non-economic activities (b) Non-farming activities

(c) Non-traditional activities (d) Non-market activities

Ans. (b)

Q.19. High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds are developed in

(a) Research institutes (b) Factories

(c) Krishak Bharati Cooperatives (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.20. The concept of White Revolution is associated with

(a) food crops (b) milk (c) cotton (d) pesticides

Ans. (b)

Q.21. Who is a person who puts together land, labour and capital?

(a) Moneylender (b) Entrepreneur (c) Zamindar (d) Manager

Ans. (b)

Q.22. A farmer who works on a piece of 1 hectare of land is treated as

(a) medium farmer (b) small farmer (c) large farmer (d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.23. Scope of farming activity is limited in Palampur due to

(a) fixed amount of land (b) lack of irrigation

(c) lack of labour (d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.24. What is done to surplus wheat in Palampur?

(a) Sold in the market (b) Destroyed (c) Stocked by self (d) Given in charity

Ans. (a)

Q.25. Consumption of chemical fertilisers is highest in which state of India?

(a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Rajasthan (d) Himachal Pardesh

Ans. (a)

Q.26. People of Palampur sell milk in the near by large village named

(a) Pitampura (b) Siliguri (c) Shahpur (d) Raiganj

Ans. (d)

Q.27. Out of the total cultivated areas in the country, how much area is irrigated today :

(a) less than 40% (b) less than 30% (c) less than 60% (d) less than 70%

Ans. (a)

Q.28. 'Operation Flood' is related to :

(a) control flood (b) produce fish (c) milk production (d) grain production

Ans. (c)

Q.30. Where do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the capital in Palampur?

(a) Banks (b) Co-operative Societies (c) Village money lenders (d) Friends and relatives

Ans. (c)

Q.31. Which one among the following is not fixed capital?

(a) Machines (b) Buildings (c) Tools (d) Raw materials

Ans. (d)

Q.32. Why do the farmers of Palampur follow multiple cropping? Choose the correct answer.

(a) Because the water consumption is less in this method

(b) Because this method consumes less chemical fertilisers

(c) Because this method doesn't require fertile soils

(d) Because this method is the most common way of increasing production

Ans. (d)

Q.33. Which of the following transformed the system of irrigation in Palampur?

(a) Tubewells (b) Persian wheel (c) Rainwater harvesting (d) None of these

Ans. (a)

Q.34. How many families lives in Village Palampur?

(a) 150 (b) 250 (c) 350 (d) 450

Ans. (c)

Q.35. Which one among the following is a non-farm activity?

(a) Multiple croppping (b) Crop rotation (c) Dairy farming (d) Modern farming

Ans. (c)

Q.36. Which one of the following is not an effect of the modern farming?

(a) Soil degradation (b) Deforestation

(c) Decrease in groundwater (d) Water pollution

Ans. (d)

Q.37. Marginal farmers are those :

(a) who use modern methods for farming (b) who practice crop rotation for farming

(c) who did not have sufficient land for farming (d) who use modern methods of irrigation

Ans. (c)

Q.38. Working capital stands for :

(a) tools, machines and buildings (b) raw materials and money in hand

(c) total share capital (d) fixed deposits in financial institutions

Ans. (b)

Q.39. Which is the most abundant factor of production in India?

(a) Land (b) Capital (c) Labour (d) Tools and machines

Ans. (c)

Q.40. Multiple Cropping refers to :

(a) cultivation of wheat and rice

(b) cultivation of two crops in alternate rows

(c) cultivating more than one crop on the same field each year

(d) cultivating crops and rearing animals on the same farm

Ans. (c)

Q.41. The use of high yields with combinations of HYV (High Yielding Varieties) seeds, irrigation,

chemical fertilisers, pesticides etc. refers to :

(a) modern cropping (b) mixed cropping (c) multiple cropping (d) mega cropping

Ans. (a)

Q.42. Which product is sold by Mishri Lal traders in Shahapur

(a) Jaggery (b) Cotton Textile (c) Machine Tools (d) Fertilisers

Ans. (a)

Q.43. Finance raised to operate a business is the :

(a) labour (b) enterprise (c) land (d) capital

Ans. (d)

Q.44. 'Bigha' and Guintha' are :

(a) the type of village house (b) the types of Hybrid seeds

(c) the measuring units of grain (d) the measuring units of land area in village

Ans. (d)

Q.45. At present, what is the percentage of the people who are engaged in the rural areas in Non-farming

activities :

(a) 14% (b) 24% (c) 34% (d) 44%

Ans. (b)

Q.46. Which sector includes Agriculture and Animal Husbandry?

(a) Primary Sector (b) Secondary Sector (c) Tertiary Sector (d) None of these

Ans. (a)

Q.47. Which one of the following terms is used for measuring crop produced on a given piece of land

during a single season?

(a) Yield (b) Productivity (c) Cultivation (d) Output

Ans. (a)

Q.48. What percentage of total land area is cultivated by Medium and Large farmers? Choose the correct

answer.

(a) 36 (b) 50 (c) 85 (d) 64

Ans. (d)