Where do Thulasi and Sekar work?

1

(a)

At their own land.

(b)

At their relative's land.

(c)

At Ramalingam's land.

(d)

They do not do farm activities.

How much money did Ramalingam pay his workers?

1

(a)

Rs 100

(b)

Rs 50

(c)

Rs 40

(d)

Rs 80

Who has a hybrid cow?

1

(a)

Raman

(b)

Sekar

(c)

Ramalingam

(d)

Aruna

Which of the following villages is a fishing village?

1

(a)

Pudupet

(b)

Kuppakulam

(c)

Nagaland

(d)

Kalpattu

When did they go to the sea?

1

(a)

At 2 am

(b)

At noon

(c)

At 4 am

(d)

At evening

I work from 8:30 in the morning till 4:30 in the evening and ________ supervises us.

1

(a)

Karuthamma

Our _______ daughters are the joy of our lives.

1

(a)

school-going

Nearly _________ of all rural families are agricultural labourers in our country.

1

(a)

Karuthamma

Soon the _________ becomes so large that no matter what they earn, they are unable to repay.

1

(a)

loan

Aruna and her family suffered a lot because of monsoon.

1

(a) True

(b) False

Thulasi lives in Pudupet village.

1

(a) True

(b) False

Ramalingam has 20 acres of paddy fields in Kalpattu.

1

(a) False

(b) True

Only 20 per cent of India's farmers are like Ramalingam.

1

(a) False

(b) True

The people of Chizami belong to the Chakhesang community.

1

(a) False

(b) True

Kalpattu village is located in which state?

1

(a)

Kalpattu village is located in Tamil Nadu.

Name the work of people who reside in the village?

1

(a)

People here do many kirfds of work. Here people do both kinds of work i.e. non-farming and farming. Non-farm works such as making baskets, utensils, pots, bricks, bullock-carts etc.

Who sell tiffin? Name the items?

1

(a)

There are four tea shops, which sell tiffin. In morning, they sell idli, dosa and upama and in evening they sell snacks like vadai, bond a and mysorepak.

What is the problem with Thulasi?

1

(a)

When Thulasi was young, she could do any work. But now as she grew older, she finds bending for long hours with her feet in water very painful.

How much rural families are dependent on agricultural labour?

1

(a)

In India, about two out of every five rural families are agricultural labourer families. All of them depend on the work they do on other people's fields to earn a living.

In your notebook draw some picture of work that you have seen people do in rural areas and write a few sentences that describe the work.

1

(a)

Students should do it themselves

What work does Sekar's family do? Why do you think Sekar does not usually employ labourers for doing farming work?

3

(a)

Why do both Sekar's and Aruna's families have to borrow? What similarities and differences do you find?

3

(a)

Have you heard of tsunami? What is this and what damage do you think it might have done to the life-of fishing families like Aruna' s?

3

(a)

What are other shops of the village Kalpattu?

3

(a)

Why did Thulasi and Raman have to sell their cow?

3

(a)

Give a brief account on rural livelihoods.

5

(a)

(i) Describe the works that you see people doing in the above picture.
(ii) Identify the different types of work that are related to farming and those that are not. List these in a table.
(iii) In your notebook draw some pictures of work that you have seen people do in rural areas and write a few sentences that describe the work.

5

(a)

(i) What do you understand through the picture?
(ii) How do Ramalingam and his family survive?

5

(a)