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Rural Economics Model Question Paper

11th Standard

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Economics

Time : 02:00:00 Hrs
Total Marks : 50
    10 x 1 = 10
  1. Which is considered as the basic unit for rural areas?

    (a)

    Panchayat

    (b)

    Village

    (c)

    Town

    (d)

    Municipality

  2. What percentage of the total population live in rural area, as per 2011 censes?

    (a)

    40

    (b)

    50

    (c)

    60

    (d)

    70

  3. What is the term used to denote the coexistence of two different features in an economy?

    (a)

    Technology

    (b)

    Dependency

    (c)

    Dualism

    (d)

    Inequality

  4. Identify the agriculture related problem of rural economy

    (a)

    Poor communication

    (b)

    Small size of landholding

    (c)

    Rural poverty

    (d)

    Poor banking network

  5. Indicate the cause for rural poverty.

    (a)

    Lack of non - farm employment

    (b)

    High employment

    (c)

    Low inflation rate

    (d)

    High investment

  6. How much share of rural families in India is in debt?

    (a)

    Half

    (b)

    One fourth

    (c)

    Two third

    (d)

    Three fourth

  7. In which year, Regional Rural Banks came into existence?

    (a)

    1965

    (b)

    1970

    (c)

    1975

    (d)

    1980

  8. Identify the year of launch of MUDRA Bank?

    (a)

    1995

    (b)

    2000

    (c)

    2010

    (d)

    2015

  9. Identify the year in which National Rural Health Mission was launched.

    (a)

    2000

    (b)

    2005

    (c)

    2010

    (d)

    2015

  10. "An Indian farmer is born in debt, lives in debt, dies in debt and bequeaths debt" - who said this?

    (a)

    Adam Smith

    (b)

    Gandhi

    (c)

    Amartya sen

    (d)

    Sir Malcolm Darling

  11. 10 x 2 = 20
  12. Define Rural Economy.

  13. Rural Poverty - Define.

  14. Define open unemployment.

  15. Define Cottage Industry.

  16. State any two causes of housing problem in rural areas.

  17. Define Rural Electrification.

  18. What are rural industries?

  19. Define Population Density.

  20. What is a dependency?

  21. Define the term - "Dualism".

  22. 5 x 3 = 15
  23. State the importance of Rural Development.

  24. Explain the causes for Rural Backwardness.

  25. What are the remedial measures for Rural Unemployment?

  26. Mention the features of SHGs.

  27. List out the objectives of MUDRA Bank

  28. 1 x 5 = 5
  29. "The features of Rural Economy are peculiar"- Argue.

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