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Published on: 09/12/2019
The Story of Village Palampur
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1.
Would you agree that the distribution of cultivated land is unequal in Palampur? Do you find a similar situation for India? Explain.
2.
Why do so many families of farmers cultivate such small plots of land?
3.
How is land distributed among the farmers of Palampur?
4.
Describe any three source of irrigation on Palampur?
5.
Mention any four characteristics of an entrepreneur as a factor of production.
6.
What is physical capital? What are its different types?
7.
Is Palampur a developed village? Justify your answer?
8.
What are main activities of the village Palampur?
9.
Can you guess why Mishrilal is unable to increase his profit?
10.
Who provides the labour in this case?
11.
Which of the following economic activities is most labour absorbing?
Industry
Biotechnology
Agriculture
Mining
12.
Where from do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the capital in Palampur?
Banks
Cooperative Societies
Village moneylenders
Friends and relatives
13.
Multiple cropping refers to
Cultivation of wheat and rice
Cultivation of two crops in alternate rows
Cultivating more than one crop on the same field each year
Cultivating crops and rearing animals on the same farm
14.
Which of the following transformed the system of irrigation in Palampur
Tube wells
Persian wheel
Rainwater harvesting
Multipurpose project
15.
Which one of the following does not come under modern farming methods?
Use of chemical fertilisers
Use of Persian Wheel for irrigation
Use of HYV seeds
Use of tractors
16.
Factors of production include
Land
Labour
Capital
All of the above
17.
How many families in Palampur live in small houses?
200
150
100
125
18.
Which of the following activities are carried on at Limited Scale Palampur?
Farming
Small Scale manufacturing
Dairy and Transport
Only (b) and (c)
19.
Which one of the following is an economic activity?
Work of a nurse at her home
Work of a doctor at home
Work of a teacher in the school
None of the above
1.
Yes, we would agree that the distribution of cultivated land is uneequal in Palampur. This is because, 1/3rd of the 450 families are landless 'Dalits' and 240 families have less than 2 hectares of land.
Yes, the similar situation is existing in India where a large numbre of farmer either landless or very less area of land holding.
1. The main reason for unequal land distribution comes due to gap between rich and poor farmers.
2. Rich farmers have large area of land holding which gives better yield and they can sell their crops at good in the market.
3. On the other hand, poor farmers have low yield and less bargaining power in the market.
2.
The following are the reasons for so many families of farmers cultivating small plots of land.
(i) In Palampur about 1/3rd of the 450 families are landless and most of them are Dalits.
(ii) 240 families cultivate small plot of land which is less than 2 hectares in size.
(iii) Poor farmers have only small and scattered land.
(iv) Rural poverty amongst the farmers is the main reason for inequality amongst land owing farmers.
3.
All the people engaged in farming do not have sufficient land for cultivation. In Palampur, nearly 150 families are landless and belong to Dalits. 240 families cultivate pieces of land less than 2 hectares in size. There are 60 families, who own large and medium size plots and cultivate more than 2 acres of land. A few farmers own than 10 hectares of land. It shows that the distribution of land at Palampur is unequal. Such situations are found all over in India.
4.
The various sources of irrigation are as follows:
(i) Wells, tanks and lakes
(ii) Pumping sets/ tubewells
(iii) Canals
(iv) Dams
5.
An entrepreneur is also a factor of production in the production. In fact, he or she is the most important factor of production due to the following characteristics:
1.Risk taker: Entrepreneur takes the risk by undertaking the production process and setting up the facility for the business to go on a continuous basis.
2. Resource Mobilisation: He or she mobilizes resources required for carrying out the business.
3. Idea Generation: Ideas are generated to carry out the production in the most efficient way to reap the benefit of the low cost and high return.
4. The organization of resources: Entrepreneur is key to organizing physical and human resources in such a way that the production process provides the highest productivity.
6.
Physical capital means the tangible and long term assets required for the production process. It includes the following:
(a) Tools, machine, buildings: Tools and machines range from very simple tools such as a farmer's plough to sophisticated machines such as generators, turbines, computers etc. Tools, machine, building can be used in production over many years, and are called fixed capital.
(b) Raw materials and money in hand: Production requires a variety of raw materials such as the yarn used by the weaver and the clay used by the potter.
7.
Yes. Palampur is very well developed village.
(i) It has electricity, transport, dairy, small crops, medical centres. These factors make. It a developed village.
(ii) Palampur is not only a agriculture dominated village but it also has other facilities and it is not dependent on other village for its medical, education needs.
8.
Farming is the main activity of the village Palampur. There are other activities such as small scale manufacturing, dairy, transport etc. Which is carried out on a limited scale .These production activities need various types of resources like natural resources, man-made resources, money etc.
9.
He is unable to increase his profit because he is not sugarcane on a large scale.
10.
In this case, landless farmers are used as labour for the jaggery manufacturing unit.
11.
(c)
Agriculture
12.
(c)
Village moneylenders
13.
(c)
Cultivating more than one crop on the same field each year
14.
(a)
Tube wells
15.
(b)
Use of Persian Wheel for irrigation
16.
(d)
All of the above
17.
(b)
150
18.
(d)
Only (b) and (c)
19.
(c)
Work of a teacher in the school
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