CBSE Class 9 Social Science Story of Village Palampur Worksheet Set 02

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SENIOR SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
CLASS: IX: ECONOMICS
CHAPTER: 1: The Story Of Palampur
 
SUMMARY OF THE LESSON
 
√ Farming is the main production activity in the villages.
 
√ Over the years there have been many important changes in the way farming is practiced.
 
 √These have allowed the farmers to produce more crops from the same amount of land. This is an important achievement, since land is fixed and scarce.
 
√ But in raising production a great deal of pressure has been put on land and other
 
√ natural resources. In the future, one would like to see more non-farm production
 
√ activities in the vi llages.
 
 √Unlike farming, non-farm activities require little land. People with some amount of capital can set up non-farm activities and reduce the pressure on land.
 
CBSE Class 9 Social Science Story of Village Palampur Worksheet Set B 1
 
 
1. Describe the village Palampur.( Write in your notebook) 
 
2 Name the four requirements needed for the production. Explain
                        OR
Name the factors of production.
 
Ans.1. The first requirement is land, and other natural resources such as water, forests, minerals.
2. The second requirement is labour that is people who will do the work.
3. The third requirement is physical capital, i.e., the variety of inputs required at every state during production. There are 2 types of Physical Capital- (i) Fixed (ii) Working.
4. Human Capital : The knowledge and enterprise that we need to put together land, labour and physical capital to produce an output is human Capital.
 
3 .Differentiate between Fixed and Working Capital? OR What is Physical Capital?What are the different types? Explain each type.
Ans
CBSE Class 9 Social Science Story of Village Palampur Worksheet Set B 2
 
4 What is the main production activity in Palampur? Mention its features?
 
Ans
1. Farming is the main production activity in Palampur.
2. 75% of the people who are working are dependant on farming for their livelihood.
3. They could be farmers or farm labourers. The well-being of these people is closely related to production on the farms.
 
5. What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain. OR How was multiple cropping practiced in Pallampur ? Explain
 
Ans 1. The main reason why farmers are able to grow three different crops in a year in Palampur is due to the well-developed system of irrigation, as electricity came early to Palampur.
2.To grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping. It is the most common way of increasing production on a given piece of land.
3. For example in Palampur during the rainy season (kharif) farmers grow jowar and bajra. These plants are used as cattle feed. It is followed by cultivation of potato between October and December.
4. In the winter season (rabi), fields are sown with wheat. From the wheat produced, farmers keep enough wheat for the family’s consumption and sell the surplus wheat at the market at Raiganj.
5. A part of the land area is also devoted to sugarcane which is harvested once every year. Sugarcane, in its raw form, or as jaggery, is sold to traders in Shahpur.
 
6.Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh were rewarded with high yields of wheat. Why?
 
Ans
1. Higher yields were possible only from a combination of HYV seeds, irrigation, chemical fertilisers, pesticides etc. HYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant.
2. HYV seeds, however, needed plenty of water and also chemical fertilizers and pesticides to produce best results.
2. Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh were the first to try out the modern farming method in India.
3. The farmers in these regions set up tubewells for irrigation, and made use of HYV seeds, chemical fertilizers and pesticides in farming.
5. Some of them bought farm machinery like tractors and threshers, which made ploughing and harvesting faster.
 
7. What are the main constrains in raising farm production? OR What are the major constraints in raising farm production in Palampur since 1960?
 
Ans
1. Land area under cultivation is practically fixed.
2. Since 1960 in Palampur, there has been no expansion in land area under cultivation.
3. Some of the wastelands in the village had been converted into cultivable land. So, there exists no further scope to increase farm production by bringing new land under cultivation.
 
8.Why are farmers able to grow three different crops in a year in Palampur?
 
Ans
1. The main reason why farmers are able to grow three different crops in a year in Palampur is due to well-developed system of irrigation.
2. Electricity came early to Palampur.
3. Persian wheels were till then used by farmers to draw water from the wells and irrigate small fields, but people saw that the electric run tube wells could irrigate much larger areas of land more effectively.
4. The first few tube wells were installed by the government.
 
CBSE Class 9 Social Science Story of Village Palampur Worksheet Set B 3
 
9. What is difference between multiple cropping and modern farming method?
 
Ans CBSE Class 9 Social Science Story of Village Palampur Worksheet Set B 4
 




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