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RACE 2025 SST
PEOPLE AS RESOURCE PRACTICE SHEET
SECTION-A SECTION-B
Objective Type Questions (1 5 = 5) Very Short Answer Type Questions (2 5 = 10)
1. What can be done to improve the condition of 6. When does population become human capital?
unorganised sector?
(A) Set fixed number of hours for work. 7. What is the main drawback of a huge population
(B) Pay employees for extra-time duty. for a country?
(C) Provide provident fund and health insurance
to employees 8. What kind of investment can be made on human
(D) All of the above capital?
9. What is disguised unemployment?
2. Which among the following is a non-market
activity?
10. When does seasonal unemployment happen?
(A) Farming in own farm.
(B) Working in own factory.
SECTION-C
(C) Teaching own children.
Short Answer Type Questions (3 5 = 15)
(D) All of the above
11. What do you understand by ‘people as a
resource’?
3. Population is _____________, not ____________
for the country. 12. How is human resource different from other
(A) A liability, an asset resources like land and physical capital?
(B) A resource, an asset
(C) An asset, a liability 13. What is the role of education in human capital
(D) A liability, a resource formation?
4. Which of the following countries has invested in 14. What are the various activities undertaken in the
human resource, it did not have any natural primary sector, secondary sector and tertiary
resource? sector?
(A) China
(B) India 15. Why are women employed in low paid work?
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Japan SECTION-D
Long Answer Type Questions (5 2 = 10)
5. Unemployment is responsible for: 16. What is the difference between disguised
(A) Depressed economy of a nation unemployment and seasonal unemployment?
(B) Wastes the resources
(C) Make human capital as a liability for the 17. Describe some measures in the education systems
that have been taken to mitigate the problem of the
country
educated unemployed?
(D) All of the above
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ANSWER KEY
1. (D) 10. (Hints & solution)
2. (D) 11. (Hints & solution)
3. (C) 12. (Hints & solution)
4. (D) 13. (Hints & solution)
5. (D) 14. (Hints & solution)
6. (Hints & solution) 15. (Hints & solution)
7. (Hints & solution) 16. (Hints & solution)
8. (Hints & solution) 17. (Hints & solution)
9. (Hints & solution)
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HINT AND SOLUTIONS
1. (D) All of the above 11. ‘People as Resource’ is a way of referring to a
country’s working people in terms of their existing
2. (D) All of the above productive skills and abilities. Looking at the
population from this productive aspect emphasises
3. (C) An asset, a liability its ability to contribute to the creation of the Gross
National Product.
4. (D) Japan Like other resources population also is a resource
– a ‘human resource’. This is the positive side of a
5. (D) All of the above large population that is often overlooked when we
look only at the negative sides.
6. Population becomes human capital when there is
investment made in the form of education, training 12. Although human resource also gives return on
and medical care. investment similar to other resources, it is not only
different but rather superior to other kinds of
7. The primary drawback of a large population is the resources like land and physical capital.
strain on resources and infrastructure. A high This is because human resource can make use of
population increases demand for essential land and capital.
resources such as food, water, housing, healthcare, Not only do the more educated and the healthier
and education. If a country's resources do not people gain through higher incomes, society also
grow at the same pace as its population, it can lead gains in other indirect ways.
to-Unemployment, Poverty, healthcare, and education A more educated or a healthier population spread
become overburdened, reducing their quality, Lower to those also who themselves were not directly
Standard of Living. educated or given health care.
8. Spending resources on education and health for 13. A large population can be turned into a productive
all, training of industrial and agricultural workers asset by investment in human capital.
in the use of modern technology, useful scientific This, in one way, can be done by spending
researches etc. resources on education and for all, training of
industrial and agricultural workers in the use of
9. In case of disguised unemployment people appear modern technology, useful scientific researches
to be employed. More people do the same amount and so on.
of work without making any addition to the The educated people not only gain through higher
productivity. incomes, but also contribute to the society as they
spread out.
10. Seasonal unemployment happens when people are Highly educated or better trained persons lead to a
not able to find jobs during some months of the more productive workforce which contributes to
year. the Gross National Product.
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14. Primary sector – agriculture, forestry, animal Disguised unemployment – In case of disguised
husbandry, fishing, poultry farming, mining, and unemployment people appear to be employed.
quarrying. They have agricultural plot where they find work.
Secondary sector – manufacturing/ Industrial
This usually happens among family members
activity; Textile, Iron & Steel, Cement etc.
engaged in agricultural activity. More people do
Tertiary sector – Trade, transport, communication,
banking, education, health, tourism, services, the work which requires the service of a lesser
insurance etc. number of people, who do not even add to the
productivity of the entire workforce.
15. Due to historical and cultural reasons there is a
division of labour between men and women in the
family. Women generally look after domestic 17. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan is a significant step towards
chores and men work in the fields. providing elementary education to all children in
Their earning like that of their male counterpart is the age group of six to fourteen years by 2010
determined on the basis of education and skill. • It is a timebound initiative of the central
Education and skill are the major determinants of government, in partnership with the states,
the earning of any individual in the market. A the local government and the community for
majority of women have meagre education and achieving the goal of universalisation of
low skill formation. elementary education.
Hence, women are paid low compared to men. • Along with it, bridge courses and back-to-
school camps have been initiated to increase
16. Seasonal unemployment– Seasonal unemployment the enrollment in elementary education.
happens when people are not able to find jobs • Mid-day meal scheme has been implemented
during some months of the year. People dependent to encourage attendance and retention of
upon agriculture usually face such kind of children and improve their nutritional status
problem. There are certain busy seasons when • These policies could add to the literate
population of India. The literacy rates have
sowing, harvesting, weeding and threshing is
increased from 18% in 1951 to 74% in 2010-
done. Certain months do not provide much work
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to the people dependant on agriculture.
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