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The Story of Village of Palampur

1. What is the main production activity of Palampur?

Ans: Farming

2. Name the Four requirements for production of goods and services?

Ans: requirements for production of goods and services:

i) Land

ii) Labour

iii) Physical Capital

iv) Enterpreneur or Human Capital

3. What is a Physical Capital? Differentiate between Fixed and Working Capital.

Ans: Physical capital: The third requirement is Physical capital, i.e., the variety of inputs
required at every stage during production. Physical capital is again divided into two types.

i) Fixed capital
ii) working capital

Differences between Fixed and Working capital:

Fixed capital: tools, machines, buildings can be used in production over many years,
and are called fixed capital.

Working capital: raw materials and money in hand are called working capital. Unlike
tools, machines and buildings these are used up in production.
4. How farmers are able to grow three different crops in a year in palampur?

Ans: farmers are able to grow three different crops in a year in palampur because:

i) Due to well developed system of irrigation


ii) Electricity came early to palampur.
iii) Its major impact was to transform the system of irrigation.( from persian wheels to
electric bore wells)
5. What is a multiple cropping?

Ans: Multiple Cropping:

i) To grow more than one crop on a same piece of land during the year is known as
multiple cropping.

ii) It is the most common way of increasing production on a given piece of land.

6. Write about traditional farming method?

Ans: Traditional Farming Method:

i) Till the mid 1960s the seeds used in cultivation were traditional ones with relatively
low yields.
ii) Traditional seeds needed less irrigation.
iii) Farmers used cow-dung and other natural manure as fertilizers.
iv) All these were readily available with the farmers who did not have to buy them.
7. Write about modern farming method?

 Ans: Modern Farming Method:

 In modern farming method crops are grown by using:

 HYV seeds

 Irrigation facilities

 Fertilizers

 Pesticides

 Machines etc.,

 Cost of production is high.

 Production also high.

8. What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land?

Ans: The different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land are:

i) Multiple cropping
ii) Modern farming method
9. What are the sources of irrigation in palampur?

Ans: Sources of irrigation in palampur:

 Sources of irrigation:

 Rivers

 Lakes

 Ponds

 Ground water etc.,


10. Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why.

Ans: it is important to increase the area under irrigation, because:

i) India is an agricultural country.


ii) Nearly 2/3 rd of the population are dependent on farming for their livelihood.
iii) Of the total cultivated area in the country, a little less than 40 percent is irrigated
even today. In the remaining areas, farming is largely dependent on rainfall which is
irregular and uncertain.
iv) Indian cannot achieve the self – sufficiency in food grains unless the area under
irrigation is increased.
11. What is a Green Revolution? What are its positive and negative impacts.

Ans: The Green Revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to cultivation of
wheat and rice.

Positive impacts:
i) increased the yield per hectare.
ii) Increased the income of farmers
iii) Helped to make the country food secure

Negative impacts:

i) Land looses its natural fertility


ii) Cause for land degradation
iii) Loss of bio chemicals in water
iv) Water table has gone down.
12. How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different
from the small farmers?

Ans:

i) Medium and large farmers usually have surplus cash by selling their farm produce.
ii) Since they have land and house, they easily get loan from banks.
iii) Small farmers, on the other hand, may not be able to get bank loans.
iv) They have to depend on the local merchant and moneylender for loan.
13. What are the non – farm activities? Give some examples.

Ans: Non – farm activities are those which do not include farming as a source of income.
They are like.,
i) Dairy
ii) Small scale manufacturing
iii) Transport
iv) Construction
v) Trade etc.,
14. What can be done so that more non-farm production can be started in villages?

Ans:

i) Three that need to be done to encourage non-farm production activities in village:


ii) The government should set up schemes whereby landless labourers and small
farmers are able to get cheap loans to start small individual/community businesses.
iii) In addition to financial assistance, the government should set up rural workshops to
enable the villagers to build on their skill levels.
iv) The government should also work towards improving the infrastructure of villages
so that the rural parts of the country are well connected to the urban areas.

THE END

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