AP 10th Class Social Bits Chapter 9 Rampur: A Village Economy with Answers

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AP State Syllabus 10th Class Social Bits 9th Lesson Rampur: A Village Economy with Answers

Question 1.
Water intensive crop among the following is …………………
A) Maize
B) Bajra
C) Sugarcane
D) Jo war
Answer:
C) Sugarcane

Question 2.
Example for physical or fixed capital is ……………………
A) Expenditure on wages.
B) Expenditure on raw materials.
C) Expenditure on machines.
D) Expenditure on marketing.
Answer:
C) Expenditure on machines.

Question 3.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is a/an ……………………
A) Health scheme
B) Education scheme .
C) Scheme that aimed for environmental protection
D) Scheme that guarantees minimum days of employment
Answer:
D) Scheme that guarantees minimum days of employment

Question 4.
Cows purchased in animal fair ……………………
A) Physical capital
B) Working capital
C) Bank loan
D) A and B
Answer:
A) Physical capital

Question 5.
Which of the following is not a noncommercial activity?
A) Maintenance of warehouses
B) Maintenances of shop
C) Outsourcing
D) Fishing
Answer:
B) Maintenances of shop

Question 6.
The following is not true with regard to agricultural labourers.
A) They can secure loan from bank easily
B) Disguised unemployment is prevalent there
C) They do not have regular employment
D) They are paid less wages
Answer:
A) They can secure loan from bank easily

Question 7.
The reason for small land holdings in our country.
A) More land is allocated for industries
B) Dependence of huge population on agriculture and law of inheritance
C) Vast area in our country is covered by mountains, plateaus
D) Reduction in cultivable land
Answer:
B) Dependence of huge population on agriculture and law of inheritance

Question 8.
Which refers to all human efforts in production, not just manual labour ?
A) Land
B) Capital
C) Organiser
D) Labour
Answer:
D) Labour

Question 9.
Generators, turbines, ploughs all these tools come under which type of capital?
A) Working
B) Fixed
C) Additional
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Fixed

Question 10.
The natural resource which is NOT essential for production is …………………………
A) Land
B) Water
C) Air
D) Forest
Answer:
C) Air

Question 11.
Farmers in Rampur are able to grow three different crops in a year due to ……………………..
A) good educational facilities
B) good training in farming
C) well – developed irrigation system
D) good co-operation by the villagers
Answer:
C) well – developed irrigation system

Question 12.
Which is the incorrect set ?
A) Labour-Human effort in production
B) Working capital – Raw material and money
C) Fertility of land increases by excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
D) Entrepreneurs – Produce for the market
Answer:
C) Fertility of land increases by excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides

Question 13.
Which is the incorrect set about Rampur?
A) Most important activity in village – Farming
B) Crushing machine – Working capital
C) Most abundant factor of production – Labour
D) Common non-farm activity – Dairy
Answer:
B) Crushing machine – Working capital

Question 14.
Which is the physical capital for dairy Industry ?
A) Own shed in the village
B) Buffaloes purchased at the cattle fair
C) Family labour
D) Feed from the land and some medicines for the buffaloes
Answer:
B) Buffaloes purchased at the cattle fair

Question 15.
This scheme provides work to agricultural labour in rural areas when they don’t find agricultural work.
A) Pradhana Mantri Rozgar Yojana
B) Jawahar Employment Gaurantee Scheme
C) Rajiv Rural Works Programme
D) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
Answer:
D) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

Question 16.
Before the introduction of electricity the irrigation was carried on with:
A) Canals
B) Harvesting tanks
C) Persian wheels
D) Tanks
Answer:
C) Persian wheels

Question 17.
Cultivating more than one crop in same piece of land is …………………..
A) Cash Crops
B) Multiple cropping
C) Mixed farming
D) Modern farming
Answer:
B) Multiple cropping

Question 18.
What is the source of capital for the large farmers ?
A) Banks and money lenders
B) Money lenders and relatives
C) Banks and own savings
D) Poor farmers
Answer:
C) Banks and own savings

Question 19.
Which of the following is a fixed capital ?
A) Money
B) Raw material
C) Tools
D) Labour
Answer:
C) Tools

Question 20.
What is the main source of loan for the small farmers?
A) Rich farmers and Money lenders
B) Money lenders and Banks
C) Bank and their own savings
D) Rich farmers and Banks
Answer:
A) Rich farmers and Money lenders

Question 21.
The use of high yields with combination of HYV seeds, irrigation, chemical fertilisers, pesticides etc refers to ………………..
A) Mixed cropping
B) Modern cropping
C) Multiple cropping
D) Mega cropping
Answer:
B) Modern cropping

Question 22.
Which of the following is a part of working capital ?
A) Raw material and land
B) Raw material and money in hand
C) Raw material and building
D) Money in hand and machinary
Answer:
B) Raw material and money in hand

Question 23.
Organic farming does not include …………………
A) Rely bn natural techniques such as crop rotation, compost and biological pest
B) The use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides
C) The use of local resources including biological processes
D) Ecofriendly farming
Answer:
B) The use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides

Question 24.
The person who organises or combines all the factors of production is
A) Worker
B) Manager
C) Entrepreneur
D) Supervisor
Answer:
C) Entrepreneur

Question 25.
Which is not the consequence if environment loses its ability of “Source function’ and “Sink function”?
A) It affects the carrying capacity of the environment
B) Long – term damage to environment
C) Environment will support economic production and consumption
D) Pollution contaminates the resources
Answer:
C) Environment will support economic production and consumption

Question 26.
What percentage of people are dependent on the farming activity in Rampur ?
A) 60%
B) 75%
C) 80%
D) 90%
Answer:
B) 75%

★ Observe the following table and answer the questions from 27 to 30.
Daily Wages for different farm activities in Ándhra Pradesh in December 2011
(in Rupees)

Question 27.
For which work women are getting lowest wages?
A) Weeding
B) Winnowing
C) Harvesting
D) Threshing
Answer:
D) Threshing

Question 28.
For which work men are getting highest wages?
A) Ploughing
B) Weeding
C) Sowing
D) Winnowing
Answer:
B) Weeding

Question 29.
Which work is done only by women?
i) Ploughing
ii) Transplanting
iii) Threshing
iv) Picking cotton
A) i and ii
B) ii and iii
C) ii and iv
D) iii and iv
Answer:
C) ii and iv

Question 30.
Based on the above table, which work is done only by men?
A) Transplanting
B) Winnowing
C) Ploughing
D) Harvesting
Answer:
C) Ploughing

Question 31.
Which of the following is a fixed capital?
A) Labour
B) Tools
C) Money
D) Raw Material
Answer:
B) Tools

Question 32.
Which is the most abundant factor of production?
A) Land
B) Capital
C) Labour
D) Entrepreneur
Answer:
C) Labour

Question 33.
The standard unit of measuring land is …………………
A) Jole
B) Hectare
C) Kilowatt
D) Kilometer
Answer:
B) Hectare

Question 34.
Read the Statements.
i) Due to heavy competition for work among the farm labourers, people agree to work for lower wags.
ii) Relying on machines for farm activi-ties lead to higher wages for farm labourers.
A) i is right
B) ii is right
C) i & ii are right
D) i & ii wrong
Answer:
A) i is right

Question 35.
Which of the following is not true with reference to the Green Revolution?
A) It has raised the living standard of farmers all over India.
B) It was introduced in late 60’s.
C) It has lead to the loss of soil fertility.
D) It brought hybrid seeds into utilisation.
Answer:
A) It has raised the living standard of farmers all over India.

Question 36.
MGNREGA is being implemented from …………………
A) 2002
B) 2003
C) 2005
D) 2004
Answer:
C) 2005

Question 37.
Multiple cropping means growing
A) only two crops
B) more than one crop
C) up to four crops
D) only three crops
Answer:
B) more than one crop

Question 38.
A farmer who works on a piece of 1 hectare of land is treated as
A) small farmer
B) medium farmer
C) large farmer
D) advanced farmer
Answer:
A) small farmer

Question 39.
…………………. has provided some support to the incomes of rural workers.
A) MGNREGA
B) Mid-day meals
C) SSA
D) DWACRA
Answer:
A) MGNREGA

Question 40.
The correct set of matching :

Group – A	Group – B
1. Kharif crop	a) Land
2. Natural resource	b) Wheat
3. Rabi crop	c) Jowar

A) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c
B) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b
C) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c
D) 1 – c, 2 – b, 3 – a
Answer:
B) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b

Question 41.
The correct set of matching :

Group – A	Group – B
1. Persian wheel	a) Irrigation
2. Dairy	b) Non- agricultural activity
3. Tube wells	d) Rajasthan

A) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c
B) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c
C) 1 – c,2 – a, 3 – b
D) 1 – c,2 – b, 3 – a
Answer:
D) 1 – c,2 – b, 3 – a

Question 42.
If production is 80 and consumption is 70, what will be the surplus?
A) 80
B) 30
C) 10
D) 20
Answer:
C) 10

Question 43.
Which of the following is not a nonfarm production activity?
A) Sowing seeds
B) Small manufacturing
C) Dairy
D) Transport
Answer:
A) Sowing seeds

Question 44.
One hectare is equal to the area of how many square metres with one side?
A) 80
B) 90
C) 100
D) 60
Answer:
C) 100

Question 45.
The effect of tapping under ground water
A) under ground water tables have fallen rapidly
B) under ground water tables have increased more
C) under ground water got more nutrition
D) over use lead to accumulation of natural resources
Answer:
A) under ground water tables have fallen rapidly

Question 46.
What is HYV?
A) Half Yielding Varieties
B) Hope Yielding Varieties
C) Hard Yielding Varieties
D) High Yielding Varieties
Answer:
D) High Yielding Varieties

Question 47.
Consumption of chemical fertilizers is highest in which state of India?
A) Haryana
B) Punjab
C) Rajasthan
D) Himachal Pradesh
Answer:
B) Punjab

Question 48.
What is the main activity in Rampur ?
A) Dairy
B) Transport
C) Farming
D) Manufacturing
Answer:
C) Farming

Question 49.
One of the following is not a coarse cereal.
A) Jowar
B) Ragi
C) Wheat
D) Bajra
Answer:
C) Wheat

Question 50.
The cause for decline of fertility of land is due to
A) using organic manures
B) excessive use of chemical fertilizers
C) raising more crops
D) over tilling
Answer:
B) excessive use of chemical fertilizers

Question 51.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about small scale manufacturing in villages ?
A) Farmers engage in it to supplement their income.
B) They take the help of their family members.
C) They produce articles for their own use.
D) Production is done mostly at home.
Answer:
C) They produce articles for their own use.

Question 52.
Physical capital includes
A) tools implements
B) tubewells
C) machines
D) all of these
Answer:
D) all of these

Question 53.
Who is a person who puts together land, labour and capital ?
A) Entrepreneur
B) Money lender
C) Zamindar
D) Manager
Answer:
A) Entrepreneur

Question 54.
Minimum support price is decided by
A) Government
B) Farmers
C) Mediators
D) Traders
Answer:
A) Government

Question 55.
Mineral resources and favourable climatic conditions comes under this type of investment.
A) Private Investment
B) Synthetic Investment
C) Natural Investment
D) Public Investment
Answer:
C) Natural Investment

★ Looking at the given map, answer the following question.
Question 56.
In India map, the marked state is

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Bihar
Answer:
C) Uttar Pradesh

Question 57.
The agricultural labourers work for lower wages because
A) illiteracy
B) lack of skills in other works
C) landless situation
D) All of these
Answer:
D) All of these

Question 58.
What do you think of the land distribution in our country ?
i) Land is equally distributed
ii) Land is not equally distributed
A) Only ‘i’ is true
B) Both ‘i’ & ’ii’ are false
C) Both ‘i1 & ‘ii’ are true
D) Only ‘ii’ is true
Answer:
D) Only ‘ii’ is true

Question 59.
The capital which is used for production is known as …………………….
A) Physical
B) Fixed
C) Working
D) None
Answer:
C) Working

Question 60.
The basic constraint in raising farm production
A) Capital is scarce
B) Lack of labourers
C) Land is fixed
D) Lack of capital
Answer:
A) Capital is scarce

Question 61.
This not a factor of production.
A) Land
B) Labour
C) Entrepreneur
D) Distribution
Answer:
D) Distribution

Question 62.
What one of the following is an economic activity ?
A) Work of a nurse at her home
B) Work of a doctor at home
C) Work of a teacher in the school
D) None of the above
Answer:
C) Work of a teacher in the school

Question 63.
Which of the following activities are carried on at limited scale in Rampur
A) Farming
B) Small scale manufacturing
C) Dairy and Transport
D) Only B and C
Answer:
D) Only B and C

Question 64.
Which factor of production is most abundant in Rampur village ?
A) Land
B) Capital
C) Labour
D) None pf them
Answer:
C) Labour

Question 65.
How many families in Rampur live in small houses ?
A) 200
B) 150
C) 100
D) 125
Answer:
B) 150

Question 66.
Which one of the following does not come under modem farming methods
A) Use of chemical fertilisers
B) Use of person wheel for irrigation
C) Use of HYV seeds
D) Use of tractors
Answer:
B) Use of person wheel for irrigation

Question 67.
Which of the following transformed the system of irrigation at Rampur ?
A) Tube wells
B) Persian wheels
C) Rain water harvesting
D) Multi purpose project
Answer:
A) Tube wells

Question 68.
Green Revolution is related to
A) Milk production
B) Grain production
C) Fishing
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Grain production

Question 69.
Where from do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the capital ?
A) Banks
B) Cooperative societies
C) Village money lenders
D) Friends and relatives
Answer:
C) Village money lenders

Question 70.
Which of the following economic activities is most labour absorbing
A) Industry
B) Biotechnology
C) Agriculture
D) Mining
Answer:
C) Agriculture

Question 71.
Rampur is located in ……………… of Gangetic basin
A) Flood plains
B) Alluvial plains
C) Coastal plains
D) Mountaineous region
Answer:
B) Alluvial plains

Question 72.
In October – December ……………….. is cultivated in Rampur as third crop
A) Potato
B) Wheat
C) Jowar
D) Bajra
Answer:
B) Wheat

Question 73.
Minimum wages for labourers are fixed by ………………….
A) Farmers
B) Employees
C) Government
D) Farmers Association
Answer:
C) Government

Question 74.
……………… % of the people working in Rampur are engaged in non-farm activities
A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 25
Answer:
D) 25

Question 75.
All human efforts put in production is …………………
A) rent
B) entreprenureship
C) capital
D) labour
Answer:
D) labour

Question 76.
One hectare is
A) 100 sq.m
B) 1000 sq.m
C) 10 sq.m
D) 10000 sq.m
Answer:
D) 10000 sq.m

Question 77.
Of the follwoing which is true
A) Labour is a scarce factory of production
B) Non – farm sector in the villages is very large.
C) The small farmers constitute less percentage of total farmers in India
D) In raising’ production, a great pressure is put on land and natujral resources
Answer:
D) In raising production, a great pressure is put on land and natujral resources

Question 78.
…………….. transformed the system of agriculture in Rampur
A) Persian wheals
B) Cattle farming
C) Electricity
D) Wells
Answer:
C) Electricity

Question 79.
Which of the following is not fixed capital?
A) Agriculture land
B) Tube well
C) Fertilizers and pesticides
D) Farm machinery
Answer:
C) Fertilizers and pesticides

Question 80.
The advantages for medium and large farmers
i) They have their own saving form farming
ii) They use mechanisation in farm activities
A) i only correct
B) ii only correct
C) i & ii are correct
D) i & ii are wrong
Answer:
C) i & ii are correct

Question 81.
Of the following which is not correct
A) Kharif is called rainy season
B) Jo war and Bajra are grown in rainy season
C) Rabi is called rainy season is wrong
D) Duing Rabi, wheat is sown
Answer:
C) Rabi is called rainy season is wrong

Question 82.
Of the following which is not true
A) Land is fixed and scarce
B) Multiple cropping helps in increasing
C) Fertility of land production increased with over use of chemical fertilisers
D) Because of small size of the plots, the production not more
Answer:
C) Fertility of land production increased with over use of chemical fertilisers

Question 83.
Two major factors of production are
A) Land and capital
B) Labour and Land
C) Capital and Labour
D) Land and Technology
Answer:
B) Labour and Land

Question 84.
Which capital is needed to set up a Jaggery manufacturing unit ?
A) Fixed
B) Recurring
C) Working
D) None
Answer:
A) Fixed

Question 85.
Along with …………….. and Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh forms a contiguous belt of agricultural prosperous region
A) Punjab
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Assom
Answer:
A) Punjab

Question 86.
Apart from the riverine plans, ……………… in our country are well irrigated
A) Telangana
B) Coastal regions
C) Deccan Plateau
D) Rayalaseema
Answer:
B) Coastal regions

Question 87.
While intensive use of natural resources like land and water has led to increased production and yields, the use of the ………………. has not always been judicious.
A) artificial resources
B) land
C) natural resources
D) capital
Answer:
C) natural resources

Question 88.
All ……………… farmers in Rampur village have tractors
A) Small
B) Middle class
C) Large
D) Marginal
Answer:
C) Large

Question 89.
Who is small farmer ?
A) A farmer having less than 5 hectares of land
B) A farmer having more than 2 hectares of land
C) A farmer having less than 2 hectares of land
D) A farmer having more than 10 hectares of land
Answer:
C) A farmer having less than 2 hectares of land

Question 90.
These are grown as cattle feed
A) Wheat
B) Jowar and Bajra
C) Potato
D) Sugarcane
Answer:
B) Jowar and Bajra

Question 91.
Fertility of land is not declining due to
A) Over use of natural resources
B) Excessive use of chemical fertilisers
C) Excessive use of pesticides
D) Tapping of underground water
Answer:
D) Tapping of underground water

Question 92.
Which are not used up or consumed immediately in production process
A) Raw materials and money
B) Tools, machines, buildings
C) Labour
D) Money only
Answer:
A) Raw materials and money

Question 93.
Which is NOT the feature of landless farm labourers in villages in India ?
A) He works on daily wages
B) He must regularly look for work
C) There is heavy competition for work among the farm labourers
D) They get the work in all months of the vear
Answer:
D) They get the work in all months of the vear

Question 94.
Farmers in Rampur are able to grow three different crops in a year due to the well – developed – system
A) administration
B) irrigation
C) protection
D) none
Answer:
B) irrigation

Question 95.
A few of the families whose houses are close to the bus stand have used a part of the space to open
A) large shops
B) markets
C) small shops
D) market yards
Answer:
C) small shops

Question 96.
Dala’s wages are less than what the Uttar Pradesh government set a minimum wage for a labourer. The reasons is
A) Heavy competition for work among the farm labourers.
B) No awareness about the minimum wages
C) No agriculture in U.P ‘
D) Less mechanisation in rural areas by large farmers
Answer:
A) Heavy competition for work among the farm labourers.