MANAV RACHNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Sector-51, Noida
Session- 2023-2024
Worksheet- Village Palampur

Q1. Choose the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is grown in the rainy season?

(a) Jowar and Bajra
(b) Wheat
(c) Soybean
(d) All of the above
2. What is the source of capital for the large farmers?
(a) Banks and own savings
(b) Money lenders and relatives
(c) Banks and money lenders
(d) Poor farmers
3. What is done to surplus wheat in Palampur?
(a) Sold in the market
(b) Destroyed
(c) Given in charity
(d) Stocked by self
4. Which of the following is a modern farming method?
(a) Multiple cropping
(b) Use of HYV seeds
(c) Use of chemical fertilizers
(d) Both (b) and (c)
5. What makes Palampur a model village for Sustainable Development?
a) Its abundance of resources
b) Its high-tech farming methods
c) Its efficient use of resources and community driven development
d) Its proximity to large cities.
6. Which of the following statements is not true about small-scale
manufacturing in villages?
(a) Farmers engage in it to supplement their income
(b) Farmers take help of their family members
(c) The production is done mostly at home
(d) Farmers produce articles for their own use
7. Where do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the
capital in Palampur?
(a) Banks
(b) Co-operative Societies
(c) Village money lenders
(d) Friends and relatives
8. Scope of farming activity is limited in Palampur due to
(a) fixed amount of land
(b) lack of irrigation
(c) lack of labour
(d) none of the above
9. Assertion (A) : Palampur has well-developed transportation facilities.
Reason (R) : The village is well-connected to the nearest town by a
network of roads and railways.
 a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
10. Assertion (A) : The labourers in Palampur are paid very high wages.
Reason (R) : The competition for labour is very high in the village.
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

Q2. Enumerate the different factors of production.

Q3. Differentiate between Fixed Capital and Working Capital
Q4. What do you mean by Human Capital?
Q5. How did the farmers of Village Palampur increase their production on fixed
lands?
Q6. ‘Scientific reports indicate that the modern farming methods have overused
the natural resource base’. Explain the statement,
Q7. Write any three problems faced by farm labourers of Village Palampur.
Q8. Describe any three non farming activities that peopleof Palampur are
engaged in.