PEOPLE AS A RESOURCE

Q1. Which of the following sectors is related to agriculture, forestry and dairy?
a.Primary sector b. Secondary sector c. Tertiary sector d.Private sector Q2. What is the
primary objective of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)?
a. To promote higher education in India
b. To provide elementary education to all children
c. To improve vocational training programs
d. To offer free healthcare services
Q3. On which of the following point, does the quality of population not
depend? a. Literacy rate b.Health of person
c. Skill formation d.Birth of a person
Q4. Why are rural women employed in low-paid jobs?
a.They do not need to work in high-paid jobs
b.They lack in education or the necessary skill
c.They are not allowed by their families to do high paid jobs
d,They are not aware of the wage structure

Q5.Assertion (A) Human Resource is necessary for the progress of any country.
Reason ( R) Investment in health and education of people can result in a high rate of returns in the future
for a country.
Q6. Assertion (A): Women are paid less than men in government jobs and IT
sector. Reason (R): Women are believed to be less capable than men.
Options
a. A is correct but R is wrong
b. A is wrong but R is correct
c. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
d. Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A

Q7. Which of the following is an economic activity?

a. A teacher teaching his son b. Recitation among friends
b. Teacher teaching in the classroom d. All of the above

Q8. Match the following

Row I Row II

1. Primary Sector i. Fashion designer , designing clothes for herself

2. Secondary Sector ii. Dairy milk chocolate factory

3. Tertiary Sector iii. cotton farmer

4. Non Market Activity iv. IT software developer

 Option: A.1-i,2-ii,3-iii,4-iv B.1-iii.2-ii,3-iv,4-i C. 1-ii,2-i,3-iv,4-iii D.1-i,2-iv,3- iii, 4-ii
Q9. Domestic work by house wife is a _____ activity.
(a) Economic (b) Noneconomic (c) Both of them (d) Primary Q10. Which of the
following is an example of disguised unemployment?
a. A software engineer without a job
b A teacher not having enough students to teach
c. Five members of a farming family working on a small plot of land when only three are
needed d. A worker in a factory that is temporarily shut down
Q11.Decrease in IMR of a country signifies…………….
a. Increase in Life Expectancy
b. Increase in GNP
c. Economic development of a country
d. Increase in number of colleges in a country
Q12.Self consumption is ………………
a. Non- Market activities b. Production activity c. Economic activity d. Services and jobs

Q13. Why is the female literacy rate low ?

(a) lack of equal education opportunities (b) lack of transport facilities (c) lack
of infrastructure (d) lack of income

Q14. The scheme for the establishment of residential schools to impart education to talented children from
rural areas is ……..
a. Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan b.Mid-day meal c.Navodaya Vidyalaya d.Sainik School Q15.
Identify the INCORRECT statements
a. People as a resource is a way of referring to a country’s non working population in terms of their
existing productive skills and abilities.
b. Investment in human capital yields a return just like investment in physical capital. c.
Unemployment in unorganised sector is characterised by irregular and low income. d. Due to historical
and economic reason there is a division of labour between men and women in the family.
Q19. ‘The employment structure is characterised by self – employment in primary sector’
Explain. Q20. Health is wealth. Justify the statement with an example.
Q21. What kind of unemployment exists in rural areas. Explain with examples.
Q22. What kind of unemployment exists in urban area? Explain the paradoxical situation exists because of
it.
Q23. Unemployment has a detrimental impact on the overall growth of an economy. Justify the

statement.