DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL PATNA

REVISION SHEET-1
CLASS IX– ECONOMICS-2023-24

[I] In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and
Reason (R). Read the statements and chose the correct option: 1 Mark

Options:
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.

1.Assertion (A): The double disadvantage of being a landless casual wage labour household in the
socially disadvantaged social groups of the scheduled caste or the scheduled tribe population
highlights the seriousness of the problem.
Reason (R): Except for the scheduled tribe households, all the other three groups (i.e., scheduled
castes, rural agricultural labourers and the urban casual labour households) have seen a decline in
poverty in the 1990s.

2. Assertion (A): The household work done by women is not recognised in the National Income.
Reason (R): Women are paid low compared to men. Most women work where job security is not there.

3.Assertion (A):'People as Resource' is a way of referring to a country’s working people in terms of

their existing productive skills and abilities.
Reason (R): The population from this productive aspect emphasises its ability to contribute the
creation of the Gross National Product.

4. Assertion (A): Despite less calorie requirement, the higher amount for urban areas has been fixed
Reason(R): Because of high prices of many essential products in urban centres

5. Assertion (A): The double disadvantage of being a landless casual wage labour household in the
socially disadvantaged social groups of the scheduled caste or the scheduled tribe population
highlights the seriousness of the problem.
Reason (R): Except for the scheduled tribe households, all the other three groups (i.e. scheduled castes,
rural agricultural labourers and the urban casual labour households) have seen a decline in poverty in
the 1990s.

6. Assertion (A): The increased food grains procurement at enhanced MSP is the result of the pressure
exerted by leading foodgrain producing states, such as Punjab, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh
Reason(R): The intensive utilisation of water in the cultivation of rice has also led to environmental
degradation and fall in the water level, threatening the sustainability of the agricultural
development in these states
 7.Assertion (A): There is a general consensus that high level of buffer stocks of foodgrains is very
desirable and can be useful.
Reason(R): The system, including the minimum support price and procurement has contributed
to a decrease in foodgrain production and provided income security to farmers in certain regions

8.Assertion (A): The food insecure people are disproportionately large in some regions of the country
, such as economically backward states with high incidence of poverty, tribal and remote areas,
regions more prone to natural disasters etc.
Reason(R): Uttar Pradesh (eastern and south-eastern parts), Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, parts
of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra account for largest number of food insecure people in the country.

9.Assertion (A): Poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their very low income and in
turn inability to buy food even for survival.
Reason(R): This type of hunger exists when a person is unable to get work for the entire year

II. Multiple Choice Questions 1 Mark

1. “A Paradoxical manpower situation is witnessed as surplus of manpower in certain categories

coexist with shortage of manpower in others”. Identify the problem
1) Disguised unemployment.
2) Seasonal unemployment
3) Educated unemployment
4)Rural unemployment

2. What are the measures to mitigate the problem of educated unemployed?

a) Proper Manpower planning and Education should be made vocational
b) Higher education should be restricted to a meaningful few.
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) People should get job under MNREGA

3.Choose the False statement.

a) Education contributes towards the growth of society, opens new horizon, provides new aspiration
and develops values of life.
b) Education helps individual to make better use of the economic opportunities available.
c) It decreases the national income, cultural richness and increases the efficiency of governance.
d) Education adds to the quality of labour. This enhances the total productivity. Total productivity
adds to the growth of the economy.

4.Which measure of the government related to education has a catalytic effect on the people?
a) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and Mid-day meal
b) Back to-school camps and Bridge Course
c) The expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP should increase
d) The country's Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education should increase.

5. Investment in human resource is the same as investment in?

a) Land
 b) Capital
c) Property
d) Land and capital

6. On the basis of economic activities, the Indian economy has been classified into three
main sectors i.e., ---------------------

a) Primary, Secondary and Tertiary

b) Market, Non-Market and supermarket
c) Organised, unorganized and semi organised
d) Economic and non-economic market

7. What is unemployment?
a) Unemployment is said to exist when people who are willing to work at the going
wages cannot find jobs. The workforce population includes people from 14 years to 59 years.
b) Unemployment is said to exist when people who are willing to work at the going
wages cannot find jobs. The workforce population includes people from 15 years to 59 years.
c) Unemployment is said to exist when people who are not willing to work at the going wages cannot
find jobs. The workforce population includes people from 15 years to 58 years.
d)Unemployment is said to exist when people who are not willing to work at the going wages cannot
find jobs. The workforce population includes people from 16 years to 59 years.

8. What is one of the biggest challenges of independent India is

a) to bring millions of its people out of abject poverty.
b) every fourth person in India is poor.
c) About 270 million (or 27 crore) people in India live in poverty 2011-12.
d) India has the largest single concentration of the poor in the world.

9. Poor people are in a situation in which they are ill-treated at almost every place, in farms, factories,
government offices, hospitals, railway stations etc. Identity the above category

a) Poverty seen by social scientist

b) Indicator of poverty
c) Analysis of poverty
d) Dimension of poverty

10.Vulnerability is determined by the options available to different communities for finding an

alternative living in terms of

a) Assets, education, health and job opportunities

b) Food, education, health and job opportunities
c) Shelter, health and job opportunities, assets
d) Education, health assets and clothing

11.How does a country measure its poverty?

a) Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of
development and its accepted maximum social norms.
b) Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of
development and its accepted reasonable social norms.
c) Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of
development and its accepted minimum social norms.
d) Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of growth
and its accepted minimum social norms.

12.The accepted average calorie requirement in India is 2400 calories per person per day in rural areas
and 2100 calories per person per day in urban areas. That depends upon

a) Caste, sex and the type of work that a person does.

b) age, sex and the type of vulnerable group
c) Height, sex and the type of work that a person does
d) age, sex and the type of work that a person does

13.The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because:

(i) they do not enjoy as much as people in the urban areas.
(ii) food items are expensive.
(iii) they are engaged in mental work.
(iv) people are engaged in physical labour.

a) Both ( i) and (ii)

b) Both (iii)and(iv)
c) Only (ii)
d) Only(iv)

14.Which two regions of the world reduced its poverty and how?

Number of poor by region ($ 1.90per day) in millions

a) Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia because of high agricultural growth rates.
b) Latin America and Caribbean because of high literacy level
c) China and Southeast Asia because of rapid economic growth and massive investments in human
resource development.
d) Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America because of land reform measures.

15.Minimum Support Price is announced fay the government to provide:

(a) incentives to farmers
(b) incentives to middlemen
(c) incentives to government officials
(d) none of the above
16. What is the alternative name for ration shops?
(a) Fair Price Shops
(b) Grain Shops
(c) Distribution Shops
(d) Kerana Store

17. Who released a special stamp entitled ‘Wheat Revolution’ in July 1968?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru

18.Under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) foodgrains given per family per month is :
(a) 40 kg
(b) 35 kg
(c) 20 kg
(d) 25 kg

19. The main purpose of a buffer stock scheme is:

(a) to solve the problem of shortage of food
(b) to support the farmers
(c) to create the stock for a profit
(d) to sell in the supermarket

20.Which of the following arguments do not support the idea that high level of buffer stocks of food
grains is very undesirable?
(a) High carrying costs.
(b) Waste of food grains.
(c) Deterioration in grain quality.
(d) Proper and best maintenance of food grains

[III] Short Answer Questions 3 Marks

1. What is the difference between disguised unemployment and seasonal unemployment?
2. How are children of educated parents different from those of uneducated ones?
3. Despite the lack of any natural resource, how Japan is a developed country?
4. How are working conditions for women in unorganised sector different from those in the
organised sector?
5. How is food security ensured in India?
6. Which states are more food insecure in India?
7. Do you believe that green revolution has made India self-sufficient in food grains? How?
8. A section of people in India are still without food. Explain?
9. Differentiate between seasonal hunger and chronic hunger?
10. Why buffer stock is created by the government?
11. What are the problems of the functioning of ration shops?
12. Explain any three social indicators through which poverty is looked upon.
13. Define ‘Vulnerability’. How is it determined?
14. Analyse the factors responsible for contributing to decline in poverty in Kerala, Tamil Nadu
and Punjab
15. “Removal of poverty has been one of the major objectives of Indian development strategy.”
In the light of this statement explain the two planks of Indian government on anti-poverty
strategy.
16. Why the results of the poverty alleviation programme have been mixed up

IV. Long Answer Questions (5 Marks Each)

1. What measures have been taken by the government to improve the literacy rate in India?
2.How does unemployment have a detrimental impact on the overall growth of an economy?

3.What measures have been taken by the government to spread education and skills among boys and
girls?

4. Who are said to be unemployed? Explain different types of unemployment with suitable example.
5a) Why is educated unemployed, a peculiar problem of India? [3+2]
b) Discuss about the employment scenario in the three sectors of the Indian Economy
6. Who are the people more prone to food insecurity?
7. What happens to the supply of food when there is a disaster or calamity? Explain with example
8. What has our government done to provide food security to the poor? Discuss any two schemes
launched by the government?
9. Describe how the poverty line is estimated in India.
10. Discuss the major reasons of poverty in India
11. Elucidate the targeted anti-poverty programmes undertaken by the government.