CBSE
Class 9 Social Science
Important Questions
Economics Chapter-1
The Story of Village Palampur
5 marks Questions
1. Explain the various factors of production.
Ans. Land: The first requirement is land and other natural resources such as water, forests,
and minerals.
Labour: The second requirement is labour. That is people who will do the work. Some
production activities require highly educated workers to perform the necessary task.
Labour is of two types that are skilled and unskilled labour.
Physical capital: The third requirement is physical capital. Physical capital is of two types.
First is fixed capital and second is working capital.
Human Capital: Human capital is the most important factor of production It put together
land, labour and physical capital.
2. Explain the ill effects of green revolution?
Ans. Green revolution is associated with the loss of soil fertility due to increase use of
chemical fertilizer.
Continues use of groundwater for tube well irrigation has reduced the water table below the
ground.
Environmental resources like soil fertility and groundwater are built up over many years.
Once destroyed it is very difficult to restore them.
Modern farming methods used under the green revolution have over used the natural
resources base. Maximum forest land was converted into agricultural land.
The green revolution was limited only up to few states like Punjab and Haryana.
3. What do you know about Green revolution?
Ans. The Green revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to cultivation of
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wheat and rice using high yield varieties of seeds.
Compared to the traditional seeds the HYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts
of grain on a single plant.
As result, the same piece of land would now produce far larger quantity of food grains than
was possible earlier.
HYV seeds, however, needed plenty of water and also chemical fertilizers and pesticides to
produce best results.
Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh were the first to try out the modern
farming methods in India.
4. How are the farmers in village Palampur able to grow more crops from the same
land?
Ans. The framers of village Palampur has well-developed system of irrigation.
Most of the houses have electric connections.
Due to the availability of electricity the system of irrigation was transformed. Persian wheels
were earlier used by farmers to draw water from the wells and irrigate small fields.
The government took initiative to install the electric run tub wells.
Now the farmers can irrigate their field anytime.
The use of HYV seeds, modern tools and equipments, pesticides and fertilizers increase the
production of food grains.
5. Why is it important to develop irrigation facilities?
Ans. Cultivation is not possible without irrigation.
There are some areas in India where rainfall is not adequate so there is need to develop
irrigation facilities.
Maximum cash crops like rice, wheat, sugarcane require educate amount of water at regular
intervals so there is need to develop irrigation facilities.
HYV seeds need irrigation.
The objective to get maximum yield is not be fulfilled without irrigation.
6. What problems do farm labourers face in term of employment?
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Ans. They don’t get regular work.
Their wages are very less.
They are exploited by large farmers and money lenders.
They are bound to be in debt trap by village money lenders due to various malpractices and
high rate of interest.
They are land less labourers and they don’t have their own source of income.
Due to the use of tractors and harvesting machines the demand of labourers is decreased.
7. What are the features of traditional methods of farming?
Ans. Traditional seeds are used.
For irrigation depend upon monsoon.
Wooden tools and equipment are used.
Bullock carts are used to plough land.
The production is done for family use
Manure and cow dung is used to increase the fertility of soil.
8. What are the features of modern farming methods of farming?
Ans. HYV seeds are used.
For irrigation depend upon tub well.
Advance and mechanical tools and equipment are used.
Tractors are used to plough land.
The production is done for commercial farming.
Fertilizers and chemicals are used to increase the fertility of soil.
9. Explain the distribution of land among farmers in Palampur.
Ans. In Palampur, about 1/3 of 450 families are land less.
240 families cultivate small plots of land less than 2 hectares in size.
60 families of medium and large farmers cultivate land of more than 2 hectares in size.
A few of the large farmers have land extending over 10 hectares or more.
On the other hand, more than half the area of the village is covered by plots that are quite
large in size.
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10. Why do modern farming methods require more capital?
Ans. Modern farming methods need tractors, harvesting machines and other mechanical
tools. To purchase them huge amount of money is required.
Modern farming methods need HYV seeds to increase the production. To purchase them
huge amount of money is required.
The price of chemicals and expenditures are very high.
Installing tub wells to irrigate fields is a very costly process.
Modern farming also needs skilled workers. To hire the skilled workers, huge amount of
capital is required to make their payments.
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