Economics Chapter 1 NCERT class 9

What is main activity in Palampur?

• Agriculture

• Harvesting

• Irrigation

• Farming

What are factors of Production

• Land, labour, physical capital and human capital.

• Land and labour

• Land , labour and machine

• Fixed capital and working capital

How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur

• It transformed the system of irrigation as farmers started using electric tubewells.

• Farmers were able to use electric run tubewells and were able to irrigate more areas of land.

• By Mid 1970 the entire cultivated area of 200 hectares was irrigated.

• All of the above

By mid 1970 how much cultivated area of Palampur was irrigated.

• 200 hectares Ha

• 300 Hectares Ha

• 400 hectares Ha

• 100 Hectares Ha

Define four requirements for production of goods and services

• Land, labour, physical capital and human capital

• land, labour, fixed capital and human capital.

Examples of fixed capital are. Select all appropriate options.

• Tools, machines and buildings.

• Generator, turbines and computers

• Land

• Cash in hand and working capital.

Examples of Working capital are

• Raw materials and money in hand

• Tools and machinery

• Land

• Labour

In Palampur how many families are landless

• One fifth

• One third

• One fourth

• One sixth

In Palampur how many families are there

• 200

• 300

• 450

• 500

Select the correct option

• Out of 300 families left , 240 cultivate small plots and 60 families cultivate big plots

• Out of 450 families, 250 cultivate small plots and 60 big plots.

• Out of 300 , 200 families cultivated more than 2 hectares and 60 cultivated less than 2 hectares

• None of the above.