Chapter – 1

The Story of Village Palampur

In this post, we have given the Important Questions of Class 9 Social Science Chapter 1 (The Story of Village Palampur) in English. These Important Questions are useful for the students who are going to appear in Class 9 exams.

Board	CBSE Board, UP Board, JAC Board, Bihar Board, HBSE Board, UBSE Board, PSEB Board, RBSE Board
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	Social Science
Chapter no.	Chapter 1
Chapter Name	(The Story of Village Palampur)
Category	Class 9 Social Science Important Questions in English
Medium	English

Very Short Answer Type Questions ( 1 Mark each )

Q1. What do you mean by multiple cropping?

Ans. When a field is used to grow two or more crops on a same piece of land in the same growing season.

Q2. Explain the purpose of the story of the village Palampur?

Ans. The purpose of the story is to introduce some basic concepts relating to production, agricultural and non-agriculal activities.

Q3. What is Green Revolution?

Ans. The Green Revolution was a period when the productivity of wheat and rice increased drastically as result of new advances.

Q4. Who developed the HYV of wheat?

Ans. Prof. Norman Borlaug

Q5. What is the first requirement of production?

Ans.  Land

Q6. What are the items that come under physical capital?

Ans.  Tools, machines, buildings, Raw materials and cash-money

Q7. Mention the sowing period of kharif crops?

Ans. From July to October

Q8. Name of the states who first tried out the modern farming methods in India?

Ans. Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh.

Q9. What is the main economic activity in Palampur?

Ans. Farming.

 

Short/ Long Answer Type Questions (3/5 Marks)

Q1, What is the role of electricity in the farming of Palampur?

Ans.

• Used to run tube wells
• Used in the manufacturing works
• Used in their business for lighting, working fans and domestic appliances etc.

Q2. What are the main factors of production?

Ans.

• Land
• Labour,
• Capital and
• Human capital

Q3. What are the farming and non-farming activities being carried out in Palampur?

Ans.

• Farm activities: Agriculture , Livestock
• Non-farm activities: Transport services, Shop-keeping, Trading, Dairy, Computer center, Small manufacturing e.g. jaggery manufacturing units

Q4. Discuss the major steps taken by the government to improve agriculture in India?

Ans.  Consolidation of holdings, five-year plan on agriculture, minimum support price policy, subsidy on agriculture, financial supports like Gramin Bank, Kisan Credit Card etc.

Q5. What do you mean by modern farming methods?

Ans. HYVs of Seeds, farm machinery, fertilizers, pesticides, and different sources of irrigation

Q6. Discuss the benefits of the Green Revolution?

Ans.

• Increase in agricultural production
• Increase employment opportunities
• Strengthening the linkages between agriculture and industry
• Transformed the farmers market-oriented

Q7. Describe the weaknesses of the Green Revolution.

Ans.

• Loss of soil fertility
• Depletion of water – table
• Increase the regional disparities
• Widened the disparity in income
• Inter-personal inequalities
• No response from small and marginal farmers

Q8. Discuss the various types of resources.

Ans.

• Natural resources
• Man-made resources
• Human resource

 

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