ASSIGNMENT 1

ECONOMICS

Class : IX

CHAPTER 1 – THE STORY OF VILLAGE PALAMPUR

1. What is the difference between multiple cropping and modern farming method?

2. How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?

3. Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why?

4. What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land?
Use examples to explain.

5. What were the main terms on which Savita got a loan from Tejpal Singh? How
can Savita be benefitted if she gets a loan from the bank?
6. What are the main economic activities of the village palampur?

7. What are the four requirements of production? Explain.

8. How are the villagers able to grow more than one crop in palampur?

9. What is the working capital required by the farmer using modern farming
methods?
10. Gosaipur and Majauli are two villages in north Bihar. Out of a total of 850
households in the two villages, there are more than 250 men who are employed
in rural Punjab and Haryana or in Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Hyderabad or Nagpur.
Such migration is common in most villages across India. Why do people migrate?
Can you describe (based on your imagination) the work that the migrants of
Gosaipur and Majauli might do at the place of destination?

The following table shows the production of wheat and pulses in India after the
Green Revolution in units of million tonnes. Plot this on a graph. Was the Green
Revolution equally successful for both the crops? Discuss.

Table 1.2 : Production of pulses and wheat

Production of Pulses Production of Wheat

1965 – 66 10 10

1970 – 71 12 24
 1980 – 81 11 36

1990 – 91 14 55

2000 – 01 11 70

11. Why do small and landless farmers need capital? Explain with examples.
12. (a) What capital did Mishrilal need to set up his jaggery manufacturing unit?
Who provides the labour in this case?

(b) Can you guess why Mishrilal is unable to increase his profit?

(c) Could you think of any reasons when he might face a loss?

(d) Why does Mishrilal sell his jaggery to traders in Shahpur and not in his
village?

13. Write short note on

a. Dairy farming b. small scale manufacturing c. shopkeeping d. transport

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