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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 1

What percentage of total land area is cultivated by Medium and Large farmers? Choose the correct answer. 

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 2

Which one of the following terms is used for measuring crop produced on a given piece of land during a single season?

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 3

Which sector includes Agriculture and Animal Husbandry?            

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 4

At present, what is the percentage of the people who are engaged in the rural areas in Non-farming activities :

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 5

'Bigha' and Guintha' are :

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 6

Finance raised to operate a business is the :           

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 7

Which product is sold by Mishri Lal traders in Shahapur           

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Detailed Solution for The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 7
Mishrilal sells his jaggery to traders in Shahpur and not in his village because the market for jaggery in Shahpur is big in comparison to his village, where he can earn more profit.
The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 8

The use of high yields with combinations of HYV (High Yielding Varieties) seeds, irrigation, chemical fertilisers, pesticides etc. refers to :                     

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 9

Multiple Cropping refers to :

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 10

Which is the most abundant factor of production in India?          

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 11

Working capital stands for :                 

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Detailed Solution for The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 11
Working capital, also known as net working capital, is the difference between a company’s current assets, like cash, accounts receivable (customers’ unpaid bills) and inventories of raw materials and finished goods, and its current liabilities, like accounts payable.
The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 12

Marginal farmers are those :                        

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Detailed Solution for The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 12
Marginal Farmer' means a farmer cultivating (as owner or tenant or share cropper) agricultural land up to 1 hectare (2.5 acres). ' Small Farmer' means a farmer cultivating (as owner or tenant or share cropper) agricultural land of more than 1 hectare.

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 13

Which one of the following is not an effect of the modern farming? [2010 (T-1)]

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 14

Which one among the following is a non-farm activity?

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 15

How many families lives in Village Palampur?

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The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 16

It is a place where goods and services sold -           

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 17

Out of the total cultivated areas in the country, how much area is irrigated today :

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 18

Multiple Cropping refers to :

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 19

Land under cultivation (in million hectares) in India in the year 2000 was

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 20

The continuous use of ground water from tube well irrigation has ................... the water table -           

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 21

Factors responsible for low yield of food grains-           

Detailed Solution for The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 21
Technical Factors include techniques and methods of production:

(i) Traditional methods of Cultivation:
Traditional methods of cultivation like manual ploughing, two crop pattern and old system of irrigation are mainly responsible for low productivity of agriculture.

(ii) Old implements:
Traditional equipment’s like wooden ploughs, sickles and spades are commonly used. Tractors & Combines are not so common in use. Due to the use of these old implements agriculture is backward.

(iii) Insufficient irrigation facilities:
Indian agriculture is mainly dependent on rain. Even after 60 years of Independence only 40% of the agricultural land has permanent irrigation facility. Due to improper irrigation facility, farmer can produce one crop only in a year.

(iv) Problems of soil:
Indian soil has many problems like soil erosion, water logging, nitrogen deficiency and swamps. These are the reasons for low productivity of agriculture.
The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 22

            The yield of food grains per hectare is high in Punjab because -           

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 23

Cultivated land area is -           

Detailed Solution for The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 23
75 % of people depend on farming. Land area in the village under cultivation is fixed. Since 1960 there has been no expansion in land area under cultivation. No further scope to increase farm production. The land is fixed for agriculture in the village.The land is unevenly distributed among the farmers of the villages. Some farmers have large lands while some have very small and others have no land at all. Gobind a farmer in Palampur had 2.25 hectares of land. After his death, his land is further distributed among his four sons. In this way, in every village, the land is getting divided hereditarily into smaller and smaller. These divisions may result in poor and unsatisfactory production leading to poor economic status to the country.

The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 24

Modern farming methods require a great deal of-           

Detailed Solution for The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 24
Modern farming methods such as use of HYV insecticides pesticides etc require a great deal of capital so the farmer needs more money than before.   
(i) The medium and large farmers have their own savings from farming. They are thus able to arrange for the capital needed.   
(ii) In contrast, the small farmers have to borrow money to arrange for the capital. They borrow from large farmers or the village moneylenders or the traders who supply various inputs for cultivation.   
(iii) The rate of interest on such loans is very high. They are put to great distress to repay the loan, which is not so in .the case of medium and large farmers.  
The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 25

The concept of Green Revolution was associated with use of

Detailed Solution for The Story Of Palampur -Olympiad Level MCQ, Class 9 SST - Question 25
The Green Revolution in India refers to a period of time when agriculture in India changed to an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technology such as high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, tractors, irrigation facilities, pesticides, fertilizers etc. This was part of the larger Green revolution started by Norman Borlaug, which leveraged agricultural research and technology to increase agricultural productivity in the developing world. Within India, this started in the early 1960s and led to an increase in food grain production, especially in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh during the early phase. The main development was higher-yielding varieties of wheat, and rust resistant strains of wheat.
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