Class 6 Civics Chapter 7 Question Answers - Rural Livelihoods

Q1: What are the other works that Thulasi do besides working on the land?

Ans: Cook food, clean the house and wash clothes.

Q2: What happens when crops are ruined?

Ans: Collecting firewood, getting water and grazing their cattle.

Q3: How do poor families in rural areas spend their time every day?

Ans: Thulasi work on the land that belongs to others.

Q4: Where does Thulasi work?

Ans:  Thulasi works on Ramalingam's land. He has twenty acres of paddy fields in Kalpattu. 

Q5: During monsoon failure, what do the farmers do for their survival?

Ans: Borrow money.

Q6: What was zamindari system?

Ans: It was the system in which the land was mostly owned by big landlords called zamindars.

Q7: Which is the main crop that is grown in irrigated lands?

Ans: Paddy

Q8: Why do people in rural areas travel long distances?

Ans: In search of work

Q9: What are the other source of income for farmers other than farming?

Ans: Collection from the forest, animal husbandry, dairy produce, fishing etc.

Q10: List some non-farm work of the villagers in Kalpattu village?

Ans: Making of baskets, utensil, pots etc. There are people who provide services such as nurses, washer men, weavers, barbers, tailors etc.

Q11: Out of every 5 rural families how many belong to the agricultural labourer's families in India?

Ans: Two

Q12: Terrace Farming is best for _______.

Ans: Paddy

Q13: What are the shops that Ramalingam owns?

Ans: In addition to land, Ramalingam owns a rice mill and seeds and pesticides shop.

Q14: Chizami village is in Phek district in _________.

Ans: Nagaland.

Q15: What the people of Chizami village do?

Ans: Terrace cultivation

Q16: What is the major occupation of the 'Kalpattu' people?

Ans: Agriculture

Q17: Where is the Chizami village located?

Ans: Nagaland

Q18: An age-old economic activity in India is _______.

Ans: Agriculture

Q19: What is agriculture?

Ans: The term agriculture is derived from Latin word ager or agri meaning soil and culture meaning cultivation or tilling of soil.

Q20: Where is Pudupet village situated?

Ans: Pudupet village is situated in Tamil Nadu on the coastal line.

Q21: Farmers, agricultural labourers and fishing families are not able to work throughout the year, but factory workers can work throughout the year. True/false

Ans: True

Q22: The villagers of ''Pudupet'' earn their livelihood from ______.

Ans: Fishing

Q23: According to the chapter, Ramalingam, large farmer, in Kalpattu village borrowed money from government bank to start a ________.

Ans: Rice mill

Q24: According to the chapter what is the daily wage that Ramalingam pays to Thulasi for her labour in his lands?

Ans: Rs- 40

Q25: What is the meaning of five Year Plan of India?

Ans: The economy of India is based on planning through its five year plans developed and executed by the Planning Commission of India.

Q26: People in many rural areas travel long distances, mainly, to _________.

Ans: search for work

Q27: What is the percentage of small farmers in India?

Ans: 80 percent

Q28: What is the percentage of large farmers in India?

Ans: 20 percent

Q29: Name the Indian state where the Terrace farming is popular.

Ans: Nagaland

Q30: What is the important sources of livelihood for the families of some villages in central India?

Ans: Farming and collecting forest produces.