The Story of Village Palampur MCQ 1
Q.21. Who is a person who puts together land, labour and capital?
(a) Moneylender (b) Entrepreneur
(c) Zamindar (d) Manager
Q.22. A farmer who works on a piece of 1 hectare of land is treated as
(a) Medium farmer (b) small farmer
(c) large farmer (d) none of the above
Q.23. Scope of farming activity is limited in Palampur due to
(a) Fixed amount of land (b) lack of irrigation
(c) lack of labour (d) none of the above
Q.24. What is done to surplus wheat in Palampur?
(a) Sold in the market (b) Destroyed
(c) Stocked by self (d) Given in charity
Q.25. Consumption of chemical fertilisers is highest in which state of India?
(a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Rajasthan (d) Himachal Pardesh
Q.26. People of Palampur sell milk in the near by large village named:
(a) Pitampura (b) Siliguri
(c) Shahpur (d) Raiganj
Q.27. Out of the total cultivated areas in the country, how much area is irrigated today :
(a) less than 40% (b) less than 30%
(c) less than 60% (d) less than 70%
Q.28. 'Operation Flood' is related to :
(a) control flood (b) produce fish
(c) milk production (d) grain production
Q.29. Green Revolution is related to :
(a) Milk Production (b) Grain production
(c) Fish production (d) none of these
Q.30. Where do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the capital in Palampur?
(a) Banks (b) Cooperative Societies
(c) Village money lenders (d) Friends and relatives
Q.31. Which one among the following is not fixed capital?
(a) Machines (b) Buildings
(c) Tools (d) Raw materials
Q.32. Why do the farmers of Palampur follow multiple cropping? Choose the correct answer.
(a) Because the water consumption is less in this method
(b) Because this method consumes less chemical fertilisers
(c) Because this method doesn't require fertile soils
(d) Because this method is the most common way of increasing production
Q.33. Which of the following transformed the system of irrigation in Palampur?
(a) Tubewells (b) Persian wheel
(c) Rainwater harvesting (d) None of these
Q.34. How many families lives in Village Palampur?
(a) 150 (b) 250
(c) 350 (d) 450
Q.35. Which one among the following is a nonfarm activity?
(a) Multiple croppping (b) Crop rotation
(c) Dairy farming (d) Modern farming
Q.36. Which one of the following is not an effect of the modern farming?
(a) Soil degradation (b) Deforestation
(c) Decrease in groundwater (d) Water pollution
Q.37. Marginal farmers are those :
(a) who use modern methods for farming
(b) who practice crop rotation for farming
(c) who did not have sufficient land for farming
(d) who use modern methods of irrigation
Q.38. Working capital stands for :
(a) Tools, machines and buildings
(b) raw materials and money in hand
(c) total share capital
(d) fixed deposits in financial institutions
Q.39. Which is the most abundant factor of production in India?
(a) Land (b) Capital
(c) Labour (d) Tools and machines
Q.40. Multiple Cropping refers to :
(a) Cultivation of wheat and rice
(b) cultivation of two crops in alternate rows
(c) cultivating more than one crop on the same field each year
(d) cultivating crops and rearing animals on the same farm
ANSWER
21 (b), 22 (b), 23 (a), 24 (a), 25 (a),
26 (d), 27 (a),28 (c),29 (d),30 (c),
31 (d), 32 (d), 33 (a), 34 (c), 35 (c),
36 (d), 37 (c), 38 (b), 39 (c), 40(c)
