Social Science Class IX- Assignments
PEOPLE AS RESOURCE
ASSIGNMENTS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
1. Why is literacy rate low among the females?
(a) Lack of equal
education opportunities (b) Lack of transport facilities (c) Lack of
infrastructure (d) Lack of income
2. In which state was the literacy rate highest as per a 2001 study?
(a) Kerala (b) Madhya
Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Orissa
3. Which of the following is a significant step towards providing elementary
education to all the children in the age group of 6-14 years?
(a) Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan (b) Adult Education Programme (c) Mid-day meal (d) None of the above
4. Market activity refers to Production for
(a) exchange (b)
earning income (c) earning profit (d) all the above
5. Increase in longevity of life is an indicator of
(a) good quality of
life (b) improvement in health sector (c) better HDI (Human development index)
(d) all the above
6. Self-consumption is
(a) non-productive activity
(b) non-market activity (c) non-economic activity (d) none of the above
7. Secondary sector includes
(a) trade (b) marketing
(c) manufacturing (d) education
8. One who can read and write in any language with understanding is termed as
(a) student (b) adult
(c) child (d) literate
9. What is India’s position in scientific and technical manpower in the world?
(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fourth
10. Investment in human capital is expenditure on
(a) education (b)
training (c) medical care (d) all the above
11. The scheme for the establishment of residential schools to impart education
to talented children from rural areas is
(a) Kendriya Vidyalaya
(b) Navodya Vidyalaya (c) Sarvodya Vidyalaya (d) None of the above
12. Services of housewives are included in
(a) national income (b)
domestic income (c) household income (d) none of the above
13. Infant Mortality Rate refers to the death of children under the age of
(a) 1 year (b) 2 years (c) 3
years (d) 4 years
14. Choose the non-market activities
(i) Vilas sells fish in the
village market (ii) Vilas cooks food for his family (iii) Sakal works in a
private firm
(iv) Sakal looks after his
younger brother and sister
(a) (i) & (ii) (b)
(iii) & (iv) (c) (i) & (iii) (d)
(ii) & (iv)
15. Choose the primary sector activities :
(i) Forestry (ii) Poultry
farming (iii) Animal husbandary (iv) Manufacturing
(a) (i) (b) (i), (ii), (iii)
(c) (ii), (iii), (iv) (d) All the above
16. Tertiary Sector provides
(a) services (b) goods (c)
both goods and services (d) none of the above
17. Quality of population depends upon
(a) literacy rate (b) health
(c) skill (d) all the above
18. People as a resource refers to their
(a) educational skills (b)
productive skills (c) health skills (d) none of the above
19. Seasonal unemployment is found in
(a) urban areas (b) rural
areas (c) in remote areas (d) both in rural and urban areas
20. Bribe-taking is an
(a) economic activity (b)
marketing activity (c) non-economic activity (d) none of the above
21. The persons who are not working by choice are covered under
(a) seasonal unemployment (b)
disguised unemployment (c) educated unemployment (d) none of the above
22. Disguised unemployment occurs when the number of persons working on a farm
are
(a) only what is required (b) more
than required (c) less than required (d) none of the above
23. In which state was the literacy rate least as per a 2001 study?
(a) Bihar (b) Orissa (c)
Madhya Pradesh (d) Karnataka
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE
EXAMINATION PAPERS
1. In which of the following fields is the disguised unemployment found?
(a) Industries (b)
Agriculture (c) Mining (d) Fisheries
2. What is the major aim of ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’?
(a) To provide elementary education
to women (b) To provide elementary education to rural poor (c) To provide
elementary education to all children in
the age group of 6-16 years (d) To provide elementary education to urban poor
3. Which one of the following is related to the tertiary sector?
(a)
Agriculture (b) Forestry (c) Mining (d) Communication
4. What was the literacy rate of India in 2001?
(a)
60% (b) 50% (c) 65% (d) 75%
5. What was the literacy rate of India in 1951?
(a)
65% (b) 40% (c) 18% (d) 10%
6. Which one of the following is an activity of the secondary sector?
(a)
Manufacturing (b) Agriculture (c) Education (d) Mining
7. In which of the following fields disguised unemployment is mostly present?
(a)
Transport (b) Communication (c) Industries (d) Farming
8. Which one among the following is the most labour absorbing sector?
(a)
Agriculture (b) Fisheries (c) Poultry farming (d) Mining
9. Which one of the following is associated with the primary sector?
(a)
Agriculture (b) Banking (c) Transport (d) None of these
10. Which is an economic Activity in the following?
(a)
Work of Nurse at her home (b) Work of Doctor at their home (c) Work of Teacher
in the school (d) None of the above
11. Which is the most literate state in India?
(a)
Bihar (b) Kerala (c) Goa (d) Assam
12. Which one of the following is considered important to create a ‘virtuous
cycle’ by the parents?
(a)
To send their children to the school (b) To provide good food to their children
(c) To join their children in corporate schools
(d)
To take care of the health and education of their children
13. Which one among the following comes under primary sector?
(a)
Forestry (b) Industries (c) Transport (d) Communication
14. Which sector of Indian economy is the most labour absorbing?
(a)
Agriculture (b) Transport (c) Construction (d) Shop-keeping
15. Infant mortality rate in 2000 was :
(a)
82 (b) 70 (c) 75 (d) 35
16. Tertiary sector of economy includes :
(a)
Tourism (b) Forestry (c) Quarrying (d) Agriculture
17. What is the life expectancy in India according to the census of 2000?
(a)
72 years (b) 53 years (c) 64 years (d) 80 years
18. Which one of the following comes under secondary sector?
(a)
Mining (b) Banking (c) Weaving (d) Farming
19. What are the major determinants of the earning of any individual?
(a)
Their physical capacity to work (b) Their role in politics (c) Their education
and skill (d) Their financial ability to invest
20. ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ is a significant step towards providing :
(a)
Secondary education (b) Elementary education (c) Higher education (d) Women
education
21. Tenth plan endeavoured to increase enrolment in higher education from 6% to
:
(a)
7% (b) 9% (c) 10% (d) 12%
22. Decrease in IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) of a country signifies :
(a)
Increase in life expectancy (b) Increase in GNP (c) Economic development (d)
Increase in number of colleges in a country
23. When more people are employed than required for a particular job it is known
as :
(a) unemployment (b) seasonal
unemployment (c) disguised unemployment (d) employment
24. Strike the odd one out (with reference to population) :
(a)
Education (b) Medical Care (c) Training (d) Computers
25. The number of females per thousand males refer to :
(a)
Sex Ratio (b) Literacy Rate (c) Infant Mortality Rate (d) Birth Rate
26. At Rampur village in an agricultural field 6 men are required for weeding,
but 10 people are doing the work. This kind of employment is known as :
(a)
Disguised unemployment (b) Seasonal unemployment (c) Rural unemployment (d) All
of these
27. Which one of the following is not a cause of urban unemployment?
(a)
Mass migration from rural to urban areas (b) Slow rate of economic development
(c)
Mal adjustment between the demand and supply of labour (d) Caste system
28. Census refers to :
(a)
Total no. of babies born (b) Official counting of population done after every
ten years
(c)
Total no. of infants that are vaccinated (d) Recording of Birth and Deaths every
year
29. Type of employment when people are not able to find jobs during some parts
of the year is called
(a)
Disguised employment (b) Seasonal employment (c) Expected employment (d)
Educated employment
30. Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to tertiary
sector?
(a)
In these activities goods are either grown on the earth or dug out from the
earth
(b)
These activities transform primary goods into some commodities with the help of
manual labour or machines
(c)
These activities generate services rather than goods (d) This sector is
primarily known as service Sector
31. Banking is an example of which sector activity?
(a)
Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) Both b and c
32. When there is investment made in the form of education, training and medical
care, the population becomes :
(a)
Working capital (b) Human capital (c) Fixed capital (d) Capital growth
33. Education contributes towards the growth of a society. It also enhances the
:
(a)
National income (b) Cultural richness (c) Efficiency of governance (d) All of
the above
34. Educated unemployment is partly because of :
(a)
slower rate of industrial expansion (b) improper educational system (c) both a
and b (d) none of these
35. The work force population of India includes people from the age group of :
(a)
10-59 years (b) 15-59 years (c) 20-59 years (d) 25-59 years
36. Activities like trade, transport, health, banking, insurance etc. are
included in ________ sector.
(a)
Secondary (b) Primary (c) Manufacturing (d) Tertiary
37. Children between age group of 6 to 14 years are given education under
(a)
Purna Shiksha Abhiyan (b) Prathmik Shiksha Abhiyan (c) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (d)
Basic Shiksha Abhiyan
38. To encourage attendance and improve nutritional status Government has
introduced a scheme named
(a)
Morning meal (b) Mid-day meal (c) Afternoon meal (d) Evening meal
39. In rural India, two types of unemployment exist :
(a)
Disguised and optional (b) Seasonal and undisguised (c) Seasonal and optional
(d) Seasonal and disguised
40. A special scheme, which was aimed at providing elementary education to all
children in the age group of 6-14 years by 2010 is called :
(a)
Sarva Shiksha sankalp (b) Bal Shiksha Abhiyan (c) Bal Shiksha Sankalp (d) Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan
41. Banking is included in which type of economic sector?
(a)
Tertiary (b) Primary (c) Secondary (d) Manufacturing
42. Number of babies born for every 1000 people during a year is called
(a)
Death rate (b) Birth rate (c) Growth (d) Population increase
43. ‘Birth Rate’ means the number of live births per :
(a)
Hundred persons (b) Five hundred persons (c) Thousand persons (d) Two thousand
persons
44. In the secondary sector, which is the most labour absorbing unit?
(a)
Small scale manufacturing (b) Medium scale manufacturing (c) Large scale
manufacturing (d) None of these
45. Which one of the following activities come under primary sector?
(a)
Forestry (b) Banking (c) Transport (d) Tourism
46. Which is the most labour absorbing sector of the economy?
(a)
Banking (b) Dairy farming (c) Agriculture (d) Mining
47. In the secondary sector, which is the most labour absorbing unit?
(a)
Small scale manufacturing (b) Medium scale manufacturing (c) Large scale
manufacturing (d) None of the above
48. Which of the following is a non-economic activity?
(a)
A Teacher teaching in a school (b) A Doctor caring the patient (c) A Mother
cooking for her family
(d)
A Nurse working in a hospital
49. Which sector includes Agriculture and Animal Husbandry?
(a)
Primary Sector (b) Secondary Sector (c) Tertiary Sector (d) None of these
50. ‘Disguised unemployment’ could be traced in
(a)
Mining Activity (b) Service Sector (c) Agriculture (d) Social Forestry
51. Which one of the following programmes is aimed to encourage attendance and
retention of children in schools and improve their nutritional status?
(a)
Back to School Campus (b) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (c) Right to Education Act (d)
Mid-day Meal Scheme
52. Which one of the following activities absorbs most of the labour force of
secondary sector in India?
(a)
Large scale industries (b) Cottage industries (c) Small scale industries (d)
Hi-tech industries
53. Which one of the following cannot be regarded as building of the Human
Capital in a country?
(a)
Spending resources (b) Providing training of industrial workers (c) Increasing
salary of workers (d) Providing health to all
54. Among which age group of children does the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan aim to
promote education? Choose the correct answer :
(a)
6-14 years (b) 6-15 years (c) 8-14 years (d) 8-15 years
55. Government has set schools in each district called
(a)
Army Schools (b) Navodaya Vidyalaya (c) Sainik School (d) Missionary School
56. Number of deaths for every 1000 people in a year is called
(a)
Death Rate (b) Birth Rate (c) Decrease Rate (d) Population Decrease
SHORT ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS (3 marks)
1.
How is human resource different from the other resources? Explain.
2.
Why is educated unemployment a peculiar problem in India? Explain.
3.
What is the difference between disguised unemployment and seasonal
unemployement?
4.
Explain how people become a resource.
5.
Explain the role of education in human capital formation.
6.
What do you understand by economic activities? Give example.
7.
Why is literacy rate high among the males of India? Explain.
8.
What is the basic aim of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan? Explain.
9.
What is the main objective of ‘Navodaya Vidyalayas’?
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE
EXAMINATION PAPERS
1.
What is the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan? What are itsobjectives?
2.
What is the difference between economic activities and non-economic
activities?
3.
Define human resource. When does a human resource become human
capital?
4.
What is unemployment? How many types it is? Explain.
5.
What is Infant Mortality Rate? Why infant mortality rate is
decreasing?
6.
Define human resource. When does human resource become human capital?
7.
What is the difference between seasonal and disguised unemployment?
8.
Why is human capital significant? Mention three points.
9.
How will you explain the term unemployment?
10.
Why is the human resource important for development?
11.
What is meant by unemployment? Name the types of unemployment that
exist in rural as well as urban areas.
12.
What does IMF stand for? Write any one of its function. Do you think
that functioning of IMF is really democratic?
13.
What does ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ aim to achieve the target of
providing elementary education to all children under the age group of 6-14
years?
14.
‘Japan is a developed and rich country in spite of lacking in natural
resources.’ Justify the statement by giving three suitable examples.
15.
Distinguish between market activities and nonmarket activities.
16.
What is human capital formation? How has it helped India?
17.
Explain in detail the disadvantages of unemployment.
18.
Write a short note on ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.’
19.
Why are women paid less compared to men? Name the field of organised
sector suited for women.
20.
Define unemployment and explain its any two types
21.
Give three measures taken by Government to improve literacy condition
in India.
22.
Suggest any three ways to transform population load into an asset.
23.
What is the role of education in human capital formation? Explain.
24.
Write the role of health in human capital formation. Give three
points.
25.
Suggest any three measures in the education system to mitigate the
problem of educated unemployed.
26.
What are the two types of economic activity?
State two characteristics of each.
27.
How are children of educated parents different from those of
uneducated parents? Give three points of difference.
28.
People are the greatest resource that a country has. Explain.
LONG ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS (4 marks)
1.
What do you understand by economic activities? List some of the
unpaid economic activities done by women in India.
2.
Is begging an economic activity? Explain.
3.
How do physical capital and human capital differ? From which source
can the human capital be created?
4.
What is the role of education in economic development? Explain.
5.
How does health infrastructure affect the economic development?
Explain.
6.
What is the role of socio-economic implications of unemployment?
7.
Is large population an asset or a liability? Discuss.
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE
EXAMINATION PAPERS
1.
What is the difference between disguised unemployment and seasonal
unemployment?
2.
How can you say that unemployment has a detrimental effect on the
growth of an economy?
3.
Why did Japan emerge as a developed country inspite of its poor
natural resources?
4.
Why are the women employed in low paid work?
Give
any four points.
5.
What is meant by economic activities? Explain the three types of
economic activities.
6.
Why did Japan emerge as a developed nation in spite of having poor
natural resources? State any four reasons.
7.
What is the difference between economic activity and non-economic
activity? Give two examples of each?
8.
Discuss about the employment scenario in the three sectors in India.
9.
What is economic activity? Explain its types also.
10.
Can you suggest some measures in the education system to mitigate the
problem of educated unemployed?
11.
What do you mean by quality of population? What factors are
responsible for improving the quality of people?
12.
Discuss the role of health and education in human capital formation.
13.
‘Unemployment has a detrimental impact on the overall growth of an
economy’. Justify the statement by giving four suitable reasons.
14.
“In the past and present migration of the people from rural and urban
areas has shown and upward trend.” What factors compel the rural people to
migrate to cities?
15.
‘Human being is a positive asset and a precious national resource.’
Elaborate.
16.
How does the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan help in improving elementary
education in India?
17.
Education is universally recognised as a major component of human
capital formation. Describe the steps taken by the government to improve the
level of education in India.
18.
What is ‘UNEMPLOYMENT’? Define and explain Seasonal Unemployment and
disguised Unemployment with examples. Mention one demerit of Unemployment.
19.
Explain some strategies made by the Government to solve the problem
of unemployment in India?
20.
What are the difference between seasonal and disguised unemployment?
Explain.
21.
Explain the classification of economic activities.
22.
Suggest any four methods so that a people could become an asset for
the economy of a village.
23.
What is the role of education in Human capital formation?
24.
How the investment in human capital can be of immense importance for
a society as a whole? State any four advantages.
25.
Explain difference between vicious and virtuous cycle of life with
reference to human resource.