Question 1275884
Question 1275884
Question 1275884
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a) Statement (c) is incorrect. b) Statement (a) is incorrect.
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a) Commercial banks b) NABARD
a) Storage b) Processing
a) DPAP b) DDP
c) IRDP d) TRYSEM
28. Which of the given statement is incorrect with regard to the role of Information Technology (IT) in rural [1]
development?
a. It has ushered in a knowledge economy
b. Government can predict the areas of food insecurity by using appropriate software tools
c. Provides information regarding prices, weather and soil conditions for growing different crops
d. Results in an equitable distribution of resources
a) Economic and legal upliftment of rural areas b) Social and economic upliftment of rural
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areas
c) Social and technical upliftment of rural d) Social and legal upliftment of rural areas
areas
30. Which of the following statements is not true? [1]
a) Self help group charges low rate of interest b) Self help group was established in 1975
c) Self help group has helped in the d) Self help group provides macrofinance to
empowerment of women farmers
31. Which of the following was NOT the benefit accruing from Golden Revolution? [1]
a) Increase in production and exports of fruits b) Increase in the income of the farmers.
and vegetables.
c) Employment for women in rural areas. d) Increase in production of milk and related
products.
32. Why do we find hidden (disguised) unemployment in agriculture? Can it be in other sectors also? [3]
33. What is unemployment? What are the most common types of unemployment found in India? [3]
34. What role do trade unions play in protection of workforce? [3]
35. Why are regular salaried employees more in urban areas than in rural areas? [3]
36. Raj is going to school. When he is not in school, you will find him working in his farm. Can you consider him a [3]
worker? Why?
37. The nature of work in urban areas is different from rural areas. Justify the given statement with a valid [3]
explanation.
38. Why is it not easy to maintain an employment growth rate of 2% for a country like India? [3]
39. It is necessary to create employment in the formal sector rather than in the informal sector. Defend or refute the [3]
given statement with valid arguments.
40. Economists say that if casualisation increases the earning of the people, such phenomenon should be welcomed. [3]
Do you agree? Justify your answer.
41. Informalisation leads to casualisation. Explain. [3]
42. Statement 1: The nature of unemployment problem in India is uni-faceted. [1]
Statement 2: Worker-Population ratio is an indicator used for analysing the employment situation in a country.
a) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true. b) Both Statements 1 and 2 are true.
c) Both Statements 1 and 2 are false. d) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
43. Statement I: All the public sector establishments and those private sector establishments which employ 10 hired [1]
workers or more are called informal sector establishments and those who work in such establishments are
informal sector workers.
Statement II: In 2011-12, the year for which gender wise data on formal-informal sector employment is
available, about 20 per cent of formal sector and 30 per cent of informal sector workers are women.
a) Both the statements are true. b) Both the statements are false.
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employment opportunities to absorb the growing workforce.
a) Statement 2 is true and Statement 1 is false. b) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
c) Both the statements are true. d) Both the statements are false.
45. Statement I: The National Sample Survey Organisation defines unemployment as a situation in which all those [1]
who, owing to lack of work, are not working but either seek work through employment exchanges,
intermediaries, friends or relatives or by making applications to prospective employers or express their
willingness or availability for work under the prevailing condition of work and remunerations.
Statement II: Economists define unemployed person as one who is not able to get employment of even one
hour in a day.
a) Both the statements are true. b) Both the statements are false.
a) Both the statements are false. b) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
c) Statement 2 is true and Statement 1 is false. d) Both the statements are true.
47. What efforts should be made in an economy to prevent continuous use of exhaustible natural resources (like [3]
petroleum, coal and natural gas) in the production?
48. How do the Water contamination factor contribute to the environmental crisis in India? What problem do they [3]
pose for the government?
49. you are residing in highly populated area of Mumbai. Due to over population your locality harms the [3]
environment, suggest any four measures to you neighbours to protect environmentent.
50. Environmental problems arise due to overuse and misuse of environmental resources. Explain. [3]
51. In order to protect the future of our planet, it is important to tackle carbon emissions. [3]
In the light of the above statement and image, discuss any two strategies to tackle this global concern.
52. Maintaining Air Quality Index (AQI) is the need of the hour. [3]
Do you agree with the given statement? Justify your answer with a valid argument.
53. State any two harmful effects of using chemical fertilizers. [3]
54. How has population explosion and the advent of industrial revolution resulted in environmental crisis? [3]
55. State any two harmful effects of Global warming. [3]
56. Explain the concept of Affluence trap as a cause of the environmental crisis. [3]
57. Assertion (A): India supports approximately 17% of the world's human population. [1]
Reason (R): The high density of population exerts an enormous pressure of India's finite land resources.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
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explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
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(i) The widening gap between the growth of GDP and employment is known as ________. [1]
63. State True or False: [5]
(a) Rapid increase in population is a major cause of supply-demand reversal. [1]
(b) Global warming is due to increase in the greenhouse gas concentrations. [1]
(c) A loss of vegetation occurring due to deforestation is responsible for land degradation. [1]
(d) Environment Protection Act was passed in the year 1986. [1]
(e) The government of India has set up the Central Pollution Control Board to control noise pollution. [1]
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