Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
Which of the following is the most labour absorbing sectors of the Indian economy?
(a) Primary sector
(b) tertiary sector
(c) Secondary sector
(d) Private sector
Answer
Answer: (a) Primary sector
Question 2.
Which of the following is included in the primary sector?
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Tourism
(c) Forestry
(d) Communication
Answer
Answer: (c) Forestry
Question 3.
Which of the following is included in the tertiary sector?
(a) Fishing
(b) Trade
(c) Mining
(d) Health
Answer
Answer: (d) Health
Question 4.
Which of the following is included in the secondary sector?
(a) Poultry farming
(b) Manufacturing
(c) Transport
(d) Quarrying
Answer
Answer: (b) Manufacturing
Question 5.
Investment in human capital can be made through
(a) Education
(b) Training
(c) Medical care
(d) All the three
Answer
Answer: (d) All the three
Question 6.
The literacy rate during 2010-11 was
(a) 64%
(b) 74%
(c) 70%
(d) 80%
Answer
Answer: (b) 74%
Question 7.
Which of the following sectors faces the problem of seasonal unemployment?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Service sector
(c) Trade
(d) IT sector
Answer
Answer: (a) Agriculture
Question 8.
Infant mortality rate is the death of a child under
(a) One year
(b) Three, year
(c) Two year
(d) Four year
Answer
Answer: (a) One year
Question 9.
The workforce population includes people from 15 years to
(a) 59 years
(b) 62 years
(c) 60 years
(d) 65 years
Answer
Answer: (a) 59 years
Question 10.
Which age group of children does the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan aim to promote education?
(a) 6 to 10 years
(b) 5 to 3 years
(c) 6 to 14 years
(d) 7 to 12 years
Answer
Answer: (c) 6 to 14 years
Question 11.
The number of females per thousand males refers to :
(a) Sex Ratio
(b) Literacy Rate
(c) Infant Mortality Rate
(d) Birth Rate
Answer
Answer: (a) Sex Ratio
Question 12.
Decrease in IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) of a country signifies:
(a) Increase in life expectancy
(b) Increase in GNP
(c) Economic development of a country
(d) Increase in number of colleges in a country
Answer
Answer: (a) Increase in life expectancy
Question 13.
What is the life expectancy in India as per the census of 2000?
(a) 72 years
(b) 53 years
(c) 64 years
(d) 80 years
Answer
Answer: (c) 64 years
Question 14.
Which one of the following is considered important to create a ‘virtuous cycle’ by the parents?
(a) To sand their children to the school
(b) To provide goods food to their children
(c) To join their children in corporate schools
(d) To take care of the health and education of their children
Answer
Answer: (d) To take care of the health and education of their children
Question 15.
Which one from the following is the most labour absorbing sector?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Fisheries
(c) Poultry farming
(d) Mining
Answer
Answer: (a) Agriculture
Question 16.
What is the aim of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan?
(a) To provide elementary education to women
(b) To provide elementary education to the rural poor
(c) To provide elementary education to all children in the age group 6-14 years
(d) To provide elementary education to the urban poor
Answer
Answer: (c) To provide elementary education to all children in the age group 6-14 years
Question 17.
What is the expended form of PHC
(a) Public Health Club
(b) Private Health Club
(c) Primary Health Centre
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Primary Health Centre
Question 18.
What is the sex-ratio of India According to 2001 census, :
(a) 921 females per 1000
(b) 930 females per 1000
(c) 928 females per 1000
(d) 933 females per 1000
Answer
Answer: (b) 930 females per 1000
Question 19.
If a person cannot find jobs during some months of the year, which type of employment is this called?
(a) Structural unemployment
(b) Cyclical unemployment
(c) Seasonal unemployment
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Seasonal unemployment
Question 20.
The persons who are not working by their own willing is covered under
(a) seasonal unemployment
(b) disguised unemployment
(c) educated unemployment
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) none of the above
Question 21.
Where is Seasonal unemployment found
(a) urban areas
(b) rural areas
(c) in remote areas
(d) both in rural and urban areas
Answer
Answer: (b) rural areas
Question 22.
The quality of population depends on
(a) literacy rate
(b) health
(c) skill
(d) all the above
Answer
Answer: (d) all the above
Question 23.
Which one from the following is the primary sector activities
(i) Forestry
(ii) Poultry farming
(iii) Animal husbandry
(iv) Manufacturing
(a) (i)
(b) (i), (ii), (iii)
(c) (ii), (iii), (iv)
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: (b) (i), (ii), (iii)
Question 24.
Infant mortality rate refers to the death of a child under the age of
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 4 years
Answer
Answer: (a) 1 year
Question 25.
The scheme for the establishment of residential schools to impart education to talented children from rural areas is
(a) Kendriya Vidyalayas
(b) Navodaya Vidyalayas
(c) Sarvodaya Vidyalayas
(d) None of the aboves
Answer
Answer: (b) Navodaya Vidyalayas
Question 26.
What is India’s position in scientifically and technically manpower in the world?
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth
Answer
Answer: (c) third
Question 27.
Which one from the following is include in Secondary sector includes
(a) trade
(b) marketing
(c) manufacturing
(d) education
Answer
Answer: (c) manufacturing
Question 28.
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
Answer
Answer: (a) good quality of life
Question 29.
Which of the following is a significant step towards providing basic education to the children in the age group of 6-14 years?
(a) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
(b) Adult Education Programme
(c) Mid-day meal
(d) None
Answer
Answer: (a) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Question 30.
Why is literacy rate is low in the females?
(a) lack of equal education opportunities
(b) lack of transport facilities
(c) lack of infrastructure
(d) lack of income
Answer
Answer: (a) lack of equal education opportunities
Intext Activity Questions
Question 1.
Visit a village or colony near to your residential area and note down the various activities undertaken by the people of that village or colony.
If this is not possible, ask your neighbour what is their profession? In which of the three sectors will you categorise their work?
Say whether these activities are economic or non-economic activities:
- Vilas sells fish in the village market.
- Vilas cooks food for his family.
- Sakai works in the private firm.
- Sakai looks after his younger brother and sister.
Answer
Answer:
- Economic activity
- Non-economic activity
- Economic activity
- Non-economic activity
Question 2.
Visit a nearby hospital, either government or private and note down the following details.
(i) How many beds are there in the hospital you have visited?
(ii) How many doctors are there in the hospital?
(iii) How many nurses work in that hospital?
Besides, try to gather the following additional information:
(i) How many hospitals are there in your locality?
(ii) How many dispensaries are there in your locality?
Answer
Answer: Do it yourself.
1. Why is literacy rate is low in the females?
(a) lack of equal education opportunities
(b) lack of transport facilities
(c) lack of infrastructure
(d) lack of income
► (a) lack of equal education opportunities
2. Disguised unemployment could be traced in:
(a) mining activity
(b) service sector
(c) agriculture
(d) social forestry
► (c) agriculture
3. What is India’s position in scientifically and technically manpower in the world?
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth
► (c) third
4. Domestic work by house wife is a _____ activity.
(a) Economic
(b) Noneconomic
(c) Both of them
(d) None of the above
► (b) Noneconomic
5. The two determinants of earning by an individual in the market are:
(a) Health and education
(b) Education and skill
(c) Age and education
(d) Skill and age
► (b) Education and skill
6. The tertiary sector is also called:
(a) Primary sector
(b) Service sector
(c) Manufacturing sector
(d) All of the the above
► (b) Service sector
7. Which of the following is a non-economic activity?
(a) Mother doing household work
(b) Washerman washes doth of people
(c) Chef cooking food in the hotel
(d) All of the above
► (a) Mother doing household work
8. On which of the following point, does the quality of population not depend?
(a) Literacy rate
(b) Health of person
(c) Skill formation
(d) Birth of a person
► (d) Birth of a person
9. The excess population is considered as a burden for an economy but they can become human capital if there is an investment made in the form of:
(a) Education and health
(b) Hospitals and schools
(c) Education, training and medical care
(d) None of the above
► (c) Education, training and medical care
10. What is the major aim of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan?
(a) To provide elementary education to women
(b) To provide elementary education to the rural poor
(c) To provide elementary education to all children in the age group 6-14 years
(d) To provide elementary education to the urban poor
► (c) To provide elementary education to all children in the age group 6-14 years
11. Resources are generally classified into:
(a) 2 Types
(b) 3 Types
(c) 4 Types
(d) 5 Types
► (b) 3 Types
12. Seasonal unemployment is found in
(a) urban areas
(b) rural areas
(c) in remote areas
(d) both in rural and urban areas
► (d) both in rural and urban areas
13. Infant mortality rate refers to the death of a child under the age of
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 4 years
► (a) 1 year
14. Secondary sector includes:
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Forestry
(c) Trade
(d) Quarrying
► (a) Manufacturing
15. Which state has highest literacy rate as per 2001?
(a) Kerala
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
► (a) Kerala
16. Services of housewives are included in
(a) national income
(b) domestic income
(c) household income
(d) none of the above
► (d) none of the above
17. 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) Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan
(b) Mid-day meal
(c) Navodaya Vidyalaya
(d) Sainik School
► (a) Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan
18. Which of the following is an economic activity?
(a) A teacher teaching his son
(b) Recitation among friends
(c) Teacher teaching in the classroom
(d) All of the above
► (c) Teacher teaching in the classroom
19. Which of the following is not done by women at home?
(a) Cooking food
(b) Cleaning utensils
(c) Washing clothes
(d) Doing tuition work by teaching students
► (d) Doing tuition work by teaching students
20. Disguised unemployment occurs when the number of persons working on a farm is
(a) only what is required
(b) more than required
(c) less than required
(d) None of the above
► (b) more than required
21. Bribe taking is an
(a) economic activity
(b) marketing activity
(c) non-economic activity
(d) none of the above
► (c) non-economic activity
22. Which one of the following is related to the tertiary sector?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Forestry
(c) Mining
(d) Communication
► (d) Communication
23. Why are rural women employed in low-paid jobs?
(a) They do not need to work in high-paid jobs
(b) They lack in education or the necessary skill
(c) They are not allowed by their families to do high paid jobs
(d) They are not aware of the wage structure
► (b) They lack in education or the necessary skill
24. Which of the following sectors is related to agriculture, forestry and dairy?
(a) Primary Sector
(b) Tertiary Sector
(c) Secondary Sector
(d) None of the above
► (a) Primary Sector
25. In which of the following fields is disguised unemployment found?
(a) Industries
(b) Agriculture
(c) Mining
(d) Fisheries
► (b) Agriculture
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