Economics

The Story of Village Palampur

Question:

Explain the four requirements of the production of goods & services.

Answer:

Four essential requirements for production of goods and services are:
  1. Land and other natural resources i.e. water, forests, minerals etc.
  2. Labour,: People who do the work. A worker provides the labour necessary for production.
  3. Physical Capital: variety of inputs required at different stages of production.
  4. Knowledge and Enterprise: Knowledge and enterprise to be able to put together land, labour and physical capital and produce an output.
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The Story of Village Palampur

Q 1.

Who are medium farmers?

Q 2.

Who are large farmers?

Q 3.

What is the aim of production?

Q 4.

What is the main aim of production?

Q 5.

Who are small farmers?

Q 6.

List the non-farming activities in Palampur.

Q 7.

Who are large farmers?

Q 8.

Explain the four requirements of the production of goods & services.

Q 9.

Who are medium farmers?

Q 10.

Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why?

Q 11.

Name the four factors that are needed for producing goods and services.

Q 12.

Name any two non-farming activities in Palampur village.

Q 13.

What are the essential four requirements for production?

Q 14.

Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why?

Q 15.

Name the states who benefited the most from Green Revolution.

Q 16.

What do you mean by multiple cropping?

Q 17.

What is the main production activity in villages across India?

Q 18.

What health facilities are available in Palampur village?

Q 19.

What can be done so that more non-farm production activities can be started in villages?

Q 20.

Why do the farm labourers earn less than the minimum wages in Palampur?

Q 21.

How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?

Q 22.

Who are small farmers?

Q 23.

Why are the wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages?

Q 24.

What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to Explain.

Q 25.

How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?

Q 26.

Modern farming methods require more inputs which are manufactured in industry. Do you agree?

Q 27.

How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different from the small farmers?

Q 28.

Who owns the majority of land in Palampur village?

Q 29.

On what terms did Savita get a loan from Tajpal Singh? Would Savita's condition be different if she could get a loan from the bank at a low rate of interest?

Q 30.

What do medium and large farmers do with their earnings from the surplus farm produce?

Q 31.

Modern farming methods require more inputs, which are manufactured in industry. Do you agree?