The Story of village Palampur Economics Class- IX Chapter-1 NCERT Textbook solution Question 1 - Do yourself Question 2- Modern farming me...
The Story of village Palampur
Economics Class- IX
Chapter-1
NCERT Textbook solution
Question 1 - Do yourself
Question 2- Modern farming methods require more inputs which are manufactured in industry. Do you agree?
Answer:
Yes, it is correct to say that modern farming methods require more inputs which are manufactured in the industry. It is because modern farming methods use a high-yielding variety of seeds. These seeds require both chemical fertilisers and pesticides, agricultural implementations like tractors and proper irrigation facilities like electric tube wells and all these elements are manufactured in industries. However, on the other hand, traditional farming methods use a relatively low-yielding variety of seeds and use cow dung and other natural manures as fertiliser, which is why they are less dependent on industrial outputs.
Question 3- How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?
Answer:
The spread of electricity helped the farmers of Palampur as it helped in the transformation of the irrigation system of the village. The farmers earlier used Persian wheels. But after the spread of electricity, electric tube wells replaced these Persian wheels. Most of the houses have electricity connections which help them to run small scale industry more easily.
Question 4- Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why?
Answer:
Yes, It is important to increase the land under irrigation because farming is the main source of income for the maximum part of the population in India and only less than 40 per cent of the land is cultivable in the country. Farmers are dependent on the erratic monsoon season, and if the rainfall is less, farmers are bound to suffer a major loss. So if the water is provided for irrigation to the farmers for a larger portion of land, it would give better output and make more land cultivable in India and also encourage farmers to take up newer farming methods without the fear of suffering loss.
Question 5 - Do yourself
Question 6- Why are the wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages?
Answer:
There are many landless farm labourers,so the competition for work among the farm labourers is very high, which is why people agree to work for lower wages. Also, Most small farmers have to borrow money from large farmers or the village moneylenders at high rate of interest. They are put to great distress to repay the loan. Hence they pay very low wages to the farm labourers.
Question 7- Activity based Question.Do yourself.
Question 8- What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain.
Answer:
To grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping. It is the most common way of increasing production on a given piece of land. For example in Palampur, jowar and bajra grow during the rainy season, followed by potato between October and December and during the winter season, wheat is sown in the fields. The main reason for this the well-developed system of irrigation.Using modern farming method also help in increasing production.
Question 9 - Do yourself (example of small farmer)
Question 10- How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different from the small farmers?
Answer:
Large and medium farmers sell surplus farm products from a part of their produce. A part of the earnings is saved and kept for buying capital for the next season. Thus, they are able to arrange for the capital for farming from their own savings.
Small farmer borrow money from large farmers or moneylenders or from traders on high interest rate.
Question 11- On what terms did Savita get a loan from Tejpal Singh? Would Savita's condition be different if she could get a loan from the bank at a low rate of interest?
Answer:
Savita got a loan from Tejpal Singh at the rate of interest of 24 per cent for four months and also had to work for Tejpal Singh as a farm labourer at the wage of Rs.100 per day during the harvest season. The case would have been different if Savita would have taken the loan from a bank. It is because the rate of interest would have been lesser than what was asked by Tejpal Singh and also she would have been able to pay complete attention to our own field during the time of harvest.
Question 12 & 13- Do yourself
Question 14- What can be done so that more non-farm production activities can be started in villages?
Answer:
To promote more non-farm production activities in villages the following steps can be taken:
i) The villagers must be made aware of the non-farm production activities and their benefits. They must be given proper guidance and help to do such activities.
ii)Loans must be available for people at lower interest rates so that they can start up the non-farm activities.
iii) Proper markets should be set up so that the produced goods can be sold.
iv)The concerned authorities must set up better transportation between cities and villages so that the produced goods can be transported to cities and more money can be earned through the non-farming activities.
I hope this will help you.
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