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The Story of Village Palampur
Social Science (2025-26) · CBSE Class 9 · English Medium · 18 questions and answers
Sample questions
- Q: What is meant by 'factors of production'?
- A: They are the requirements needed to produce goods and services: land, labour, physical capital, and human capital (knowledge and enterprise).
- Q: Name the two types of physical capital.
- A: Fixed capital (tools, machines, buildings used over many years) and working capital (raw materials and money in hand used up in production).
- Q: What is the standard unit for measuring the area of land in a village?
- A: Land area is commonly measured in hectares. One hectare equals a square with sides of 100 metres.
- Q: What allowed farmers in Palampur to grow three crops a year?
- A: A well-developed system of irrigation, mainly electric tubewells, provided a steady water supply throughout the year.
- Q: What is multiple cropping?
- A: Growing more than one crop on the same piece of land during a single year. It is the most common way to increase output from land.
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