The Story of Villlage Palampur

Consider the following statements:
1. Raw materials required to produce goods and services comes under the ‘fixed capital’ classification.
2. Land, labour, physical capital and human capital are called factors of production.
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Consider the following statements:
1. A part from the riverine plains, coastal regions in our country are well-irrigated.
2. Of the total cultivated area in the country a little less than 40 per cent is irrigated even today.
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Some terms such as ‘bigha’, \’guintha’ are often seen in context of rural development.
The words are related to:

Consider the following statements:
1. The Green Revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to cultivation of wheat and rice using high yielding varieties (HYVs) of seeds.
2. Traditional seeds needed high to very high irrigation.
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Which of the following was/were used extensively in Green Revolution?
1. HYV seeds
2. irrigation
3. chemical fertilisers
4. pesticides
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Consider the following Assertion and Reason type statements:
Assertion (A): Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh were the first to try out the modern farming method in India.
Reason (R): The farmers in these regions set up tubewells for irrigation, and made use of HYV seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides in farm- ing.
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Consider the following statements:
1. Green Revolution is associated with the loss of soil fertility due to increased use of chemical fertilisers.
2. During green revolution, continuous use of groundwater for tubewell irrigation has led to the depletion of the water-table.
The correct statement(s) is/are:

Consider the following Assertion and Reason type statements:
Assertion(A): Chemical fertilisers can increase crop yield as high as twice or thrice the normal crop yield.
Reason(R): Chemical fertilisers provide minerals which dissolve in water and are immediately available to plants.
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In which of the following state, the consumption of chemical fertilisers in highest?

Consider the following Assertion and Reason type statements:
Assertion (A): The consumption of chemical fertilizers in Punjab is highest in the country.
Reason (R): Punjab farmers are now forced to use more and more chemical fertilizers and other inputs to achieve the same production level.
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Consider the following statements:
1. Most small farmers borrow from the formal financial institutions such as banks, co-operatives, etc.
2. The rate of interest on such loans is very high.
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Consider the following Assertion and Reason type statements:
Assertion (A): Among the three factors of production, labour is the most abundant factor of production.
Reason (R): There are many people who are willing to work as farm labourers in the villages, whereas the opportunities of work are limited.

From economic perspective, it is more desirable to see more non-farm production activities as compared to farm production activities in the rural economy. Why?
1. Unlike farming, non-farm activities require little land.
2. People with some amount of capital can set up non-farm activities.
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Who is a person who puts together land, labour and capital?

The farmers of Palampur follow multiple cropping. Why?
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The use of high yields with combinations of HYV (High Yielding Varieties) seeds,
irrigation, chemical fertilisers, pesticides etc. refers to :

Which one among the following is a non-farm activity?