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Discuss the importance of credit in rural development.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
Critically evaluate the role of the rural banking system in the process of rural development in India.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
Enlist some problems faced by farmers during the initial years of organic farming.
Concept: Sustainable Development and Organic Farming
Compare and analyze the ‘Women Worker Population Ratio’ in Rural and Urban areas based on following information:
| Worker-Population Ratio in India, 2017-2018 |
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| Sex | Worker-Population Ratio | ||
| Total | Rural | Urban | |
| Men | 52.1 | 51.7 | 53.0 |
| Women | 16.5 | 17.5 | 14.2 |
| Total | 34.7 | 35.0 | 33.9 |
Concept: Workers and Employment
‘Pesticides are chemical compounds designed to kill pests. Many pesticides can also pose health risks to people even if exposed to nominal quantities.’
In the light of the above statement, suggest any two traditional methods for replacement of the chemical pesticides.
Concept: Strategies for Sustainable Development
Identify which of the following is a source of non-institutional credit in the rural areas of India.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
Read the following statements carefully.
Statement 1: On-the-job trainings help to bridge a gap between theoretical concepts and practical experiences.
Statement 2: On-the-job trainings update the employees, with the latest changes in their work field.
In the light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative:
Concept: Sources of Human Capital
______ is not a cause for environmental degradation.
Concept: State of India’s Environment
______ is not the strategy for Sustainable Development.
Concept: Strategies for Sustainable Development
Assertion (A): Unemployment and poverty are inseparable twins.
Reason(R): Unemployment is the root cause of all socio-economic evils
Concept: Concept of Unemployment
Defend or refute the following statement with a valid explanation:
‘Disguised unemployment is a common form of unemployment in rural India’
Concept: Concept of Unemployment
State whether the following statement is true/false, with valid argument:
Human Capital and Human Development are one and the same thing.
Concept: Human Capital and Human Development
Define agricultural marketing.
Concept: Agricultural Market System
Discuss briefly the importance of micro-credit programmes in rural development.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
“India has failed to implement the recommendations of Education Commission of 1964-66.” Give valid arguments in support of the given statement.
Concept: Growth of Education Sector in India
‘Casual wage work is the major source of employment in rural India’. Defend or refute the given statement with a valid reason.
Concept: Self-employed and Hired Workers
Explain how Bio-composting can be helpful in achieving the objectives of sustainable development.
Concept: Strategies for Sustainable Development
Compare and analyse the sector-wise trends in employment, based on following information:
Trends in Employment (Sector-wise)
| Sector | 1999-2000 | 2011-12 |
| Primary sector | 60.4 | 48.9 |
| Secondary sector | 15.8 | 24.3 |
| Tertiary sector | 23.8 | 26.8 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
Concept: Growth and Changing Structure of Employment
'Ram is able to get work only for two hours in a day. Rest of the day, he is looking for work.' Is he unemployed? What kind of job could person like Ram be doing?
Concept: Concept of Unemployment
“The value of all goods and services can be expressed in monetary units.”
On the basis of the given statement, identify the function performed by money:
Concept: Functions of Money
