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People as Resource · CBSE STD 9 (CBSE - English Medium). 69 questions.

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MCQ 11 Mark
What does investment in human capital' mean?
  • A
    Giving proper education to all.
  • B
    Giving proper medical care to all.
  • C
    Giving training to those who are interested in some skill.
  • ✓
    All of the above.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of the above.
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MCQ 21 Mark
What is the major aim of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan?
  • A
    To provide elementary education to women.
  • B
    To provide elementary education to the rural poor.
  • ✓
    To provide elementary education to all children in the age group $6-14$ years.
  • D
    To provide elementary education to the urban poor.
Answer
Correct option: C.
To provide elementary education to all children in the age group $6-14$ years.
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MCQ 31 Mark
Which age group of children does the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan aim to promote education?
  • A
    $6$ to $10$ years
  • B
    $5$ to $3$ years
  • ✓
    $6$ to $14$ years
  • D
    $7$ to $12$ years
Answer
Correct option: C.
$6$ to $14$ years
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MCQ 41 Mark
Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to tertiary sector?
  • A
    In these activities goods are either grown on the earth or dug out from the earth.
  • B
    These activities transform primary goods into some commodities with the help of manual labour or machines.
  • C
    These activities generate services rather than goods.
  • ✓
    This sector is primarily known as service sector.
Answer
Correct option: D.
This sector is primarily known as service sector.
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MCQ 51 Mark
Which of the following is the most labour absorbing sectors of the Indian economy?
  • ✓
    Primary sector
  • B
    Tertiary sector
  • C
    Secondary sector
  • D
    Private sector
Answer
Correct option: A.
Primary sector
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MCQ 61 Mark
Which of the following sectors faces the problem of seasonal unemployment?
  • ✓
    Agriculture
  • B
    Service sector
  • C
    Trade
  • D
    IT sector
Answer
Correct option: A.
Agriculture
Agriculture sector faces the problem of seasonal unemployment.
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MCQ 71 Mark
Which of the following is the most labour absorbing sectors of the Indian economy?
  • ✓
    Primary sector.
  • B
    tertiary sector.
  • C
    Secondary sector.
  • D
    Private sector.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Primary sector.
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MCQ 81 Mark
Which of the following is included in the tertiary sector?
  • A
    Fishing
  • B
    Trade
  • C
    Mining
  • ✓
    Health
Answer
Correct option: D.
Health
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MCQ 91 Mark
What is Infant Mortality Rate $(\text{IMR})?$
  • ✓
    Death of a child under one year of age.
  • B
    Death of a child at the time of birth.
  • C
    Death of a child under two year of age.
  • D
    Death of a child under five year of age.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Death of a child under one year of age.
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MCQ 101 Mark
The scheme for the establishment of residential schools to impart education to talented children from rural areas is:
  • A
    Kendriya Vidyalayas.
  • ✓
    Navodaya Vidyalayas.
  • C
    Sarvodaya Vidyalayas.
  • D
    None of the aboves.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Navodaya Vidyalayas.
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MCQ 111 Mark
Which of the following is not a tertiary activity?
  • A
    Transport.
  • B
    Tourism.
  • ✓
    Manufacturing.
  • D
    Health
Answer
Correct option: C.
Manufacturing.
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MCQ 121 Mark
Which group of four states have the maximum number of medical colleges in India?
  • ✓
    Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
  • B
    Bihar, Bengal, $UP$ and Haryana.
  • C
    Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
  • D
    Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Goa.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
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MCQ 131 Mark
The workforce population includes people from $15$ years to:
  • ✓
    $59$ years
  • B
    $62$ years
  • C
    $60$ years
  • D
    $65$ years
Answer
Correct option: A.
$59$ years
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MCQ 141 Mark
The two determinants of earning by an individual in the market are:
  • A
    Health and education.
  • ✓
    Education and skill.
  • C
    Age and education.
  • D
    Skill and age.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Education and skill.
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MCQ 151 Mark
Bribe taking is an:
  • A
    Economic activity.
  • B
    Marketing activity.
  • ✓
    Non$-$economic activity.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Non$-$economic activity.
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MCQ 161 Mark
Decrease in $\text{IMR} ($Infant Mortality Rate$)$ of a country signifies:
  • ✓
    Increase in life expectancy.
  • B
    Increase in $\text{GNP}.$
  • C
    Economic development of a country.
  • D
    Increase in number of colleges in a country.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Increase in life expectancy.
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MCQ 171 Mark
Which of the following is a significant step towards providing elementary education to all the children in the age group of $6-14$ years?
  • ✓
    Sarva Siksha Abhiyan.
  • B
    Adult Education Programme.
  • C
    Mid$-$day meal.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan.
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MCQ 181 Mark
Which one of the following is not a cause of urban unemployment?
  • A
    Mass migration from rural to urban areas.
  • B
    Slow rate of economic development.
  • C
    Maladjustment between the demand and supply of labour.
  • ✓
    Caste system.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Caste system.
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MCQ 191 Mark
What is India’s position in scientifically and technically manpower in the world?
  • A
    First
  • B
    Second
  • ✓
    Third
  • D
    Fourth
Answer
Correct option: C.
Third
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MCQ 201 Mark
How can large population be turned into a productive asset?
  • ✓
    By investment in human capital.
  • B
    By stopping migration.
  • C
    By increasing employment opportunities.
  • D
    By developing rural areas.
Answer
Correct option: A.
By investment in human capital.
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MCQ 211 Mark
When are women paid for their work?
  • A
    When they work for their family members.
  • ✓
    When they enter the labour market.
  • C
    When they do hard work.
  • D
    When they get high education.
Answer
Correct option: B.
When they enter the labour market.
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MCQ 221 Mark
Which one of the following is considered important to create a ‘virtuous cycle’ by the parents?
  • A
    To sand their children to the school.
  • B
    To provide goods food to their children.
  • ✓
    To join their children in corporate schools.
  • D
    To take care of the health and education of their children.
Answer
Correct option: C.
To join their children in corporate schools.
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MCQ 241 Mark
In which sector should India increase maximum employment opportunities?
  • A
    Industrial sector.
  • ✓
    Agricultural sector.
  • C
    Non$-$farming activities.
  • D
    Tertiary sector.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Agricultural sector.
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MCQ 251 Mark
How did countries like Japan become rich/ developed?
  • A
    By extracting from the natural resources.
  • ✓
    By investing on people in the field of education and health.
  • C
    By controlling population.
  • D
    By raising the standard of the people.
Answer
Correct option: B.
By investing on people in the field of education and health.
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MCQ 261 Mark
Which one from the following is the primary sector activities.
  1. Forestry
  2. Poultry farming
  3. Animal husbandry
  4. Manufacturing
  • A
    $(i)$
  • ✓
    $(i), (ii), (iii)$
  • C
    $(ii), (iii), (iv)$
  • D
    All the above.
Answer
Correct option: B.
$(i), (ii), (iii)$
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MCQ 271 Mark
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is meant to provide $.......$ education.
  • ✓
    Primary.
  • B
    Secondary.
  • C
    Elementary.
  • D
    nursery.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Primary.
Primary education for children whose parents are not having that much money to pay the fees. Sarva siksha avhiyan ensures free education to every children.
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MCQ 281 Mark
Which of the following is a primary activity?
  • A
    Manufacturing.
  • B
    Banking.
  • ✓
    Fishing.
  • D
    Education.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Fishing.
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MCQ 291 Mark
What is the sex$-$ratio of India According to $2001$ census:
  • A
    $921$ females per $1000$
  • ✓
    $930$ females per $1000$
  • C
    $928$ females per $1000$
  • D
    $933$ females per $1000$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$930$ females per $1000$
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MCQ 301 Mark
Which of the following activities is not included in tertiary sector activity?
  • A
    Trade.
  • B
    Health.
  • C
    Transport.
  • ✓
    Manufacturing.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Manufacturing.
Tertiary activities include both production and exchange. The production involves the ‘provision’ of services that are consumed. Exchange, involves trade, transport and communication facilities that are used to overcome distance.
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MCQ 311 Mark
Which factor is said to be superior to the other resources?
  • A
    Land.
  • B
    Physical capital.
  • ✓
    Human capital.
  • D
    Natural resources.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Human capital.
Human capital is an asset for any country rather than a liability. The citizens of a country become human capital when there is investment made in the form of education and medical care. In fact, human capital is the stock of skill and productive knowledge embodied in them.
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MCQ 321 Mark
Disguised unemployment occurs when the number of persons working on a farm is:
  • A
    Only what is required.
  • ✓
    More than required.
  • C
    Less than required.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: B.
More than required.
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MCQ 331 Mark
Investment in human capital is expenditure on:
  • A
    Education.
  • B
    Training.
  • C
    Medical care.
  • ✓
    All of the above.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of the above.
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MCQ 341 Mark
Which of the following sectors is related to agriculture, forestry and dairy?
  • ✓
    Primary Sector.
  • B
    Tertiary Sector.
  • C
    Secondary Sector.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Primary Sector.
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MCQ 351 Mark
$\text{PHC}$ stands for:
  • A
    Public Health Club.
  • B
    Private Health Club.
  • ✓
    Primary Health Centre.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Primary Health Centre.
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MCQ 361 Mark
What was the life expectancy in India in the census year 2011?
  • A
    44 years.
  • B
    54 years.
  • ✓
    70 years.
  • D
    74 years.
Answer
Correct option: C.
70 years.
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MCQ 381 Mark
Which of the following is a significant step towards providing basic education to the children in the age group of $6-14$ years?
  • ✓
    Sarva Siksha Abhiyan.
  • B
    Adult Education Programme.
  • C
    Mid$-$day meal.
  • D
    None.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan.
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MCQ 391 Mark
Why is literacy rate is low in the females?
  • ✓
    Lack of equal education opportunities.
  • B
    Lack of transport facilities.
  • C
    Lack of infrastructure.
  • D
    Lack of income.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Lack of equal education opportunities.
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MCQ 401 Mark
Increase in longevity of life is an indicator of:
  • ✓
    Good quality of life.
  • B
    Improvement in health sector.
  • C
    Better $\text{HDI}\ ($Human Development Index$).$
  • D
    All the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Good quality of life.
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MCQ 411 Mark
The quality of population depends on:
  • A
    Literacy rate.
  • B
    Health.
  • C
    Life expectancy.
  • ✓
    All of these.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of these.
The quality of population depends upon the literacy rate, health of a person indicated by life expectancy and skill formation acquired by the people of the country.
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MCQ 421 Mark
Infant mortality rate is the death of a child under.
  • ✓
    One year
  • B
    Three year
  • C
    Two year
  • D
    Four year
Answer
Correct option: A.
One year
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MCQ 431 Mark
Investment in human capital can be made through.
  • A
    Education.
  • B
    Training.
  • C
    Medical care.
  • ✓
    All the three.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All the three.
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MCQ 441 Mark
Primary sector activities will include which of the following?
  • A
    Distribution of milk to urban consumers.
  • ✓
    Producing cars in a factory.
  • C
    A lawyer fighting a case in a court.
  • D
    Sprinkling insecticides over crops.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Producing cars in a factory.
When we produce goods by exploiting natural resources such activities come in Primary Sector.
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MCQ 451 Mark
Which one from the following is include in Secondary sector includes.
  • A
    Trade
  • B
    Marketing
  • ✓
    Manufacturing
  • D
    Education
Answer
Correct option: C.
Manufacturing
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MCQ 461 Mark
Which of the following is included in the primary sector?
  • A
    Manufacturing.
  • B
    Tourism.
  • ✓
    Forestry.
  • D
    Communication.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Forestry.
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MCQ 471 Mark
The number of females per thousand males refers to:
  • ✓
    Sex Ratio.
  • B
    Literacy Rate.
  • C
    Infant Mortality Rate.
  • D
    Birth Rate.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Sex Ratio.
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MCQ 481 Mark
The persons who are not working by their own willing is covered under.
  • A
    Seasonal unemployment.
  • B
    Disguised unemployment.
  • C
    Educated unemployment.
  • ✓
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: D.
None of the above.
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MCQ 491 Mark
Infant mortality rate refers to the death of a child under the age of:
  • ✓
    $1$ year
  • B
    $2$ year
  • C
    $3$ year
  • D
    $4$ year
Answer
Correct option: A.
$1$ year
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MCQ 501 Mark
People as a resource refers to their:
  • A
    Educational skills.
  • ✓
    Productive skills.
  • C
    Health skills.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Productive skills.
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