Social Science [1 Mark Questions]

The activities that are carried on in the society, the family, the school and the neighbourhood are called the civic life of the society.

Farmers are unable to repay their loans.

Two.

Nagaland.

There are three units of civic life namely the family, the school and the neighbourhood.

Collection from the forest, animal husbandry, dairy produce, fishing etc.

The term agriculture is derived from Latin word ager or agri meaning soil and culture meaning cultivation or tilling of soil.

Loans which an individual takes for his/ her personal consumption from other people or institutions.

Agriculture.

It was the system in which the land was mostly owned by big landlords called zamindars.

Poverty and illiteracy are the two main factors responsible for the sufferings of farmers in rural India. Large proportion of poor people lives in rural areas. Poverty remains a chronic condition for 30% of India’s rural population.

Making of food, utensils, sweets, cloth, dresses, clay pots, and cottage industry such as weaving, sewing, lace making, basket weaving, carpet weaving, etc.

Making of baskets, utensil, pots etc. There are people who provide services such as nurses, washer men, weavers, barbers, tailors etc.

Thulasi work on the land that belongs to others.

To use as fuel on chulah.

Rs- 40.

Nearly 65% of Indians are living in the villages.

The word terrace itself means atop of something. This type of farming is done in a mountainous region. The hills are cleared and small step ladder types of fields are made on the hills.

Farm workers work as casual labourers. They are paid low. Further they perform all their domestic chores. They have to borrow money at times which makes their life harsh.

Nagaland.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

The economy of India is based on planning through its five year plans developed and executed by the Planning Commission of India.

Farming.

Cook food, clean the house and wash clothes.

Terrace cultivation.

The citizens should work towards the betterment of their community through public and volunteer work and other efforts to improve life of all citizens.

Pudupet village is situated in Tamil Nadu on the coastal line.

Kalpattu village is situated close to the coast in Tamil Nadu.

Kalpattu is a small village near the seacoast of Tamil Nadu. The village is surrounded by low hills. The hills form a kind of a boundary of this village. This makes it possible to grow paddy in the region.

In search of work.

1952.

20 percent.

Teaching by masterniji, pot making by kumhaar, entertainment by madari and prayer services by pujari.

Collecting firewood, getting water and grazing their cattle.

Crop farmer does crop farming, managing orchards or vineyards, a dairy farmer raises livestock for milk and a poultry farmer keeps hens and chickens to obtain eggs and meat.

Farming and collecting forest produces.

Paddy.

Borrow money.

In addition to land, Ramalingam owns a rice mill and seeds and pesticides shop.

80 percent.

Small farmers barely meet their needs and 80% of farmers belong to this group.

The crop can also be ruined by the following ways :
• If the monsoon does not bring enough rain or heavy rain.
• Due to hailstorm
• Harmful diseases of crops etc.

In the monsoon season, fishermen survive by borrowing from the traders.

During the monsoon season that is around 4 months, fishermen do not go for fishing in the sea.

Aruna and Paarivelan had taken a loan from bank for purchasing fishing items.

Aruna and Paarivelan lived in Pudupet village.

The villages situated near coastal areas adopt fishing.

In the Pudupet village people run their livelihood by fishing.

Sekar takes seeds and fertilizers as a loan from the trader. And in turn, he sells out his paddy to him at lower price.

During the harvest time, he takes help of other small farmers and in turn help them by harvesting their field.