NTSE SUNDAY GRAND TEST

Class : X TEST
Subject : Social Studies (Economics)

1. Which of the following is the main activity in Palampur? [ ]

(A) Manufacturing (B) dairy (C) farming (D) transport
2. The farmers in Palampur are able to grow three different crops in a year. Which of the
following is not a valid reason for the same? [ ]
(A) The village has a less developed system of irrigation.
(B) Electricity came early to Palampur.
(C) Farmers follow modern farming methods which includes HYV seeds.
(D) The farmers in Palampur practice multiple cropping.
3. What are the four factors of production? [ ]
(A) Land, labour, capital, knowledge (B) Labour,land,machine,water
(C) Capital,land,transportation,security (D) Organisation, land, labour, electricity.
4. The farmers of Punjab, Haryana and ____ were the first to try on the modern farming method
in India. [ ]
(A) Rajasthan (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Western Uttar Pradesh (D) Bihar
5. Growing more than one crop on a same piece of land during the year is known as
[ ]
(A) Multiple cropping (B) short term cropping
(C) Long Term Cropping (D) single cropping

6. What is the correct order or sequence of works on a wheat field? [ ]

(A) Ploughing, spraying of insecticides, sowing, harvesting of crop.
(B) Ploughing, sowing, spraying of insecticides, harvesting of crop.
(C) Ploughing, sowing, harvesting of crop, spraying of insecticides.
(D) Sowing, ploughing, harvesting of crop, spraying of insecticides.

7. What percent of people are depending on farming for their livelihood in Palampur?
[ ]
(A) 75 percent (B) 80 percent (C) 85 percent (D) 90 percent
8. Which one of the following does not come under fixed capital? [ ]
(A) Tools (B) Money in hand (C) Machines (D) Building
9. Which among the following is the main reason for growing multiple crops in Palampur?
[ ]
(A) Use of HYV seed (B) Monsoon
(C) Irrigation facility (D) Extensive type of farming
10. Rabi crops are grown in Palampur in the months of [ ]
(A) January to April (B) November to April
(C) April to July (D) July to October

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11. Read the following [ ]
(1) There are five requirements for production of goods and services.
(2) Tools, machines, buildings can be used in production over many years, and are called fixed
capital.
(3) Raw materials and money in hand are called working capital.
(4) One hectare equals the area of a square with one side measuring 100 meters.
Which one is incorrect?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

12. The consumption of chemical fertilizers is the highest in this state [ ]

(A) Delhi (B) Uttarpradesh (C) Punjab (D) West Bengal

13. Which of the following is not essential factors for the formation of human capital?
[ ]
(A) Education (B) Training (C) Health (D) Wealth

14. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Green Revolution? [ ]
(A) It started in 1960s
(B) It made dramatic changes in the field of agriculture
(C) It was successful in whole country
(D) It provided food security in India
15. Advantage(s) of human capital is/are: [ ]
(I) More income (II) Health awareness
(III) Development of society (IV) Creates social gap
(A) (I), (IV) (B) (I), (II), (III) (C) (I), (II), (IV) (D) all the four

16. What are the components of investment in development of human resource? [ ]

(I) Education (II) Medical care (III) Large population (IV) Transport
(A) (I), (II) (B) (I), II), (IV) (C) (I), (II), (III) (D) all the four
17. Which one among the following is/are the affects of unemployment? [ ]
(i) Wastage of manpower resource.
(ii) Increase economic overload.
(iii) Indicator of under development.
(iv) It decreases the production of consumer goods
(A) (III) & (IV) (B) Only (I) & (II) (C) Only (II) (D) All of the above

18. Which state in India among the following have poor health indices and few medical colleges?
[ ]
(I) Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh (II) Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra
(III) Bihar & Uttar Pradesh (IV) Tamil Nadu & Bihar
(A) Both (I) & (II) (B) Only (III) (C) Only (I) (D) Both (II) & (III)

19. What is the average life expectancy of the people in India in 2000? [ ]
(A) 35 years (B) 64 years (C) 72 years (D) 80 years

20. Infant mortality rate during 1951 to 2000 has come down from [ ]
(A) 147 to 75 (B) 147 to 62 (C) 147 to 93 (D) 147 to 86
21. Production for self consumption comes under [ ]
(A) Market activity (B) Agricultural activity
(C) Non-market activity (D) Industrial activity

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22. Women are paid low wages as compared to men due to [ ]
(I) Less education

(II) Low skill formation

(III) Social stereotype
(IV) biologically they are considered as less strong than men.
(A) (I), (II) (B) (I), (II), (III) (C) (I), (III), (IV (D) (III), (IV)

23. Which sector is the most labour absorbing sector of the economy, earlier? [ ]
(I) Agriculture (II) Industries (III) Mining (IV) Tertiary
(A) Only (I) (B) only (IV) (C) Both (I) & (II) (D) Both (II) & (IV)

24. Which one among the following is the reason for women being employed in low paid work?
[ ]
(A) According to minimum wages act, women are to be paid less wages than men.
(B) Women are more engaged in house hold work rather than their jobs.
(C) Rural women lack education and necessary skills.
(D) All of these.

25. The total value of goods and services produced in one year within the territory of a country is known
as [ ]
(A) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (B) NNP
(C) Industrial Production (D) None of the above

26. Activity involving remuneration to anyone who performs it for pay or profit is called
[ ]
(A) market activity (B) national activity (C) primary activity (D) None of these

27. The quality of population depends upon [ ]

(A) The literacy rate
(B) health of a person indicated by life expectancy
(C) skill formation acquired by the people of the country
(D) all of these
28. One of the following states is the poorest state in India. [ ]
(A) Uttarpradesh (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Odisha

29. The organization to carry out survey for determining the poverty line in India is
[ ]
(A) RSSO (B) NSSO (C) WHO (D) none of these

30 . National Rural Employment Guarantee Act passed in the year [ ]

(A) October 2004 (B) August 2000 (C) October 2002 (D) September 2005
31. National Food for Work Programmed was launched in India in the year [ ]
(A) 2004 (B) 2003 (C) 2005 (D) 2008

32. One of the biggest challenges of Independent India is [ ]

(A) To bring millions of people out of abject poverty
(B) To provide employment opportunities to the people
(C) To increase the national income
(D) None of the above

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33. “India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human
suffering”. The statement is made by which political leader? [ ]
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Sardar Patel
(C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) None of the above

34. According to Planning Commission the accepted average calories requirement per person per day in
rural areas is [ ]
(A) 2400 cal (B) 2100 cal (C) 3100 cal (D) 2700 cal
35. In India, poverty line is estimated periodically by conducting sample surveys after a gap of
[ ]
(A) five years (B) four years (C) every year (D) none of these

36. By which year the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations calls for reducing the
proportion of people living on less than $ 1 a day to half the 1990 level?
[ ]
(A) 2020 (B) 2015 (C) 2021 (D) 2050

37. Which of the following schemes provides self-employment opportunities for rural youth as well as in
small towns? [ ]
(A) PMRY (B) SGSY (C) AAY (D) All of these
38. Poverty means [ ]
(i) hunger and lack of shelter
(ii) a situation in which parents are not able to send their children to school
(iii) a situation where sick people cannot afford treatment
(iv) means lack of clean water and sanitation facilities
(A) only i (B) ii and iii (C) all of these (D) i and iv

39. Which of the following is a sign of poverty in the urban areas due to migration from villages?[ ]
(A)Shopping malls (B)Slums (C)Encroachment upon footpaths (D)illegal sloughter houses

40. A process through which individual or groups are excluded from facilities, benefits, and
opportunities that others enjoy? [ ]
(A) vulnerability (B) social exclusion

(C) social Discrimination (D) none of these

41. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched in the year [ ]
(A) 1999 (B) 1989 (C) 1998 (D) 2001

42. Ration shops also known as [ ]

(A) Few price system (B) Fair price shops
(C) First price shops (D) none of these
43. Mother dairy is making strides in provision of milk and vegetables to the consumers at
controlled rate decided by [ ]
(A) Government of Bihar (B)Government of Gujarat
(C)Government of Punjab (D)Government of Delhi
44. Affordability of food implies that [ ]
(A) individual has enough money to buy sufficient food
(B) enough money to buy safe food
(C) enough money to buy nutritious food
(D) all of these
45. Public distribution System is the most important step taken by the Government of India towards
[ ]
(A) Ensuring water security (B) ensuring milk security
(C) ensuring food security (D) ensuring fans security

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46. Food security in a country is ensured only if [ ]
(A) enough food is available for all the persons
(B) all person have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality
(C) there is no barrier on access to food
(D) all of these
47. Which of the following is/are true about Antyodaya Anna Yojana ? [ ]
(A) The scheme was launched in 2000.
(B) Under the scheme one crore of poorest among BPL families covered.
(C) 35 kgs of food grains at subsidized rate of RS.3 per kg for rice given to the targeted people.
(D) All of these.
48. National food for Work programme was launched the year [ ]
(A) November 2004 (B) December 2003
(C) October 2004 (D) none of these
49. The National Food Security Act passed in the year [ ]
(A) 2013 (B) 2011 (C) 2012 (D) 2000

50. As per the Antyodaya Anna Yojana of 2000 the subsidized price of rice per kg. is
(A) RS. 2 (B) Rs 3 (C) Rs 4 (D) Rs 5 [ ]

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