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1. What is the main economic activity in Palampur?
A. Services
B. Agriculture
C. Manufacturing
D. Mining
2. What is the main source of irrigation in Palampur?
A. Rivers
B. Tube wells
C. Canals
D. Rainwater
3. The standard unit of measuring land is:
A. kilometre
B. guintha
C. bigha
D. hectare
4. During the rainy season, farmers in Palampur grow:
A. jowar and bajra
B. wheat and rice
C. wheat and barley
D. wheat and bajra
5. Palampur resembles a village of the western part of the state of:
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Maharashtra
6. During the winter season, farmers in Palampur grow:
A. wheat
B. jowar
C. rice
D. bajra
7. To grow more than one crop in a piece of land during the year is known as:
A. multiple cropping
B. cultivation
C. crop rotation
D. single cropping
8. The raw form of jaggery is:
A. sugarcane
B. honey
C. sugar
D. beat root
9. Yield is measured as crop produced on a given piece of land during:
A. a single season
B. two seasons
C. three seasons
D. all the above
10. The Green Revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to cultivation of:
A. wheat and rice
B. wheat and jowar
C. jowar and barley
D. wheat and sugarcane
11. The states that were the first to try out modern farming methods are:
A. Orissa, West Bengal and Gujarat
B. Punjab, Haryana and Eastern Utter Pradesh
C. Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh
D. Punjab, Haryana and West Bengal
13. The traders of Palampur are shopkeepers who buy various goods from:
A. wholesale markets in the cities and sell them in the villages
B. retailers and sell them in the village
C. wholesale markets in the village and sell them in the cities
D. none of the above
14. The village of Palampur has about families belonging to several different castes.
A. 750
B. 450
C. 550
D. 650
15. The majority of land in the village is owned by:
A. landlords
B. upper caste families
C. lower caste families
D. all the above
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