MCQ Questions | Class 9 Social Science Chapter 2 | People as Resource with Answers

MCQ Questions for Class9 Social Science Chapter 2 People as Resource

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Objective Question | NCERT Social Science Class 9

NCERT Solutions Class 9 Social Science Economics
Book:	National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Board:	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Class:	9th
Subject:	Social Science Economics
Chapter:	2
Chapters Name:	People as Resource
Medium:	English

Ncert Solutions for Class 9 Social Science Economics | Objective Type Questions

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People as Resource | Class 9 Social Science | NCERT Solutions

Q1.	The quality of the population decides the:
	A. birth rate of the country
	B. death rate of the country
	C. growth rate of the country
	D. none of the above

Ans: growth rate of the country
Explaination:
The better the quality of the population the better is the growth of the country.

Q2.	Literate and healthy population are:
	A. an asset for a country
	B. a liability for the economy
	C. could be both (a) and (b)
	D. none of the above

Ans: an asset for a country
Explaination:
Every country in order to progress wants a literate and healthy population.

Q3.	The literacy rates have increased from ………… in 1951 to ………… in 2001.
	A. 18%-45%
	B. 20%-55%
	C. 18%-55%
	D. 18%-65%

Ans: 18%-45%
Explaination:
From 1951 to 2001 literacy rate has increased from 18% to 65%.

Q4.	‘Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’ is a significant step towards providing elementary education to all children in age group of:
	A. five to ten
	B. ten to fifteen
	C. six to fifteen
	D. six to fourteen

Ans: five to ten
Explaination:
From six to fourteen.

Q5.	The health of a person helps him to realise his potential and the ability to fight:
	A. the enemy
	B. diseases
	C. illness
	D. none of these

Ans: illness
Explaination:
‘Health is wealth’, hence the health of a person helps him to fight illness.

Q6.	Urban areas have mostly:
	A. educated employment
	B. educated unemployment
	C. educated people
	D. none of the above

Ans: educated unemployment
Explaination:
People tend to shift from rural to urban areas. The population of educated population increases in urban areas and thus, these areas have, more educated unemployment.

Q7.	Investment in human capital yields a return just like investment in:
	A. secondary capital
	B. primary capital
	C. physical capital
	D. none of the above

Ans: physical capital
Explaination:
Educated people are an asset for the country. Higher income can be earned by better trained people.

Q8.	Investment in human resources is the same as investment in:
	A. land
	B. property
	C. land and capital
	D. none of these

Ans: land and capital
Explaination:
Since the value of land and capital increases, in the same way investment in human resources can yield high productivity.

Q9.	Primary sector includes:
	A. agriculture, forestry, animal hus-bandry, etc.
	B. fishing, quarrying and manufac-turing
	C. trade, transport, banking etc.
	D. none of the above.

Ans: agriculture, forestry, animal hus-bandry, etc.
Explaination:
Primary means the starting. This includes agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry etc.

Q10.	Territory sector includes:
	A. agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry etc.
	B. fishing, quarrying and manufacturing
	C. trade, transport, banking etc.
	D. none of the above

Ans: trade, transport, banking etc.
Explaination:
Tertiary sector comes after primary and secondary sector. This include trades, transport, banking etc.

Q11.	Which of the following is the most labour absorbing sectors of the Indian economy?
	A. Primary sector
	B. tertiary sector
	C. Secondary sector
	D. Private sector

Ans: Primary sector

Q12.	Which of the following is included in the primary sector?
	A. Manufacturing
	B. Tourism
	C. Forestry
	D. Communication

Ans: Forestry

Q13.	Which of the following is included in the tertiary sector?
	A. Fishing
	B. Trade
	C. Mining
	D. Health

Ans: Health

Q14.	Which of the following is included in the secondary sector?
	A. Poultry farming
	B. Manufacturing
	C. Transport
	D. Quarrying

Ans: Manufacturing

Q15.	Investment in human capital can be made through
	A. Education
	B. Training
	C. Medical care
	D. All the three

Ans: All the three

Q16.	The literacy rate during 2010-11 was
	A.0.64
	B.0.74
	C.0.7
	D.0.8

Ans: 0.74

Q17.	Which of the following sectors faces the problem of seasonal unemployment?
	A. Agriculture
	B. Service sector
	C. Trade
	D. IT sector

Ans: Agriculture

Q18.	Infant mortality rate is the death of a child under
	A. One year
	B. Three, year
	C. Two year
	D. Four year

Ans: One year

Q19.	The workforce population includes people from 15 years to
	A. 59 years
	B. 62 years
	C. 60 years
	D. 65 years

Ans: 59 years

Q20.	Which age group of children does the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan aim to promote education?
	A. 6 to 10 years
	B. 5 to 3 years
	C. 6 to 14 years
	D. 7 to 12 years