Hey, what is Human Resource?

PAGE- INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESOURCE PERSON: MR.GANGADHARA NAIK.N SUB: ECONOMICS CLASS-IX WORKSHEET NO:0 TOPIC: CHAPTER: 2, PEOPLE AS RESOURCE DATE OF SUBMISSION: JUNE, 204 NAME OF STUDENT: CLASS & SEC.: IX- ROLL NO. DATE: S.N Questions Marks What do you understand by the term people as a resource? Hey, what is Human Resource? Hm. It s very simple. Its Educated, healthy and skilled human beings 2 How is human capital superior to other resources like land and physical capital? OR How is human resource different from other resources like land and physical capital?. Human Capital is superior to land and physical capital because human resource can make use of land and physical capital. Land and capital Cannot become useful on its own. 2. The natural resources could be made use for the development of society by skilled human capital.. In the absence of skilled and healthy human capital, economic development is not possible. IS

PAGE-2 4 A large population need not be a liability.justify the statement.. Population becomes human capital when there is investment made in the form of knowledge embodied in them. 2. Population from the productive aspect, which is country s working people in terms of their existing productive skills and abilities, emphasizes its ability to contribute to the creation of the Gross National Product. Thus population is an asset for the economy rather than a liability.. In the absence of skilled and healthy human capital, economic development is not possible. 4 5 Explain the virtuous and vicious cycle in educating children in India.. Educated parents are found to invest more heavily on the education of their child. This is because they have realized the importance of education for themselves. 2. They are also conscious of proper nutrition and hygiene. They accordingly look after their children s needs for education at school and good health. A virtuous cycle is thus created in this case.. In contrast, a vicious cycle may be created by disadvantaged parents who, themselves are uneducated and lack in hygiene and thus keeping their children in a similarly disadvantaged state. 6 Though Japan has not much natural resources, still it has economically progressed. Justify the statement.. Japan has invested in human resource. They did not have any natural resource. They have invested on people especially in the field of education and health. 2. These people have made efficient use of other resource like land and capital.. Efficiency and the technology evolved by people have made these countries rich/developed. 4

Page: 7 What is the role of health in human capital formation? OR What part does health play in an individuals working life?. The health of a person helps him to realize his potential and ability to fight illness. 2. An unhealthy person may become a liability for his organization.. Investment in human capital through health care yields just like in physical capital. 4. Healthier people earn higher income and add to the economic growth of the country. 8 What are the various activities undertaken in the Primary Sector, Secondary Sector and Tertiary Sector?. The various activities have been classified into three main sectors i.e., primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary sector includes agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishing, poultry farming, and mining. 2. Secondary sector includes quarrying and manufacturing (Industry).. Tertiary sector includes Trade, transport, communication, banking, education, health, tourism, services, insurance etc.the activities in this sector result in the production of goods and services 9 Differentiate between Market activities and Non-Market activities.. Market activities involve remuneration to anyone who performs i.e., activity performed for pay or profit. These include production of goods or services including government service. 2.Non-market activities are the production for self-consumption. These can be consumption and processing of primary products. 0 Explain any two differences between market activities and non market activities? Under which activity would you classify government services? Summative Assessment -20. 4

PAGE-4 More women employed in low paid jobs. Why?. Education and skill are the major determinants of the earning of any individual in the market. A majority of the women have meagre education and low skill formation. 2. Women are paid low compared to men. Most women work where job security is not there.. Various activities relating to legal protection are meagre. 4. Employment in this sector is characterized by irregular and low income. In this sector there is an absence of basic facilities like maternity leave, childcare and other social security systems. 5. However, women with high education and skill formation are paid at par with the men. 2 Explain the steps that have been taken by the government to provide elementary education in India..There is a provision made for providing universal access, retention and quality in elementary education with special emphasis on girls. 2.Navodaya Vidyalaya has been established in all districts to provide quality education to the rural children..vocational streams have been developed to equip large number of high school students to develop occupational skills. 4.The Five Year plan share outlay on education has increased from 5 crore in the First Year plan to RS. 4,825 Crore in tenth Five Year Plan. Any three points (You can also take points from question 8) Discuss the programmes and policies adopted by the Government of India (GOI) to improve the quality and high dropout rates in the primary school system. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan is a significant step towards providing elementary education to all children in the age group of six to fourteen years by 200. 2. It is a time bound initiative of the central Government, in partnership with the states, the local Government and the community for achieving the goal of universalisation of elementary education.. Bridge courses and back-to-school camps have been initiated to increase 5 5

PAGE-5 the enrollment in elementary education. 4.. Mid-day meal scheme has been implemented to encourage attendance and retention of children and improve their nutritional status. 5. These policies could add to the literate population of India. 4 What does tenth Five Year Plan try to achieve in the education sector?. The tenth plan endeavored to increase the enrollment in higher education of 8 to 2 years age group from the present 6% to 9% by the end of the plan period. 2. The strategy focuses on increasing access, quality and adoption of states-specific curriculum modification, vocationalisation and networking on the use of information technology..the plan also focuses on distant education, convergence of formal, nonformal, distant and IT education institutions.over the past fifty years, there has been a significant growth in the number of university and institutions of higher learning in specialized areas. 5 Why is the improvement in the health status of the people been a priority for the country?. Explain the steps taken by the government in providing health facilities in India.. The health of a person helps for the development of a country. An unhealthy person becomes a liability for an organization or for a country. So the improvement in health is the priority of the country. 2. Our national policy, too, aimed at improving the accessibility of health care, family welfare and nutritional service with special focus on underprivileged segment of population.. Over the last five decades India has built up a vast health infrastructure and man power required at primary secondary and tertiary care in Government as well as in the private sector 6 What do you understand by the term unemployment? Unemployment is said to exist when people who are willing to work at the going wages cannot find jobs. 7 Mention the features of Seasonal unemployment.. Seasonal unemployment happens when people are not able to find jobs during some months of the year. 2. People who are dependent upon agriculture usually face such kind of problem.. There are certain busy seasons when sowing, harvesting, weeding, threshing is done. Certain months do not provide much work to the people dependant on agriculture. 8 Explain the features of disguised unemployment with an example.. In case of disguised unemployment people appear to be employed. But they work below to their potentiality. For Example: small farmers have agricultural plot where they find work. The work requires the service of five people but engages eight people. 2.Three people are extra. These three people also work in the same plot as five people. The contribution made by the three extra people does not add to the contribution made by the five people.. If three people are removed the productivity of the field will not decline. The field requires the service of five people and the three extra people are disguised employed.

PAGE-6 9 Why is educated unemployment a peculiar problem in India? 5 20 Whys is educated unemployment, a peculiar problem of India? Suggest three measures to mitigate this problem. Summative Assessment -20 2 Explain the effects of unemployment on the country. OR 5 Unemployment tends to increase economic overload. Explain. OR Unemployment has a detrimental impact on the overall growth of an economy. Justify the statement.. Unemployment leads to wastage of manpower resource. There is a feeling of hopelessness and despair among the youth. People do not have enough money to support their family. 2. Unemployment tends to increase economic overload. The dependence of the unemployed on the working population increases.. The quality of life of an individual as well as of society is adversely affected. When a family has to live on a bare subsistence level there is a general decline in its health status and rising withdrawal from the school system. 4. Increase in unemployment is an indicator of a depressed economy. It also wastes the resource, which could have been gainfully employed. 5. If people cannot be used as a resource they naturally appear as a liability to the economy. 22 Suggest some measures in the education system to mitigate the problem of educated unemployed..vocational streams have been developed to equip large number of high school students with occupations related to knowledge and skills. 2. Investing in capital to generate employment. 2 Point out the employment scenario in three Sectors- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. 24 Why is human capital the most factor of production? OR Why is health of people a major concern for the Indian Government? 25 What does the 0 th Five-Year Plan try to achieve in the education sector? 26 What are the two types of unemployment found in the rural areas? How does 5 unemployment affect the overall growth of the economy? Explain with four points. 27 How are people a resource? How can a large population become an asset? 28 What measures have been taken by the government to spread Universal 5 Elementary Education? Write any five measures 29 Study the graph given in page 2 and answer the following questions: 5 i) By how much has the male literacy rate gone up from 95 to 200?() ii) Why is literacy rate lower among women than that of men?(2) iii) Explain two measures introduced by the government to improve enrolment in elementary Education. (2) 0 Which one of the following activity is associated with the primary sector? a)pottery b) Basket Making c) Education d) Mining Which one of the following is an activity of the tertiary sector? a) Agriculture b) Forestry c) Banking d) Manufacturing 2 Which factor is said to be superior to the other resources? a) Land b) Physical Capital c) Human Capital d) Natural Resources Tertiary sector of economy includes: (CCE 20) a)tourism b)forestry c) Quarrying d) Agriculture 4 When investment is made in the form of education and medical care, the quality of population improves and becomes a great asset. Then it can be called as a) Capital resource b) National resource c) Human capital d) Fixed resource

PAGE-7 QUESTION TO BE WRITTEN IN NOTEBOOK: 0, 920, 2, 24, 25, 26,27,28,29, SEASONAL DISGUISED HEALTH RURAL HUMAN RESOURCE UNEMPLOYMENT LIABILITY TO A NATION EDUCATION URBAN EDUCATED UNEMPLOYMENT