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SAI International School
Session 2025-26
CLASS-IX
Economics- Ch-1- Story Of Village Palampur
Home Assignment
SUB-TOPIC- 4

1 The minimum wages for a farm labourer set by the government is
a) Rs. 115 Per day
b) Rs. 116 Per day
c) Rs. 114 Per day
d) Rs. 117 Per day
2 A farmer who works on a piece of 1 hectare of land is treated as
a) Medium farmer
b) small farmer
c) large farmer
d) Landless labourer

3 In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion(A)
and Reason(R). Read the statements and choose the correct option:
Assertion (A): Most small farmers have to borrow money to arrange for the capital.
Reason(R): They are put to great distress to repay the loan.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is correct but R is wrong
d) A is wrong but R is correct

4 Where do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the capital in
Palampur?
a) Banks
b) Co-operative Societies
c) Village money lenders
d) Friends and relatives

5 Marginal farmers are those:
a) who use modern methods for farming
b) who practice crop rotation for farming
c) who do not have sufficient land for farming
d) who use modern methods of irrigation
6 Dala is a landless farm labourer who works on daily wages in Palampur. This means
he must regularly look for work. The minimum wages for a farm labourer set by the
government is Rs 300 per day but Dala gets only Rs 160. Dala complains about his
situation to Ramkali who is another farm labourer.
Analyse the situational information given above and choose the option that best
signifies the most important cause behind the farmers to work at such low
wages.