Class 9 Economics Ch. 2 People As Resource Extra Questions

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Q1. How has Japan become developed over the years?

 A1. Japan has invested in human resource. Despite the lack of any natural resource, it has developed because-
i) Japan has invested on people especially in the field of education and health.

 ii) These people have made efficient use of other resources like land and capital.

 iii) Efficiency and technology evolved by people have made Japan developed.

 Q2. How does the youth get affected by unemployment?

 A2. i) Unemployment is a wastage of human resource.

 ii) A person might feel helpless, depressed, could lose confidence and could lack personality development due to unemployment.

 iii) Unemployment leads to low capital generation.

 iv) Gap between the rich and the poor increases.

 v) Unemployment may lead to anti-social activities by the unemployed.

 vi) It is the cause of basic socio-economic problems like illiteracy, malnutrition, poverty etc.

 vii) An unemployed person becomes a liability on his/ her family as well as the country.

 Q3. Which major changes indicate improvement in the public health of India?

 A3.  i) Life expectancy has increased to 66 years in 2011.

 ii) Infant mortility rate has reduced from 147 in 1951 to 42 in 2012.

 iii) Crude birth rates have dropped to 22.1 and the death rates to 7 within the same duration of time.

 Q4. Explain the different types of unemployment in India.

 A4. 

i) Seasonal- It is the type of unemployment in which a person is employed for a particular season (/seasons) of the year. Rest of the year the person is unemployed.

 ii) Disguised- It is the type of unemployment in which a person appears to be working but the marginal production is actually nil.

 iii) Educated unemployment- It is the type of unemployment in which a person has the education (knowledge, skill and training) but is unemployed or is qualified in a particular field but is employed in some other field.

 Q5. Explain the importance of education.

 A5. i) Education (along with health) determines a person,s quality.

 ii) Education opens new horizons for people, provides new aspirations and developes values of life.

 iii) It contributes towards the growth of society. 

 iv) It enhances the national income, cultural richness and increases the efficiency of government.

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