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31. Discuss briefly any two salient features of India’s pre-independence occupational structure. 4 OR Discuss briefly the rationale behind choosing ‘self-reliance’ as a planning objective for Indian economy. 4 32. “India is often called as ‘Outsourcing Destination’ of the world. Discuss the prime reasons for this name given to India. 4 33. Define the following : (i) Carrying capacity of environment. (ii) Bio-composting (iii) Sustainable Development (iv) Absorptive capacity of the environment. 1½  4 34. (a) Define worker-population ratio. What does it signifies ? 3 (b) Analyse the trends in sectoral distribution of work force in India on the basis of data : Trends in Employment Pattern (Sector-wise), 1972-2012 (in %) Sector 1972-73 1983 1993-94 1999-2000 2011-2012 Primary 74.3 68.6 64 60.4 48.9 Secondary 10.9 11.5 16 15.8 24.3 Services 14.8 16.9 20 23.8 26.8 Total : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 3 OR (a) “The Prime Minister urged to increase the rural income by increasing non-farm activities.” Explain how non-farm activities can lead to rise in income of people in rural sector. (b) “Indian health system needs the increased dose of public expenditure to cure itself.” Defend or refute the given statement with valid arguments.

Posted by Sandeep Kumar 4 years, 10 months ago

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Gaurav Seth 4 years, 10 months ago

1. Features of India’s pre-independence occupational structure. The following were the features of India’s pre-independence occupational structure. 1. Pre-dominance of agricultural sector: During pre-independence period agriculture was pre-dominant About 85% population of the country lived mostly in villages and.derived their livelihood directly or indirectly from agriculture. 2. Regional variation: There was growing regional variation The cotton textile mills mainly dominated by Indian’s were located in western parts of the country namely Maharashtra and Gujarat. The jute mills dominated by foreigners were mainly concentrated in Bengal. 3. Unbalanced growth: There was unbalanced growth in the economy. All the sectors of the economy were not growing equally during the second half of the 19th century. Modem industry began to take root in India but its progress remained Very slow. There was hardly any capital goods industry to help and promote further industrialisation in India the growth of the new industrial sector and its contribution.

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