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(Assessment of Learning Outcome)

A. Tick () the correct option :
1. People have a variety of employment opportunities in:
(a) rural areas (b) urban areas (c) (a) and (b) (d) none of these
2. Occupations in urban areas are:
(a) service (b) business (c) (a) and (b) (d) agriculture
3. The Government of India launched Prime Minister Rozgar Yojna in:
(a) 1990 (b) 1991 (c) 1992 (d) 1993
4. People in urban areas are engaged in:
(a) agricultural activities (b) non-agricultural activities

(c) both (a) and (b) (d) only (b)
B. Fill in the blanks :
1. India is a land of _____________________.
2. In _____________________ areas people do all types of jobs.
3. In urban areas every road has _____________________ and _____________________.
4. In a city, the economic development is related to _____________________.
5. The shops in the markets are mostly _____________________.

C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false :
1. Professions are same in the rural and urban areas.
2. People are engaged in business and service in urban areas.

3. Cities like Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata are called rural areas.
4. Rural and urban areas have different ways to earn their livelihoods.
5. Shifting from rural areas to urban areas, is called migration.
D. Match the following :

Column 'A' Column 'B'

1. A person selling small items (a) migration
2. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojna (b) Vendor
3. Moving from one place to another (c) 1993
E. Answer these Questions :
1. Who is a self employed person?
2. What is a shopping mall?
3. What are different occupations in urban areas?
4. In what ways the urban livelihood is different from rural livelihood?
5. What are the main advantages of working in urban areas?

Life Skills and Value (Activity)

• Visit five different work places near your home. List different types of jobs that you find people doing
at each place.
• (i) A bus stand (ii) A hospital (iii) A bank (iv) Your school
• Make a project on the occupations in urban areas.

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